Storm Callum - Thursday/Friday 11/12 October 2018 **READ MOD NOTE IN FIRST POST**

pad199207

irishgeo wrote: »

Any Midlands people spot seagulls. A sure sign of a bad storm when the seagulls move inland.

I seen a large flock of them over Naas this evening

NCS

irishgeo wrote: »

Any Midlands people spot seagulls. A sure sign of a bad storm when the seagulls move inland.

I've observed this myself in D15 - one or more seagulls usually 36-48hrs before a storm/wind event and very rarely at any other time.

Meteorite58

Close call , the strongest winds staying off the W coast, just.

Meteorite58

The ECM 12Z looks like it has eased off a bit pushing the main winds more off the coast. Hard to make out as it just shows 3 hourly.

spookwoman

Looking at ARP for waterford area from at 3am Irish time to till about 7am winds gusts will be up in the 100's. gusts of 113kps at 5am

eastmayo

Just checked met eireann website and from clare up to Donegal is dropped from wind warnings.....maybe updating or is my phone playing up.

Meteorite58

ARPEGE 12Z Max Wind speeds

MeTheMan

eastmayo wrote: »

Just checked met eireann website and from clare up to Donegal is dropped from wind warnings.....maybe updating or is my phone playing up.

Just seen that. I'm sure it's an update/mistake. Should be sorted soon.

Artane2002

eastmayo wrote: »

Just checked met eireann website and from clare up to Donegal is dropped from wind warnings.....maybe updating or is my phone playing up.

Safe to assume it's being updated.

superdog

irishgeo wrote: »

Any Midlands people spot seagulls. A sure sign of a bad storm when the seagulls move inland.

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

aidanodr

https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1050089860718108674

Looks like most of coastal areas around country gone ORANGE

Akrasia

MeTheMan wrote: »

Just seen that. I'm sure it's an update/mistake. Should be sorted soon.

They have to take down the warning before they update it (silly system tbh)

Mount Vesuvius

Thankfully most of us will be asleep when 100kph gusts hit over large parts of the country. Thankfully severe winds still mostly showing off shore.

xii

Limerick left off the Orange again, I know its not coastal but I can tell you when Cork, Kerry and Clare get extreme weather Limerick gets it too.

Artane2002

Update:

Status Orange - Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Clare
Storm Callum: Southeast winds veering southwest will gust generally between 100 and 130km/h, higher in some coastal areas and on high ground. Along with a spell of heavy rain and high tides there is a risk of coastal flooding and damage.

Issued: Wednesday 10 October 2018 20:00

Updated: Wednesday 10 October 2018 20:00

Valid from Friday 12 October 2018 00:01 to Friday 12 October 2018 13:00

I'm going to guess there's going to be people here asking why Limerick isn't in the orange once the event happens

Edit: I swear I didn't see the post above lol

aidanodr

Met Eireann:

https://www.met.ie/warnings/

Meteorite58

High Seas

spookwoman

Artane2002 wrote: »

Update:

Status Orange - Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Clare
Storm Callum: Southeast winds veering southwest will gust generally between 100 and 130km/h, higher in some coastal areas and on high ground. Along with a spell of heavy rain and high tides there is a risk of coastal flooding and damage.

Issued: Wednesday 10 October 2018 20:00

Updated: Wednesday 10 October 2018 20:00

Valid from Friday 12 October 2018 00:01 to Friday 12 October 2018 13:00

I'm going to guess there's going to be people here asking why Limerick isn't in the orange once the event happens

Edit: I swear I didn't see the post above lol

Looking at ARP limerick is going to be gusting near 100 and above from about 1am to 11am

MeTheMan

xii wrote: »

Limerick left off the Orange again, I know its not coastal but I can tell you when Cork, Kerry and Clare get extreme weather Limerick gets it too.

Not to derail the thread but it's the same with Leitrim. We have coast (yes it's very short) we separate Sligo and Donegal which are both orange. Strange system.

The move out to the west seems the be fairly agreed upon now. Will this bring heavier rain in the east of the country?

aidanodr

Apparently it is very very windy in Cork City centre now. Anyone can vouch for this?

If so is this pre Callum or something else?

SleetAndSnow

aidanodr wrote: »

Apparently it is very very windy in Cork City centre now. Anyone can vouch for this?

If so is this pre Callum or something else?

Here in Bishopstown atm and it is pretty windy alright. Been getting stronger throughout the day.

xii

Florida in the middle of a hurricane, is that callum?

Meteorite58

The Jet helping Storm Callum to Bomb.

DOCARCH

xii wrote: »

Florida in the middle of a hurricane, is that callum?

No....Michael will be here Monday.

thomil

aidanodr wrote: »

Apparently it is very very windy in Cork City centre now. Anyone can vouch for this?

If so is this pre Callum or something else?

I can confirm it. Blowing surprisingly hard from southerly directions, and we had a bit of lightning about an hour ago.

It's unrelated to Callum though. There's currently a second low pressure area off the west coast. Callum will apparently "slingshot" around this low pressure area before it hits tomorrow evening. Sorry for the amateurish description.

HighLine

DOCARCH wrote: »

No....Michael will be here Monday.

The remnants.

limericklad87

Fairly windy in Limerick now as well

Pops_20

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Here in Bishopstown atm and it is pretty windy alright. Been getting stronger throughout the day.

I'm in Bishopstown as well and I agree it has been very windy all day. I seem to remember Yellow Warnings recently for less severe winds than this.

DOCARCH

HighLine wrote: »

The remnants.

But....it says....'Hurricane Michael to smash into BRITAIN on MONDAY'

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1029635/UK-weather-forecast-Hurricane-Michael-Britain-latest-path-weather-warning-storm-map

*...sticks tongue firmly in cheek...*

Yes....only remnants of Michael will be here on Monday.

spookwoman

Due to get blustery tonight and then calm tomorrow