Tuesday - Friday windstorms & snow - REPORTS AND CHAT THREAD

snaps · 12-12-2011 7:57pm

Barely a breath of wind here at the moment, i was expecting it to be wild this evening, but no sign of anything? My parents in SE England are saying its stormy there now.

Not · 12-12-2011 7:58pm

gbee wrote: »

Just a few Millibars away from a weather bomb? I show a drop of 20 millibars today. :eek:

Could that be why my ears feel like they are about to pop ?

Sierra Oscar · 12-12-2011 7:59pm

How was the ME forecast just now? Missed it . . .

irish1967 · 12-12-2011 8:02pm

Rough for w and nw tomorrow. Didn't even mention the word Friday though. She stuttered when she kinda said Wednesday would be a restbite. Seemed not to confident of that.
Think she mentioned every weather feature known for Ireland

leahyl · 12-12-2011 8:02pm

Crap missed the forecast! Recap anyone?:D

gbee · 12-12-2011 8:02pm

Not wrote: »

Could that be why my ears feel like they are about to pop ?

Sure, it's a fast fall.

Harps · 12-12-2011 8:04pm

Basically the same as is being forecast here, stormy tomorrow especially for the north and west, wintry showers, thunder & flooding. Avoided saying anything much about Thursday or Friday

Wine Goddess · 12-12-2011 8:32pm

Anyone see the "forecast" on TV3 at 1730?

Unbelievably amateurish - vague, unclear, (despite the forecaster's name being Clear) and confusing.....no mention of the possible severity of the weather tomorrow.

At one stage he said "blah, blah, which means that clouds will be broken up......." in an OMG sort of way, at which point I awoke from my coma to think....wha? wha?

Clouds breaking up? That MUST be severe.....not.

I have no problem with peeps learning the weather - it really is incredibly difficult as I have learned from here - but jeepers, so vague as to be almost irresponsible.

OK rant over - time to settle down to a night of F5ing (instead of lamp-post watching which I'd much prefer....)

ninebeanrows · 12-12-2011 8:45pm

Some hairy weather moving through the centre of the country, squally showery clusters.

Harps · 12-12-2011 9:00pm

Really pouring down here for the past few hours, looks like a while yet before the rain clears as well, spot flooding inevitable

sunbabe08 · 12-12-2011 9:04pm

it's been fairly windy here in cork all day today.

jprboy · 12-12-2011 9:04pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

Some hairy weather moving through the centre of the country, squally showery clusters.

Yes, indeed. Encountered a lot of that driving through North Tipp between 18.00 and 19.00.

Very obvious from radar too. Don't have time to post up screen grab for posterity what with kids bedtime and all that.

Anyone care to oblige?

megatron989 · 12-12-2011 9:04pm

Big breeze here in dalkey a few minutes ago, sent my bins flying all over the place! Calm till now.

irish1967 · 12-12-2011 9:20pm

Ok MT just wrote this on the other thread. Being right on donegal bay it got me tinglIng !!!

yeahhhhh.

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I know the folks in the northwest are battle-hardened but this one could be a touch more than expected from what I'm reading on here anyway, so would say be prepared for more than just a normal windy day. All I can say at this point, but a 945 mb low dropping down towards Donegal Bay is about as intense a storm as we see outside of the once-a-century type. And when you factor in how cold the circulation is ... well, it's that sting in the tail business that I mentioned last week.

Have to admit a tinge of trepidation as well.

irish1967 · 12-12-2011 9:21pm

megatron989 wrote: »

Big breeze here in dalkey a few minutes ago, sent my bins flying all over the place! Calm till now.

Loooove Dalkey ! Spent many happy years working there. Loved he easterlies !!

noah45 · 12-12-2011 9:25pm

Not a puff in Athlone yet:(

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 12-12-2011 9:25pm

noah45 wrote: »

Not a puff in Athlone yet:(

Quit posting and finish the Ark ! U may need it :eek::pac:

Vain · 12-12-2011 9:30pm

irish1967 wrote: »

Ok MT just wrote this on the other thread. Being right on donegal bay it got me tinglIng !!! yeahhhhh.

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I know the folks in the northwest are battle-hardened but this one could be a touch more than expected from what I'm reading on here anyway, so would say be prepared for more than just a normal windy day. All I can say at this point, but a 945 mb low dropping down towards Donegal Bay is about as intense a storm as we see outside of the once-a-century type. And when you factor in how cold the circulation is ... well, it's that sting in the tail business that I mentioned last week.

