Batton down the hatches

ninebeanrows

Friday night 18z to Sunday 12z - Force 11 Winds Possible


Yes another one but with the intesity of this one it really needs attention
if synoptics stay the same, Friday night could bring damaging weather to
Ireland :eek:

Whoooooshhh!!!!

Saturday into Sunday looks only WILD!! Severe gales will affect all
of Ireland and the UK througout Saturday Evening and Sunday

That little low to the southwest of Ireland could cause
mayhem as it spreads northwestwards



We're talking damaging winds

it then moves into Scotland
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn781.gif

The time in between these two charts could cause
very damaging winds throughout Ireland with gusts
in excess of 80mph possible

Although it could change in the coming runs
it looks very severe so i thought i'd warm


By them charts the most severe winds would be at 9pm
with much of Ireland being sabbotaged by intense storm
winds

logonapr

Met Eireann are arguably the closest in terms of accuracy and they are not predicting anything special for Friday/Saturday
Their prediction is:
Tomorrow
Wednesday morning will be wet and windy with rain spreading country-wide; the rain clearing quickly to showers which will follow through the afternoon and evening. Winds will ease a little as the rain clears; temperatures will reach no higher than 7 to 10 degrees.

3 Day Outlook:
Wednesday night will be cool and clear with frost in places. Milder air will return for Thursday and Friday. Both these days will be very windy with southwesterly winds continuing to reach Gale Force. Most of the time the weather will remain damp and cloudy. Persistent spells of rain will occur and mist damp conditions will be almost continuous in places, especially in and around the hills and high ground and near the Coast too. Then finally after another spell of heavier rain on Friday evening or Friday night the weather will change again and cooler fresher air will return for Saturday. Saturday will be brighter and fresher with sunny spells and scattered showers. Once more though milder air will return on Sunday with damp mist conditions prevailing and a spell of heavier rain to follow.

No need to batten down the hatches if one looks at this forecast.

ninebeanrows

That forecast was probably made 18 hours ago, alot
chages in weather in 18hrs but if the current charts
were to come off wind gusts could reach 90mph on Saturday..

I'll put my hands up if im wrong

Danno

I'd be more concerned at the cold pool of air for Friday Night, into Saturday Morning...

Carpenter

Hi
I dont watch the tv weather now ?
After christmas snow fall i just watch for weather news off Weathercheck lol

ninebeanrows

Well that didnt go to plan :eek:

One of the swings and bends of the a day in modern weather!

Still Saturday loks windy but not severe...off to change tital :rolleyes:

is_that_so

Weathercheck wrote:

Still Saturday loks windy but not severe...off to change tital :rolleyes:

Not as dramatic now

billy the squid

still though force 10 winds are forcast for thursday night friday morning in the north east of the country.

ninebeanrows

its the beauty of weather! An feature disappears for
30hrs and then pops up only 36 hours before it arrives

All i can say is stay tuned Southern and Eastern areas
could see sustained 42Kn winds late Friday and through
Saturday Morning as a secondary low winds itself
up into a frenzy, it then plows through Scotlans with
50Kn sustained winds and goes into the North Sea with
65Kn sustained winds..touching Hurricane force :eek:

Yes thats what were Looking at.
The Low is quick moving but very intense. The Highest
windspeeds will affect Southeast Ulster around 4am
on Saturday with gusts reaching 90mph. Structural damage
is likely with Power Outages an eventuality :eek:

billy the squid

that sthe thing with forcasting they tend to cfhange like the weather.

billy the squid

Just on the radio a few minutes ago

looks like you were more or less on the money again weather check, met eireann are issuing a weather warning with winds of up to 85mph friday night.

ninebeanrows

Yes looks reallyu bad although last night was something else too..

Were looking at the south, East and north being worst affected
Looking at synoptics were talking about a widspread swathe
of 45mph Sustained wind around this area from 22z Friday
to 5z Saturday. Were also talking about the possiblility of
75kn gusts or 87mph gusts in these areas. My guess is that Wexford
could do really bad along with all the way up the east coast and
on the north Ulster Coast...

