Storm Eleanor : Tuesday 02nd PM / Weds 03rd Jan 2108

hawkwing

First power outages showing up in Kerry now in the past 20 minutes.
https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

squarecircles

nacho libre wrote: »

I bet we will have people complaining they were not warned sufficiently if there is damage done in the east now.

It unfortunately may happen,but it may also in the long run help in slowly changing the whinge/moan mindset/narrative regarding weather warnings,and storm naming,an aspect that really seems to gall & irritate the Irish psyche.

"Shure were Irish,what are we naming storms for,shure storms can't kill us,shure that's for Americans".

Soccarboy11

raining and wind starting to pick up now, with some strong gusts in Cork city.

antodeco

Its been fairly miserable all day here in Dublin. I dont know if there is a wind blowing, cause Ive low rumble tinnitus at the minute so could just be imagining it haha!

Ive posted on Facebook about the warnings and people are laughing it off. This is the issue. No matter what precautions I take, it will still be the neighbours bins that hit my car!!

Gaoth Laidir

UK Met Office Airmet Update

FAUK20 EGRR 021400

AIRMET AREA FORECAST, UK-OUTLOOK-AND-UPDATE,

VALID JAN 02/1500Z TO 02/2100Z.


MET-SITUATION: AT 18Z: LOW PRESSURE IS CENTRED OVER BELMULLET, MOV NE AT 30KT. AN OCCLUDED FRONT LIES STORNOWAY TO PETERHEAD TO BRUGES, MOV NNE AT 10KT IN NW, MOV NE AT 30KT IN SE. A WARM FRONT LIES BELMULLET TO DUBLIN TO SWANSEA TO LANNION, MOV NE AT 30KT IN NW, MOV E AT 40KT IN SE. A COLD FRONT LIES BELMULLET TO GALWAY TO CORK, MOV NE AT 30KT IN NW, MOV E AT 40KT IN SE.

OUTLOOK: UNTIL JAN 03/2400Z:

REMAINDER OF TUESDAY:

MET SITUATION: FRONTS WILL MOVE E OVER THE UK. A LOW PRESSURE CENTRE DEEPENS RAPIDLY OVER IRELAND THIS EVENING THEN MOVES NE OVER S SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN ENGLAND. WDSPR RA, SN MON, AND CU/SC ON FRONTS WITH OCNL HVY RA AND ST, (ISOL HVY TSRA WITH EMBD CB ON OCCLUSION N). DRY AND GENERALLY NSC AHEAD OF THE OCCLUSION. SHRA ALSO MOVING ACROSS FROM THE WEST FOR A TIME BEHIND FIRST FRONTAL SYSTEM WITH ISOL HVY SHRAGS/HVY TSRA IN FAR N. MOD, OCNL SEV IN W, TURB.

Trebor176

It's gone quite dark, and It's lashing in Ballymount. It's not windy, though.

Reati

Current Conditions outside wicklow town:

8.5 °C
18.3 km/h
Wind from SW
Gusts 24.1 km/h
Dew Point: 7 °C
Humidity: 89%
Precip Rate: 1.78 mm/hr
Precip Accum: 6.35 mm
Pressure: 989.73 hPa

Oneiric 3

nacho libre wrote: »

Tuam, County Galway:P

Sounds like a bit of an aul inferiority complex coming out there Mr. Mayo.

nacho libre wrote: »

I am near Swinford.

Confirmed...

km79

redsteveireland wrote: »

Oh Joy, leaving Galway city for home soon. One of the lads working with me has to hop on his motorbike and brave that, rather him than me.

Rain nothing spectacular this side
5mm or so over past 2 hours

Villain

112kmh Gust now at Fastnet Lighthouse, she is making her way

Larbre34

nacho libre wrote: »

I bet we will have people complaining they were not warned sufficiently if there is damage done in the east now.

Pity about them, a record of the statutory authority having fulfilled its obligation exists.

Folk need to start taking a more mature and reasoned approach to these warnings and to their own safety and security. Hope for the best, prepare (within reason for the worst).

Robxxx7

Starting to really pick up here now in Mid-Kerry

Pressure has dropped and winds are picking up ... you can see the pressure dropping from the attachment (my weather station)

fepper

Getting progressively windy here in n Kerry and darker

Nettle Soup

Very wet in Galway. Winds are starting to pick up.

weisses

Bit windy here in west Kerry ... Nothing major ...yet

James Bond Junior

Wet and breezy in Limerick city. Pressure 991 and dropping slowly steadily.

Fitzo123

Looking like we'll miss the brunt of this in Sligo unless it tracks further north.

Oneiric 3

Pressure forecast for 6pm. Low of 976 over Galway.




Current pressure here at 3.30pm is 987.7 hPa, so a fall of between 10 and 12 hPa expected here over the next 2.5 hours, which is pretty neat. Those in the path of the low should experience a similar very sharp drop in a similar short space of time as it passes over the north midlands region, so worth keeping an eye on the barometer if you happen to have one.

JCX BXC

Gusting to 39kts at Cork Airport now with Heavy Rain.

Titain

Very wet and windy down here in castlecove sw kerry (has been for about an hour).

nacho libre

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Sounds like a bit of an aul inferiority complex coming out there Mr. Mayo.




Confirmed...

Not at all. I am in God's own county

There is a reason Tuam has a bypass and why people break the speed limit on it. .

Back to the weather, no wind to speak of yet, in fact near calm conditions at present. The rain has got a bit heavier.

