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Potential Extreme Wind Storm - Thursday 8th December

ninebeanrows · 2011-12-06 18:41:01

Well originally i anticipated the low would slam into Scotland and the northern Isles but over recent model runs the deep low pressure system has been placed further south with northern counties of Ulster at risk of extreme winds. The exact track and depth of the low will be difficult to pin point until tomorrow evening.…

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#302 08-12-2011 10:39am

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force eleven wrote: »

You think today is windy? Get a load of this....

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm2401.gif

OK deep FI and unlikely to materialise - we hope. We're in a very mobile zonal pattern at present. The 'conveyor belt' of deep depressions looks like continuing maybe up to Christmas or near enough to it...

Lordy !

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#303 08-12-2011 10:51am

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Short video I took around 9.30am East Donegal, love sitting in with the fire lit listening to this outside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78KUJVIAjOQ

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#304 08-12-2011 10:52am

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Jasus i real feel for Scotland if we are getting them winds,

The System has went decent bit noth of expected yet look at the figures across Ireland!

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#305 08-12-2011 10:56am

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malin will defo win today 78knots quite impressive. mite get 80!

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#306 08-12-2011 10:59am

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Ship report from 57N 11W gives 66 kts sustained wind from 280 deg (at 09z). This one has been reporting hourly and has been moving east-south-east for three hours, wind has increased every hour. Meanwhile the low centre has passed southeast of Rockall or at least the K5 buoy estimated 958 mbs near 57.5N 10.5W from satellite imagery.

Except for north Donegal and parts of north coast, peak winds have probably come and gone in west now. Looks bad for that ship, hope they make it.

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#307 08-12-2011 10:59am

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Calmer here now than 0700-0900. Actually just like a normal day. Nothing extreme at all this last half hour.

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#308 08-12-2011 11:01am

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Athlone is getting a beating altogether. Bitch in the Docks in completely flooded.

- Chat about Irish weather on IRC:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056454368

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#309 08-12-2011 11:17am

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One or two real big gusts there as the squally front moved through

Heard a poor plane moaning for a moment!

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#310 08-12-2011 11:17am

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i see where Met Eireann have updated their forecast this morning(below) but no mention of the snowfall MT is expecting apart from wintry showers on high ground! It will be interesting to see who gets it right..

Today

Stormy today, especially through Connaught and Ulster with gale force winds and damaging gusts of 100 to 140km/hr. Heavy rain at first will give way to colder brighter conditions with occasional showers in most places by early afternoon. Temperatures of 10 or 11 degrees this morning will fall to 5 or 6 this afternoon.

Tonight

Becoming dry in many areas tonight with clear spells and the strong and squally westerly winds will moderate, There will be some showers of rain and hail in western and northern parts and some will be wintry on higher ground. Cold with lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees with frost developing.

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#311 08-12-2011 11:19am

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Here's a weather station at the Port of Ness on the Isle of Lewis off the northern coast of Scotland

if it doesn't work straight away click on Eoropie Live

http://www.eoropaidh.co.uk/gm7pbb/index.html

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#312 08-12-2011 11:19am

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Wind is so strong here (Dublin 8) the car outside my window actually bounced up and down for a bit. :eek:

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#313 08-12-2011 11:21am

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Absolutely wild outside for the last 10 minutes or so, looks like the last of the really squally showers moving through.

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#314 08-12-2011 11:23am

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Nothing stops this US Airforce Gulfstream jet. 41000ft over the storm.

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#315 08-12-2011 11:24am

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10 am report: Highest Gust 69kts Malin Head

" Heavy Hail " Reported at KNock.

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#316 08-12-2011 11:25am

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Heavy Hail been reported at Knock Airport with a Gust of 46Kts and a tempature of just 5 Degrees.

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#317 08-12-2011 11:25am

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As expected, it has tracked further north, they always seem to do this.

Gust of almost 90mph for Malin even though its gone further north gives you an idea of what Scotland can expect later!

Gust at Malin dropped in the last hour so strongest winds for us have probably passed now.

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#318 08-12-2011 11:26am

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69kts at Malin on the latest obs, 57kts Mace, 45kts Dublin Airport.

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#319 08-12-2011 11:27am

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Latest from UKMO K4 buoy off the Donegal coast seems to indicate the worst has passed it

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#320 08-12-2011 11:29am

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possibly on the way during next week?

There is another thread for this, and yes it looks breezy, but multiple solutions posed for the coming week never mind a chart at 174hrs which doesnt even look that bad!

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#321 08-12-2011 11:29am

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Temp drop of 2.6c from 0900 to 1000. Now at 7.1c
DP down from 9.6 to 6.8 in the same period.
Squally showers now the main feature here.

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#322 08-12-2011 11:30am

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maquiladora wrote: »

As expected, it has tracked further north, they always seem to do this.

Gust of almost 90mph for Malin even though its gone further north gives you an idea of what Scotland can expect later!

Gust at Malin dropped in the last hour so strongest winds for us have probably passed now.

Ummmmm, don't think they have for Malin and the Northeast coast.

Although that was such an anomalous gust that it would be hard to beat!

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#323 08-12-2011 11:33am

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That ship report I mentioned has updated at 10z in same position but now with 78 knot sustained winds. Not an encouraging report if you live in western Scotland (or if you're on that ship).

The 06z GFS has somewhat upgraded the cold advection rate for this afternoon and evening, would expected some powerful streamers to develop from a NW direction hitting most of Ulster in about 3-4 hours. Not sure I agree on the track, looked about what was expected, the rate of deepening was extreme and this produced the peak in wind gusts across the north earlier.

I may have to abandon ship here fairly soon too, watch satellite for streamer formation would be my last words to the crew. :eek:

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#324 08-12-2011 11:34am

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irish1967 wrote: »

Nothing stops this US Airforce Gulfstream jet. 41000ft over the storm.

Riding the storm LIKE A BOOOOOSSSS! haha :cool:

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#325 08-12-2011 11:35am

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Is that the eye of the storm centre due north of mayo and due west of isle of lewis?

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#326 08-12-2011 11:37am

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Already a gust of 107 mph at Aonach Mor (1130m) Scotland.

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#327 08-12-2011 11:46am

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Nice and Breezy down iN Wexford
http://93.92.12.9/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=352x240&dummy=1299763691058

More cams here
http://maps.google.ie/maps/ms?msid=210672946589548469683.00049e1fe08eb1b2e3033&msa=0

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#328 08-12-2011 11:57am

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Any reports of power outages? Thought there might have been some for Donegal.

Northern Ireland still has to face stronger winds but the northwest has probably seen the worst of this pass now, just to clarify my post above. :P

Live streaming video of a guy on the road going to document this in Scotland.
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=weatherevents;sess=

He says he is in Fife at the moment and won't be able to make it to the southwest because of bridge closures, not sure exactly where he is headed.

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#329 08-12-2011 12:10pm

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maquiladora, Im hearing about disruption to electricity in the North but I'm not sure what part! Maybe someone else can elaborate

For those about Derry, the Foyle Bridge is closed and the public are being advised not to walk on the Peace Bridge. There is trees down in Derry, Limavady and Dungiven which is causing disruption, according to BBC.

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#330 08-12-2011 12:16pm

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irish1967 wrote: »

Temp drop of 2.6c from 0900 to 1000. Now at 7.1c
DP down from 9.6 to 6.8 in the same period.
Squally showers now the main feature here.

thats identical data to my weather station creepy

My weather
https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F

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#331 08-12-2011 12:17pm

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I know. It's your data I'm quoting ! Lol. Your my nearest weather station !

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