Strong gusts to 130 km/hr will redevelop Thursday after 1500h Mainly Western Counties

FWVT · 29-01-2015 8:41pm

It certainly does look like a polar low, both on sat and on models. The 0.05 km WRF shows a distinct warm core.

Oneiric 3 · 29-01-2015 8:43pm

Pretty intense looking cell moving into the N Mayo coast, could help trigger some lightning there. Already a number of strikes over Donegal/Leitrim area.

Meteorite58 · 29-01-2015 8:51pm

Out of the main firing line but strong winds nonetheless, 10 min avg 34.8 kph, recent gust 57 kph here on the North Kerry coast

Temp rising 6.3C atm

Bar 989.5mb Steady

mountainy man · 29-01-2015 8:53pm

Some impressive lightning and hail here at the mo.

FWVT · 29-01-2015 8:57pm

Pretty windy at Donegal Airport now.

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Oneiric 3 · 29-01-2015 8:58pm

FWVT wrote: »

It certainly does look like a polar low, both on sat and on models. The 0.05 km WRF shows a distinct warm core.

The center also has a small dry core, not sure what this means - if it is to mean anything at all.

Dollseyes · 29-01-2015 9:09pm

Thunder and Lightning in Ballina. Mayo.

Pangea · 29-01-2015 9:10pm

Loads of ligthning here too.

Oscar Bravo · 29-01-2015 9:12pm

Lightning in Castlebar now

shmaupel · 29-01-2015 9:23pm

Gusting over 90kmph atm with absolutely fabulous sheet lightening!

South Donegal.

Meteorite58 · 29-01-2015 9:25pm

Couple of Spherics off the SW Coast as well , could get sparks anywhere along the coast tonight, and by the looks of it heading inland in the NW.....

corsav6 · 29-01-2015 9:30pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Lightning in Castlebar now

The wind has picked up here outside Newport with some very strong gusts, but no signs of lightning.
We're only about 7 miles from Castlebar so seems odd that I haven't seen anything.

woody1 · 29-01-2015 9:34pm

half dozen flashes of lightning here in crossmolina / killala, power flicked for a second,
one good rattle of thunder, wind has picked up but somehow not as gusty as earlier.. having said that i have a fair bit of shelter from n/w

kmoneill · 29-01-2015 9:39pm

Some serious gusts here now in Kerry..

shmaupel · 29-01-2015 9:41pm

I'm looking nw across Donegal Bay and I have to say the lightening is just mad - haven't seen so much in such a short space of time in years!

Oscar Bravo · 29-01-2015 9:46pm

Some lovely loud thunder in castlebar now. nice one!!

Wine Goddess · 29-01-2015 9:49pm

shmaupel wrote: »

I'm looking nw across Donegal Bay and I have to say the lightening is just mad - haven't seen so much in such a short space of time in years!

Enjoy! it's been years since we have seen a good lightening show here in D24 Firhouse. ...would love something tonight but not a smidgen of a chance. ....

shmaupel · 29-01-2015 9:52pm

Wine Goddess wrote: »

Enjoy! it's been years since we have seen a good lightening show here in D24 Firhouse. ...would love something tonight but not a smidgen of a chance. ....

It really is great craic, reminds me of when I was small, I even got one of my wee fellas out of bed to watch it!

FWVT · 29-01-2015 9:56pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

The center also has a small dry core, not sure what this means - if it is to mean anything at all.

Descending air in the eye. Well spotted!

jprboy · 29-01-2015 10:07pm

I'm in North Tipp and have seen lightning flashes to the W & NW in the last few minutes. Moon and stars are out too.

corsav6 · 29-01-2015 10:09pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Some lovely loud thunder in castlebar now. nice one!!

We actually heard that, was it on the Newport side by any chance?
Had a big flash, lit up the entire house and then a rattle of thunder that I thought wouldn't end.

AnotherYear · 29-01-2015 10:10pm

Severe gusts for 5 mins about an hour and died down after that

Oscar Bravo · 29-01-2015 10:15pm

It certainly is a lightning fest for the North west/ west at the moment, hope people are on the look out as it wont be long until you see a flash!

shmaupel · 29-01-2015 10:15pm

Gust of 117kmph just now. My own personal record since I put the station up last spring!

Edited to add : South Donegal

Pangea · 29-01-2015 10:18pm

Fierce wind here at the moment, Rachel was a letdown, but this one isn't!

Oscar Bravo · 29-01-2015 10:19pm

2100 reports- gust of 63 knots at Newport co.mayo and finner

corsav6 · 29-01-2015 10:22pm

shmaupel wrote: »

Gust of 117kmph just now. My own personal record since I put the station up last spring!

Where are you located? I'm on mobile so I can't see your location.

shmaupel · 29-01-2015 10:40pm

corsav6 wrote: »

Where are you located? I'm on mobile so I can't see your location.

South Donegal on the coast.

Forgot to add it with excitement!

Hooter23 · 29-01-2015 10:45pm

Lightning now Galway city

redsteveireland · 29-01-2015 10:46pm

Hail and lightning, sweet!

RED L4 0TH · 29-01-2015 10:51pm

Image at 2126.

