Wind / Rainfall warnings :Potentially very windy Weds 18th Dec 2019

ninebeanrows · 18-12-2019 3:07pm

Looks nasty from 7pm into Kerry and spreading quickly up western counties, gusts of c. 120/125km/h look likely.

munsterlegend · 18-12-2019 3:11pm

Miserable day in north cork. Driving wind and rain.

KingdomRushed · 18-12-2019 3:18pm

It's pretty rough in Dublin now as these things go. Not yellow warning winds yet, but very stormy

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 3:21pm

The way things are looking at this stage, it seems that pretty much all areas are prone to some strong winds for couple of hours later this evening as that low swings northwards. Dark, dreary and miserably damp here in Galway yet not much in the way of rainfall.

Shorty69664 · 18-12-2019 3:40pm

I see met eireann has cork as an orange warning now.

igCorcaigh · 18-12-2019 3:41pm

Shorty69664 wrote: »

I see met eireann has cork as an orange warning now.

Yup. Wind warning.

So this morning's very windy weather wasn't the main wind event?

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 3:43pm

Satellite sequence for between 12pm and 2pm this afternoon:

aidanodr · 18-12-2019 3:47pm

Weaverspoint, mouth of Cork harbour.

Roches point in distance , mouth of Cork harbour. ( taken from Weavers Pt .. both opposite each other )

Along the coast to Myrtleville

Further Along the coast to Fountainstown

Tell you something, those winds along the coast are the worst I have been in for a while in comparison to recent storms. At the moment they seem to be worst along the coast, but when I came back inland to Carrigaline, toward Cork City the winds were no where as bad .. for the moment.

So maybe these are what people are waiting for potentially later on avo/eve?

Villain · 18-12-2019 3:49pm

New Warning details:

Status Orange - Wind warning for Cork

A small deepening depression, associated with the Atlantic storm system Elsa, will track northwards close to the Atlantic seaboard this evening. Strong southerly winds veering southwest will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80 km/h with gusts up 120km/h for a short time.

Valid: 18:00 Wednesday 18/12/2019 to 21:00 Wednesday 18/12/2019

Issued: 14:00 Wednesday 18/12/2019

Meteorite58 · 18-12-2019 3:54pm

Looks like all up along the Atlantic coast will goinginto Orange warning level for a time.

SleetAndSnow · 18-12-2019 3:55pm

Interesting how its not for atlantic coastal counties like the models are showing, unless ME see something different on their model?

KingdomRushed · 18-12-2019 3:57pm

I cannot see this being restricted to Cork. Surely if the strong winds barrel into cork from the south then other counties will also cop them?

Meteorite58 · 18-12-2019 3:58pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Interesting how its not for atlantic coastal counties like the models are showing, unless ME see something different on their model?

Waiting to see will it deepen further ie get stronger up along the Atlantic coasts?

BarryD2 · 18-12-2019 4:13pm

Pissiest day in the SE for quite a while, lots of flooding on the minor roads. Rivers will flood.

SleetAndSnow · 18-12-2019 4:16pm

up to 20.3mm in cork city now, and more to come.

Graces7 · 18-12-2019 4:21pm

Moving rapidly towards nightdarkness here. Depths of winter.... near the shortest day.. rain sheeting in deluges and wind variable. I gather another very noisy night is ahead... Will hunker down imminently to catch some sleep.. Stay safe and dry out there..

west mayo offshore island

mickger844posts · 18-12-2019 4:33pm

Max gust remains at 74km/h at my Waterford station. Rain has intensified with a total of 17.0mm recorded so far.

https://www.waterfordcityweather.com

https://www.youtube.com/c/WaterfordMeteo/live

Edit: Gust of 76km/h just recorded

munsterlegend · 18-12-2019 4:43pm

KingdomRushed wrote: »

I cannot see this being restricted to Cork. Surely if the strong winds barrel into cork from the south then other counties will also cop them?

The cork snow shield is also being adapted to stop wind spreading to other counties.

Cantona's Collars · 18-12-2019 4:43pm

BarryD2 wrote: »

Pissiest day in the SE for quite a while, lots of flooding on the minor roads. Rivers will flood.

Hasn't stopped raining all day here in Wexford,winds picking up now.

aidanodr · 18-12-2019 5:16pm

https://twitter.com/barrabest/status/1207332446360031234

Gaoth Laidir · 18-12-2019 5:38pm

Here's the 300-hPa jet stream at 18Z. Elsa's surface low is in the left front quadrant, off our west coast. That strengthening main jet over the mid-Atlantic will help deepen that upper trough and keep it nearby over the next few days, so more surface lows are likely to spawn from it.

mikeecho · 18-12-2019 5:43pm

Lovely wet and windy day in cork.

I loved being out properly dressed and nice blustery gusts.

Now off home to a hot dinner, open coal fire and a bit of TV.

Mortelaro · 18-12-2019 5:59pm

Gusting 70kmh at my Arklow station atm
13mm rain
Wettest part of the day too in the last half hour

Ronan|Raven · 18-12-2019 5:59pm

Strong gusts and bucketing rain in Bray for most of the afternoon.

irishrover99 · 18-12-2019 6:06pm

That’s worst that the storm from last week. 20 km cycle home was awful, South Dublin

pad199207 · 18-12-2019 6:06pm

Absolutely bucketing down in Naas

pad199207 · 18-12-2019 6:15pm

River Liffey is very very high at Heuston Station. Another couple of feet I’d say and the water will be coming through onto Victoria Quay

poconnor16 · 18-12-2019 6:17pm

Just back from a walk with the dog, North Cork, the gusts are already packing quite a punch so will be interesting to see what this evening brings

Kingswood Rover · 18-12-2019 6:19pm

Bad in Kilcullen, worst hour of the winter so far sideways rain and extremely gusty winds.

squarecircles · 18-12-2019 6:24pm

strange earlier it mentioned stormy weather for galway and mayo with severe gusts up to 130 kmh, no mention of it now.

Met Eireann online,tv,radio forecasts all arseways as usual.

must be a false alarm,hopefully we get a good storm before the winter is over.

Wind / Rainfall warnings :Potentially very windy Weds 18th Dec 2019

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