Potential for extreme wind event Friday/Saturday

@Cyclops999

Tactical wrote: »

Southerly winds will reach storm force along western and northern coasts during tomorrow evening.

The above gives the current sea area forecast and our resident forecasters on boards.ie give a pretty good forecast too.

If you give a read back through the posts you'll see how the models have developed and the forecasts that have followed.

Gerry on latest forecast didn't mention 140kmph like the met.ie did, but he did mention 120kmph gusts

Friday evening is looking a bit fierce alright

A re-run of December 1998 would be great

I agree, very hard to call it exactly as things turn out and I certainly won't be complaining if the actual weather is different from that forecast as I get great enjoyment out of following the unfolding story

If the models change rapidly it must be very hard to arrive at a forecast that gives accurate information without having to constantly change it in a dramatic fashion.

Well there's still no change to the warning on the website, but the latest forecast mentions gusts up to 130 km/h now. So halfway between what Gerry said on the TV forecast and what the warning says. :P

Mild and very windy tomorrow. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain drizzle and fog in places, but some drier brighter periods also in parts of the east. More persistent and heavier rain in the west and northwest in the afternoon. Gale force south to southwest winds and some severe gusts of 90 to 130km/hr in places, highest in exposed parts of the northwest

As for Sunday, not sure about that yet. Doesn't look stormy at all on the 12Z GFS.

Folklore has it that a ring around the moon signifies bad weather is coming, and in many cases this may be true. So how can rings around the moon be a predictor of weather to come? The ice crystals that cover the halo signify high altitude, thin cirrus clouds that normally precede a warm front by one or two days. Typically, a warm front will be associated with a low pressure system which is commonly referred to as a storm.
It is believed that the number of stars within a moon halo indicate the number days before bad weather will arrive. Give it a try the next time you observe a moon halo.

18Z NAE downgrades the windspeeds.

Its coming up to five to midnight so lets head over to Met Eireann on RTE Radio1 or Sky 0160 if its handy!!

Weathering wrote: »

Any updates guys? or is it looking pretty much the same as earlier in the day

Still looking about the same as earlier. There was a bit of a downgrade on the NAE model but overall its the same picture : winds up to force 11 at sea, on west/northwest coasts force 9 sometimes 10, inland from those coasts windy but nothing too severe.