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Strong gusts to 130 km/hr will redevelop Thursday after 1500h Mainly Western Counties

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  • #62
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,813 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Couple of Spherics off the SW Coast as well , could get sparks anywhere along the coast tonight, and by the looks of it heading inland in the NW.....

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  • #63
    corsav6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    Lightning in Castlebar now

    The wind has picked up here outside Newport with some very strong gusts, but no signs of lightning.
    We're only about 7 miles from Castlebar so seems odd that I haven't seen anything.


  • #64
    woody1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,902 ✭✭✭woody1


    half dozen flashes of lightning here in crossmolina / killala, power flicked for a second,
    one good rattle of thunder, wind has picked up but somehow not as gusty as earlier.. having said that i have a fair bit of shelter from n/w


  • #65
    kmoneill
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭kmoneill


    Some serious gusts here now in Kerry..


  • #66
    shmaupel
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭shmaupel


    I'm looking nw across Donegal Bay and I have to say the lightening is just mad - haven't seen so much in such a short space of time in years!


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  • #67
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Some lovely loud thunder in castlebar now. nice one!!


  • #68
    Wine Goddess
    Registered Users Posts: 550 ✭✭✭Wine Goddess


    shmaupel wrote: »
    I'm looking nw across Donegal Bay and I have to say the lightening is just mad - haven't seen so much in such a short space of time in years!

    Enjoy! it's been years since we have seen a good lightening show here in D24 Firhouse. ...would love something tonight but not a smidgen of a chance. ....


  • #69
    shmaupel
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭shmaupel


    Wine Goddess wrote: »
    Enjoy! it's been years since we have seen a good lightening show here in D24 Firhouse. ...would love something tonight but not a smidgen of a chance. ....

    It really is great craic, reminds me of when I was small, I even got one of my wee fellas out of bed to watch it!


  • #70
    FWVT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    The center also has a small dry core, not sure what this means - if it is to mean anything at all.

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    Descending air in the eye. Well spotted!


  • #71
    jprboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭jprboy


    I'm in North Tipp and have seen lightning flashes to the W & NW in the last few minutes. Moon and stars are out too.


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  • #72
    corsav6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    Some lovely loud thunder in castlebar now. nice one!!

    We actually heard that, was it on the Newport side by any chance?
    Had a big flash, lit up the entire house and then a rattle of thunder that I thought wouldn't end.


  • #73
    AnotherYear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭AnotherYear


    Severe gusts for 5 mins about an hour and died down after that


  • #74
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    It certainly is a lightning fest for the North west/ west at the moment, hope people are on the look out as it wont be long until you see a flash!


  • #75
    shmaupel
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭shmaupel


    Gust of 117kmph just now. My own personal record since I put the station up last spring!

    Edited to add : South Donegal


  • #76
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Fierce wind here at the moment, Rachel was a letdown, but this one isn't!


  • #77
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    2100 reports- gust of 63 knots at Newport co.mayo and finner


  • #78
    corsav6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭corsav6


    shmaupel wrote: »
    Gust of 117kmph just now. My own personal record since I put the station up last spring!

    Where are you located? I'm on mobile so I can't see your location.


  • #79
    shmaupel
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭shmaupel


    corsav6 wrote: »
    Where are you located? I'm on mobile so I can't see your location.

    South Donegal on the coast.

    Forgot to add it with excitement!


  • #80
    Hooter23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭Hooter23


    Lightning now Galway city


  • #81
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Hail and lightning, sweet!


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  • #82
    RED L4 0TH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭RED L4 0TH


    Image at 2126.

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  • #83
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users Posts: 14,325 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    Get ready in Dublin region, this looks to be headed past you around midnight to 0200h and there could be some vicious gusts in exposed locations (I would think along coast near Drogheda to Bray, also anywhere a bit higher up on the west side of the Dublin-Wicklow mountains). M2 buoy should make for interesting obs. I have mentioned on Net-weather that I am concerned about severe wind gusts in southwest Wales around 0300h (in their case, 160 km/hr possible). Will say for now peak gusts about 120, possibly 130 near Dublin. Won't last very long, maybe 2-3h.


  • #84
    RuthieRose
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭RuthieRose


    Just got really windy in Cavan. It's got some pretty fierce gusts!


  • #85
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    2200 reports-gust of 59 knots at finner, 57 knots at Newport.


  • #86
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Getting some solid gusts here(Nrth Meath/cavan)atm. Lashings of rain to wash away the snow from today :(

    Edit: Roof shaker of a gust just now, strongest so far this year


  • #87
    GreyRock Lass
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭GreyRock Lass


    Living in this house 7 years & I have never heard the creaks it's making in these fierce gusts we are having right now! Holy moly!! Wasn't expecting this


  • #88
    ectoraige
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    What's the expected lifetime of this, I see Met Eireann's advisory is valid to midnight and talks of gusts "early tonight". When should the winds subside below gale-force on the West coast?


  • #89
    ThaitaniumM
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭ThaitaniumM


    Fierce winds here too :eek: Even tho we're not in any of the wind warnings on Met.ie

    Just got worse here, pretty strong gusts now under those showers...what ever about those red warnings we had for Storm Rachel :P


  • #90
    elecktras weather bomb
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭elecktras weather bomb


    I feel like Dorothy out of the wizard of oz waiting on the house to take off. very windy here now. very eventful day here in north Kildare.


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  • #91
    cotton
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭cotton


    Wind really picking up now here up in the hill, it's getting stronger by the minute. Bonnie, one of my dogs who gets really agitated before a storm comes is pacing the floor for the past hour.


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