Could be really severe tonight with damage possible and thats after
last nights storm which certainly rattled my house around

ninebeanrows

I also must mention the possibilty of Blizzards on Saturday
Morning spreading across the country

I reckon much of the country could get some snow a
cold weather sweeps in behind the deep LP

ninebeanrows

We aint all living in the south side Earthman
We dont really know what a Batton is

As we say on the northside Batten down the hatches
And we pronounce the e very fiercely :eek:

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote:

We aint all living in the south side Earthman
We dont really know what a Batton is

Ever heard of colloquialisms weathercheck


Besides you're one to talk about spellings!!!

ninebeanrows

On a serious note, things are really looking horrendus tonight
for Ulster and Leinster and also some degree Munster.

The Wave is currently undergoing rapid cyclogenisis as dry
air is being sucked into the system, things are now looking
very rocky for Northeastern areas as the low pressure is set
to reach its peak over Scotland. Southern areas of Scotland
are bracing themselves for the possibility of gusts tiping 100mph :eek:

Meanwhile ourselves also need to be very cautious. Wind gusts
will regularly touch 70-75mph tonight and into tomorrow morning with
sustained winds of 45-50mph around the affected region. Localised
gusts touching 90mph are possible especially across Northeastern areas
and along the eastern coast. These scale of winds are enough to bring
down trees powerlines and cause damage to houses. Couple that with
the possibility of Blizzards tomorrow morning we should brace ourselves for the worst, ie. Electricity Outages, Road Blockages, Flooding and possible loss of life. Its a case of forget about the hats hold onto your roof

DapperGent

It's very wet and very windy. The end isn't nigh though, no need for all ye sinners to repent or anything.

Some northern counties could get some windy snow but I don't see accumulations getting over 5cm and that on higher ground. The gusts are strong and could well do a bit of damage, but I don't think it'll be disastrous.

Strong onshore winds, coupled with heavy rain could well lead to some coastal flooding in the south, which is a bit of a worry.

Grand soft day thank god.

ninebeanrows

Sorry Dapper i dont think you realise that a new system is
deepeing rapidly as we speak and is expected to swing
and crash into Eastern areas....
The British Metoffice have issued a
Emergency Weather Alert for winds of 90mph this sort
of thing isnt seen every day...although things wont be
as intense here, Dublin is in the firing line for gusts
of around 75-80mph, this could cause widspread damage
and just to reiterate the feature is still 150miles southwest
of Ireland and deepeing rapidly..

DapperGent

Again: Very wet, very windy, some damage and flooding possible. Even likely. Not the end of the world though.

Lafortezza

My sky light blew down last night. And my dog was scared.

krattapopov

its armageddon i tell thee.... like in that film....... close encounters

ninebeanrows

Nothing apocolyptic is going to happen OK

But it is going to get very bad go out side later tonight
and face 85mph wind gusts...its something most of
us have never experienced it is enough to knock you
to the ground with ease..

krattapopov

a tad dramatic on my part i agree.... but you have to admit the ould weather is changing ever so slowly!! thank god my house is made of bricks not like those poor people in the southern states of america

ninebeanrows

just to show how lucky we might get with this system and thats
even with 80-85mph gusts bare a though for the poor souls sailing
in the North Sea tomorrow afternoon when our system reaches its
peak, sustained winds are expected to be around 75mph, hurricance
force with gusts nearing 110mph :eek:

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote:

Nothing apocolyptic is going to happen OK

But it is going to get very bad go out side later tonight
and face 85mph wind gusts...its something most of
us have never experienced it is enough to knock you
to the ground with ease..

I've seen winds 70-90 mph and stronger many times in the last ten years.
you haven't lived

When the wind gets that fast it howls like a banshee....................
howling more like a fox at the moment, might gust to banshee status later,I'll be asleep hopefully if it does

ninebeanrows

Dont ye just love buzz of a good storm
I wonder will i ever lose my love for the weather??

Currently blowing a gale out there with loads of rain
and were 5 hours away from the peak :eek:

Amz

Weathercheck wrote:

Dont ye just love buzz of a good storm
I wonder will i ever lose my love for the weather??

Perhaps when you discover women

Currently blowing a gale out there with loads of rain
and were 5 hours away from the peak :eek:

It's very windy outside where I am, putting me off going for a run, don't fancy being blown under a lorry.

ninebeanrows

Just opened the back door and

Is1ldur

I don't know if I should go to the pub!! Could be bad walking home/looking for a taxi in this. Looking quite bad already!

DapperGent

I just tried to go for a smoke in work (I'm on the 3rd floor), the attempt was short lived.

