Wind / Rainfall Warning Mon 17th pm / Tues 18th am Dec 2018

Meteorite58 · 17-12-2018 1:12am #1

Met Eireann

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Munster, Connacht and Donegal
South to southeast winds will reach mean speed at times between 50 and 65km/h and gusts between 90 and 100 km/h. Winds may exceed these limits in coastal areas.

Issued: Sunday 16 December 2018 19:00

Updated: Sunday 16 December 2018 19:00

Valid from Monday 17 December 2018 13:00 to Tuesday 18 December 2018 04:00

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Leinster, Cavan and Monaghan
South to southeast winds will reach mean speeds at times between 50 and 65km/h and gusts between 90 and 100 km/h. Winds may exceed these limits in coastal areas.

Issued: Sunday 16 December 2018 19:00

Updated: Sunday 16 December 2018 19:00

Valid from Monday 17 December 2018 19:00 to Tuesday 18 December 2018 09:00

Meteorite58 · 17-12-2018 1:13am

People could experience higher wind speeds tomorrow night / early Tuesday morning than Sat just gone by. SW could get a fair clip of the wind for an hour or so around midnight, possibly gusting 100 to 110 km/h , with heavy driving rain thrown in the mix.

Fast moving but along Southern coasts going to experience fairly strong winds in the early hours and up along the E coast later, would think gusting up around 100 km/h on coasts easily, all gone through by around 8.00 or 9.00 , will be interesting to see what is recorded. The models should fare much better with a set up like this and they have been consistent over a number of runs now.

Mean Speeds

Meteorite58 · 17-12-2018 1:16am

No rain warning up yet but sure to follow, ECM showing parts along Atlantic coastal counties getting 30mm approx in 12 hrs. Kerry and around Tralee looks to get around 35mm from the frontal rain from Mon evening to early Tues morning as does parts of the W. Good test of the ECM to see how it fares.

Total Accumulation

Graces7 · 17-12-2018 10:20am

Grateful as always for the alerts. Read it on met. ie and as I had an errand on foot at the other end of the island went at half light. Already very gusty. Would have niggled had I not done it; safe home!

west mayo offshore

SlowBlowin · 17-12-2018 10:33am

I am right in the middle of that orange blob on the total precipitation plot !!

Better go up and check those drains above the house today..

SB

600 ft ASL MacGillycuddy's Reeks - North of Sneem - Kerry

Oscar Bravo · 17-12-2018 11:36am

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Connacht, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford

Heavy rain will lead to accumulations of 25 to 40 mm, possibly higher on mountains. Flooding possible.

Issued: Monday 17 December 2018 09:00

Updated: Monday 17 December 2018 09:00

Valid from Monday 17 December 2018 19:00 to Tuesday 18 December 2018 07:00

HighLine · 17-12-2018 12:39pm

The morning commute should be fun. Thought Dublin would have been included in the rain warning.

JCX BXC · 17-12-2018 12:59pm

Cork forecast to gust to 53kts between 10pm and 4am.

Villain · 17-12-2018 2:19pm

This might surprise a few between more heavy rainfall on top of flooded fields and high rivers along with high Gusts

https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1074645169461444608

Little snowy old me · 17-12-2018 2:42pm

Villain wrote: »

This might surprise a few between more heavy rainfall on top of flooded fields and high rivers along with high Gusts

https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1074645169461444608

Wouldn't surprise me. Deirdre in hindsight was nothing more than a very normal winter windy episode. Heavy rain in places but winds completely unremarkable. Met E could be left looking a tad silly if this unnamed storm produces stronger winds and potentially more disruption.

Ultimate Seduction · 17-12-2018 2:42pm

Why isn't this a named storm?

SleetAndSnow · 17-12-2018 2:49pm

Some strong gusts here in cork city, was doing exams and the hall roof sounded like it was going to blow off. Not very wet though thankfully.

DOCARCH · 17-12-2018 3:13pm

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Why isn't this a named storm?

Not expected to be a storm.