M.T. Cranium · 29-01-2015 10:56pm

Get ready in Dublin region, this looks to be headed past you around midnight to 0200h and there could be some vicious gusts in exposed locations (I would think along coast near Drogheda to Bray, also anywhere a bit higher up on the west side of the Dublin-Wicklow mountains). M2 buoy should make for interesting obs. I have mentioned on Net-weather that I am concerned about severe wind gusts in southwest Wales around 0300h (in their case, 160 km/hr possible). Will say for now peak gusts about 120, possibly 130 near Dublin. Won't last very long, maybe 2-3h.

RuthieRose · 29-01-2015 11:11pm

Just got really windy in Cavan. It's got some pretty fierce gusts!

Oscar Bravo · 29-01-2015 11:20pm

2200 reports-gust of 59 knots at finner, 57 knots at Newport.

Smidge · 29-01-2015 11:29pm

Getting some solid gusts here(Nrth Meath/cavan)atm. Lashings of rain to wash away the snow from today

Edit: Roof shaker of a gust just now, strongest so far this year

GreyRock Lass · 29-01-2015 11:37pm

Living in this house 7 years & I have never heard the creaks it's making in these fierce gusts we are having right now! Holy moly!! Wasn't expecting this

ectoraige · 29-01-2015 11:43pm

What's the expected lifetime of this, I see Met Eireann's advisory is valid to midnight and talks of gusts "early tonight". When should the winds subside below gale-force on the West coast?

ThaitaniumM · 29-01-2015 11:54pm

Fierce winds here too :eek: Even tho we're not in any of the wind warnings on Met.ie

Just got worse here, pretty strong gusts now under those showers...what ever about those red warnings we had for Storm Rachel :P

elecktras weather bomb · 29-01-2015 11:57pm

I feel like Dorothy out of the wizard of oz waiting on the house to take off. very windy here now. very eventful day here in north Kildare.

cotton · 30-01-2015 12:07am

Wind really picking up now here up in the hill, it's getting stronger by the minute. Bonnie, one of my dogs who gets really agitated before a storm comes is pacing the floor for the past hour.

weisses · 30-01-2015 12:09am

elecktras weather bomb wrote: »

I feel like Dorothy out of the wizard of oz waiting on the house to take off. very windy here now. very eventful day here in north Kildare.

We will call this storm Dorothy then so ....

ednwireland · 30-01-2015 12:15am

Been out and about all evening at various events. didn't think it was a particularly windy evening that.
sounds a lot worse now I'm home .

sw donegal

Smidge · 30-01-2015 12:17am

From the house shaking about 40 odd mins ago to deathly quiet now!!
Not a breeze.

Weather like this gives me the heeby jebbies, you feel "something" is brewing big style :eek:

Meteorite58 · 30-01-2015 12:26am

Windy all evening on the North Kerry Coast.

10 min avg wind speed 39 kph NW , gust 74 kph

Temp 6.9 C

pauldry · 30-01-2015 12:30am

this has been some of the longest sustained gusts for me.

my weather station broke, two trees are down in co sligo so far as i know

the light went off for 5 seconds after a gust at 8pm in sligo town (didnt even go off last year)

i measured 58 knots yesterday

might have touched 60 knots today but broke weather station so ill leave it to mountainy man or someone

are you actually alive anymore there in geevagh mountainy :cool:

corsav6 · 30-01-2015 12:55am

Well the gusts have dropped a notch here in Newport, Mayo. Some of the gust were surprisingly strong and sustained, coupled with heavy rain made this seem like the worst event since we moved here a year and a half ago.
When I went to the shed I noticed that the wall plate has moved about 2" where it was joined, full inspection tomorrow.

shmaupel · 30-01-2015 12:57am

Dead calm here now in South Donegal.

M.T. Cranium · 30-01-2015 1:02am

Low is now just southwest of Isle of Man heading for a scrape over Aberdaron and a second Welsh landfall in Cardigan Bay. Predicting peak winds around Dublin in next hour, Wicklow coast around 0100-0200h. Should rapidly let up in many other regions but with occasional gusts to about 90 km/hr -- Saturday now also looking very windy at times.

pauldry · 30-01-2015 1:17am

great!

mountainy man · 30-01-2015 1:22am

pauldry wrote: »

this has been some of the longest sustained gusts for me.

my weather station broke, two trees are down in co sligo so far as i know

the light went off for 5 seconds after a gust at 8pm in sligo town (didnt even go off last year)

i measured 58 knots yesterday

might have touched 60 knots today but broke weather station so ill leave it to mountainy man or someone

are you actually alive anymore there in geevagh mountainy :cool:

Ya I'm alive

Had a high gust of 40.3 mph (I don't do knots, not a sailor:P) I tend not to get extremes of wind here(thankfully) not sure why as am pretty exposed. I do get the snow which is more important lol. Been a bit of a thaw and snow has slumped down to about 2 inches and have had the usual avalanche from the roof, temp is currently 2.8C was 4.0C at 22.15pm dew points remained sub zero throughout.

Strong gusts to 130 km/hr will redevelop Thursday after 1500h Mainly Western Counties

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