Potential Storm Watch Fri 7 Dec 2018

corsav6 · 07-12-2018 7:26pm

Max gust was 72kmh overnight here outside Newport, Mayo.
It's a weird day too, some string gusts, hail showers, heavy rain and calm with blue skies mixed in.
It's blowing a bit outside again but nothing out of the ordinary for this location and this time of year.

redsteveireland · 07-12-2018 7:56pm

Some very strong gusts now, heavy driving rain. Almost lost the door off the car when getting out.

Pangea · 07-12-2018 8:22pm

Its a really wicked night here in SW Donegal, very strong gusts and very unpleasant, Probably the worst wind of the winter I have experienced so far.

Clonmel1000 · 07-12-2018 9:08pm

Ah shur at least it’s not mild dry and sticky 12 degrees eh?

Artane2002 · 07-12-2018 9:16pm

The wind is really making a racket here in Dublin 5.

antodeco · 07-12-2018 10:47pm

Nice and windy and blustery here in Dublin 10. Seems to be hitting the house differently as I hear it alot stronger!

JCX BXC · 07-12-2018 10:50pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Ah shur at least it’s not mild dry and sticky 12 degrees eh?

You've moved on from complaining to sarcasm I see!

ExoPolitic · 07-12-2018 11:23pm

there is literally nothing happening in waterford, stillest night in a long time, its odd.

Sycamore Tree · 07-12-2018 11:38pm

Getting wild in Galway at the moment. I do love a bit of wind.

nacho libre · 07-12-2018 11:54pm

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

Getting wild in Galway at the moment. I do love a bit of wind.

Speaking of the wind, i could feel it driving earlier on the Motorway from Galway back to Tuam. Back home now and it's not quite as windy.

Aquals · 08-12-2018 1:04am

Wind is unbelievably intense here by the sea in west Clare - definitely the strongest I’ve experienced so far this Winter.

The thing that makes it stand out for me is how sustained the winds are. We’ve experienced winds like this before, but in the form of briefer gusts. Tonight is like one long gust that is lasting for hours!

Unfortunately the wind blew through the house earlier too and smashed a vase! ðŸ˜¬

the2hurdys · 08-12-2018 1:30am

Nice and Wild here South Tipp Dundrum direction...heavy rain and strong gusts

Spanish Eyes · 08-12-2018 1:39am

Very cold night in Dubland tonight, fierce biting and raw winds too. Haven't felt such cold weather even in the snow in March. Must be the wind chill factor or something. Brrrrrr.

textiles · 08-12-2018 1:49am

Very rough on north Clare coast for hours - like Aquals said, it's been relentless.

pauldry · 08-12-2018 2:02am

Loud wind in Sligo.

Tonight way gustier than this morning though went running for an hour and there was no rain at all.

Very odd storm.

Was calm with blue sunny skies midday

ZX7R · 08-12-2018 5:27am

quite shocked at the strenght of the winds tonight ,in the maynooth area working the death shift some very large limbs of trees down in the surrounding area

Wesser · 08-12-2018 6:01am

Not even a puff of wind ( Dublin 3)

Graces7 · 08-12-2018 6:44am

A wild night of sustained high winds with some ferocious gusts and sudden heavy deluges. The whole dwelling rattled at times. west mayo offshore

M.T. Cranium · 08-12-2018 8:08am

Must be due to squally showers because in general these very strong gusts are missing weather stations. It happens, nobody actually lives at weather stations.

Just saying, if you want to see a storm, look at day 9 of the ECM run, this would rival Darwin if it came off. Too far out to be very concerned yet but the pattern favours a strong westerly windstorm eventually.

The 15-16 day panels of the GFS also look stormy but more towards a winter wonderland sort of outcome. There again, that could be taken off the table (and put back on) a few times before we might be very sure about it.

However, for mid-December this is a lot of interesting weather, quite often the stretch before Christmas gets fairly bland and mild.

Trebor176 · 08-12-2018 12:05pm

Dublin Zoo have cancelled their Wild Lights tonight, due to forecasted heavy winds. I thought the event was last night?

No doubt that people are up in arms, and one has wondered where the yellow warning for Dublin is.

vickers209 · 08-12-2018 4:07pm

Trebor176 wrote: »

Dublin Zoo have cancelled their Wild Lights tonight, due to forecasted heavy winds. I thought the event was last night?

No doubt that people are up in arms, and one has wondered where the yellow warning for Dublin is.

Its on every night
it was canceled last night and again tonight.

i have tickets for tomorrow night bought in september hope its not canceled again tomorrow

pauldry · 08-12-2018 4:41pm

Wild night in Sligo with heavy gusts. While some of the 70 knot storms caused damage in other areas Sligo only got 50 knots with these.

Last night we were 50 to 55 knots all night resulting in a broken toucan ornament of 23 years (survived all other storms) branches everywhere and most importantly a damaged rain gauge n bent basketball hoop.

M.T. Cranium · 08-12-2018 7:53pm

Was it mentioned earlier in the thread that the top gust yesterday (7th) was 55 knots at Malin Head? (54 at Belmullet and Mace Head, 53 at Finner, Shannon and Sherkin Island, 52 at Valentia). So far today, looking at the hourly data on met.ie, the top gusts (first one in the past hour or 1800h) appear to be 61 knots at Sherkin (1800h), 60 at Valentia (1700h), 58 at Mace Head (1500h). Not as high today further north.

uck51js9zml2yt · 08-12-2018 8:45pm

Wind blowing most of the day in North Kerry. Rain coming in torrents and then gone for a while. An odd day!

munsterlegend · 08-12-2018 8:52pm

Adelynn Massive Whistle-blower wrote: »

Wind blowing most of the day in North Kerry. Rain coming in torrents and then gone for a while. An odd day!

Rain in Kerry odd?!! Very blustery day in North Cork. Showers are prolonged too but nice to listen to from the comfort of the living room.

MidMan25 · 08-12-2018 10:10pm

Don't mind this weather, at least it feels wintery. Anything but the dreaded mild persistent rain with a blanket of grey cloud.

Clonmel1000 · 08-12-2018 10:14pm

MidMan25 wrote: »

Don't mind this weather, at least it feels wintery. Anything but the dreaded mild persistent rain with a blanket of grey cloud.

Instead we’ve cold persistent rain with a bitter wind.

MidMan25 · 08-12-2018 10:17pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Instead we’ve cold persistent rain with a bitter wind.

It's not persistent where I am, just showery, I suspect it's also only showery where you are too.

giveitholly · 08-12-2018 10:17pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Instead we’ve cold persistent rain with a bitter wind.

Clonmel1000,quick question for you,what kind of a day had ye in your home town today,was there many showers passing

Clonmel1000 · 08-12-2018 10:20pm

giveitholly wrote: »

Clonmel1000,quick question for you,what kind of a day had ye in your home town today,was there many showers passing

It wasn’t actually to bad today as opposed to yesterday. Windy and cold though there was a couple of showers this morning and one this evening about 5pm or after. Yesterday was a lot worse of a day in fairness. I much preferred the dry mild benign weather of Thursday.

Potential Storm Watch Fri 7 Dec 2018

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