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STORM EVA Strong winds Wednesday 23rd. Gusts possible up to 120km/h

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    #182
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Just popped outside in Dubin, blustery and very cold. Can see the moon between the clouds.

    Were is this wind we were promised? (hoping it doesn't come!!)


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    #183
    antodeco
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    Very gusty in Dublin 10. Just managed to lift thr top off of a small storage bunker that had a cement block on top to hold it down.


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    #184
    Meteorite58
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    Pouring here in Ardfet, rain rate 55mm/hr


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    #185
    coillsaille
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭coillsaille


    So we’ve now reached the fifth named storm and so far every one of them has resulted in posts in this forum either criticizing a certain event being named or condemning the whole idea of naming weather systems.
    As someone living {and raised) right on the coast in Connemara, I can understand the posts saying "but this is just another winter gale, we’re well used to it".

    But the bottom line is safety. Those winter gales we are so used to have caused plenty of trouble, injuries and deaths down through the years. In many cases it was avoidable if people had been more informed of the impeding weather conditions. Naming these depressions gets them media attention, media is what people tend to rely on for information. This new naming system may well have saved lives already, we'll never know really. But I know it hasn't cost any.


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    #186
    green and yellow
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    wind has settled in sw donegal finally. still rainin away though.


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    #187
    Malcolm600f
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    green and yellow wrote: »
    wind has settled in sw donegal finally. still rainin away though.

    Its always raining in SW Donegal...lol


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    #188
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    UKMO Airmet Discussion from 8 pm.
    0000171000

    214

    FAUK21 EGRR 232000

    AIRMET AREA FORECAST, UK-OUTLOOK-AND-UPDATE,

    VALID DEC 23/2100Z TO 24/0300Z.

    MET-SITUATION: AT 00Z: THE UK LIES IN A VERY STRONG S-SW FLOW. COLD FRONT LIES N6000 W00700 TO S UIST TO LONDONDERRY TO WATERFORD MOV E 25KT. VERY STRONG UNSTABLE WSW FLOW FOLLOWS FRONT.

    OUTLOOK: UNTIL DEC 25/1200Z:

    REMAINDER OF THURSDAY:

    INTENSE LOW PASSES NW OF SCOTLAND, BRINGING A COLD FRONT E ACROSS ALL PARTS AT 25KT, TO LIE PORTSMOUTH TO THE WASH BY 12Z, CLEARING FAR SE ENGLAND BY 15Z. STRONG UNSTABLE W FLOW WILL FOLLOW.

    SE OF FRONT: ISOL SHRA WITH BKN CUSC. STRONG TO GALE S WINDS WITH SEV LOW LEVEL TURB. SEV MTW.

    COLD FRONT: WDSPR RA, ISOL HVY RA. RISK OF TS AND EMBD CB AT FIRST S OF N5300. BKN/OVC CUSC AND AC, OCNL BKN ST AND HILL FG. STRONG TO GALE S WINDS WITH SEV LOW LEVEL TURB. SEV MTW.

    W OF FRONT: OCNL SHRA, MAINLY W AND N, WITH SCT/BKN CUAC. ISOL HVY SHRA OR TSGS, MAINLY IN NW, WITH ISOL CB. WINDS GEN STRONG W OR SW, BUT GALE OR SEVERE GALE FORCE SW IN FAR N, WITH SEV LOW LEVEL TURB.


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    #189
    Aimsir
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    blowing bad in cork City


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    #190
    Jpmarn
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    It was windier earlier on around 8pm near Limerick City. But yet to brace this squall line that is showing up in the rainfall radar.


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    #191
    o1s1n
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    Sitting on the fourth floor in an apartment in Dublin 1 and it sounds like my windows are going to blow in :eek:


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    #192
    SlowBlowin
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    Its all quiet in the SW Kerry mountains now, light drizzle, little wind.

    SB


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    #193
    Pretzill
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    Wind calmed completely South Sligo - but about 40 minutes ago it was like someone was throwing buckets of water at the windows - (squall line?) Thankfully Eva has prooved kinder than Desmond tonight.


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    #194
    shedweller
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    Wind speed is getting high in slane now. Gusts are quite startling in their intensity.
    Stay safe!


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    #195
    Gaoth Laidir
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    Gust of 51 knots at Dublin Airport right now, according to ATC


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    #196
    Call me Al
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    Achill coastguard reporting trees fallen in Achill. It must be bad down there for trees to be knocked.


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    #197
    SlowBlowin
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    Southern end of the squall line losing definition/energy.

    SB


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    #198
    Oscar Bravo
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    there was a Gust of 73 knots in Belmullet earlier which is 84 miles per hour or 135 KM/PH , it was rough ,as forecast, right along the north west coast of Mayo. go a bit inland ,eg Castlebar and its just a wet and windy night. the warnings and names are here to stay. i would be kinda old school for example back in the day when met eireann warned of a storm coming it usually be bad , then again esb infrastructure has improved a lot and storms dont tend to cause as much damage. I think the media jump the minute a warning is issued and a hype gets going when really theres no real need for it, unless of course a bad one is approaching.


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    #199
    Chicken Run
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    Lashing in East Clare, though not quite as gusty as earlier


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    #200
    Smidge
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    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Limerick itself got 3 warnings..

    And even after the 3 warnings, did it listen?? Noooo....so it got the naughty step :p

    Blowing like the bejaysus here. Started about 21.00 and is getting stronger and stronger. Already lost a fence so far this winter to high wind.
    By the sounds of it outside, I reckon something else will be gone by morning :(
    (Meath/Cavan border)


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    #201
    Gaoth Laidir
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    The naming system is here to stay for now. No point in talking it to death.
    The next storm is Frank, the one after that, Gertrude. Now let's just see when and how they happen.


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    #202
    Villain
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    Top gust of 92.6kmh at my station

    https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/679795641267171328

    https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/679797605728137216


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    #203
    Oscar Bravo
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    welcome newbie Gaoth Laidir, us folk here a while know well what names are next, we welcome your input to the weather forum.


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    #204
    Villain
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    I have to say from an IMBY point of view the models got this badly wrong, much stronger than was shown


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    #205
    Pretzill
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    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    welcome newbie Gaoth Laidir, us folk here a while know well what names are next, we welcome your input to the weather forum.

    Not completely new to the forum but what name will x be? BTW I guessed Frank as next one but haven't been following the nomenclature at all! ;) Welcome Gaoth Laidir.


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    #206
    legomaniac
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    Much calmer in South Donegal. A few twigs and small branches scattered on the driveway. Usual breezy evening. Will the squall make it to the son in Celbridge?


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    #207
    Oscar Bravo
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    x will be a very special one Pretzill lol


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    #208
    Super-Rush
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    Some of the gusts tonight have been the strongest so far this winter in my part of Carlow.


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    #209
    laugh
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    Just lost power in West Wicklow.


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    #210
    corsav6
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    We had a period of strong gusts here and the odd violent gust but nothing too severe.
    We're about 4 miles west of Newport and up on a hill exposed from the SW.

    Also welcome to Gaoth Laidir


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    #211
    Sierra Oscar
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    This storm seems to have caught a lot of people off guard. There's quite a few trees down in my area making roads impassible (Newport, Tipperary). Fire brigade have been out since 8pm.


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