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Another potential wind-storm Thursday AM 4-1-18

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    #92
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Fastnet Lighthouse hit 137kmh earlier.


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    #93
    banjolin
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭banjolin


    Looks like this system took a little bite out of Munster and is now heading for the UK. 60k gust near Cahir is highest I can find around here. Pressure rising rapidly.


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    #94
    gman2k
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    Windy gusts in Waterford city are vicious at the moment.


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    #95
    sideswipe
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    Reading these updates with interest and trepidation. Inbound from Dubai to Dublin.... pretty bumpy up here! Gulp.


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    #96
    natty_asha
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    Power gone in part of Carlow town now in the last 10 minutes. Not sure if weather related but some pretty strong gusts here the past half hour.


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    #97
    pad199207
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    My god sudden roar of wind here in Kildare.


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    #98
    RobertKK
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    natty_asha wrote: »
    Power gone in part of Carlow town now in the last 10 minutes. Not sure if weather related but some pretty strong gusts here the past half hour.

    Yeah I see that on ESB PowerCheck, about 1150 homes without power there.
    Estimated restore time 1.30pm


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    #99
    pad199207
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    Windy now but certainly not as bad as Ophelia


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    #100
    kod87
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    Breezy morning here in Tipp but nothing exceptional


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    #101
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Definitely the windiest its been over the last number of days with a gust of 85km/h recorded at my station in Waterford City. Certainly dangerous out there for a while but has eased somewhat now.

    www.waterfordcityweather.com


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    #102
    CrowdedHouse
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    Strange temperature up and down the last few hours (with the low passing I presume)

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    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #103
    DOCARCH
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    Wind has just arrived in Dublin 16.


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    #104
    mojesius
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Wind has just arrived in Dublin 16.

    Same in SE Meath. Chimney howling


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    #105
    George Sunsnow
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Wind has just arrived in Dublin 16.

    Got windy here an hour ago but no more so than locally on New Year’s Day
    It’s unlikely to drop bows of trees,few branches maybe
    Certainly weaker than down further south so far


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    #106
    Villain
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    Amazing the speed at which gusts increased here in Carlow Town and town out power for 1,266 premises
    https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/948861003961389056

    Check out the graph image in that tweet to see the speed of increase.


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    #107
    George Sunsnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭George Sunsnow


    Very wild here now near Arklow
    Reprieve for bows and fences cancelled
    strong sustained NW
    Very strong gusts


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    #108
    MetLuver
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭MetLuver


    Greystones just started howling in last few minutes. It has been dead calm all morning. Fascinating how these features work :-)


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    #109
    sparrowcar
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    Quiet all morning here in Swords and just suddenly picked up with some decent gusts.


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    #110
    Gaoth Laidir
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    natty_asha wrote: »
    Power gone in part of Carlow town now in the last 10 minutes. Not sure if weather related but some pretty strong gusts here the past half hour.

    There was a 50-knot gust at Oak Park between 9-10 am.


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    #111
    Mobhi1
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    The wind has picked up a lot here in the last half hour. Branches are swaying.


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    #112
    Mobhi1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Mobhi1


    Mobhi1 wrote: »
    The wind has picked up a lot here in the last half hour. Big branches and whole trees are swaying.


    There was next to no wind at all a couple of hours ago.


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    #113
    Gaoth Laidir
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    Gust of 50 knots reported in Johnstown Castle's 11 am report. Dublin Airport 48 kt, Casement 47 kt.


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    #114
    Tabnabs
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    Gusting to over 50 knots in Dublin bay, the change was rather dramatic and fast paced.


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    #115
    PukkaStukka
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    I overnighted in Newcastle Co Down last night and drove back to Dublin this morning. The wind and rain overnight was horrendous and the drive back along the south Down coast at 8am was in appalling conditions with high winds and very heavy drizzle being blown horizontally. After a 30 minute tea stop, the M1 south of Dundalk all the way to Dublin was a tale of very blustery crosswinds and spray. There's a lot of wind-blown debris and spot flooding on all side roads driven today.

    Glad I don't have to go back out later.. :)


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    #116
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    Slightly off topic but here are two pages from Tim Vasquez' Weather Forecasting Red Book (2006) that contain handy forecasting tips for surface lows, including the Rosenbloom Rule. I highly recommend picking up his books.

    Interesting. Thanks. Just one observation, models, data, data assimilation and computing power have come a long way in the intervening 11 years or so.

    An aside, probably for another thread but alluded to a few times in various ways and other threads; Met Eireann resources! budget, budget control, staffing, how many forecasters in total and how many on duty during "normal" times and severe weather events! What development and support staff do they have? About 10 years on from the very severe flooding episodes and the building of various flooding defenses, eg in Clonmel and Cork it seems ME are finally getting some staff for flood forecasting. Will there be an investment in the necessary radars and if so, how long will it take? Etc Etc Etc Fill in the gaps.


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    #117
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    see http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

    fascinating double low forecast off sw and s coast by 2000 this evening!


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    #118
    rushfan
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    sparrowcar wrote:
    Quiet all morning here in Swords and just suddenly picked up with some decent gusts.


    I was considering a quick spin on the bike up to Ballyboughal. Then I thought better of it.


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    #119
    downwiththatsor
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    piuswal wrote: »
    see http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

    fascinating double low forecast off sw and s coast by 2000 this evening!
    Any tips on scrolling through on an android as not as user friendly as on a pc.


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    #120
    piuswal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    downwiththatsor wrote: »
    Any tips on scrolling through on an android as not as user friendly as on a pc.

    I have the ME app on my phone and the very last line gives me

    Go to Met.ie

    I go into www.met.ie and from there to www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp


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    #121
    downwiththatsor
    Registered Users Posts: 910 ✭✭✭downwiththatsor


    piuswal wrote: »
    I have the ME app on my phone and the very last line gives me

    Go to Met.ie

    I go into www.met.ie and from there to www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

    Thanks scrolling through timeframes now works.


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