Graces7 · 17-12-2018 3:23pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Not expected to be a storm.

then or now? Some ferocious gusts

Graces7 · 17-12-2018 3:47pm

Is there anywhere I can get info please on wind speeds? May just e that today is from a dfferent direction but sounds and feels stronger. Cannot even get the door open now. Thank you

Ultimate Seduction · 17-12-2018 4:05pm

Love these from the Met Office

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1074677181480140800?s=19

CrowdedHouse · 17-12-2018 4:30pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Is there anywhere I can get info please on wind speeds? May just e that today is from a dfferent direction but sounds and feels stronger. Cannot even get the door open now. Thank you

I suppose either Mace Head or Belmullet would give you an idea of them

https://www.met.ie/latest-reports/observations

Xenji · 17-12-2018 4:39pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Is there anywhere I can get info please on wind speeds? May just e that today is from a dfferent direction but sounds and feels stronger. Cannot even get the door open now. Thank you

Currently a south easterly in Castlebar and it was a south westerly on Saturday, it's got up to 78 km/hr so far today and Saturday was just 60 km/hr, I know your further west in the county but it should be similar in direction.

SlowBlowin · 17-12-2018 4:50pm

The winds really roaring in the mountains now.

Sustained winds, with some powerful slow gusts, the fires drawing nicely..

SB

600 ft ASL MacGillycuddy's Reeks - North of Sneem - Kerry

Meteorite58 · 17-12-2018 5:13pm

Getting gusts up around 70 km/h here near Tralee in the last half hour . Mist , drizzle and light rain on and off, small amounts so far.

SlowBlowin : should get very windy in S Kerry later tonight /early morning.

Bit of a reprieve in Kerry regards rainfall perhaps,models showing most of the rainfall off the coast now, we will see. The W looks like getting the most rainfall.

SleetAndSnow · 17-12-2018 5:23pm

gusts up to nearly 40kts in Cork Airport. Branches blown off plenty of trees in my area.

ninebeanrows · 17-12-2018 5:25pm

Deirdre was a rapidly deepening system with large uncertainty in its track. Deirdre had potential to be very nasty but luckily we didn’t catch it as looked possible 24 hours out.

This system is a well developed maturing low and it will bring a very windy night but it doesn’t have the potential to deliver damage as Deirdre might have.

Even if it brings gusts in excess of Deirdre it’s not possible to compare the two in such binary fashion

DOCARCH · 17-12-2018 5:26pm

Fastnet gusting 55kt (102km/h) now.

Villain · 17-12-2018 5:30pm

Belmullet gusting to 94kmh on the 16:00 update.

DOCARCH · 17-12-2018 5:33pm

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Deirdre was a rapidly deepening system with large uncertainty in its track. Deirdre had potential to be very nasty but luckily we didn’t catch it as looked possible 24 hours out.

This system is a well developed maturing low and it will bring a very windy night but it doesn’t have the potential to deliver damage as Deirdre might have.

Even if it brings gusts in excess of Deirdre it’s not possible to compare the two in such binary fashion

Good/simple explanation there, for those that are wondering....

On Saturday afternoon, I saw gust of 143km/h at Fastnet and I believe Kinsale Energy Platform had gust of 148km/h.

Strongest winds for Deirdre were just off shore.

Given Deirdre was not there (anywhere) first thing Saturday, and only formed/developed (rapidly) on Saturday morning, Met E had to be cautious with warnings issued Friday evening, as potentially it could have been much more nasty.

Kristopherus · 17-12-2018 5:41pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Is there anywhere I can get info please on wind speeds? May just e that today is from a dfferent direction but sounds and feels stronger. Cannot even get the door open now. Thank you

www.ventusky.com

RobertKK · 17-12-2018 5:47pm

Wind has gusted higher today here at my location in Kilkenny, than it did with Deirdre.

Sycamore Tree · 17-12-2018 6:20pm

Went for a run there and it's certainly windy and rainy

Windier than Deirdre here and probably more rain too but overall not that bad. Kinda what you expect in December.
(Galway)

gozunda · 17-12-2018 6:22pm

Got blown backwards at the side of a shed @ 3.50. Serious gusts and torrential rain.

North Cork Limerick border.

SlowBlowin · 17-12-2018 6:33pm

Just lost a solar panel, snapped off the holding restraint. They have been up for 7 years, first time I have had issues. I imagine its just corrosion...

