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Liam J

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  1. I think the Irish Met have named most of the named storms we've seen so far this winter, they have lower thresholds for wind speeds/warnings. I expect if the Irish Met hadn't have named Eleanor then the UK Met would've given they issued an amber warning for gusts in excess of 80 to 90mph, and you could argue they would've issued a red warning if the storm had impacted the UK during the day at a busier time.

    Named storm or not, any warning be it yellow amber or red is issued to make people aware of the potential for disruption to their daily lives, obviously the higher up the scale more serious impacts are expected which may prevent us going about our day to day lives, and pose serious risks. 

  2. 4 minutes ago, weirpig said:

    Before the storm hit. Does anyone know what the projected wind gusts were for Connaught?  I suspect not 97 mph

    I believe they were around 60mph, I haven’t seen any model prediction for the wind speeds we’ve just seen over Ireland. 

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  3. Pretty good call from he Met Office with forecast wind speeds in the warning area, despite the GFS downgrades yesterday. A few exposed stations in NI & recently SW Scotland have recorded gusts 75-80mph. Could be nasty though the central belt in the next few hours as Dylan continues to track eastwards out into the North Sea. 

  4. 4 hours ago, Daniel* said:

    Not seen you post in ages, no longer sub zero eh hope you’re all good. :) 

     

    Hey, I’m good thanks. Dam, knew it was sub zero eh haha... 

    Getting very gusty now here in north Carlisle, pretty noisy outside. 

    Gusts 50-70mph from Wales northwards on XC weather, highest so far Malin head 71mph. Windy for many though even further south.  

     

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