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    #332
    Pops_20
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭Pops_20


    Every time there is a warning these threads turn into a Met Eireann bashing fest. Can we please just give it a rest and discuss what we all are here for which is the WEATHER.


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    #333
    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,262 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    How do people get so confused about warnings.

    It's pretty straightforward. Seriously, a pretty savvy 3 year old would grasp the concept.


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    #334
    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,262 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    Calmed down in Galway


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    #335
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Theyll be sone nasty winds moving through 2100-0300 on latest proggs

    Widely 55kt gusts in land 60-65kt in saually downbursts


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    #336
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Some nice squally showers passing through with some mammatus visible on the back edge of the last one.


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    #337
    novarock
    Registered Users Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭novarock


    highdef wrote: »
    Where is "here"? What sort of panels? Solar, general roofing, etc? What size were the panels? Did you lose them, in the sense that they've blown away and are nowhere to be found out are they lost because they were damaged due to striking an object? Were the panels ripped from their fixing or from someone's hands whilst someone was trying to install them?

    A bit more info would be nice if posting here so that we can get an indication as to what the wind strength is in any given location.

    Apologies, was in a hurry! Perspex panels from a roof in Citywest..


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    #338
    The Nutty M
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭The Nutty M


    squarecircles wrote: »
    warnings are ignored regardless

    hurricane ophelia,3 fatalities.

    One of those fatalities will,in due course, help define employment law for red weather warnings.


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    #339
    up for anything
    Registered Users Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭up for anything


    SophieLockhart wrote: »
    That's the kind of logic that has doomed the country....

    Doomed? :D


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    #340
    squarecircles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭squarecircles


    up for anything wrote: »
    Doomed? :D


    local wind for local people.


    its no wonder the brits screwed us.


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    #341
    lolie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭lolie


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    Theyll be sone nasty winds moving through 2100-0300 on latest proggs

    Widely 55kt gusts in land 60-65kt in saually downbursts

    ECM chart for midnight tonight
    472535.png


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    #342
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    This is the 'Icon' hourly pressure forecast for the next 12 hrs (starting point 6pm this eve)

    ETOtbC9.png

    Note that even though pressure is slowly rising over the southern two-thirds of the country, pressure falls over the northern third, which thus creates a tighter 'squeeze' in the isobaric gradient for a time later this evening and tonight, which will result in the forecast increased gustiness that will affect primarily the northern half of Connacht, northern half of Leinster and pretty much all of Ulster as this evening wears on. Should start to ease up towards morning as the gradient slackens once again.

    New Moon



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    #343
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    lolie wrote: »
    ECM chart for midnight tonight
    472535.png

    If there isnt a gust above 45kt tonight in EIDW ill eat my toe


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    #344
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1093917047325687810

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



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    #345
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭highdef


    Looking at a few of the weather models, the Isle of Man* and parts of NW England could be in line for some severe gusts in the early hours tomorrow. I wonder if the UK will issue a red warning for the NW of England???

    *The Isle of Man is not a part of the UK so won't get any warnings issued by the UK met office.


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    #346
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,677 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Oh look, a thread where you can talk about Met Eireanns forecasting ability right here:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057951190

    And oh look! Another where you can talk about the warning system! Now please leave this thread with the crappy talk and get back to the storm and not discuss how the warning system isn't fit for purpose.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057918791


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    #347
    Shakey_jake
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭Shakey_jake


    Very gusty and grey in D13

    Looks almost apocalyptic

    Ughhh hurry up summer


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    #348
    squarecircles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭squarecircles


    wind rising west mayo,power on and off last 5 minutes, huge showers powering in off the atlantic.

    thunderstorms in the forecast this evening.

    rough nite ahead in the west/northwest.

    the latest update


    Today

    Very windy this evening with occasional heavy showers and a few thunderstorms.
    Winds veering westerly
    will strengthen further with the risk of some damaging gusts.
    Tonight

    Staying very windy overnight with widespread showers, merging to longer spells of
    rain in the north. Further severe gusts are likely in the north and along the west coast
    especially. Minimum temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in strong to gale force westerly winds,
    moderating a bit towards morning.


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    #349
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1093917047325687810

    Ulster Bus - heading places in weather where other buses won't go. :pac:


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    #350
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,796 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Fairly treacherous hail whiteout and squall gusts, Dublin 15. Manky.


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    #351
    Jimbob1977
    Registered Users Posts: 2,239 ✭✭✭Jimbob1977


    The clouds in Limerick City are ominously black.

    What you'd expect from thunder and lightning


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    #352
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,060 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Westerly wind on the increase here in Castlebar with very strong gusts.nasty hail showers also


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    #353
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,322 ✭✭✭m17


    Salthill this morning
    rnkt6nt.jpg


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    #354
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    The clouds in Limerick City are ominously black.

    What you'd expect from thunder and lightning

    Same here. Very ominous, thundery hues just before showers arrive, which turn out to be nothing more than very brief hail showers. Could be something to do with the relatively drier airmass that is currently moving in from the Atlantic.

    New Moon



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    #355
    sumtings
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭sumtings


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    The clouds in Limerick City are ominously black.

    What you'd expect from thunder and lightning

    Just got caught in it in Raheen, was hail with a few gusts, not plesent but thankfully good umbrella and a short journey


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    #356
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭highdef


    The wraparound occlusion which is connected with the expected increases in wind (especially gusts) later this evening and into the early hours is clearly seen approaching the west and northwest in the latest satellite loop.

    https://en.sat24.com/en


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    #357
    Jimbob1977
    Registered Users Posts: 2,239 ✭✭✭Jimbob1977


    The black clouds only produced a bit of hail outside Limerick City.

    Prima Donna clouds :)


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    #358
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,877 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Gusty in Sligo ...part 2?


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    #359
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,816 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    pauldry wrote: »
    Gusty in Sligo ...part 2?


    Yes part 2 underway, many going to have stronger winds tonight as the chart below illustrates.

    anim_ibq0.gif


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    #360
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users Posts: 4,799 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    The wind whipping here all day long and still at it.if it wasn’t tied down today it was gone.no sign of it slacking.promised to die off by 5am.east Galway


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    #361
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,816 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Record of pressure and gusts so far. A bit under the wind speeds that were predicted. Thought myself it would be a bit higher in the W /NW .

    anim_mge7.gif


    anim_vcc1.gif


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