Have to admit a tinge of trepidation as well.

Any idea what day his reffering to?

noah45 · 12-12-2011 9:30pm

lol ok will do:)

Deep Easterly · 12-12-2011 9:31pm

jprboy wrote: »

Yes, indeed. Encountered a lot of that driving through North Tipp between 18.00 and 19.00.

Very obvious from radar too. Don't have time to post up screen grab for posterity what with kids bedtime and all that.

Anyone care to oblige?

Met Eireann radar animation for 1715 to 2015 today:

pauldry · 12-12-2011 9:31pm

see met eireann has 7 to 11c at present except knock.

its only 4.7c in sligo after being 6.6 and hour ago

top gust so far this week 50knots belmullet just there

km79 · 12-12-2011 9:35pm

I'm lost amid the haze of charts.
Can anyone summarize the latest ones for me . Real simple like 

irish1967 · 12-12-2011 9:35pm

Vain wrote: »

Any idea what day his reffering to?

Tomorrow !!

mountainy man · 12-12-2011 9:35pm

Starting to get a bit nervous about this one, we are used to storms up here but a big one won't be nice as its very exposed . Am gratefull to all ye folks in the know for the updates keep it up. (goes googleing plans for a storm shelter/bunker :eek:)

irish1967 · 12-12-2011 9:37pm

t|nt|n wrote: »

Quit posting and finish the Ark ! U may need it :eek::pac:

Don't forget the Linx

irish1967 · 12-12-2011 9:42pm

mountainy man wrote: »

Starting to get a bit nervous about this one, we are used to storms up here but a big one won't be nice as its very exposed . Am gratefull to all ye folks in the know for the updates keep it up. (goes googleing plans for a storm shelter/bunker :eek:)

Yeah don't know what it is about this one but it has me edgy too. If I was just watching rte weather I would be thinking it was gonna be an anticlimax like last week. It's being reported in exactly the same way. I think a lot of people are gonna get caught by that.
I'm not one for gut feelings etc but for some unknown reason this one worries me. Maybe it's the unpredictability of these systems over the last few days.

12-12-2011 9:46pm

Wind is starting to pick up here this last hour.

mean 30km/h
highest gust 42km/h
978.1hPa

mountainy man · 12-12-2011 9:56pm

irish1967 wrote: »

Yeah don't know what it is about this one but it has me edgy too. If I was just watching rte weather I would be thinking it was gonna be an anticlimax like last week. It's being reported in exactly the same way. I think a lot of people are gonna get caught by that.
I'm not one for gut feelings etc but for some unknown reason this one worries me. Maybe it's the unpredictability of these systems over the last few days.

yes last week was nothing out of the ordinary, I like an anticlimax ! just hope the power doesn't go out so I can keep up to date on here, I dont even watch rte weather any more. The possibility of blizzards is interesting tho, still have a few patches of snow on the ground from last week. I have enough fuel indoors for a few days so will only have to go out to feed the hens who I will leave locked in or else they would end up in leitrim :pac: . stay safe.

whiteandlight · 12-12-2011 10:25pm

Wind picking up here in celbridge, kildare. Has a tendency to blow in the vent beside th bed so always know when it increases

Trogdor · 12-12-2011 10:30pm

Becoming quite squally here, gusting to around 50km/hr and the rain is lashing the windows.

Jimmy Garlic · 12-12-2011 10:36pm

Still not a sausage here.

Conrach · 12-12-2011 10:39pm

Wind starting to pick up here. Can be heard in the chimney.

UTV forecast at 6.30pm said "Disruption from wind and snow tomorrow." The rest of the forecast was the usual vagueness.

lostinashford · 12-12-2011 10:42pm

9˚c in Ashford at the moment, wind only about 8km/hr with gusts of only 12 to 20km/hr at the moment, 19mm of rain so far today, pressure still dropping - though more slowly 976hPa now

snaps · 12-12-2011 10:58pm

still not a breath of wind here, but lashing rain!

Harps · 12-12-2011 11:01pm

Very stormy here with a heavy sleet shower, really came out of nowhere as its been quite calm all evening

cotton · 12-12-2011 11:02pm

trogdor wrote: »

Becoming quite squally here, gusting to around 50km/hr and the rain is lashing the windows.