Average winds are well up in the last 30 minutes (roof is now creaking), gusts are slow and strong lasting about 10 seconds but not those sudden explosive gusts of storms past.

No really heavy rainfall yet, just normal levels.

Metorite58: Thanks for the info.

SB

600 ft ASL MacGillycuddy's Reeks - North of Sneem - Kerry

RobertKK · 17-12-2018 6:43pm

Gust of 83.7km/hr, really starting to pick up.

Burts Bee · 17-12-2018 6:43pm

Very strong gusts in North Cork. Worse than weekend.

Beechwoodspark · 17-12-2018 6:55pm

All calm in Dublin city centre at mo

Xenji · 17-12-2018 6:58pm

12mm of rain in the last 2 hours in Castlebar, max gust of 87 km/hr and pressure is down to 991.78 hPa.

SleetAndSnow · 17-12-2018 7:11pm

Winds and gusts getting stronger again now in cork city. Cork airport reporting gusts of 41kts atm

side show bob 1 · 17-12-2018 7:41pm

Far windier now than it was last Sat. Really strong gusts. Kinsale.

Darwin · 17-12-2018 8:08pm

Thought it was interesting to compare this wind event to Storm Callum from last October 12th, using the met.ie wind forecast model (I picked the times that showed peak winds in my location). Here's Callum first:

Forecast for tomorrow 5am next:

Interesting to see a country of two halves by 5am! The wind field for Callum was much more extensive and pushed much further inland than what is forecast tonight/tomorrow.

Thepillowman · 17-12-2018 8:08pm

A lot windier here in East Clare than Saturday. More sustained as well.

mickger844posts · 17-12-2018 8:23pm

Max Gust of 69km/h at my station which is higher than during Deirdre. More of a storm feel out there that you get from these deep Atlantic Low Pressure systems with huge wind fields. An interesting night ahead

www.waterfordweather.com

Gaoth Laidir · 17-12-2018 8:28pm

Belmullet 34 gust 57 kts, 5000 km vis in moderate rain.

EdgeCase · 17-12-2018 8:55pm

Very windy in Cork City at the moment.

JanuarySnowstor · 17-12-2018 9:01pm

Yes indeed quite wild in Cork now

corsav6 · 17-12-2018 9:07pm

Light breeze here outside Newport, Mayo.
Max gust today for me was 38km which is normal for West Mayo this time of year.
What isn't normal is all the rain. Most of the afternoon where I was working in Castlebar and all the way home it was just hammering it down. Newport to Castlebar road is like a river in places.
Rain guage is out of action but there's a 10lt paint tin out the back that's half full, it was empty this morn.

m17 · 17-12-2018 9:08pm

Annagh Hill co galway 17/12/18 19.55 temperature 10°C it's raining cats and dogs

Sycamore Tree · 17-12-2018 9:14pm

Lashing rain in Galway!

secman · 17-12-2018 9:16pm

m17 wrote: »

Annagh Hill co galway 18/12/18 19.55 temperature 10°C it's raining cats and dogs

But today is the 17th

SleetAndSnow · 17-12-2018 9:20pm

roches point gusting up to 49knots atm.

Meteorite58 · 17-12-2018 9:20pm

Nice squall line feature moving inland from Clare / Galway

Had 12 mm here since about 17.00, lot of water on the roads around Tralee , bit of a lull in the wind for a while, picking up again , gusting up around 70 km/h now

Meteorite58 · 17-12-2018 9:23pm

Plenty of rain to come from the trailing front.

gozunda · 17-12-2018 9:34pm

Sustained (gusting) high winds - worse than anything Saturday tbh. Rain hasn't let up either. Things going bang outside. Havn't checked to see what's came loose yet...

North Cork Limerick Border

Gaoth Laidir · 17-12-2018 9:36pm

Airport warnings

CASEMENT EIME AD WRNG 01 VALID 172000/180900 SFC WIND S 25-30KT MAX 45-50 =
KNOCK EIKN AD WRNG 01 VALID 171600/180300 SFC WIND S 20-25KT MAX 40-45 =
SHANNON EINN AD WRNG 01 VALID 171500/180300 SFC WIND S 20-25KT MAX 40-45 =

Wind / Rainfall Warning Mon 17th pm / Tues 18th am Dec 2018

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