Wind Warning for Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow, Galway, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and W

ninebeanrows

fraxinus1 wrote: »

Not a very good start to the storm forecasting season. I'm in Dublin visiting family and it's raining moderately heavy but completely calm. Even if the forecast did materialise I don't think it warranted a name... I know the UK met office decided to use the name but that to was premature. The usage of a name for a non - event makes the general public sceptical about the whole thing. It's getting like America, complete hype over Irma and in the end it was an average hurricane when it struck Florida.

Can we review your post in 24 hours?

Reckless Abandonment

DOCARCH wrote: »

Rain has cleared Dublin 16 now (3.2mm from that) and wind has picked up noticeably in the last 30 minutes. Pressure dropping rapidly.

Doc. I'm in Terenure very calm here and my place normally feels like a wind tunnel at the best of times.

ninebeanrows

Gusting 47 knots at Valentia and still westerly

Darwin

The Arpege model seems to have a pretty good handle on things in these type of rapidly developing situations. I kept data from Storm Doris (Feb 21st last) and noted then it outperformed the GFS model for wind predictions. Hardly a puff of wind in West Laois, I think the centre of the low will be passing over this direction in the next few hours.

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/907675384979890177

DOCARCH

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

Doc. I'm in Terenure very calm here and my place normally feels like a wind tunnel at the best of times.

Quite calm again here now. Just a brief windy spell!

Yakult

Quiet windy here in Mid-Kerry. Seems to be picking up momentum in the last 30 mins!

Meteorite58

Yakult wrote: »

Quiet windy here in Mid-Kerry. Seems to be picking up momentum in the last 30 mins!

Yea 10 min avg over 30 km/h now here near Tralee, gusting about 70 km/h, gone more NW.

Ballybunion Buoy 48Kts

Soccarboy11

Within the last half an hour, winds have picked up drastically here in cork city. Some darkish clouds starting to appear too. Very strong gusts

Burts Bee

Crazy wind here near Doneraile, mallow. Moved into this house 6 months ago and this is windiest it's been .

LEIN

Almost calm here in north Wicklow. Only 2mm of rain recorded.

MidMan25

Burts Bee wrote: »

Crazy wind here near Doneraile, mallow. Moved into this house 6 months ago and this is windiest it's been .

Windiest it has been since Spring, who'd have thought!

IMBACKLATER

Strongest winds from storm Aileen likely as it moves into the north Sea tomorrow,impacting the Netherlands,northwest Germany and Denmark.looks like Ireland will dodge the worst of it.

Oneiric 3

Latest analysis from the Met:

JCX BXC

Aileen you've let me down! Max gust of 36kts and sustained winds not over 22kts. Winds calmed now to sustained 13kts and this looks like the end of the event.

When's Brian coming!

Colser

Very windy now near Cork city,really howling around the chimney.

Meteorite58

Dropped away off here near Tralee also.




Met Eireann Report for 20.00

Knots

ROCHES POINT(A) W 26 Gust 43
SHANNON AIRPORT SW 27 Gust 43
SHERKIN ISLAND(A) W 31 Gust 44
VALENTIA(A) NW 22 Gust 41

Meteorite58

Just for the record :

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/907544164065308672

mickger844posts

Just 8.1mm of rain here in Waterford City with a max gust of 47km/h. Remains to be seen if we get higher gusts later.

www.waterfordweather.com

brevity

Burts Bee wrote: »

Crazy wind here near Doneraile, mallow. Moved into this house 6 months ago and this is windiest it's been .

Same here in North Co, Cork

MidMan25

Howling now in East Cork near the coast

Wanderer78

wind picking up here in waterford, 49 km/h gust on waterford city weather just there

mickger844posts

Wanderer78 wrote: »

wind picking up here in waterford, 49 km/h gust on waterford city weather just there

Yes regular gusts close to 50km/h now at my station in Waterford City


www.waterfordcityweather.com

km79

Dead calm in Galway

BillyBobBS

I can report a chair blew over in the back garden.

giveitholly

BillyBobBS wrote: »

I can report a chair blew over in the back garden.

wait until CNN hears this!

