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Strong winds/coastal flooding sunday night,west and north west most at risk

  • 22-02-2015 10:04am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,297 ✭✭✭✭


    A yellow and orange warning has been issued from met eireann warning of very strong winds and possible coastal flooding
    National Weather Warnings



    STATUS ORANGE

    Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick


    Becoming very windy early on Sunday night as a period of very windy weather develops, with some strong and damaging gusts likely. These strong winds will coincide with high seas, along Atlantic coasts, which may lead to some coastal flooding.

    Southwesterly winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80 km/h while gusts of 110 to 130 km/h are possible, with exposed coasts and higher ground most at risk. Winds will veer westerly on Monday afternoon. The winds will ease off later on Tuesday morning.
    Issued:
    Sunday 22 February 2015 09:00
    Valid:
    Sunday 22 February 2015 21:00 to Tuesday 24 February 2015 11:00


    STATUS YELLOW

    Wind Warning for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Tipperary and Waterford


    Becoming very windy early on Sunday night as a period of very windy weather develops, with some strong gusts likely.

    Southwesterly winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h while gusts of 90 to 110 km/h are possible. Winds will veer westerly on Monday afternoon. The winds will ease off later on Tuesday morning.
    Issued:
    Sunday 22 February 2015 09:00
    Valid:
    Sunday 22 February 2015 22:00 to Tuesday 24 February 2015 11:00


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,297 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    1100 update from met eireann

    Heavy rain will clear the east coast early this afternoon, but showers and drizzle in the west will then spread eastwards during the afternoon and will only clear away to the east this evening. A mild day with highs of 8 to 12 degrees in fresh to strong southerly winds which will veer southwest to west later. However it will become much cooler early this evening.
    Tonight

    It will become extremely windy tonight as strong to gale force southwesterly winds develop. There will be some severe, possibly damaging gusts in particular along western and northwestern coasts. It will also become cold with widespread showers of rain, sleet, hail and snow especially in parts of the north and west with the risk of thunder. Temperatures will fall to between 0 and 3 degrees so some frost is possible in sheltered areas.
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    Tomorrow

    It will remain extremely windy tomorrow with strong to gale force southwesterly winds, and it will be stormy at times in parts of the west and north, with further severe gusts likely. A colder day with highs of only 4 to 8 degrees and there will be more squally showers of rain, sleet, hail and snow as well as some thunder. The strong winds will start to ease off during the afternoon.

    Also ice warning in place STATUS YELLOW

    Snow-ice Warning for Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo
    Wintry showers will develop early tonight, with a mixture of hail, sleet and snow with accumulations of up to 3 cm likely, larger values are possible on higher ground. With strong winds forecast, driving conditions could become poor. The showers will continue into Monday morning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,011 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Met Eireann have an amber alert should you change your color to amber ????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,297 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    That's a job for one of the mods! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,011 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    That's a job for one of the mods! :)

    There slow today so 😅


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,297 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    not that slow.....;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Aerohead


    All the regulars must be still in bed, after a few weeks of quite weather we have a storm coming and very little from the posters. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Very stormy in Castlebar at the moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Halpenny


    Yeah I was wondering why so little activity. After yesterday's RTE weather forecast mentioning strong winds I had a look at the weather forum here to see if there was a warning up but nothing so I assumed we'd be ok. Not so - Orange warnings all of a sudden this morning.
    Aerohead wrote: »
    All the regulars must be still in bed, after a few weeks of quite weather we have a storm coming and very little from the posters. :D

    Either that or they've all left the country for "Stormier Climes" to get a bit of action after the calm few weeks we've had.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭delthedriver


    Still in bed !!!:) A duvet day !!!

    However there is one hell of a gale blowing in Tralee Bay, with high tide this pm there will be local flooding.

    Thankfully heading back to Spain this week !!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,011 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Really ramping up in Galway in the past hour


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,297 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Latest view from space showing the low out to the west and a rash of showers for the north west on the way, local hail and thunder tonight


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭MillField


    Heading to Limerick this evening. Fully expecting a storm..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,297 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    A gust of 52 knots at Mace Head at 3pm. high tides up along the west coast at around 8pm. certainly quite nasty in coastal areas tonight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,074 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    It's getting wild here alright.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Certainly looks like being a lot stormier here in Kerry this time around compared to the last storm, especially the second half of Monday. Very deep low likely to be around 955mb and possibly lower centered off Scotland tomorrow evening. Possible red warning for the W and SW ?

    Fortunately not too much rain fell yet today ( 9.6mm here ), high tide in Fenit at 19.25 (4.7m ), tomorrow morning 07.54 ( 4.7m) and monday evening at 20.13 ( 4.5m).

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    Currently 10 min avg 24 kph WNW, gust 66 kph
    Temp 7.8C down from 11.3C

    Bar 990.8mb Falling Slowly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 332 ✭✭howlinwolf


    just starting to come into frame now, lots of shower activity overnight by the look of it. I've never seen it so quiet in here when there is an orange warning issued, maybe all the false dawns this winter has finally taken its toll.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,744 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    We have basically the same alert in our Boards forecast and I think it will verify as a solid level 2 but I don't currently see level 3 potential with this one, peak gusts may be just a bit over 130 km/hr. The coastal flooding aspect may be the more significant impact. It is now about 72h since new moon but it was perigeean and so tidal ranges will be running fairly close to the average monthly maximum tides so would add perhaps 1.0 to 1.5 metres onto those for actual high tides on both occasions Monday. If someone could post the times that would be good. The low tide will be no more than an average of high and low tide under this constant strong westerly tidal pressure. East coast tide maxima will only be about 0.5 metres above normal in this pattern, south coast perhaps 0.7-0.9 metres.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,011 ✭✭✭Storm 10




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭Hooter23


    Becoming very windy down by the beach in Galway and a flash of lightning out towards clare...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭Aimsir


    wet & windy cork city


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭Strangegravy


    Very windy all evening here in Limerick. Wish I had the weather station set up proper for wind.

