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

pad199207

Breezy now in Kildare

stevek93

DOCARCH wrote: »

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

Explains my migraine so

Kilnababe

Not a puff of wind for the last 2 hours. North Clare. Reminds me of the hours before Darwin.

vizualpics

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

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.

The centre seems to be further North so compared to Met short range models as its off the Clare coast on that. Looks to be intense rain around Mayo from the system.

munsterlegend

Not too breezy here yet in north cork but expected to get wilder between 5-7 pm.

Gaoth Laidir

Gust of 48 knots at Roches Point and 47 knots at Valentia and Sherkin Island at 4 pm. 42 knots at Kerry Airport at 16.30.

Kutebride

Heavy rain Meath ........ and can distinctly hear the birds singing. Maybe they would be singing regardless.

jokser250

Heavy rain with winds picking up in south kilkenny at the moment

pad199207

A little higher now in Kildare with winds 30-40KPH gusts

JCX BXC

Very strong gusts in West Clare in the last 10 minutes.

nacho libre

squarecircles wrote: »

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

The strongest gusts will be south of us( roughly in a line from Clare to Meath), bar parts of east Ulster. There will be just light winds here till the system passes through, then it will get windier, but it will likely be a standard windy night for us.
We might have it windier on Thursday.

JCX BXC

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Gust of 48 knots at Roches Point and 47 knots at Valentia and Sherkin Island at 4 pm. 42 knots at Kerry Airport at 16.30.

Gust of 45kts at Cork Airport at 16:30.

littlema

Constant heavy rain this last 2 hours in S Sligo.... my rainfall gauge is 6mm since 9am. roads flooded and care needed driving through in consideration of others.
My old fashioned barometer has dropped so much, it's gone round towards Fair.

galwaybabe

Very strong gusts here in Kinvara in the last 10 to 15 mins

coillsaille

I'm on the north coast of Galway Bay 30km west of Galway city. The gusts that have come in the last 15 minutes are the strongest we've seen around here for quite a while. I don't have an anemometer but it's the first time I've heard my roof tiles banging since the 2013-14 storms.
Hoping it will pass through quickly.

Meteorite58

Latest from ARPEGE 12Z



AROME 12Z

Kilnababe

Just got interesting in North Clare in the last 15 minutes.

RoisinD

Winds really ramping up now NW Clare. Just had a look at http://oceanscene.ie/lahinch-webcam/ Cannot believe the eejits that seem to be driving up and down the prom with the water now breaching the walls. Gardaí should be blocking off access.

Rikand

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Gust of 48 knots at Roches Point and 47 knots at Valentia and Sherkin Island at 4 pm. 42 knots at Kerry Airport at 16.30.

Cone on Sherkin. Double that just one time for daddy's competition!

Meteorite58

ECM 00Z

Mr_A

71kt 131.5kmph gust at Fastnet

https://twitter.com/FastnetLHouse/status/948236954503733248

Hearing the wind in office in Galway City, never recall being able to before.

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/BallybunionBuoy/status/948236967661228033

fepper

Meteorite58 wrote: »

ECM 00Z

Bad winds there seems to be hitting north Kerry /clare dead on

DOCARCH

Meteorite58 wrote: »

ECM 00Z

Jaysus! :eek:

Might we see an imminent red warning from ME?

In Dublin 16....a little more breezy in the last 15 minutes. 987.3mb now (at 1700), falling very rapidly. Drop of 2.5mb in the last 30 minutes.

ninebeanrows

DOCARCH wrote: »

Jaysus! :eek:

Might we see an imminent red warning from ME?

In Dublin 16....a little more breezy in the last 15 minutes. 987.3mb now (at 1700), falling very rapidly. Drop of 2.5mb in the last 30 minutes.

That data has been available since this morning, 12z won't be out for another hour.

RuthieRose

We are in north Kerry. It’s mental outside. Car alarm going off from the wind moving it. Roads flooded and waves breaching the sea wall.

ronnie3585

The wind has seriously picked up in Galway City in the past 20mins.

