Tuesday - Friday windstorms & snow - REPORTS AND CHAT THREAD

snow ghost · 13-12-2011 1:11am

IMBACKLATER wrote: »

its becoming extremely windy now in louisburgh!!!
id stick mt cam out but its making flashes of lightning...

Stand on your roof holding an aerial, shouting 'come on thunder'... worse thing that can happen is you'll turn into Frankenstein's Monster and amble around frightening the neighbours. Best thing is you could turn into Harry Potter and get snuffed out by Voldermart.

Pangea · 13-12-2011 1:31am

What time are peak gusts expected?

ninebeanrows · 13-12-2011 1:34am

Pangea wrote: »

What time are peak gusts expected?

Around 3-6pm for Donegal I reckon.

Pangea · 13-12-2011 1:34am

wow that late, thought it was going to be a morning event, thanks.

Hooter23 · 13-12-2011 1:35am

Pangea wrote: »

What time are peak gusts expected?

I think around 12oclock tomorrow its fairly howling already in galway though

ninebeanrows · 13-12-2011 1:35am

Pangea wrote: »

wow that late, thought it was going to be a morning event, thanks.

I edited you're too quick! Probably more 3-4ish for you I estimate!

Chicken Run · 13-12-2011 1:36am

raining in Clare !!! No change to the rest of the year then.... *sigh*

Wind picked up around teatime as I was bringing a barrow of hay across the yard - dispatched it nicely into a tumbleweed-style scene anyway.

Normally I'd be excited but my OH has to fly out of Dublin tomorrow as his mum's poorly so fingers crossed that all goes according to plan. Also he'll be leaving me on my own here and I can't tie the shed roof back down on my own.

Pangea · 13-12-2011 1:37am

Weathercheck wrote: »

I edited you're too quick! Probably more 3-4ish for you

Okey doke

I'l remove your quote to avoid confusion.

maquiladora · 13-12-2011 1:46am

Should be lots of reports from the northwest here tomorrow morning!

IMBACKLATER · 13-12-2011 1:48am

its getting seriously violent here!! hailstones and wild gusts of wind

Harps · 13-12-2011 1:48am

Wild weather here right now, very stormy with horizontally blowing hail, impressive to watch from the comfort of the living room with the hail blowing right into the window!

Some nice looking showers on the way soon as well but have to be up in the morning so that'll have to do for tonight. Tomorrow should be interesting!

mountainy man · 13-12-2011 1:48am

maquiladora wrote: »

Should be lots of reports from the northwest here tomorrow morning!

as long as we have power!;)

maquiladora · 13-12-2011 1:50am

IMBACKLATER wrote: »

its getting seriously violent here!! hailstones and wild gusts of wind

Already?

snow ghost · 13-12-2011 1:52am

mountainy man wrote: »

as long as we have power!;)

If the power goes try and make it to Enda's underground bunker in Castlebar, it is built to withstand all kinds of calamities.

IMBACKLATER · 13-12-2011 1:53am

really intense gusts just before the showers

mountainy man · 13-12-2011 1:57am

snow ghost wrote: »

If the power goes try and make it to Enda's underground bunker in Castlebar, it is built to withstand all kinds of calamities.

is he a kinda josef fritzel ?

maquiladora · 13-12-2011 1:58am

The 62 mph gust reported at Mace Head at 00:00 is about 10mph stronger than the maximum gusts that the hi res NMM model predicted for that area at that time. It wasn't predicting gusts of that strength for another 6 hours.

nacho libre · 13-12-2011 2:03am

Heavy hail shower at the moment and getting quite gusty.

Bodhisopha · 13-12-2011 2:04am

Is shiit gonna kick off or what?

faktisperminute · 13-12-2011 2:06am

Had a heavy hail shower now turned to snow

I am 76 asl west of roscommon

snow ghost · 13-12-2011 2:06am

Just had a mental hail whiteout - its like someone came along and sprinkled a huge bag of granulated sugar all over the place.

Lights flickering too.

Welsh Wizard · 13-12-2011 2:10am

What time the wind and rain hit the far east coast in the morning....? Also what will north Wales get from this storm?

Thanks gurus

nacho libre · 13-12-2011 2:10am

blizzard of hail conditions at the moment!!

this will be sheer class if it eventually turns snow!

Hooter23 · 13-12-2011 2:11am

snow ghost wrote: »

Just had a mental hail whiteout - its like someone came along and sprinkled a huge bag of granulated sugar all over the place.

Lights flickering too.

I love your technical description:D:)

Harps · 13-12-2011 2:12am

Thunder and lightning, stormy with really heavy blowing hail, love it

Kristopherus · 13-12-2011 2:12am

Heavy Hail showers with thunder in W. Mayo.

