Storm Franklin - Sunday 20th/Monday 21st Feb 2022

This is worse than Dudley and Eunice in Galway. Awful ferocious gales and rain/sleet roaring all day

How is Belmullet getting lower windspeed readings than Newport? It's further west and more exposed. Furnace weather station is not on the coast and would be more sheltered than Belmullet.

It's fairly consistent here now in Newport, certainly a warranted orange.

Lights flickered a few times here outside Newport. Genuinely hoping this doesn't get much worse later. Some gusts were very powerful earlier.

Unexpected light bit of snow just now in South Dublin

I would say the very strong winds will continue to come at similar levels in Mayo and Galway, with slight variations hour by hour, easing slightly by midnight there, but Donegal and Sligo could see even slightly stronger gusts at times for quite a few hours yet as the strongest gradient winds are indicated around midnight to 0300h. In Donegal I would watch for heavy sleet or snow to develop as there is an area of enhanced satellite imagery moving in there from the northwest fairly soon. In those winds, it will become a total whiteout especially over higher stretches of road travel. Those conditions could come and go further south into Connacht too. This won't really ease off much until past sunrise in some areas. I would expect more variable conditions on the east coast and in Munster with intervals that get quite stormy then intervals that are more benign, that being because it's a longer overland travel for both the wind gusts and the convective showers. But even if you're driving in relatively good conditions be aware that earlier squalls that may have missed you could have brought down tree branches where you're driving.

... and the power is gone.

Where are you located?

Bit of thunder to accompany the squally hail in Ennis this evening

There's no hill sheltering Belmullet, I've been beside it several times. Newport Furnace is south of a mountain close to a lake, not much shelter from the west but north, south and east would see some shelter.

Edit; Belmullet 9pm max gust was 91km/hr whereas Newport Furnace max was 120km/hr. That's a decent difference for two stations so close, especially since Belmullet has less shelter and is slightly further west and north.

Power gone here SW Donegal, a proper storm :)

Very wild night (and most of the afternoon) in west Kerry even though we are in a yellow warning. Some ferocious gusts - eases for a while and you think it's passed and then back again like a train!

Wild today in Cork. Got caught in a heavy shower out walking and was dry 10 mins later such was the strength of the wind.

Galway is some county. While Mace Head is getting a 133 km/h gust at 22:00, Athenry can only manage a measly 57kmh in the same hour.

Mace head on the Coast Athenry well inland never going to get Mace Head winds

I hope Lidl have extra security tonight. 🤣

It's wild enough now in Cork!!