Storm Fionn: PM Tues 16th/AM Weds 17th, Jan 2018

Meteorite58

10 min avg 42 km/h gust 85 km/h near Tralee

Cushtie

JCX BXC wrote: »

Very Gusty here in West Clare. No damage visible though. The sudden Gusty periods followed by some quiet is what sets this apart from normal storms.

Same here in West Limerick. Some fierce gusts with plenty of lightening and squally showers. Power still on thankfully.

Meteorite58

Kermit.de.frog

I have to be honest I was little surprised myself to see this named notwithstanding potential impacts.

Anyway I think Liam Dutton expressed his opinion in the wrong way.

gozunda

Wind strenght rising rapidly here with strong gusts. Feels very very cold in the wind.

That's about as technical as I am going to get! Now sitting in front of the fire and definitly not bothered to take another look outside. :eek:

130 m asl

North Cork / Limerick Tipperary border

pauldry

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I have to be honest I was little surprised myself to see this named notwithstanding potential impacts.

Anyway I think Liam Dutton expressed his opinion in the wrong way.

Its very windy in Sligo during the showers almost every 10 minutes. 50knots id say

corsav6

Not too bad here outside Newport, Mayo. Had a few strong gusts earlier and lights flickered but nothing major.

Keeping a close eye on tomorrow's event as that may turn out to be nasty.

Oscar Bravo

9pm met reports, Mace Head gusting 68 Knots!

Burts Bee

Lights flickering here, near Doneraile, north cork.

sdanseo

Anyone know what altitude Kinsale's anemometer is at?

56kt - 103km/h gust at 9PM
66kt - 122km/h at M6, miles out to the west

Nothing particularly remarkable

piuswal

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I have to be honest I was little surprised myself to see this named notwithstanding potential impacts.

Anyway I think Liam Dutton expressed his opinion in the wrong way.

Agreed. I think someone has mixed up Warning Criteria and naming storms; though I cannot find reference to Fionn on the ME site. Anyone know where it is?

sryanbruen

piuswal wrote: »

Agreed. I think someone has mixed up Warning Criteria and naming storms; though I cannot find reference to Fionn on the ME site. Anyone know where it is?

The amber warning here:

http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

piuswal

sryanbruen wrote: »

The amber warning here:

http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

Thanks, missed that.

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http://www.met.ie/forecasts/

16 January 2018 22:19

Today


Tonight there will be widespread and heavy showers of rain, hail, sleet and snow, with a risk of thunder. Accumulations of snow are likely, especially over the northern half of the country and mainly over higher ground elsewhere. But showers will ease and become confined to western and northern counties by morning. Westerly winds will be very strong and gusty but along Atlantic coastal counties winds will reach gale force with severe and damaging gusts of up to 120 km/h and a risk of coastal flooding as seas continue to be very high. Lowest temperatures will fall to between -1 and +3 degrees.

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Have not seen that kind of time mix up before!

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/953413880881074177

JCX BXC

11pm TAF for Shannon gives a gust of 60kts between 9pm and 11pm

bodhrandude

Wind picking up here in Salthill, hearing some loud gusts at the moment.