Oscar Bravo · 13-12-2011 2:16am

Likewise in Castlebar,nice flashes and loud Thunder followed by Hail.

zenno · 13-12-2011 2:17am

I seen this happen a few times before. for tomorrows wind-speed rte weather forecast on the 9 o clock news shows 85 km/h but at the end of the weather it shows wind-speed 35 km/h for tomorrow. how can the both of these winds-speeds for tomorrow be correct in the same weather forecast from rte on the nine news ?. the wind-speed tomorrow is either 85 km/h or 35 km/h how can it be two different wind-speeds ?

megatron989 · 13-12-2011 2:18am

Finally a bit of actual weather! Although I think I live on the wrong side of the country, gotta move west!

mountainy man · 13-12-2011 2:29am

Just looked outside and its snowing hard , some strong gusts , keep having to close up the stove as the wind gets stronger

Deep Easterly · 13-12-2011 2:35am

Can confirm a 9mph (light) breeze in Tuam, moonlit skies and nothing else. Mayo & Sligo the places to be tonight for sure with strikes continuing along coastal margins:
http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=satradar

CB19Kevo · 13-12-2011 2:37am

Has been getting windy in the last 2 hours in S. Kerry
Gusts increasing and just had a light hail shower.
(Have had very little hail so far this year so it makes a change from the rain).

Reiketsu · 13-12-2011 2:50am

Lying in bed and it sounds like the wind is moving in here. You know the sound I'm talking about

(I hope!).

Welsh Wizard · 13-12-2011 3:01am

What time the wind and rain hit the far east coast in the morning....? Also what will north Wales get from this storm?

13-12-2011 4:18am

Some good surf here, Lahinch Beach Cam, Co.Clare:

http://www.camscape.com/view/3646

ch750536 · 13-12-2011 6:57am

Just now.
&
Good Morning!

snaps · 13-12-2011 6:57am

could be wrong but im sure i heard thunder during the night here? Not much wind here still either.

jon burrows · 13-12-2011 7:04am

Snowing in Leixlip

justy182 · 13-12-2011 7:05am

It's now snowing in Newry. Not a lot of wind but the showers are steady. No sticking as of yet as the ground is so wet. Doesn't really look like it will stick at all.

nacho libre · 13-12-2011 7:07am

snaps wrote: »

could be wrong but im sure i heard thunder during the night here? Not much wind here still either.

Quite Likely. As There was thunder and lightning over many parts of the West and Northwest.

handsomecake · 13-12-2011 7:12am

Snowing horizontally here in Dublin airport

WalterMitty · 13-12-2011 7:17am

MEt.ie says sleet in east today and blizzards in northwest hills!

snaps · 13-12-2011 7:23am

I cant understand all these snow reports, Air temp here is 4.9c. Surely its the same over most of the country?

Mountainsandh · 13-12-2011 7:26am

It's snowing here in Co Waterford border Sth Tipp, 190 masl. There a layer on car and grass, but thankfully so far not sticking to road... I couldn't sleep and checked at 5am there was just a powdery dust, now it's real snow showers though.

edit : showers have stopped now, looks like it's getting a tad warmer.

IMAG0009 by mountainsandheather, on Flickr

Jimmy Garlic · 13-12-2011 7:44am

snaps wrote: »

I cant understand all these snow reports, Air temp here is 4.9c. Surely its the same over most of the country?

1.3c here in co limerick.

rc28 · 13-12-2011 7:51am

First proper snow of the winter falling here in meath.:-) Only sticking to certain surfaces.

mickger844posts · 13-12-2011 7:51am

6am Reports Sherkin 65kts, Belmullet 63kts,Mace 62kts, Valentia 55kts

In Waterford City its calm, Temp 2.2c DP 0.5c. Comeraghs killing any showers headed our way.

Live Data @ www.waterfordcityweather.com

Tactical · 13-12-2011 7:54am

Lovely sleet shower this morning around 5.30am in North Dublin.

Stuck nicely to the car but that's all. Car thermometer indicates +2 deg C.

Breezy but not windy.

Feels colder than it actually is.

jo06555 · 13-12-2011 8:11am

mickger844posts wrote: »

6am Reports Sherkin 65kts, Belmullet 63kts,Mace 62kts, Valentia 55kts

In Waterford City its calm, Temp 2.2c DP 0.5c. Comeraghs killing any showers headed our way.

Live Data @ www.waterfordcityweather.com

Typical

RoisinD · 13-12-2011 8:25am

Lots of lightning here at the moment. Winds gusting to the high 60's mph.
Forgot to add - lots of heavy hail showers too.
NW Clare

Tuesday - Friday windstorms & snow - REPORTS AND CHAT THREAD

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