Storm Kathleen Sat 6th April 2024.

Kaisr Sose

WInd picking up here . Not much rain at all, just occasional drops. The rain from must be near if it's heavy rain in Arklow.

Meteorite58

GFS has been showing strong winds running up through the country overnight on and off over a few previous runs, the 18Z has v strong winds as can see below, will be interesting to see if it verifies, has it picked up a feature that the others haven't ?

pauldry

Maybe a squall with locally high gusts of 70 to 80kph inland. Mace HD and Valentia 120kph Belmullet 110kph Finner 105kph and other areas near Atlantic 100kph.

.Donegal.

Missing this storm. In Austria. 28c this weekend unseasonably warm

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121980476#Comment_121980476

heavy rain to follow the storm on monday in the east and monday and wednesday in the south and west.

adocholiday

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982059#Comment_121982059

Really picked up here near Rathdrum in the past 30 minutes or so. The direction of the wind is blowing the heavy rain directly on the Velux so it sounds even worse than it actually is

Consonata

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121979870#Comment_121979870

Better to alert than not, folk were very miffed that they weren't informed about the snow. if MÉ want to err on the side of caution thats understandable probably.

BlueSkyDreams

It doesnt look that bad really.

Gusts unlikley to top 105kph it seems.

Cork/Kinsale area looks like it will see the strongest winds around 8am - 10am.

screamer

the wind is ripping here on the north kk south laois border,huge gusts already so im not looking forward to the night and scared kids!

adocholiday

For those of us in the SE, there are some squally features in that heavy rain passing over at the moment and it's producing some locally strong winds at times but once that passes on it will likely calm down a bit. Another hour or so should see the worst of it through.

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982312#Comment_121982312

Your heaviest winds will be in the afternoon and winds will be stronger through sunday then they are now.

Also the rain on monday will be much worse than any point over this weekend.

So the worst is ahead really, on both the wind and rain front.

adocholiday

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982330#Comment_121982330

Yes true, good clarification. I didn't mean that it would calm down for the weekend, but just the worst of the rain front where there are some squally elements making it seem worse is all.

Dazler97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982270#Comment_121982270

Yep further warnings ⚠️ will most likely be in force on Monday

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982362#Comment_121982362

For rain, yes. And Wedeesday also for the west and south.

No respite for the farmers in the south west.

spookwoman

Rain pretty much passed here in Waterford city, the odd spit only. Wind is slowly picking up.

An Ri rua

Filthy night near Tullamore. Calmed down in last half hour.

A few trees down already. Spinalus Tapus Buxus. High drama yes but no big deal to upright them as they're in big pots.

M.T. Cranium

At 0500 highest gusts so far were at Casement (0300) 96 km/hr, but looks to be about to exceed 100 over exposed coastal areas soon.

At 0600, Sherkin 76 gusting to 100 km/hr, the sustained value is perhaps more impressive. Valentia gusting to 91.

zell12

Robust warm southerlies in Galway ..and totally dry

DOCARCH

Sherkin gusting 100 km/h in 0600 reports.

adocholiday

Casement over 90 and Oak Park hitting 80 already, both higher than I expected this early in the day

SleetAndSnow

house getting hit hard here right on the south west coast

DOCARCH

Sherkin gusting 109 km/h (with mean of 76 km/h) in 0700 reports.

Cody montana

Been howling here in cork all night.

Very little sleep.

yagan

Slates doing a jig. Cork harbour.

Masala

flights in the air bound for Cork Shannon and Kerry airports. Gonna be touch and go as to getting in I reckon. Dublin probably going to get a ball of diversions over the morning

kingshankly

hardly a breeze here in the north east

DOCARCH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982670#Comment_121982670

Edgy! 😄

Fairly lively in Greystones gusting to around 40 knots.

DOCARCH

Sherkin gusting 111 km/h and Roches Point 106 km/h in 0800 reports.