Is1ldur

I suppose I will not really care when I get out of the pub anyway.....

billy the squid

6th of January 1839 was the night of the Big wind, just some useless information

back in the 21st century

Galway estate evacuated because of flooding

http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0107/weather.html

BBC Radar Image at 1800 hours

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/live/brradar6.jpg

we got a serious amount of rain this evening

Tivoli

i am just back from driving 10miles from the fiancee's house

branches big enough to kill a fella rolling along the ground
a hedge a bit too big too drive over, but i did anyway cos the nearby tree was swaying too much to hang around

a lot more bushes
a lot more branches
an entire fooken tree blocking the road and cause me to take a 5 mile detour
2 more trees that i could get past,
home now, glad i am not a statistic for tomorrows news
also hope no one else is hurt, its scary out there

Wertz

Weathercheck's bang on the money. Dundalk is getting hammered. Not seen wind like this since about christmas 5-6 yr ago. House is rattling as I type and the whistle is truning to a howl in the stronger gusts. Not cold out though, and it's not raining either (for now)...

Shrimp

Ah I love the Weather at the mo! nice and fresh, like it's not every friday, I cant walk straight! (as i dont drink)

ninebeanrows

Electricitys about to go lights flickering so good luck..

Shrimp

Have fun.. Lol.. Yeah the electricity went about 2 hours ago for me! back on in 30 mins tho!

billy the squid

billy the squid wrote:

6th of January 1839 was the night of the Big wind, just some useless information

Ah ya don't have to go back that far.
Christmas storms from '96 and '97, both Xmas's brought 100mph winds and the first one put 120,000 homes without electricity iirc
The ESB network had so much damage done, it could have been 5 or 6 before all homes were reconnected.

Last night 30,000 homes are cut mostly in the South-From RTE:

The worst affected areas are the south, Cork and Waterford, the Midlands and Galway. They are confident, however, that power will be restored to most parts today.

ninebeanrows

Well it really got bad here from 2am till about 5am frequent gusts
touching 70mph and i reckon if the gusts had of been that
extra bit it would tipped things over the edge.
Maximum gust in Ireland as far as i know is 78mph in Finner Camp
Northern England is currently being ravaged by frequent 90mph gusts
with a 105mph gust recorded 2 hours ago :eek:

I'd also like to in Advance advise people of another stormy day this
Sunday evening as an intense system approaches the SW wind gusts
look likely to peak around 0z on Monday Morning with gusts reaching
75mph possible, this may just tip the scales

RicardoSmith

It broke one of the posts in our fence ("4x4") and took a section of fencing out. Arrggh as if I didn't have enough to do.... :mad:

Darwin

Maximum gust in Ireland as far as i know is 78mph in Finner Camp

79.4 mph gust (Laois) last night @ 1.34am and 46.4mm of rain in the last 24 hours and my weather station lived to tell the tale

Mothman

Power went off here at 06:10 after the worst of winds. Rang to report it and was on hold till 07:50!!
Anyhow, got power back at 08:45, though it's still going off at times.

Never really got stormy here. Hardly any debris on roads. max mean was 35mph. Dublin airport had mean of 50mph.

I'm having reception problems with my anemometer and so possibly missed a strong gust or 2. Strongest recorded was 59mph.

Eslewhere, there was a mean speed of 90mph and gust to 130mph on great Dun Fell, 2,500ft up in Pennines

Snow in Roundwood, though don't know if it was sticking.

Actually the power went off here at some point during the night also-all the clocks here are battery run, so I cant point to when, except that I had to turn on the water pumpwhich only off with a power cut and the microwave clock was flashing.
Went off again about a half hour ago, but just for ten or 15 seconds.
There was a heavy snow shower up around the croghan area around 10 am which fell as hail here.

ando

windy night, lucky my dog was indoors cause her kennel was thrown half way up the garden!

mike65

Well it was noisy but thats all.

Mike.

Danno

Very windy here in South Laois last night, not as severe as the 1996 Christmas Eve storm, but not far off, more like the 1997 storm in fact.

Nonetheless, woke up to a big snow shower at 9.30am.

@3000

Ok excitement over for now.
Power still flicking off here for a few seconds at a time,it's even doing that in town so I guess its a big problem somewhere with surges affecting the system locally.

Theres a very light dusting of snow on Lugnaquilla @3000 ft asl and nothing on croghan at 2000 ft asl

Temp here is almost 6 degree's, thats a big rise on earlier this morning and way too warm for snow.

All reports now in the rain or shine thread please, this one is closed