Storm Atiyah Sunday - Monday, 8th - 9th Dec 2019

Storm 10 · 07-12-2019 7:35pm

Very windy in Galway with heavy rain

monty_python · 07-12-2019 7:38pm

monty_python wrote: »

I'm in allihies on the beara peninsula and it's calm still.
I seen a guy on Facebook say castletownbere could get 170km+ winds. ðŸ˜§

Lashing down now. Still very little wind

TTLF · 07-12-2019 7:46pm

Gusty wind in S. Dublin

Rodar08 · 07-12-2019 7:48pm

Where is the best place to find the most up to date forecast because I find when it’s coming up to an evenT and during it it’s hard to know what is predicted to happen, what is currently happening and where the storm is tracking .. where has it passed, where is it now, where is it headed, how long it is predicted to last etc.

aisling86 · 07-12-2019 7:49pm

Rodar08 wrote: »

Where is the best place to find the most updated forecast because I find when it’s coming up to an evenT and during it it’s hard to know what is predicted to happen, what is currently happening and where the storm is tracking .. where has it passed, where is it now, where is it headed, how long it is predicted to last etc.

Here is your best bet!

Itssoeasy · 07-12-2019 7:50pm

It's turned into a miserable night in cork city. It's a night for a high stool and a fire and a pint.

screamer · 07-12-2019 7:56pm

Well I’ve decided if it’s fierce here to tomorrow evening, I’m foregoing our Santa visit in the woods. Not worth the risk, money be damned.

lcasey90 · 07-12-2019 7:59pm

screamer wrote: »

Well I’ve decided if it’s fierce here to tomorrow evening, I’m foregoing our Santa visit in the woods. Not worth the risk, money be damned.

Safest bet rather loose the money and enjoy many more santa visits to come

Jimbob1977 · 07-12-2019 7:59pm

Rain getting heavier in Limerick.

There's a breeze building, but nothing major yet

munsterlegend · 07-12-2019 8:01pm

screamer wrote: »

Well I’ve decided if it’s fierce here to tomorrow evening, I’m foregoing our Santa visit in the woods. Not worth the risk, money be damned.

What part of the country are you in? Might be cancelled anyway

Rodar08 · 07-12-2019 8:03pm

aisling86 wrote: »

Here is your best bet!

It’s almost impossible to find that information on here during the event with so many posts etc. Mods would it be an idea to open a closed chat thread with frequent updates from our experienced forecasters only?

screamer · 07-12-2019 8:03pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

What part of the country are you in? Might be cancelled anyway

We’re south Laois/ Carlow/ Kilkenny border high on the hills!

MetLuver · 07-12-2019 8:06pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Well, there is listening and there is having your eardrums forcibly sundered... I am not a storm fan. They are to be endured perforce and to be safe in. Just a hard part of life is all. If this runs true to form my home will not feel safe either! The worst lately was Callum. the whole dwelling shook and shivered.

All safe; cats all in except the feral I feed who is a wild thing who respects the power of this totally and will not emerge even for food until it is safe. Wise critter...

Like all of us out here ...

Glad you are all safe and prepared, I hope it doesn't last too long.

pad199207 · 07-12-2019 8:12pm

Wind coming down the chimney in Kildare with a little interference on the sky sat

Little snowy old me · 07-12-2019 8:21pm

Mother agreed to come up to my sisters and is now all about the big storm when earlier she was giving out that we were making a fuss about a gale. There was an eerie feel to the air this afternoon... As of something major is brewing. We shall see.....

An Ri rua · 07-12-2019 8:22pm

Logan Roy wrote: »

Crows flock here before sunset and at sunrise every single day. It's nothing unsuual.

Yes, but these had a Brennan's sliced pan under their wings..

Carol25 · 07-12-2019 8:23pm

Looking at an image for the 12z ECM on Twitter...and with limited knowledge on analysing these charts, am wondering should this event be going red for some coastal counties?

JanuarySnowstor · 07-12-2019 8:28pm

I think looking at all the charts today orange looks more or less spot on. As others have said though a county by county warning system is a bit silly. Long ago it would be West and north bearing brunt or West and South and it worked aswell

tiegan · 07-12-2019 8:29pm

Rodar08 wrote: »

It’s almost impossible to find that information on here during the event with so many posts etc. Mods would it be an idea to open a closed chat thread with frequent updates from our experienced forecasters only?

In the past, once a weather event looks like being a major disturbance the thread has been divided into a chat thread and a new one opened for technical discussion only. Usually works quite well so you do not have to go through everything for the updates you require.

SCOOP 64 · 07-12-2019 8:29pm

It seems every year as soon as i put lights up the wind picks up.

cherryghost · 07-12-2019 8:41pm

They've taken the roads in!

Storm 10 · 07-12-2019 8:43pm

cherryghost wrote: »

They've taken the roads in!

Silly comment

Santy2015 · 07-12-2019 8:50pm

I assume this is a non discussion considering the main contributors haven’t posted all day.

07-12-2019 8:54pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Silly comment

Thanks. I thought it was true and rang the wife to tell her to park the car up quick.

aisling86 · 07-12-2019 8:56pm

Santy2015 wrote: »

I assume this is a non discussion considering the main contributors haven’t posted all day.

Thinking the same myself. If Carlow weather goes live on Facebook it will tell alot!

pad199207 · 07-12-2019 9:01pm

Sheets of rain blowing against the window in Kildare now.