Up exposed on Windgates hill in greystones & it's eerily calm & quiet. Been waiting for this since the threads started, must be coming our way.:D

kkontour · 12-12-2011 11:08pm

It seems to be waiting out there.
What is it waiting for?
It also looks like 3 lows each winding up behind each other
http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

Trogdor · 12-12-2011 11:10pm

cotton wrote: »

Up exposed on Windgates hill in greystones & it's eerily calm & quiet. Been waiting for this since the threads started, must be coming our way.:D

Seems to have calmed a bit here now, rain is lighter and only gusting to 40km/hr, cold front must have passed through because the temperature is plummeting, down more than 3C in the last hour from 10.4C to 7.3C and is still dropping fast. The real action hasn't really got going yet though (not that the worst of it will be on this coast).

Spindle · 12-12-2011 11:18pm

Seeing as the second Thursday storm looks to be heading south, I reckon we need a bit of North/South competition. See who will get the strongest storm, I reckon we will shade it down in the south on Thursday/Friday

ninebeanrows · 12-12-2011 11:23pm

Harps wrote: »

Very stormy here with a heavy sleet shower, really came out of nowhere as its been quite calm all evening

The outer bands are coming ashore in the west about now.

Gonna be a rough day tomorrow.

aurora 527 · 12-12-2011 11:24pm

trogdor wrote: »

Seems to have calmed a bit here now, rain is lighter and only gusting to 40km/hr, cold front must have passed through because the temperature is plummeting, down more than 3C in the last hour from 10.4C to 7.3C and is still dropping fast. The real action hasn't really got going yet though (not that the worst of it will be on this coast).

Same here in Waterford temperature has dropped rapidly in the past hour from 10.7c to 7.6c and the majority of that drop was in the past 15 mins.

Lucreto · 12-12-2011 11:28pm

Currently in Naas it has stopped raining and it is calm and the temperature is 6.8c. The pressure is dropping like a stone and it is currently 962. It was 966 10 minutes ago.

cotton · 12-12-2011 11:30pm

trogdor wrote: »

Seems to have calmed a bit here now, rain is lighter and only gusting to 40km/hr, cold front must have passed through because the temperature is plummeting, down more than 3C in the last hour from 10.4C to 7.3C and is still dropping fast. The real action hasn't really got going yet though (not that the worst of it will be on this coast).

Quite warm here still (sorry, have no way of reading temp) with a light drizzle. We normally get winds here when everyone else gets a breeze so this is going to be interesting. Am waiting in anticipation.

Btw, Long time lurker that checks here religiously every morning before work & every night before bed for the past 2 years.:)

Mr.Crinklewood · 12-12-2011 11:35pm

Could people put their location on the first line of their posts?

Trogdor · 12-12-2011 11:36pm

Lucreto wrote: »

Currently in Naas it has stopped raining and it is calm. The pressure is dropping like a stone and it is currently 962. It was 966 10 minutes ago.

That reading may be a bit off, the latest surface analysis chart would put you a few hundred kilometers out into the atlantic with a reading of 962hpa. Steady-ish at around 977hpa here (having leveled off at about 9 this evening after a big drop).
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map.php?lang=en&map=NEurope

JanuarySnowstor · 12-12-2011 11:40pm

Well after watching the beeb forecast i'm confident of 2 things happening,

1) Widespread sleet and snow showers tomorrow with a risk of prolonged snow in the South on Wed.
2) The UKMO has the correct handle on this storm and the gfs and ECM are miles out on it's final track.

The beeb are very confident of this storm being a big one!

rhonin · 12-12-2011 11:42pm

Eerily quite here in Sligo.

Hooter23 · 12-12-2011 11:44pm

rhonin wrote: »

Eerily quite here in Sligo.

The calm before the storm:D

....and the hail,sleet,snow and thunder

rhonin · 12-12-2011 11:46pm

Hooter23 wrote: »

rhonin wrote: »

Eerily quite here in Sligo.

The calm before the storm:D

Looks that way! Pressure has dropped quick in the last 3-6 hours.

goodies · 12-12-2011 11:48pm

not calm at all here on coast outside tralee...wind howling around house...have moved car away from trees

Tuesday - Friday windstorms & snow - REPORTS AND CHAT THREAD

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