Strong winds / Heavy Rain Tues 27 and Storm Diana Weds 28 Nov. 2018

stephenjmcd · 27-11-2018 8:25am

Just heard a newscaster on the radio refer to today as storm Diana. Correct me if I'm wrong but is that not tomorrows winds?

Wise Old Elf · 27-11-2018 8:25am

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Looks quite severe around Limerick and south Clare, would appreciate any recent obs also from south Tipperary or Waterford.

Limerick city here and while it's quite gusty and chucking it down (technical term!) I wouldn't quite go as far as severe. Haven't been out in it yet though...

SleetAndSnow · 27-11-2018 8:26am

Worst of it seems to be over in cork city. Wind has died down and rain just suddenly lightened up about 10 minutes ago

Cows Go µ · 27-11-2018 8:27am

It was mad windy last night at around 2:30 where I am, woke me up it was so loud. I only moved into my house in the summer so haven't experienced too many storms but I'm in a little cottage where there isn't really much between the bedroom and the roof (ie virtually no insulation and if it wasn't for my ceiling, I could almost touch the roof) and I swear it sounded like my roof was coming off.

I'm down in West Cork, in the Kilmichael area. Just kinda realising just how exposed my little house is

M.T. Cranium · 27-11-2018 8:31am

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Just heard a newscaster on the radio refer to today as storm Diana. Correct me if I'm wrong but is that not tomorrows winds?

You are correct, this little number is feeding off the same energy but Diana is just now north of the western Azores and won't be along for 24 hours yet. Perhaps this is Deirdre who was expecting a stage call.

27-11-2018 8:32am

Walking into work an hour ago and my huge and very sturdy umbrella was comically shattered by a gust of wind :rolleyes: can't wait to go back out in it in another hour and a half!

Edit: in Dublin city centre

pad199207 · 27-11-2018 8:38am

Some strong gusts but not a consistent strong wind. Kildare

jay28 · 27-11-2018 8:39am

Very strong gusts of wind here in Arklow, just arrived into work to find a large sheet missing off the roof

Artane2002 · 27-11-2018 8:49am

Windy with light rain in Dublin 5.

Rock Lesnar · 27-11-2018 8:50am

Was expecting worse but its just a typical breezy day here with occassional gusts, rain is not to bad either

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 8:52am

Very wet in waterford gusts nothing major highest on waterfordcityweather.com is 68.5 a few mins ago.

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 9:02am

Just a heads up there is a crash on the n7 and traffic backed up to Naas

KILDARE/DUBLIN: Gardai are en route to a crash on the N7 inbound reportedly after J5 Athgoe. Traffic is quite heavy on approach from J8 Johnstown.

uck51js9zml2yt · 27-11-2018 9:08am

Not as bad as last week.....so far!

Gaoth Laidir · 27-11-2018 9:11am

Analysis at 06Z. Diana is 960 hPa just northwest of the Azores. No wind reports from the two westernmost islands but it must be pretty bad.

LoxontheRox · 27-11-2018 9:15am

Heavy rain & strong winds battering the house at 5am this morning...quietened down just after 7. Barely a breeze out there now, rain stopped.
North Clare

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 9:21am

Waterford just hit 100.0 km/h @ 08:16

highdef · 27-11-2018 9:24am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Analysis at 06Z. Diana is 960 hPa just northwest of the Azores. No wind reports from the two westernmost islands but it must be pretty bad.

Gaoth Laidir, the unusual looking cold front west of the Azores, does that signify a developing cold front or something? The line is not solid so it obviously signifies something.

loveisdivine · 27-11-2018 9:25am

Louth wasn’t in the warning but honestly it’s oretty horrible here. Heavy rain, very windy. The kind of weather where you don’t want to go anywhere at all.

Gaoth Laidir · 27-11-2018 9:25am

00Z tonight. Diana starting to fill to 964 hPa to our southwest.

12Z tomorrow. 965 hPa off the Mayo coast, with a strong gradient covering most of the country.

Gaoth Laidir · 27-11-2018 9:26am

highdef wrote: »

Gaoth Laidir, the unusual looking cold front west of the Azores, does that signify a developing cold front or something? The line is not solid so it obviously signifies something.

It shows cold frontogenesis, a developing cold front.

Clonmel1000 · 27-11-2018 9:28am

Winds have eased a bit and can see sky starting to brighten to the west of me so that’s probably the worst of the rain gone through.

highdef · 27-11-2018 9:29am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

It shows cold frontogenesis, a developing cold front.

Thought as much - not terribly common thing to see on the fax charts so a good sign of the potential in this storm although she'll be well matured by the time she arrives on our shores.

ninebeanrows · 27-11-2018 9:29am

Warnings for Diana will be issued later this morning. Trying best not to confuse the two events.

Drumpot · 27-11-2018 9:29am

loveisdivine wrote: »

Louth wasn’t in the warning but honestly it’s oretty horrible here. Heavy rain, very windy. The kind of weather where you don’t want to go anywhere at all.

That’s mad cause I’m just up the road in Bettystown and it’s not too bad.

DOCARCH · 27-11-2018 9:30am

Gusting 57.5kts atm in DunLaoghaire : http://www.dlhweather.com/current-details/

Rock Lesnar · 27-11-2018 9:31am

Drumpot wrote: »

That’s mad cause I’m just up the road in Bettystown and it’s not too bad.

