Storm Ali : Weds 19 Sept 2018

Graces7

Flat calm out there. Ocean like a mirror and cloud grey and still.... Did not trust it re crossing... eerie somehow.

West Mayo; offshore island

ZX7R

I see met earann has issued a orange warning for certain county's

DOCARCH

Orange Warning

Issued for: Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry.

Storm Ali will track close to the west and northwest coast from the early hours of Wednesday morning until late afternoon. South to southwest winds veering westerly will increase to mean speeds between 65 and 80 km/h with gusts between 110 and 120 km/h for a time in some areas. Winds strongest along Atlantic Coasts at first and later in the morning extending further east.

Yellow Warning

Issued for: All other counties.

Very windy across Ireland from early on Wednesday morning until evening. South to southwest winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/hr with gusts of 90 to 110 km/hr, strongest in southern, western and northern coastal areas.

prunudo

I'm surprised how little coverage this is getting. Can't see the ploughing being much fun tomorrow.

hoody

Flying from Shannon early tomorrow, looks like it'll either be a bumpy takeoff or none at all!

mangobob

I am an ignoramus when it comes to meteorology.

However I am playing around with the ventusky website and its forecasting gusts of 155 kph for Dublin 16 at midday tomorrow...sweet jeebus....is this accurate?!

JCX BXC

Jaysus this one really crept up on me without me noticing! Was surprised when I read the orange warning this morning.

Graces7

wind and rain here already. West Mayo offshore island

greenspurs

DOCARCH wrote: »

Gerry Murphy saying highly likely orange warning will be issued for tomorrow (for some areas) and storm named (Ali).

Just cant wait to use the Storm name.........

If theres going to be a "Storm" , why has the local radio station (in the s.east) just said 'sunny day with some rain showers in the afternoon with a clearing in the evening, with some blustery wind"
:rolleyes:

Oscar Bravo

TAF for Dublin airport, almost certain disruption if this comes off

TAF EIDW 181100Z 1812/1912 23015G26KT 9999 FEW012 BKN025
BECMG 1812/1815 22020G30KT
PROB40
TEMPO 1815/1819 5000 SHRA BKN014 SCT018CB
BECMG 1818/1821 22015G26KT
BECMG 1821/1824 23020G36KT
BECMG 1901/1903 19015G26KT
BECMG 1904/1906 19020G35KT
BECMG 1907/1909 20030G48KT
TEMPO 1907/1910 -RA BKN015
*BECMG 1909/1911 25035G60KT*
BECMG 1911/1912 25030G55KT

*note, gusting up to 60 knots between 9am and 11am. this ,of course,may be revised in later TAF's.

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sparrowcar

If those TAF's for DUB come off there will serious disruption to ground ops in the airport and subsequent delays as a result.

SleetAndSnow

How are we looking down here in the south /Cork cIty? Thinking not too bad since it’s tellow!

Oscar Bravo

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

How are we looking down here in the south /Cork cIty? Thinking not too bad since it’s tellow!

Cork Airport TAF going for gusts up to 60knots between 6am/8am which is very strong but of course it has its own climate up on the hill. More areas could be added to orange status later

Doctors room ghost

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

How are we looking down here in the south /Cork cIty? Thinking not too bad since it’s tellow!

Did ye catch the puma yet?saw it on the journal not a mention of it since

JanuarySnowstor

For me the orange alert should be further south and east. Certainly when looking at the 06z gfs the tightest gradient is away from the nothwest

ZX7R

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

For me the orange alert should be further south and east. Certainly when looking at the 06z gfs the tightest gradient is away from the nothwest

Met earann probably expecting to track further north I would say

fergus1001

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

For me the orange alert should be further south and east. Certainly when looking at the 06z gfs the tightest gradient is away from the nothwest

ploughing is on not gonna issue an alert for offaly anyways

Meteorite58

Looking at the european models would suggest more counties possible in the Orange warning level to me too. Will need to watch Atlantic coastal counties closely in the following runs left, looks very high end Orange level on the coasts. ( American models have eased off a bit but thinking the euro models would have a better handle on it, will see. )This is looking like a very strong wind event with driving heavy rain in parts.
Very sharp temp gradient from very mild air to cold air in a matter of a couple of hours.
Pressure dropping as Storm passes close to the NW / N.
Northern counties could get very strong winds as the gradient tightens. Mention of possible sting jet.

Doctors room ghost

The wind is pulling hard here at this minute in Galway.constant heavy pull.gonna be a lot of branches knocked if it stays going

NIMAN

Glad I dismantled the trampoline yesterday !

Whispered

NIMAN wrote: »

Glad I dismantled the trampoline yesterday !