SleetAndSnow · 07-12-2019 9:04pm

Sheets of rain this evening in cork city, winds beginning to build aswell already.

Kermit.de.frog · 07-12-2019 9:06pm

Thanks for putting so much time and effort in to this as always Meteorite! :cool:

pad199207 · 07-12-2019 9:11pm

There’s a yellow rainfall warning for Donegal for accumulations of 30-40mm. Worth noting for those up there too.

Snow Garden · 07-12-2019 9:14pm

Remember folks, this storm is a Sunday afternoon/evening/night event.
Tonight is just a poor but fairly typical December night.

Teemarie · 07-12-2019 9:18pm

Thanks I wasn't sure of the time when it was hitting. Travelling to kilkenny from wexford tomorrow. Will head now before the afternoon. ðŸ‘

Hooter23 · 07-12-2019 9:18pm

Sheets of rain in Galway too...windy...ah well at least its not boring weather

fryup · 07-12-2019 9:19pm

weird shape to this storm...like two storms combined

Harry Palmr · 07-12-2019 9:21pm

Blowy out there, I love it!

"It was a dark and stormy night...."

Hooter23 · 07-12-2019 9:35pm

I like getting weather like this at this time of year...we usually get storms around christmas time anyway...and since snow is so rare in this country we may aswell enjoy the storms we always get anyway...

Rodar08 · 07-12-2019 9:40pm

There’s something fishy going on here and I think I’ve just copped on to what exactly that is ...... the main contributors have all deserted us to go on a Christmas night out together. It’s the only explanation. What other reason could their possibly be for them ALL to be this quiet all day at the edge of a big storm?
I hope they’re enjoying themselves because we’ll be needing them to be in top form over the next 48 hours.

Storm 10 · 07-12-2019 9:48pm

Got to say it's strange ok that there have been few updates or charts posted, in the lead up to Lorenzo the thread was hopping days before it hit, strange alright they can't all be gone

Rodar08 · 07-12-2019 9:51pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Got to say it's strange ok that there have been few updates or charts posted, in the lead up to Lorenzo the thread was hopping days before it hit, strange alright they can't all be gone

Well I think they can because they are! All of them! Gone! And I’m bloody miffed about no invite to the Christmas do. I mean I’ve been reading their ramblings on for over 10 years now.

Weltsmertz · 07-12-2019 9:57pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Got to say it's strange ok that there have been few updates or charts posted, in the lead up to Lorenzo the thread was hopping days before it hit, strange alright they can't all be gone

Weather warning fatigue. Maybe some people have better things to do than obsesses about the weather..

Galeforce · 07-12-2019 9:57pm

Rodar08 wrote: »

Well I think they can because they are! All of them! Gone! And I’m bloody miffed about no invite to the Christmas do. I mean I’ve been reading their ramblings on for over 10 years now.

Either that or they are in their bunkers...

JanuarySnowstor · 07-12-2019 9:58pm

The swell looks quite bad for Western areas. Hard to see how places like Salthill won't get hammered. Overall it's an average type storm where isolated gusts will possibly be what does the damage...

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 10:00pm

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

It seems every year as soon as i put lights up the wind picks up.

lol... Second Sunday in Advent is the day I " always" put my outdoor Christmas things up.. Needless to say that is deferred... I would not even get to the gate the way it is out there now ..

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 10:06pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

The swell looks quite bad for Western areas. Hard to see how places like Salthill won't get hammered. Overall it's an average type storm where isolated gusts will possibly be what does the damage...

As many are saying, the storm has not yet arrived... Wait a few hours...

We still have power and internet here. Candle and lighter are within easy reach...

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 10:15pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

I suppose the fact it’s a Sunday and people would go there on a day off. Still though common sense and an orange wind warning would surely mean people stay at home.

Also many if not all of these are staffed, so it is sensible to let the staff off. If folk want to ramble the mountains, they still can.

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 10:18pm

sentient_6 wrote: »

The national parks to close headline is so odd to me. Its propagating through the cheap online news regurgitators now like its a big deal.

The storm is tomorrow. Wait and see. And always to be a west coast and coastal event.

Carol25 · 07-12-2019 10:19pm

I think this storm is going to be worse than some expect. Lorenzo may have led people into a false sense of security about these warnings. I hope people take heed and prepare accordingly, particularly in the west and south.
The press release for national parks closing is probably an effort to keep people away from the coast without issuing a red warning, in which case everything would close. Why don’t they issue a marine red? Surely the conditions warrant at least that on the coast and at sea?
Storm Ali really crept up on us here in Galway last year, it was very dangerous particularly for 2 hours during the morning commute. A tourist was killed that day out in Connemara by a freak gust of wind which lifted her caravan and flung it onto the beach.

cherryghost · 07-12-2019 10:20pm

No downgrades this afternoon on charts anyway, looks borderline red on south-western counties, maybe some upgraded orange on southern counties.

Kermit.de.frog · 07-12-2019 10:21pm

Rodar08 wrote: »

Well I think they can because they are! All of them! Gone! And I’m bloody miffed about no invite to the Christmas do. I mean I’ve been reading their ramblings on for over 10 years now.

I don't like cramping Meteorite's style when it comes to storms

but if anyone has any questions i'm more than happy to answer

In the meantime enjoy a calming snow gif

Gaoth Laidir · 07-12-2019 10:26pm

07-12-2019 10:34pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Is this the best post ever on the weather forum? I think so.

Storm Atiyah Sunday - Monday, 8th - 9th Dec 2019

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