Gales Tonight and Early Morning (Wind gusts today from 90-120km/hr)

Pretty windy here at the moment, bin has been blown over, driving rain. Also the New Bridge in Derry has been restricted to cars only and 30mph speed limit.

Local airport (9ASL) recorded 34G 48KT at 18:50.

Picked up here now last 15 mins - lights constantly flickering now, terrestial BBC TV signal suffering major interference, I can see the power going soon.

Harps wrote: »

Surprised by all the comments here, especially people in the north. Monday night was probably the worst night here in the past 10 years, tonight where I am is just a typical stormy night we get almost weekly at this time of year

Don't know if I'm sheltered or just got really badly hit on Monday but its nowhere near as bad here

Think the main difference was the hour the strongest Gusts arrived was very late.

For those feeling stronger winds than the previous storm, likely reason is better exposure of your location to 280 deg than the 220-250 deg vector of the previous storm. Most airport locations have peaked 5-10 kts lower than the previous storm. But I can believe that some parts of Donegal are feeling it worse with all the hills and coastal effects changing in this slightly different direction today.

Peak winds in Donegal are now occurring and there should be a slow decrease later tonight, I believe, from models and K4 buoy reports which have just fallen by 7 kts past hour, also K5 well to north has slow declining trend.

Squall line not quite supported, more of a sliding front that will take on more of a NW-SE orientation as it becomes parallel to the jet stream, this may focus the heavier rain more into west Munster later on, with just passing sleety showers further north as winds veer slightly from about 280 to 300 deg. (W to WNW basically) ... tomorrow will be considerably colder in the north, slightly colder in the south, but in general, not as windy as today.

cotton wrote: »

Very bad winds up on Windgates, Greystones this evening. Much stronger than monday. Double glazed glass doors only resealed a few weeks ago & the wind is howling through them. Sea having some serious activity too. Probably the worst I've seen in the 6 years I've been here.
4 big dogs here & I'm having to go out with them everytime one wants to go for a pee as the fence & gate are wobbling.
Wish I had a weather station!

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

extremely windy here in Arklow

would anyone have any idea what its going to be like tomorrow midday around greystones/bray? thanks guys

nerrad1983 wrote: »

The wind is getting stronger here in Newtown Mt Kdy, Co Wicklow

It has not let up once the last few hours

In my opinion much stronger gusts than the Storm event a few days ago

Orchard Rebel wrote: »

I concur with my Wicklow brethren. This seems like the worst winds we've had in this stormy period.

Unfortunately the bloody anemometer on my WS2300 is broken and I haven't put the replacement up yet. Typical....

Can we call this the Wicklow storm?






I'd get me coat but it's too windy out.........

Winds are much more violent here then the Monday night storm ....... typical :rolleyes:

Harps wrote: »

Surprised by all the comments here, especially people in the north. Monday night was probably the worst night here in the past 10 years, tonight where I am is just a typical stormy night we get almost weekly at this time of year

Don't know if I'm sheltered or just got really badly hit on Monday but its nowhere near as bad here

Monday night was definitely the worst in the past ten years, tonights storm is definitely not as bad for me but its worse than a typical stormy night that I have got here in the past few weeks and thats saying a lot. Some extreme gusts that would toss a person (literally) and cause damage.

Villain wrote: »

Think the main difference was the hour the strongest Gusts arrived was very late.

Most of us on here stayed up till 5am that night

Cross winds of between 40knts and 50knts were reported at Dublin airport this afternoon.

Windsheer was reported at 200 feet by several aircraft.

One Ryanair flight aborted its landing, opting for a go-around for a second attempt due to conditions at the time.

Anyhow, here's a quick shot of conditions for flights landing.

It seems more windy tonight - just got a top gust of 62km/h. Top gust on Monday was was 42km/h. And that's in my sheltered back garden.

Here's another aircraft landing at Dublin this evening.

This time a turboprop landing on runway 28

Just went outside, winds picking up now again, tried to stand up straight without moving but the wind kept pushing me backwards. Very noisy night.
Kinda hoping for a nice clear day now with frost for a change!

Tactical wrote: »

Here's another aircraft landing at Dublin this evening.

This time a turboprop landing on runway 28

:eek: I landed in Dublin this evening around 18.45pm with Aer Lingus from Lyon, we were due in at 18.00 but I think pilot must have aborted a first attempt, to my untrained ears it sounded like he stuck down the landing gear, then later climbed up again, tidied away landing gear, then down again for a shaky landing at 18.45. I think the clapping was well deserved this time tbh, it was a bit scary :). Practically the whole section of the flight from London to Dublin was in turbulence really, some bits worse than others.

Here in Co Waterford South Tipp border, it's very very gusty, and the wind hits the East facing front porch in at a very unusual angle. It's lovely now I'm on Terra Ferma.