DOCARCH

Moderate rain in Dublin 16. 992.4mb atm, falling rapidly. Was breezy earlier but has calmed now....before the storm!

Gaoth Laidir

Some very heavy rain forecast for the northwest (UKMO NAE). There's a Yellow warning out for Connacht and Donegal.

EDIT: The low centre much further north than Oneiric's Hirlam chart posted above.

Reati

Robxxx7 wrote: »

Starting to really pick up here now in Mid-Kerry

Pressure has dropped and winds are picking up ... you can see the pressure dropping from the attachment (my weather station)

Jaysus your station is Popular!

“PWS viewed 127 times since January 1, 2018"

Gonzo

moderate rain now in Dunshaughlin. Was windy this morning but hardly any wind right now, very calm outside.

DOCARCH

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Mod Note : This thread is not to be derailed by off topic posts.

See forum Charter

4. Stay on topic.

5. No trolling/goading posts which serve only to aggravate other users.

....just re-posting/reiterating....

nacho libre

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Some very heavy rain forecast for the northwest. There's a Yellow warning out for Connacht and Donegal.

Also according to the UK Met Office there will be some heavy snow over high ground in the north for a time. By the way what is that feature over Ulster depicted on some of the models?? Is it a sting jet?

Soccarboy11

fastnet just recorded a gust of 66knots or 122kmph, thats pretty strong eh?

Oneiric 3

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

EDIT: The low centre much further north than Oneiric's Hirlam chart posted above.

Yet with a gradient no less slack over the 'fires of hell'. :mad: Beggars belief really.

M.T. Cranium

Looks ready to blast in, the developing centre can be seen on radar just west of Newport. Ocean buoy data from around 49N 16W confirm that strong winds are already underway south of the tighter isobar structure (which has not been sampled yet) and M6 recently gusting to 52 knots but the pressure wave passed them several hours back.

Would expect this to produce a swath of damaging wind gusts to 125 km/hr in exposed areas from Clare and Galway Bay across to Louth, Meath and Dublin, also some distance into east Ulster. However outside of that swath further to the south local gusts could also reach 120 km/hr, although I think it may be less concentrated there.

North of the track of this meso-scale low, winds will remain fairly light until 2-3 hours after it passes then will become moderate northwest backing to west later. Some locally heavy rainfalls in west Ulster 20-30 mm.

Expect this to ramp up very quickly if in the path outlined, with winds veering rapidly from current southerly to WSW at height of windstorm. Duration of strongest winds will be 3-4 hours then a gradual reduction overnight.

MyStubbleItches

Wet and windy here, quite dark also. Just back from a spin locally, drains and ditches are filling with some overflowing across roads. Would expect floods if it continues.

Beal na Blath, mid-Cork.

JCX BXC

Becoming quite windy in West Clare at the moment.

Chicken Run

dark as night in Ballinasloe - and I've to drive home to East Clare after work.... toying with the motorway as less tree risk...

squarecircles

Flat calm in Mayo, usually a bad sign for somewhere else further south.

PukkaStukka

squarecircles wrote: »

Flat calm in Mayo, usually a bad sign for somewhere else further south.

Same here in Dublin City. Calm and damp.

nagdefy

MyStubbleItches wrote: »

Wet and windy here, quite dark also. Just back from a spin locally, drains and ditches are filling with some overflowing across roads. Would expect floods if it continues.

Beal na Blath, mid-Cork.

Beal na Blath. What a historic place to live, lovely spot despite the tragic history.

MJohnston

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Same here in Dublin City. Calm and damp.

Why are you confused? It's been stated several times on this thread with words and images that the winds would calm down significantly before the storm arrived, with a very rapid increase around 6pm in the East. All forecast.

pad199207

To go from this calm to potentially severe winds in such a short space of time will be cool to see!

stevek93

MJohnston wrote: »

Why are you confused? It's been stated several times on this thread with words and images that the winds would calm down significantly before the storm arrived, with a very rapid increase around 6pm in the East. All forecast.

Great I finish work at 7

corsav6

squarecircles wrote: »

Flat calm in Mayo, usually a bad sign for somewhere else further south.

Rain and a light breeze here in outside Newport. Not expecting much from this anyway, I think we're a bit too far north for any real action.

squarecircles

All of a sudden very windy In west Mayo,after dead calm.

Xenji

squarecircles wrote: »

Flat calm in Mayo, usually a bad sign for somewhere else further south.

Winds will pick up around midnight, but should be mainly moderate for us although they will probably last till after lunchtime.

nagdefy

Wind increasing around Portlaoise.

Colser

Wind is really picking up now near Cork city very strong gusts.

RoisinD

Rain has stopped here. Winds increasing. NW Clare

gozunda

Less rain than I expected but wind strenght ramping over the last hour with stuff been blown around the place. Sound of the wind already sounds like strong storm coastal tide.

130 m asl North Cork / Limerick / Tipperary border.

DOCARCH

Still pretty calm in Dublin 16 (...calmer than it has been all day). 989.6mb atm, dropping very rapidly now.

Soccarboy11

Rain heavy here in Wilton/Bishopstown area of cork City, wind not very strong yet just like a normal breeze ATM with the occasional stronger blast.

EDIT: nevermind, wind just shook the car haha

Discodog

The sudden increase in windspeed near Galway was amazing. From a breeze to a gale in 15 minutes

spookwoman

Not too bad in Waterford. Rain and breezy with a gust of 57.8km earlier http://www.waterfordcityweather.com/