Atlantic Lows - January Onwards

[Zenarcher]

A slight downgrade from the 18z run there,

[Cookie]

update

Sea area gale warnings, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Last updated on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2329.

All gale warnings currently in force

Viking, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later

North Utsire, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 continuing

South Utsire, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 0352

Easterly gale force 8 continuing

Forties, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 0352

Southeasterly gale force 8 continuing

Cromarty, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 0945

Southeasterly gale force 8 expected later

Plymouth, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly gale force 8 expected later

Biscay, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly severe gale force 9 expected later

Fitzroy, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later

Sole, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later

Lundy, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale force 9 later

Fastnet, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly gale force 8 imminent, increasing severe gale force 9 later

Irish Sea, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale force 9 later

Shannon, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 2157

Southerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Rockall, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly severe gale force 9 imminent increasing storm force 10 soon

Malin, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 imminent increasing storm force 10 soon

Hebrides, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 imminent increasing storm force 10 soon

Bailey, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 imminent increasing storm force 10 soon

Fair Isle, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later

Faeroes, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later

Southeast Iceland, issued on Thursday 14 January 2010 at 1543

Southeasterly gale force 8 expected soon increasing severe gale force 9 later

All of the above can be found here

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/gales_printable.html

Key

Force 9 - BOLD

FORCE 10, 11 AND 12 - RED

* this is my own key and just found it makes it clearer and easier to read*

[Cookie]

winds gusting 53 mph at the moment.

boy its good to have this back

ok I don't think its going to be the strongest storm this winter and I can see it beating 78.8 mph the current record but its nice to have any kind of storm

[Zenarcher]

Wind reached 65mph here last night looked outside at about 5am it was raining heavy and the lampost was shaking.

[Zenarcher]

Met Office have there attention on the heavy rain tonight but do mention gales to severe gales. Net Weather have a alert issued for severe gales 60 to 70mph.

Current Weather Reports:

Marathon Gas Platform

Temp: 11c

Pressure: 1000mb

Wind: 48mph to 55mph

Wave Height: 16ft

M2 Buoy

Temp: 10c

Pressure: 1005mb

Wind: 36mph to 47mph

Wave Height: 10ft

Tiree

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 995mb

Wind: 33mph

Barra

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 995mb

Wind: 30mph to 42mph

Uist

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 995mb

Wind: 30mph to 43mph

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 997mb

Wind: 20mph to 25mph

Stornoway

Temp: 7c

Pressure: 998mb

Wind: 15mph

Next Update 7:45pm.

Edited January 15, 2010 by weathermaster

[Zenarcher]

Current Weather Reports:

Marathon Gas Platform

Temp: 11c

Pressure: 999mb -1mb

Wind: 50mph to 60mph +5mph

Wave Height: 17ft +1ft

M2 Buoy (no update yet)

Tiree (no update yet)

Barra

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 994mb -1mb

Wind: 40mph to 56mph +14mph

Uist

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 994mb -1mb

Wind: 35mph to 48mph + 5mph

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 997mb

Wind: 15mph to 26mph +1mph

Stornoway

Temp: 8c +1c

Pressure: 997mb -1mb

Wind: 16mph +1mph

Next Update 8:15pm.

[Zenarcher]

Current Weather Reports:

Marathon Gas Platform (no update yet)

M2 Buoy (no update yet)

Tiree

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 994mb

Wind: 38mph to 50mph

Barra (no update yet)

Uist (no update yet)

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 996mb -1mb

Wind: 20mph to 27mph +1mph

Stornoway (no update yet)

Next Update 8:45pm.

[Cookie]

bit of a none event here.

[Zenarcher]

Going to update every hour now,

Marathon Gas Platform

Temp: 10c -1c

Pressure: 998mb -1mb

Wind: 48mph to 62mph +2mph

Wave Height: 17ft

M2 Buoy

Temp: 10c

Pressure: 1003mb

Wind: 33mph to 52mph

Wave Height: 10ft

Tiree

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 993mb -1mb

Wind: 37mph to 48mph

Barra

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 993mb -1mb

Wind: 40mph to 50mph

Uist

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 993mb -1mb

Wind: 35mph to 48mph

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 995mb

Wind: 20mph to 30mph +4mph

Edited January 15, 2010 by weathermaster

[Liam J]

wind really picking up in the last hour or so here, SE'ly gales setting in, expecting the strongest winds around 0000-0300 gusts around 55-65mph around the irish sea coasts and 60-70mph in parts of scotland. but still windy through the early part of the day.

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

[Zenarcher]

Marathon Gas Platform

Temp: 11c +1c

Pressure: 998mb

Wind: 45mph to 58mph -4mph

Wave Height: 18ft

Islay

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 995mb

Wind: 38mph to 55mph

Tiree

Temp: 10c +1c

Pressure: 992mb -1mb

Wind: 41mph to 58mph +10mph

Barra

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 992mb -1mb

Wind: 44mph to 58mph +8mph

Uist

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 993mb -1mb

Wind: 41mph to 58mph +10mph

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 993mb -2mb

Wind: 25mph to 35mph +5mph

Stornoway:

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 994mb

Wind: 21mph to 33mph

[Liam J]

measuring SE'ly 39.6mph sustained winds and top gust of 63.5mph, it seems all but the met office warning of severe gales...

