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Storm Saturday Night: Winds rapidly increasing with extreme gusts to 70kts+

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  • #92
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    Would expect some damage along that path and if you're reading this east of Athlone it has not peaked yet (I think).


    Near Mullingar, gusts are getting more frequent and stronger as we speak.


  • #93
    Weathering
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭Weathering


    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    From the look of guidance, would expect strongest winds to reach Meath and Dublin about 0300h and Belfast about 0400-0500h, trough is very fast-moving and is about on a Donegal-Laois line at present (0200h) so west of that it should gradually calm down with the usual after-shock gusts -- for Donegal it may pick up very suddenly since they are further north in a wider portion of the trough. The south coast will probably not see quite the same increase in wind speeds as the main impact under the jet will be about Galway to Drogheda. Would expect some damage along that path and if you're reading this east of Athlone it has not peaked yet (I think).

    Will Donegal see the worst of it? or less compared to other areas?


  • #94
    youtube!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭youtube!


    I am in navan and I think either my roof is about to blow off or my windows blow in! Never heard anything like it in my life!


  • #95
    naughto
    Registered Users Posts: 7,316 ✭✭✭naughto


    eaglej13 wrote: »
    wow just got serious in castlebar. crazy wind speed at min. serious gusts now. maybe the mayan prediction was a few days out, could this be the start, lol:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
    yes iam here as well have not see wind like this in cbar in a long time


  • #96
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Quite wild there at the moment!


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  • #97
    mayfly757
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭mayfly757


    Very windy in Malahide now , strong guts up to 50 kts , alarms going off everywhere , !


  • #98
    Bsal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭Bsal


    Nice jetstream alright

    wi03_zps53b95f69.gif


  • #99
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users Posts: 14,324 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    It won't be worse in Donegal and it may actually be slightly less extreme there, this appears meso-scale in dimensions and so you can be outside the peak wind belt to either north or south, but as Donegal is also more exposed to the ocean and has local wind funnel potential, I would say to be on the safe side to expect some extreme gusts there. Same comment applies to north coast of Ulster in general, they will see perhaps peak gusts a few knots lower than the inland or central zone I mentioned except for a few exposed locations. Models have been hinting at another strong wind event around next weekend too.


  • #100
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Bsal wrote: »
    Nice jetstream alright

    wi03_zps53b95f69.gif


    Some headwind for anything flying to the states :D


  • #101
    Bummer1234
    Registered Users Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Bummer1234


    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    Would expect some damage along that path and if you're reading this east of Athlone it has not peaked yet (I think).

    Ohh Boll*x!!!

    In dublin city and Its very strong at the moment.


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  • #102
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Thanks to maquiladora for being spot on with his input for this storm

    and MT who forecast this a week ago


  • #103
    rhonin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭rhonin


    I'm back home on Belmullet and it is extremely windy at the minute. Heavy rain too.


  • #104
    bb12
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭bb12


    north co dublin and we have trees down already


  • #105
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    gusts of 60 - 70km/h here in Dundalk


  • #106
    Harps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Harps


    Weathering wrote: »
    Will Donegal see the worst of it? or less compared to other areas?

    Looks like the worst of it will miss Donegal for a change, Galway through to Down/Louth seems to be the most intense although if you're near the coast it might get wild for a while between 3am and 6am.

    Seems to be passing here now, nothing particularly extreme but at least its been a bit of excitement for the first time in quite a while


  • #107
    Yrag2E
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭Yrag2E


    Wow, in North Dublin and that wind is so intense.


  • #108
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    There's going to be a lot of outdoor christmas lights/decorations all over the place in the morning.


  • #109
    Weathering
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    There's going to be a lot of outdoor christmas lights/decorations all over the place in the morning.

    Ho ho ho ho-ly fck


  • #110
    Storm 10
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    Hard to sleep in Galway at the moment but I think the worst could be over the wind noise is not as bad


  • #111
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Two tiles off the fecking porch:mad:
    Mental here at the minute.


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  • #112
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Very strong gusts for the last 30minutes or so intensifying in the last 5. Mullingar Automatic is reporting as to being not available now, I wonder if that was something to do with it.


  • #113
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Wind is absolutely mental here in Clontarf!


  • #114
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Hard to sleep in Galway at the moment but I think the worst could be over the wind noise is not as bad

    Yep, its peaked on the west coast now.

    Still, gust of 125 km/h at Mace Head at 2am.


  • #115
    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    very windy here now,just had lights flicker,better get the candles at the ready ;)


  • #116
    dirtyghettokid
    Registered Users Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭dirtyghettokid


    wow. that is unreal wind. guess i'm not gonna get any sleep tonight... gusts keep waking me. very strong gusts!


  • #117
    barney 20v
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭barney 20v


    Weathering wrote: »

    Ho ho ho ho-ly fck
    Made me chuckle....


  • #118
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Power gone. Feck. It's been a while since the wind did that


  • #119
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Affecting the tv, a serious storm


  • #120
    Bummer1234
    Registered Users Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Bummer1234


    Some flights trying to land at dublin airport seem to be missing the runway due to the wind...

    http://www.flightradar24.com/ check out flight FR8012

    Looks like its diverting now.


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  • #121
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Bummer1234 wrote: »
    Some flights trying to land at dublin airport seem to be missing the runway due to the wind...

    http://www.flightradar24.com/ check out flight FR8012

    Looks like its diverting now.

    Was that an inbound Ryanair one? Was watching it until the power went


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