    Think a lot of the weather boardsies have the post winter blues though, very quiet in here alright.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,635 ✭✭✭loubian


    Didn't think anything of the rain this morning then went to the howth summit n sat in the car being rocked by the wind. Went bsck to the pier and walked for 10 minutes then it poured. All those black clouds yet no thunder..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Some strong gusts in the last 30 mins here just outside Newport. It was fairly windy all day but certainly picked up now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭delthedriver


    Very windy all evening here in Limerick. Wish I had the weather station set up proper for wind.

    Think a lot of the weather boardsies have the post winter blues though, very quiet in here alright.

    Perhaps they have moved away to sunnier places for the duration of the winter??? I know I am getting out of here again until Spring arrives!!
    :)


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Picked up here too on the North Kerry Coast , 10 min avg 32 kph, gust 69 kph

    Temp 4.6C
    Beginning to get more showers of hail, I see lightning near by around Tarbert / Shannon.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭delthedriver


    Picked up here too on the North Kerry Coast , 10 min avg 32 kph, gust 69 kph

    Temp 4.6C
    Beginning to get more showers of hail, I see lightning near by around Tarbert / Shannon.

    Strong winds, heavy hail showers here on Tralee Bay.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,368 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Scary gusts here in west clare.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Thunder and heavy hail in Castlebar at the moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    You would hear a pin drop in Terenure right now


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    um, where is the wind? not a sound in cork city


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭jacksie66


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,744 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    The strongest winds are about to hit the northwest. Gusts to 56 knots at the M4 buoy in Donegal Bay. Would expect peak gusts around 10:00 to 13:00 in Connacht and west Ulster, and a tendency for the maximum gusts to spread south so that the peak in west Munster may come this afternoon into early evening. That will not mean a large decrease further north but perhaps a slight decrease as this tendency plays out. In eastern counties would expect the maximum gusts around 2 p.m.

    Wind speeds have already been discussed, but as a general estimate, 130 km/hr peak gusts in exposed northwest, 120 km/hr exposed southwest, 110 km/hr southeast coast and some parts of east with good exposure to west. Some inland areas that are not overly exposed might see peak gusts of 80-90 km/hr.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭vickers209


    Ive posted this in the lightning thread but i feel is relivent to this thread too.

    Never seen a level 2 over parts of west ireland before :eek:
    level 1 for rest

    showforecast.cgi?lightningmap=yes&fcstfile=2015022406_201502230305_2_stormforecast.xml

    A level 1 was issued for the British Isles for chances of severe convective wind gusts and tornadoes.

    A level 2 was issued for western Ireland and western Scotland mainly for severe convective wind gusts.
    A deep low pressure system (<948 hPa in GFS model) moves to the north of Scotland. Its tight pressure gradients over the British Isles combined with the convective activity developing in the cool airmass pose a risk of severe wind gusts.

    ...Ireland and Scotland...

    The threat is particularly concentrated along the west coast as most of the energy for thunderstorms in the unstable airmass is supplied by the lapse rate between ocean and cold mid levels. WInds over 30 m/s at low to mid levels can be transported to ground as severe wind gusts in convective downdrafts. Over land, the friction causes strong low-level wind shear >17 m/s which can support tornadoes, if strong updrafts could be maintained. Convection will initally (09-12Z) be organized linearly along the occlusion curled up around the low and will likely pose a more concentrated threat. A second round with more clustered storms should occur in the evening at the passage of a shortwave trough.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Relatively calm here in Waterford City with winds currently gusting to just 20km/h.

    www.waterfordcityweather.com


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,297 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Positively stormy in Castlebar now with some very heavy squally showers, hail thunder in the mix aswel.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Positively stormy in Castlebar now with some very heavy squally showers, hail thunder in the mix aswel.

    It has got far more severe in the last half hour.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Very blowy now in Galway city.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Recorded my highest mean & gust speed of the Winter so far at 1.40pm with 28.7 kt & 63.5 knots respectively.

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    New Moon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭RoisinD


    Strongest winds since lunchtime. 65-70 mph gusts. Wasn't expecting it to quite so ferocious now.
    NW Clare


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭ch750536


    Bit crazy here. Several flashes, windy, hail etc.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,011 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    ch750536 wrote: »
    Bit crazy here. Several flashes, windy, hail etc.

    Will u say where u are we are not mind readers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭MillField


    Very strong wind and rain in Limerick city today. Coming and going every 20 odd minutes.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Getting windier as the day goes on, recent gust 84 kph here near Tralee

    Big squally hail and rain showers ,11.4mm
    Nice bursts of sunshine too but you wouldn't want to venture too far away from shelter owning to frequent showers hammering down.

    Temp 6.3C down from 7.9C

    Bar987.6mb Rising Slowly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    Wind is really picking up again here in Achill. Lights are flickering.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    Bloody hell, it's squally now *eek*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Crazy gusts in Castlebar now, just taken down a tree in the back garden.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,368 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Very windy here in west Clare, nothing has fallen but the roof is making a not of noise.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,011 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Frightening gusts of wind in Galway now I thought the roof was gone


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭corsav6


    This feels more in the level 3, especially the gusts, some are extremely strong. Lights flickering every fee mins too so could be in for an interesting night.
    Just outside Newport, fairly elevated but not too exposed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭Julabo


    Galway City just west of Salthill.

    Gusts are the strongest in a while I can remember. A different level to any of the winter storms.


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