Another potential wind-storm Thursday AM 4-1-18

CrowdedHouse

Strange temperature up and down the last few hours (with the low passing I presume)

DOCARCH

Wind has just arrived in Dublin 16.

mojesius

DOCARCH wrote: »

Wind has just arrived in Dublin 16.

Same in SE Meath. Chimney howling

George Sunsnow

DOCARCH wrote: »

Wind has just arrived in Dublin 16.

Got windy here an hour ago but no more so than locally on New Year’s Day
It’s unlikely to drop bows of trees,few branches maybe
Certainly weaker than down further south so far

Villain

Amazing the speed at which gusts increased here in Carlow Town and town out power for 1,266 premises
https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/948861003961389056

Check out the graph image in that tweet to see the speed of increase.

George Sunsnow

Very wild here now near Arklow
Reprieve for bows and fences cancelled
strong sustained NW
Very strong gusts

MetLuver

Greystones just started howling in last few minutes. It has been dead calm all morning. Fascinating how these features work :-)

sparrowcar

Quiet all morning here in Swords and just suddenly picked up with some decent gusts.

Gaoth Laidir

natty_asha wrote: »

Power gone in part of Carlow town now in the last 10 minutes. Not sure if weather related but some pretty strong gusts here the past half hour.

There was a 50-knot gust at Oak Park between 9-10 am.

Mobhi1

The wind has picked up a lot here in the last half hour. Branches are swaying.

Mobhi1

Mobhi1 wrote: »

The wind has picked up a lot here in the last half hour. Big branches and whole trees are swaying.

There was next to no wind at all a couple of hours ago.

Gaoth Laidir

Gust of 50 knots reported in Johnstown Castle's 11 am report. Dublin Airport 48 kt, Casement 47 kt.

Tabnabs

Gusting to over 50 knots in Dublin bay, the change was rather dramatic and fast paced.

PukkaStukka

I overnighted in Newcastle Co Down last night and drove back to Dublin this morning. The wind and rain overnight was horrendous and the drive back along the south Down coast at 8am was in appalling conditions with high winds and very heavy drizzle being blown horizontally. After a 30 minute tea stop, the M1 south of Dundalk all the way to Dublin was a tale of very blustery crosswinds and spray. There's a lot of wind-blown debris and spot flooding on all side roads driven today.

Glad I don't have to go back out later..

piuswal

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Slightly off topic but here are two pages from Tim Vasquez' Weather Forecasting Red Book (2006) that contain handy forecasting tips for surface lows, including the Rosenbloom Rule. I highly recommend picking up his books.

Interesting. Thanks. Just one observation, models, data, data assimilation and computing power have come a long way in the intervening 11 years or so.

An aside, probably for another thread but alluded to a few times in various ways and other threads; Met Eireann resources! budget, budget control, staffing, how many forecasters in total and how many on duty during "normal" times and severe weather events! What development and support staff do they have? About 10 years on from the very severe flooding episodes and the building of various flooding defenses, eg in Clonmel and Cork it seems ME are finally getting some staff for flood forecasting. Will there be an investment in the necessary radars and if so, how long will it take? Etc Etc Etc Fill in the gaps.

piuswal

see http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

fascinating double low forecast off sw and s coast by 2000 this evening!

rushfan

sparrowcar wrote:

Quiet all morning here in Swords and just suddenly picked up with some decent gusts.

I was considering a quick spin on the bike up to Ballyboughal. Then I thought better of it.

downwiththatsor

piuswal wrote: »

see http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

fascinating double low forecast off sw and s coast by 2000 this evening!

Any tips on scrolling through on an android as not as user friendly as on a pc.

piuswal

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Any tips on scrolling through on an android as not as user friendly as on a pc.

I have the ME app on my phone and the very last line gives me

Go to Met.ie

I go into www.met.ie and from there to www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

downwiththatsor

piuswal wrote: »

I have the ME app on my phone and the very last line gives me

Go to Met.ie

I go into www.met.ie and from there to www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

Thanks scrolling through timeframes now works.

highdef

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Any tips on scrolling through on an android as not as user friendly as on a pc.

I just click at what ever time I want to view on the timeline.... This is on Android, BTW

Big Nasty

So are we done here?

Do we need a thread for a possible snow event Friday?

Snowbiee21

Big Nasty wrote: »

So are we done here?

Do we need a thread for a possible snow event Friday?

No need.

Oneiric 3

Off topic but since it is in discussion. I have the Met Éireann app on my phone, but if I google Met Éireann in the browser, it takes me straight back into the app when I click on the link to get into the main site. The app is good, but I prefer the website as there is much more on offer in the line of charts, and esp the current conditions page where you can compare and contrast the different reports on one page, rather than having to click on each individual station on the app, which also does not display gust speeds for some reason.

Iancar29

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Off topic but since it is in discussion. I have the Met reann app on my phone, but if I google Met reann in the browser, it takes me straight back into the app when I click on the link to get into the main site. The app is good, but I prefer the website as there is much more on offer in the line of charts, and esp the current conditions page where you can compare and contrast the different reports on one page, rather than having to click on each individual station on the app, which also does not display gust speeds for some reason.

Delete the app. Instead just go to the mobile site in google chrome and from the browser options select " add to home screen". This is bascially like having the app on your phone however, when open and want the full site, just scroll down to the bottom and select "go to met.ie".

Gaoth Laidir

Big Nasty wrote: »

Do we need a thread for a possible snow event Friday?

There is one already and no, we don't need it.

Meteorite58

Very windy here near Tralee early morning gusting over 70 km/h and 10 min avg of 32 /35kn/h WNW from about 07.00 to 08.30. Notable how mild it got during the night in the warm sector getting up to 12.8C at 03.30. Lowest Barometer reading of 984 hPa .High coastal waters again with some local roads flooded. Winds eased off considerably during the morning .