Storm Kathleen Sat 6th April 2024.

Storm 10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974557#Comment_121974557

Well if the UK Met have warnings for the West of the UK for winds gusting to 70mph when the storm will be way closer to Ireland I dont think it will "skim off the side"

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974755#Comment_121974755

50mph and 60-70mph gusts "in exposed places" according to ukmo

zell12

Radio1 texter asking why it is not being labelled a "meteorological bomb" for seafarers. Joanna Donnelly dealt with it calmly

donal.hunt

Unsurprisingly the Brittany Ferries sailing from Roscoff to Cork on 5/6 Apr is cancelled. Presume the outbound back to Roscoff on 6 Apr is also cancelled.

cheezums

surely a red coming for the south and west. although ICON seems at odds with the other models? much more severe.

Chris_5339762

Icon tends to go nuts for wind speeds but there is still development potential here. I think it'll be high end yellow personally however, these are usually slightly weaker then expected, arrive earlier, and go further north.

munsterlegend

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121975227#Comment_121975227

What basis is there for it to be a red warning? Might change but warnings look right for now.

cheezums

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121975919#Comment_121975919

ICON has gusts >130km/hr which meets red criteria I believe

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121975942#Comment_121975942

I think they take multiple models into account. ICON, as some poster has said, tends to overrate wind speeds (if I am correct?).

Meteorite58

ECM 12Z is an upgrade after comparing the previous charts in that it has a more widespread 90 to 100 km/h gusts countrywide with pockets of 110km/h gusts and for longer from late morning / early afternoon to around early evening and then remaining quite windy and blustery until around 21.00 or 22.00 as winds ease off somewhat away from west coasts.

Some parts along the South look very windy now also, will see if it shows up on the following runs.

A lot of rain to come between now and later Saturday….and doesn't stop there.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1775886171073360206

Meteorite58

The French models are not as strong as the ECM. HARMOIE ( of what we can see ) is very similar to the ECM , UKMO and ICON way out in front still but the ECM is looking a bit more like them now with more widespread uniform high wind speeds but ICON is still showing gusts about 10 to 20 km/h higher than the ECM.

Dazler97

I notice Waterford added into the orange warning

JanuarySnowstor

Monday catches my eye, some very heavy rain and high tides!!

nacho libre

How did icon do with the last storm? Was it Icon and the UKMO that were showing the strongest winds with that storm?

lintdrummer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973865#Comment_121973865

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974694#Comment_121974694

Runway in Cork is aligned more or less with the southerly winds this storm will bring. It will be bumpy but aside from some delays Cork flights should be operating. It will be a crosswind in Dublin, though speeds won't be as strong. Still would expect more disruption there.

Meteorite58

Very strong from the ECM 18Z , increased again, countrywide gusting to 100km/h, up to 110 in places and coasts with a few coastal areas up to 120Km/h. Higher windward ground in the South and West could get gusts up yo 120Km/h.

Very windy day in store with some damage no doubt and have to take into account the saturated ground leading to falling trees and powercuts.Could be some very difficult driving conditions especially for high sided vehicles .

High end yellow at the least, wouldent take much to give more counties Orange level warning if not most of the country.

Musicrules

Will this last the whole weekend do people think or it will calm down after Saturday?

airbusa320

Flying out of Dublin at 7.30 am on Saturday.

Should be interesting, what are the chances of disruption ?

flazio

I'm curious to know why the Clare coast isn't on orange? Even if the models put the storm far enough out to sea that it's just the tips of Cork, Kerry, Galway Mayo and Donegal that could suffer orange damage, would it not be worth covering their backsides in case it tracks closer to the coast?

Supercell

Getting going now.

https://twitter.com/SimonOKing/status/1776140744488554586?s=20

nacho libre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121977874#Comment_121977874

It's looks like a sustained period of winds for all, with winds staying strong in the west right through most of Sunday . Yellow level winds for most of the country with orange in coastal counties of the west and south west .

SouthWesterly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121977675#Comment_121977675

Whats castle street going to be like at 6pm. Debating do we go out for dinner tomorrow .

CelticRambler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973387#Comment_121973387

Think that might not be entirely correct. Here in France, this storm - what you're calling Kathleen - is named Olivia. It's the same one, but there are two different naming conventions in effect (IE-GB-NL vs PT-ES-FR).

Our (French/Portugese) torrential rain was delivered by Nelson and Monica in quick succession (and dumped a huge quantity of late-season snow in northern Italy). While we got off to a coordinated start in the autumn (e.g. Ciarán=Céline) we're now four storms ahead of you … to which my roof and greenhouse will bear witness :-(

squarecircles

Storm Kathleen, Saturday 6th April 2024

Met Éireann have named Storm Kathleen (the 11th storm of the 2023/2024 season).

Storm Kathleen is a significant low-pressure system tracking off the west coast which will bring strong southerly winds and damaging gusts across the country on Saturday.

Met Éireann have issued a nationwide yellow wind warning for Saturday with orange level wind warnings coming into effect for counties Cork, Kerry, Galway and Mayo at 7am, valid until 5pm.  Storm Kathleen is a dynamic system so there may be updates to the warnings. Please keep in touch with Met Éireann’s social media channels, www.met.ie and the Met Éireann app to stay up to date with the forecasts.

Deputy Head of Forecasting, Liz Coleman said “It is the end of the Easter holidays so there will be a lot of people travelling and they may not be expecting such unseasonably strong and gusty winds. Please make sure to plan your journeys in advance by keeping in contact with the forecast.  We are likely to see some trees down due to the saturated soils and strong winds. There will be dangerous conditions at sea too, coupled with wave overtopping and coastal flooding in some areas.”

The rapid deepening of Storm Kathleen is due the interaction of this low-pressure system with a strong southerly jet stream.

The potential impacts of Storm Kathleen are likely to be:

• Very difficult travel conditions
• Fallen trees
• Some power outages
• Coastal flooding
• Wave overtopping

adocholiday

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978071#Comment_121978071

No they're two separate systems. If you look at the observations as of 12am you can see the centre of Storm Olivia off the SW of Ireland and then further south you can see Storm Kathleen beginning to take shape.

Now this morning you can see Olivia off our West coast, bringing some blustery and wet conditions today, and Kathleen moving up towards us. Kathleen will merge with the remnants of Olivia as it approaches.

Meteorite58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978066#Comment_121978066

Ah the big winds should be gone through, probably still a bit blustery but nothing we are not use to by then. Could be trees and branches down around the place, going to get a fair lick of the strong winds here in Kerry.

Enjoy the meal If ye get going.

Mad_Lad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978066#Comment_121978066

It's a bit of wind ffs, go out and enjoy yourselves, Nothing we haven't had before.

CSF

Due to fly from Dublin to Birmingham in the morning, and back that same evening? Would the forecasted weather create a high risk of disruption?

Supercell

Remarkably similar fax chart for midday tomorrow as was forecast this time yesterday. The main difference i can see is the occluded front over the east of the country is gone

SouthWesterly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121978155#Comment_121978155

Thanks . I suppose we'll call it tomorrow.