Did you take the whole thing down? I removed the net but thought the trampoline itself might be ok for now. Ugh, should I flip it? Kilkenny/Carlow border.

Doctors room ghost

Whispered wrote: »

Did you take the whole thing down? I removed the net but thought the trampoline itself might be ok for now. Ugh, should I flip it? Kilkenny/Carlow border.

I’d say face down and put a few good weights on it.the wind does get under them hoors and away she goes up the road.they trash parked cars on the way.face down and weigh on she be sound.

RubyK

We are flying into Dublin airport tomorrow at 17.30hrs could we face delays/problems landing?

Artane2002

RubyK wrote: »

We are flying into Dublin airport tomorrow at 17.30hrs could we face delays/problems landing?

There is definitely a chance of delays or being put into a holding pattern (circling the sky for a bit). This is going by the latest updates from the models.

JCX BXC

RubyK wrote: »

We are flying into Dublin airport tomorrow at 17.30hrs could we face delays/problems landing?

You are quite late, so knock on delays are more the worry for you.

RubyK

Artane2002 wrote: »

There is definitely a chance of delays or being put into a holding pattern (circling the sky for a bit). This is going by the latest updates from the models.

Thanks Artane, when is the worst expected, have a 2 hr car journey to get home also.

RubyK

JCX BXC wrote: »

You are quite late, so knock on delays are more the worry for you.

The flight we come home on leaves DUB at 07.00 hrs, so hopefully that gets out on-time.

hinault

Very windy throughout my drive from Dublin to Cork earlier.

Travelling back to Dublin from Cork now. Continuing very windy but the weather is bright and sunny through Tipperary and Laois and south Kildare during the last 1.5 hours.

irelandspurs

In Majorca at present due to land in Dublin 01.40 Thursday morning. Should it be over by then or are we due more strong wind.

errlloyd

Are we expecting any rain of note. Just wondering will sports pitches be playable tomorrow evening? Looks like more rain will actually be on Thursday.

ninebeanrows

I'm due to land at 1230. (1130z) 😱

Hopefully has shifted to 270/280 degrees by then and will get in

Artane2002

RubyK wrote: »

The flight we come home on leaves DUB at 07.00 hrs, so hopefully that gets out on-time.

In that case, the flight going to wherever you are now has a decent chance of being delayed. This delay would then delay your flight. This is especially true for short haul flights where the turnaround time would be short.

The orange warning is valid till 1 so the worst of it should be over by the time you arrive.

Artane2002

irelandspurs wrote: »

In Majorca at present due to land in Dublin 01.40 Thursday morning. Should it be over by then or are we due more strong wind.

It should be over.

DOCARCH

Weathercheck wrote: »

I'm due to land at 1230. (1130z) ��

Hopefully has shifted to 270/280 degrees by then and will get in

If anybody on here can organise/fix the weather it's you!

diceyd

And it has to be on a bin day

downwiththatsor

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

TAF for Dublin airport, almost certain disruption if this comes off
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Is Kerry Airport 7.30am departure tomorrow morning a write off?

pad199207

Warnings currently being updated

cdsb46

It looks to be a downgrade, land warning is yellow, marine warning is just orange

Darwin

Yes, looks like they are re-assessing things as the warning only goes out to 10pm (at least for Galway/Mayo)
Edit: don't think this is a downgrade, maybe more of an upgrade for post 10pm?

Artane2002

They could have taken the orange warning down to update it.

ZX7R

Looks like she is tracking further north

pad199207

Artane2002 wrote: »

They could have taken the orange warning down to update it.

Yep more counties are being added to the orange

Artane2002

ZX7R wrote: »

Looks like she is tracking further north

She

ZX7R

Artane2002 wrote: »

She

It , apologies

Sycamore Tree

ZX7R wrote: »

It , apologies

The durty bitch!

Mr.H

ZX7R wrote:

It , apologies

Artane2002 wrote:

She

This is ireland/uk. Ali is a common female name so she is definitely a she. #feminism

Lol

ZX7R

Mr.H wrote: »

This is ireland/uk. Ali is a common female name so she is definitely a she. #feminism

Lol

Hard to know what too call things in new p.c world😀

errlloyd

ZX7R wrote: »

Hard to know what too call things in new p.c world��

They opened a new pc world? Thought they were all rebranding to Currys.

JCX BXC

Yup, Galway and Mayo on yellow from 8pm to 10pm this evening. Fairly windy here now in Galway, nothing major though. They've issued a yellow for Ireland for tomorrow, from 5am to 5pm, which to me implies it's the only warning,, but seems bizzare as all forecasts point to a strong orange level in many areas. Suppose we've to wait and see.