Meteorite58

The strongest winds coming in the clear slot off the West I would imagine.

ch750536

Can confirm that it is much windier than expected. Clear skies overhead just now.

pad199207

Literally watching pressure fall on the Davis screen here. Dropping at an alarming rate. Kildare

JCX BXC

Max gust revised back up to 55kts in the 5pm TAF for Dublin, has a prob 30 attached and is valid from 7pm to 9pm.

Shannon strangely has been revised down to a Max Gust of 50kts, I know its not valid until 6pm but seems a little low does it not?

Cork also has a max gust of 50kts, valid until 7pm, ad Knock will be gusting to 45kts from 8pm this evening to 3pm tomorrow.

munsterlegend

Gone very blustery in north cork near mallow in the last 10 minutes. Hope the power doesn't go.

pad199207

JCX BXC wrote: »

Max gust revised back up to 55kts in the 5pm TAF for Dublin, has a prob 30 attached and is valid from 7pm to 9pm.

Shannon strangely has been revised down to a Max Gust of 50kts, I know its not valid until 6pm but seems a little low does it not?

Cork also has a max gust of 50kts, valid until 7pm, ad Knock will be gusting to 45kts from 8pm this evening to 3pm tomorrow.

I’d say the likes of Casement will have a pretty high gust this evening.

fraxinus1

Weathercheck wrote: »

That data has been available since this morning, 12z won't be out for another hour.

A Red warning would be meaningless now? It’s to late to alert the relevant bodies. Hopefully the situation won’t warrant one.

squarecircles

Severe gusts now in West Mayo,shaking the house,alot worse than I was expecting.

MJohnston

fraxinus1 wrote: »

A Red warning would be meaningless now? It’s to late to alert the relevant bodies. Hopefully the situation won’t warrant one.

Never too late to inform people to stay indoors and not go for a drive

sunbeam

Suddenly extremely blustery in Achill. I really wasn't expecting this. Wind is really howling

Gaoth Laidir

53 gust 75 knots at Mace Head at 5 pm!!

PsMETAR MACE 021700Z AUTO 25053G75KT 3300NDV BKN014/// 09/07 0978 MSL RERA=

Breaston Plants

Anyone able to tell when it calm down in Galway city? Can't make any sense of them charts. Thanks.

redsteveireland

Some stronger gusts in east Galway, blowing smoke back down the chimney, lovely.

pad199207

fraxinus1 wrote: »

A Red warning would be meaningless now? It’s to late to alert the relevant bodies. Hopefully the situation won’t warrant one.

You’d be surprised the power of social media and other media outlets on how quickly they can get the word out.

Lumi

Gusting up to 83 kmh in Galway City
Barometer 982.53 hPa Falling very rapidly

Oneiric 3

Met Éireann hourly 3 hourly forecast (if that makes sense) up to 7pm. A very short but potentially sweet affair:




P.S. Wind suddenly shot up to 25 knot mean here. Jealous of those further to the south and east.

ninebeanrows

I would suggest the centre is tracking a little further north than the Hirlam on the met website.

Gaoth Laidir

Weathercheck wrote: »

I would suggest the centre is tracking a little further north than the Hirlam on the met website.

Yes, more in line with the NAE. Maybe that 190 km/h this morning was not so crazy!

ninebeanrows

Pressure to 975hPa in Newport.

fepper

Kinda calming down a bit here in north Kerry...

M.T. Cranium

Would consider a red warning (locally) at this point, Mace Head obs W 53G75 kt.

SHELTER IN PLACE advisory (from me) for south half Galway, all Clare, north Kerry, Limerick, effective now to 8 p.m., driving may become very dangerous with flying debris and trees subject to large amounts of damage.

This would need to be extended further east by 6 p.m.

Oneiric 3

Wind has veered to the SSW (maybe due to local turbulence) here.Very gusty, but pressure still failing at an incredible rate, so low center, whatever path it is taking, has not arrived yet.

yellowlabrador

flooding in bantry
https://twitter.com/mossiescabs/status/948238429673926656