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

TTLF · 07-12-2019 1:35pm

Good luck to the people on the West coast <333 - From the East coast gang.

easypazz · 07-12-2019 1:41pm

When are the next chart updates expected?

highdef · 07-12-2019 1:48pm

easypazz wrote: »

When are the next chart updates expected?

https://weather.thedeskofmatthew.com/

07-12-2019 1:50pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

https://m.independent.ie/weather/storm-atiyah-met-eireann-to-upgrade-weather-warning-for-nine-counties-number-of-national-parks-closed-38762221.html

@!!

"... many National Parks will be closed."

How do you close a national park? Oh, wait, they're taking in the roads. Maybe putting the cover on the mountains too.

Snow Garden · 07-12-2019 1:51pm

Discodog wrote: »

People aren't concerned about the West

We dont want your pity. We are rugged people and well able for storms. Bring it on!

endainoz · 07-12-2019 2:05pm

Snow Garden wrote: »

We dont want your pity. We are rugged people and well able tlfor storms. Bring it on!

I second that, precautions will be taken today and will enjoy the show tomorrow. Bring it on for sure!

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 2:09pm

TTLF wrote: »

Good luck to the people on the West coast <333 - From the East coast gang.

for that kindness, thank you

We will need it. The marine forecast which applies to coastal waters, has gone orange . "strong gale to storm force".

Already the door here is hard to open, and harder still to close. A long, hard, noisy and dangerous night and day ahead.

west mayo offshore island

Hooter23 · 07-12-2019 3:11pm

I think this storm could be bad enough one...those squally hail/thunder showers that come with storms coming from this direction can be very nasty and have there own vicious winds...Hope we are not getting fooled again by all the hype...as I have just looked at the charts and it doesn't even look like a proper storm:rolleyes:

Doctors room ghost · 07-12-2019 3:14pm

If it’s not tied down lads it will be gone.
Batten down yere hatcheens

Doctors room ghost · 07-12-2019 3:17pm

Has graces been banned yet for writing poems?
It’s not a proper storm till that happens

07-12-2019 3:19pm

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

If it’s not tied down lads it will be gone.
Batten down yere hatcheens

I'll not hunker down before a storm with a name like a suppressed sneeze.

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 3:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'll not hunker down before a storm with a name like a suppressed sneeze.

roflol!

NB I am hunkering. Trust me on that. Getting dark already here and I need to count the cats in.

That orange marine forecast is the worst for a long time.

Little snowy old me · 07-12-2019 3:55pm

Mother is giving out about us asking her to go up to my sisters. Reckons it's just a gale coming. To be honest, I suspect she could be right but won't chance it.

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 4:06pm

Little snowy old me wrote: »

Mother is giving out about us asking her to go up to my sisters. Reckons it's just a gale coming. To be honest, I suspect she could be right but won't chance it.

You are taking no chances and that is the right, caring and responsible thing to do. Even if it does not develop badly, so what? No harm done and your mind at rest. Promise her a treat or three! It is bad out here already now and I will not even open the door now. Far too forceful a wind . And this is only the first stage. Tomorrow will be far worse.

aryan sharma · 07-12-2019 4:06pm

Thanks for the information

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 4:11pm

OH MY! met.ie have the new forecasts up and the word " wintry" is used about showers!

But that forecast makes fearsome reading.

Tigletts · 07-12-2019 4:13pm

Graces7 wrote: »

You are taking no chances and that is the right, caring and responsible thing to do. Even if it does not develop badly, so what? No harm done and your mind at rest. Promise her a treat or three! It is bad out here already now and I will not even open the door now. Far too forceful a wind . And this is only the first stage. Tomorrow will be far worse.

I'm down here in West Cork and there isn't a puff! Eeerily calm in fact and almost 15degrees.

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 4:17pm

Deleted User wrote: »

"... many National Parks will be closed."

How do you close a national park? Oh, wait, they're taking in the roads. Maybe putting the cover on the mountains too.

Easy; read the list. These are gated facilities. Off the road. Lock the gates. eg Killarney House and Gardens. Connemara National Park..

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 4:19pm

Tigletts wrote: »

I'm down here in West Cork and there isn't a puff! Eeerily calm in fact and almost 15degrees.

Count your blessings... It was like that here last night. Utter eerie peace. Your turn will come :eek:

Galeforce · 07-12-2019 4:26pm

The regular posters are gone very quiet ðŸ€« any update on the storm?

Gaoth Laidir · 07-12-2019 4:29pm

ECM mean winds at 100 metres tomorrow, in m/s. Gold is Force 12. Two cores, the first approaching the southwest late afternoon, the second coming down behind it towards Belmullet late evening. So two waves of peak winds, with the southwest getting hit with both.

Remember, this chart is at 100 metres, but certainly surface gusts of 65-70 knots possible along coastal counties.

Oscar Bravo · 07-12-2019 4:32pm

Met Eireann going with Connemara coastline to get the strongest winds on latest update

Storm Atiyah will bring very windy conditions on Sunday. Westerly winds will reach gale force in many areas. Westerly winds strongest in the afternoon and evening with potentially severe and damaging gusts, with severe gale, to storm force winds on coasts and especially near the Connemara coastline. Winds will be strongest in eastern areas during the evening time. There will be blustery squally showers throughout the day. Many of the showers will be heavy some of hail and thunder and turning wintry over hills in the northwest of the country. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees. Westerly winds will veer northwesterly later in the day, with gale force winds continuing in places with severe gale, to storm force winds on coasts.

