Storm Darragh : Fri 6th /Sat 7th Dec 2024

Genuinely considering abandoning ship here for a hotel tonight and coming back in the morning to hope everything is still in one piece. Looking at the 00z AROME and HRM, much of Wicklow is going to be hardest hit and probably go red from 1am-4am, then dropping back to orange until around 9am, and then yellow warning parameters into the late afternoon. Very scary charts all in all and it's been upgrade after upgrade since Wednesday evening.

I have a flight out of Dublin airport at 12.30pm tomorrow Saturday and coming home same day 10pm to/from Manchester.

I assume its all in the lap of the gods still if I get going/ home ? , looking at a local Manchester weather enthusiast on social media, they are giving the big warning for their side tomorrow also.

Thanks

Blood red sky showing up now here in Antrim. I’m dreading the storm tonight. The hens can go into the garage until tomorrow afternoon otherwise I won’t sleep worrying if they’re okay in the wooden coop. I hate the wind. Horrible time for outdoor animals.

Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning ⚠️. Storm Darragh looks a dangerous storm. Take care folks.

Yes Aer Lingus Dublin to Manchester, home 23.15pm with Ryanair ( i assume you are heading same place i am for the day )

I am :)

Had same issue years back with United V Newcastle 5.30 pm kick off , tried numerous times to take off, eventually the pilot pulled the plug and cancelled, i was disappointed ,but then heard some of the lads who did make it to Manchester , their flight home was cancelled. I would rather not leave Dublin tomorrow if I know i aint getting home Saturday night.

There is a page on facebook " Manchester Weather " great source of weather information (and accurate ) when travelling over .

They are predicting winds of up to 60MPH during the day tomorrow, the only positive of that it might make Rashford move quicker !!

My missus swears by Cathal from Facebook and is therefore convinced we will all be getting Red warnings and ME are wrong :D

There will be power outages and felled trees galore across the country tonight as a result of Storm Darragh

The strongest winds will arrive very quickly unlike the slow build-ups in such systems that we are normally accustomed to.

Some of the lads, especially meteorite go in to the finest of detail, which as you say, is far more beneficial than the general forecasts ME provide.

Looks like a storm that could merit a technical and a wheelie bin thread?

It looks like the UK Met will call a red for parts of UK. Most likely that means Met Eireann will do too for certain counties. Expect the media to go into super drive in the next few hours!!

As for the toy show, all jokes aside its on dodgy territory if a red is called even if Dublin is not red