Edited January 15, 2010 by james12

[Cookie]

a selection from the met office gale warning for shipping areas

Irish Sea, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 1551

Southerly gale force 8 increasing storm force 10 soon

Shannon, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 2204

Westerly storm force 10 decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Rockall, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 1551

Southerly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 imminent, veering southwesterly and increasing storm force 10 later

Malin, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 1551

Southerly gale force 8 increasing storm force 10 soon

Hebrides, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 2204

Southeasterly severe gale force 9 increasing storm force 10 imminent, veering southwesterly and decreasing severe gale force 9 soon

Bailey, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 1551

Southeasterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 imminent, veering southwesterly and increasing storm force 10 later

Fair Isle, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 1551

Southeasterly severe gale force 9 increasing storm force 10 later

Faeroes, issued on Friday 15 January 2010 at 1551

Southeasterly severe gale force 9 increasing storm force 10 later

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/gales_printable.html

Edited January 15, 2010 by cookie

[Zenarcher]

Marathon Gas Platform

Temp: 11c

Pressure: 997mb -1mb

Wind: 45mph to 54mph -4mph

Wave Height: 17ft -1ft

Islay

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 994mb -1mb

Wind: 39mph to 54mph -1mph

Tiree

Temp: 9c -1c

Pressure: 991mb -1mb

Wind: 46mph to 60mph +2mph

Barra

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 990mb -2mb

Wind: 46mph to 65mph +7mph

Uist

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 990mb -3mb

Wind: 46mph to 64mph +6mph

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 992mb -1mb

Wind: 25mph to 35mph

Stornoway:

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 993mb -1mb

Wind: 17mph -16mph

[Liam J]

extremely windy here on the cumbrian coast, with st bees recording sustained winds into the mid 40's and over 60mph gusts.

my max sustained wind 41mph max gust 65mph.

[Zenarcher]

Marathon Gas Platform

Temp: 11c

Pressure: 996mb -1mb

Wind: 47mph to 56mph +2mph

Wave Height: 17ft -1ft

ST Bees Head

Temp: 6c

Pressure: 1004mb

Wind: 43mph to 61mph

Tiree

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 990mb -1mb

Wind: 45mph -15mph

Barra

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 989mb -1mb

Wind: 50mph to 70mph +5mph

Uist

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 989mb -1mb

Wind: 50mph to 71mph +7mph

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 991mb -1mb

Wind: 20mph to 30mph -5mph

Stornoway:

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 992mb -1mb

Wind: 15mph -2mph

[LomondSnowstorm]

71 mph on Uist is fairly windy, but I expect you're used to that kind of severity fairly regularly weathermaster.

[Zenarcher]

71 mph on Uist is fairly windy, but I expect you're used to that kind of severity fairly regularly weathermaster.

Yep we sure are last January in a storm our local airport confirmed a max gust of 120mph. Not much damage anywhere thankfully.

[Zenarcher]

My last update for tonight,

Marathon Gas Platform

Temp: 10c -1c

Pressure: 995mb -1mb

Wind: 45mph to 56mph

Wave Height: 19ft +2ft

ST Bees Head

Temp: 6c

Pressure: 1002mb -2mb

Wind: 44mph to 62mph +1mph

Tiree

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 989mb -1mb

Wind: 45mph to 60mph +15mph

Barra

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 989mb

Wind: 45mph to 60mph -10mph

Uist

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 989mb

Wind: 38mph to 67mph -4mph

Lewis:

Temp: 8c

Pressure: 991mb

Wind: 20mph to 30mph

Stornoway:

Temp: 9c

Pressure: 990mb -2mb

Wind: 24mph +9mph

[Liam J]

cant sleep at all in this, scary gusts atm went outside and recorded a gust of 66mph from 47mph mean, severe gales battering many western and northern areas right now, also heard a pretty unhealthy noise on my roof!!

[Cookie]

wind seems to be picking up a bit here, but its a lot further south the worst of it by looks of things,

[Guest]

wind seems to be picking up a bit here, but its a lot further south the worst of it by looks of things,

It looks as if this gale wasn't bad at all. Peak non-mountain/non-coastal gust was Altnaharra at 66mph, according to WeatherOnline:

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/ukukstdf.htm

Does that even register on the Cookie Windstorm Scale??

[Liam J]

looking back over the wind history, st bees head 67mph gust at 3am with a mean of 46mph.

[Cookie]

It looks as if this gale wasn't bad at all. Peak non-mountain/non-coastal gust was Altnaharra at 66mph, according to WeatherOnline:

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/ukukstdf.htm

Does that even register on the Cookie Windstorm Scale?? :)

:unsure: of course it dose :lol: just.

its packing far more of a punch this morning up here with winds gusting 62.5 mph. thats what im talking about

[Guest]

:lol: of course it dose :lol: just.

its packing far more of a punch this morning up here with winds gusting 62.5 mph. thats what im talking about

Comparing this "storm" to what you would call a proper storm is a bit like comparing San Marino to Germany at football I suspect though Cookie.