Im in meath to, but not far from Collon and its not bad either

Gaoth Laidir · 27-11-2018 9:32am

That low thay forms during Thursday needs to be watched. It's so complex that a small shifts will lead to large effects.

Thursday night.

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Graces7 · 27-11-2018 9:42am

Just been outside and the ocean to the north is a maelstrom. Winds picked up again here and horizontal deluges driving in. west mayo offshore island

DOCARCH · 27-11-2018 9:42am

Gusting 58.3kts now in DunLaoghaire, and, 59kts at Dublin Bay Buoy.

Very windy and wet in Dublin 16.

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 9:45am

squall line developing along the waterford coast

Reckless Abandonment · 27-11-2018 9:45am

I think Moses is South of leixlip. Rain just appears to part and miss us. For now. Few gusts nothing wild yet.

Hurrache · 27-11-2018 9:46am

Dublin Port has been closed due to the conditions out there, has a knock on affect on the M50 and surrounding areas as the tunnel has now been closed and traffic pretty much just stopped now on the M50.

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 9:47am

squall just hit

crustybla · 27-11-2018 9:50am

On a bit of a hill here in county Waterford, very strong gusts and driving rain. Windows taking a belting. Back from school run, fair bit of spot flooding. Feels mild temp-wise. Almighty gusts there now, making me nervous!

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 9:51am

crustybla wrote: »

On a bit of a hill here in county Waterford, very strong gusts and driving rain. Windows taking a belting. Back from school run, fair bit of spot flooding. Feels mild temp-wise. Almighty gusts there now, making me nervous!

Horizontal rain

piplip87 · 27-11-2018 9:53am

Hurrache wrote: »

Dublin Port has been closed due to the conditions out there, has a knock on affect on the M50 and surrounding areas as the tunnel has now been closed and traffic pretty much just stopped now on the M50.

Ah ****e what direction is it stopped ? Just finished a night shift and will be on it shortly.

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 9:54am

piplip87 wrote: »

Ah ****e what direction is it stopped ? Just finished a night shift and will be on it shortly.

from aa

Very heavy heading towards the Port this morning due to restrictions.
Traffic is being metered into the southbound bore of Port Tunnel due to restrictions at the port. Motorists are advised to use alternative routes. As a result, traffic is heavy entering the tunnel with delays back to J4 Donabate on the M1.

irishrover99 · 27-11-2018 9:57am

WTF. An underground tunnel been closed because of winds. :pac:

kilkenny31 · 27-11-2018 10:00am

irishrover99 wrote: »

WTF. An underground tunnel been closed because of winds. :pac:

Port is closed not the port tunnel.

irishrover99 · 27-11-2018 10:04am

kilkenny31 wrote: »

Port is closed not the port tunnel.

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1067327148237697024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1067327148237697024&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.ie%2Fireland%2Fdublin-port-tunnel-traffic-hit-by-strong-winds-affecting-the-country-888107.html

Anyway. How could issues at sea cause road traffic issues.
Are they having trouble loading trucks onto the ferry?.

mojesius · 27-11-2018 10:04am

It's positively wild out around Dublin docklands. Walking to work, i saw countless umbrella sudden deaths, esp. around grand canal square and Rosie Hackett bridge. Gusts were really bad, people struggling at times to walk in it. I don't know how people cycle in that weather, mad feckers!

mickger844posts · 27-11-2018 10:05am

Biblical rain here 20 mins ago but a clearance now and less windy.
Max gust of 100km/h at my station and 19.6mm of rain since Midnight

www.waterfordweather.com

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 10:06am

irishrover99 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1067327148237697024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1067327148237697024&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingnews.ie%2Fireland%2Fdublin-port-tunnel-traffic-hit-by-strong-winds-affecting-the-country-888107.html

Anyway. How could issues at sea cause road traffic issues.

that was before the one I posted above, its metered at the moment and now "Dublin Traffic: Trucks drivers North of service stations in Lusk are being asked to pull over temporarily due to traffic backlogs. Please await further updates"

TwoCats · 27-11-2018 10:07am

Mental rain in Dundalk and bins blowing around the road, in the dark, with terrible visibility. Fun times!

Supercell · 27-11-2018 10:07am

highdef wrote: »

Gaoth Laidir, the unusual looking cold front west of the Azores, does that signify a developing cold front or something? The line is not solid so it obviously signifies something.

It is a developing front - heres a good page for descriptions of the various fronts (bottom of the page) - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/guide/weather/symbols

Macy0161 · 27-11-2018 10:09am

mojesius wrote: »

I don't know how people cycle in that weather, mad feckers!

The buildings cause the wind to seem more severe. I know we don't have skyscrapers, but skyscraper effect winds are a thing. It wasn't so bad out in the suburbs - I regretted being traffic rather than on the bike this morning.

Mount Vesuvius · 27-11-2018 10:11am

Trucks queuing up having the knock on effect to traffic as they are having difficulty loading to ships at Dublin Port.

lawred2 · 27-11-2018 10:11am

It's wet and breezy in Dublin.

RubyK · 27-11-2018 10:13am

Unbelievable rain from Waterford towards Slieverue. Never experienced those driving conditions before! All quiet now again thankfully.

spookwoman · 27-11-2018 10:13am

Bits of blue sky starting to appear here in Waterford, winds died down as well

Strong winds / Heavy Rain Tues 27 and Storm Diana Weds 28 Nov. 2018

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