07-12-2019 5:05pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Easy; read the list. These are gated facilities. Off the road. Lock the gates. eg Killarney House and Gardens. Connemara National Park..

Gated car parks maybe. Not Ballycroy/Letterkeen though.

pad199207 · 07-12-2019 5:17pm

Fairly windy in Kildare now

Gerianam · 07-12-2019 5:20pm

TTLF wrote: »

Good luck to the people on the West coast <333 - From the East coast gang.

Thanks very much! Wishing ye all the best too. xx

Maidhci · 07-12-2019 5:24pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Met Eireann going with Connemara coastline to get the strongest winds on latest update

Storm Atiyah will bring very windy conditions on Sunday. Westerly winds will reach gale force in many areas. Westerly winds strongest in the afternoon and evening with potentially severe and damaging gusts, with severe gale, to storm force winds on coasts and especially near the Connemara coastline. Winds will be strongest in eastern areas during the evening time. There will be blustery squally showers throughout the day. Many of the showers will be heavy some of hail and thunder and turning wintry over hills in the northwest of the country. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees. Westerly winds will veer northwesterly later in the day, with gale force winds continuing in places with severe gale, to storm force winds on coasts.

Yes, unfortunately, I just saw that now. It is not uncommon for the weather station at Mace Head to register very strong winds during winter storms from a W/NW direction. Hopefully, it will not materialize as severe as predicted.

m17 · 07-12-2019 5:40pm

Tuam Co galway 07/12/19 15.35 temperature 11°C it's calm before the storm

Storm 10 · 07-12-2019 5:41pm

Getting windy in Galway now the rain just arrived

Snow Garden · 07-12-2019 5:43pm

Nice day in Galway today. Got loads done.
Rain has arrived now but at least it held odd during hours of light. Tomorrow should be interesting.

pad199207 · 07-12-2019 5:44pm

Wind blowing over flower pots here in Kildare. Didn’t think it wouldn’t be this windy this early. May bring them all in now

MetLuver · 07-12-2019 5:57pm

squarecircles wrote: »

core of damaging winds just to the west of Ireland on the 06 z gfs

Batten down the hatches Grases7, looks bad for the islands. Enjoy listening to nature's fury from the comfort of your home :-)

Iancar29 · 07-12-2019 6:02pm

Away from the considerable straight-lined wind threat we also have a considerable risk for funnel clouds/ weak tornadoes to form.

Strong wind convergence in the west as the first core of the system makes landfall

High helicity values in the SW too.

The thing though with these setups is that the visibility will be very poor as the LCL will be only a few 100 meters. Its this time of year that Ireland experiences them most too.

One to keep an eye out for and too inspect any reports of damage along a me localised path.

monty_python · 07-12-2019 6:03pm

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˜§

Graces7 · 07-12-2019 6:08pm

MetLuver wrote: »

Batten down the hatches Grases7, looks bad for the islands. Enjoy listening to nature's fury from the comfort of your home :-)

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 ...

Oscar Bravo · 07-12-2019 6:12pm

Shannon airport TAF forecasting gusts up to 58 knots between 4pm and 6pm tomorrow. Wild enough!

07-12-2019 6:15pm

Windy here in Galway city. I was going out to a Cmas party & getting the late bus home, off home for the car now & having a dry night instead. Not risking the walk from the bus if this is only going to worsen!

Storm 10 · 07-12-2019 6:21pm

From a friend on a Trawler Valentia Coastguard putting out storm to violent storm force wind warnings for shipping along the West Coast he is in port

Itssoeasy · 07-12-2019 6:24pm

The rain has arrived in cork city anyway.

SeaFields · 07-12-2019 6:43pm

Absolutely torrential rain here in South Kerry. It made for a particularly difficult drive home this evening.

Mickeroo · 07-12-2019 6:46pm

Wind howling and heavy rain in Achill. Slightly regret coming down for the night now.

HeidiHeidi · 07-12-2019 6:47pm

Tipping it down rain in N Donegal now, and getting fairly windy - unfortunately I can't measure it - although I'm sheltered for the moment under a hill, might get a bit more interesting tomorrow if the winds shift to more westerly.

sentient_6 · 07-12-2019 7:06pm

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.

munsterlegend · 07-12-2019 7:14pm

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.

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.

irishfeen · 07-12-2019 7:16pm

I might have been dreaming but before sunlight slipped away there was hundreds of birds acting very strangely here in Cork, you would wonder can they sense the storm that’s coming.

Was driving north of the city and on 2 separate occasions I seen flocks of birds circling in a panic.

Logan Roy · 07-12-2019 7:20pm

irishfeen wrote: »

I might have been dreaming but before sunlight slipped away there was hundreds of birds acting very strangely here in Cork, you would wonder can they sense the storm that’s coming.

Was driving north of the city and on 2 separate occasions I seen flocks of birds circling in a panic.

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

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 07-12-2019 7:20pm

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.

I feel it's more a case of it being the weekend, so RTE and other media outlets have nothing else to build more weather danger hype around.

irishfeen · 07-12-2019 7:21pm

Logan Roy wrote: »

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

As I said I was probably dreaming

07-12-2019 7:27pm

There's talk of Sunday being cancelled altogether over on the Face book.

munsterlegend · 07-12-2019 7:28pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There's talk of Sunday being cancelled altogether over on the Face book.

Would mass be rearranged for Monday?

gozunda · 07-12-2019 7:28pm

Wind ramping already here tonight. North Cork border

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

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