Chicken Run

km79 wrote: »

Dead calm in Galway

2210 and it's eerily calm in East Clare too.....

4Ad

Chicken Run wrote: »

2210 and it's eerily calm in East Clare too.....

You made me stick my head outside, also in East Clare, hardly a puff.
May it stay that way !

Oneiric 3

km79 wrote: »

Dead calm in Galway

When out for a smoke earlier, I could blow smoke rings without them breaking up.

JCX BXC

Someone in Galway must be shooting at the storm

Oscar Bravo

Its usually a windy spot at the best of times but Kinsale energy was Gusting 61 knots(70MPH) at 9pm. Parts of the uk could easily see 80pmh gusts.

Birdie Num Num

BillyBobBS wrote: »

I can report a chair blew over in the back garden.

Any people spotted swimming in the water?

GhostyMcGhost

Fairly blustery here in kildare at the minute

Rain is quite heavy too

Elmer Blooker

Its got gusty here in the last few minutes.
Come on Aileen!

pad199207

Very windy here in Kildare now

gman2k

Gone very windy in South KK the last half hour

Oneiric 3

Coming up to the anniversary of 'Hurricane Debbie' which occurred back in '61:



Not a patch on Aileen though. :rolleyes:

Harry Palmr

It's a bit windy and wet but nothing more than what you'd routinely see in winter.

Donegal Storm

Wind picked up in Kildare though nowhere near as bad as on Sunday

MJohnston

I'm kind of enjoying the wind and rain, but wish it was a bit more apocalyptic!

Gaoth Laidir

Liverpool TAF:

TAF AMD EGGP 122142Z 1221/1318 16018G30KT 9999 SCT025
TEMPO 1221/1318 4000 SHRA BKN012
BECMG 1222/1301 27030G45KT
PROB40 TEMPO 1222/1303 24040G60KT
BECMG 1303/1306 27025G35KT
BECMG 1308/1311 27015G25KT
BECMG 1315/1318 27010KT

mickger844posts

63km/h now the Max gust here in Waterford City
Pressure min was 989mb but is rising now to a current 993mb
www.waterfordweather.com
www.waterfordcityweather.com

George Sunsnow

It's only got noticeably windy here in the Arklow area in the last half hour or so

fraxinus1

Met Eireann forecast downgraded significantly. The whole thing has been a farce. Forget about the UK, before the name Aileen was used, the met eireann forecast was mentioning severe winds. Barely a gale. This kind of hype is what allows the media to exaggerate and run incorrect stories about weather events.

pad199207

Bottomed out at 987mb here

MJohnston

fraxinus1 wrote: »

Met Eireann forecast downgraded significantly. The whole thing has been a farce. Forget about the UK, before the name Aileen was used, the met eireann forecast was mentioning severe winds. Barely a gale. This kind of hype is what allows the media to exaggerate and run incorrect stories about weather events.

Didn't take long for this kind of post to pop up! Where was your meteorological expertise reading the charts yesterday when the wind warning was issued?

It's so easy for posters to come on here when a marginal forecast ends up being incorrect and give it all the "hype" nonsense, but they rarely want to stick their necks out and actually make some predictions.

Kristopherus

fraxinus1 wrote: »

Met Eireann forecast downgraded significantly. The whole thing has been a farce. Forget about the UK, before the name Aileen was used, the met eireann forecast was mentioning severe winds. Barely a gale. This kind of hype is what allows the media to exaggerate and run incorrect stories about weather events.

Well, all day the Beeb forecasts were mentioning windy condtions hitting North Wales and NW England. Those winds could only come from here.

MJohnston

Now this, this is overhyping:

https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/907714623658450944

Gaoth Laidir

MJohnston wrote: »

Didn't take long for this kind of post to pop up! Where was your meteorological expertise reading the charts yesterday when the wind warning was issued?

It's so easy for posters to come on here when a marginal forecast ends up being incorrect and give it all the "hype" nonsense, but they rarely want to stick their necks out and actually make some predictions.

They could be accused of egotism if they did...

MJohnston

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

They could be accused of egotism if they did...

That weren't me!