Atlantic Lows - general discussion

[sn0wman]

Wind suddenly picked up a little!

71mph gust at Belmullet and 72mph gust at Capel Cruig!

http://www.sat24.com/

[grab my graupel]

Wind suddenly picked up a little!

71mph gust at Belmullet and 72mph gust at Capel Cruig!

http://www.sat24.com/

Indeed, it looks a very nasty system on that satellite loop

[peterf]

anyone got the link to the latest wind speeds?used to be in my favs.

[Liam J]

anyone got the link to the latest wind speeds?used to be in my favs.

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

Rough over Ireland now

[peterf]

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

Rough over Ireland now

thanks James.i'd just found it again lol.

[dave.p]

Wet and windy at the moment, 22mm in the rain gauge since midnight.

[Roger J Smith]

Potential for 80 kt gusts with this, in exposed parts of Ireland and western Scotland. Later on, would watch for local lee wave effects in northeast England and some isolated gusts to 65 knots there. I don't think this will affect southern regions too badly but central parts of Ireland, Wales and later central to northwest England need to watch for tornadic wind streaks in squally showers post-frontal.

Will predict max wind gust of 84 kts at South Uist and see how that works out.

[peterf]

crikes Roger, whats that in mph?

[Zenarcher]

Very rough start to the day gusting to 47mph here sea looks rough and pressure down to 986mb. Can I expect wind speeds in the next hour to drop as the low passes right over me?

[grab my graupel]

Very rough start to the day gusting to 47mph here sea looks rough and pressure down to 986mb. Can I expect wind speeds in the next hour to drop as the low passes right over me?

Yeh, quite similar here at the moment with winds gusts of around 49mph. Pressure is at 1010mb and falling

[Zenarcher]

Up to 90mph gusts at Belmullet.

Taken at 9.40am,

Mace Head

Wind: 48mph to 63mph

Temp: 11c

Pressure: 1004mb

Belmullet

Wind: 52mph to 90mph

Temp: 11c

Pressure: 994mb

M4 Buoy (Northern Ireland)

Wind: 49mph to 71mph

Temp: 10c

Pressure: 992mb

Donegal Airport

Wind: 48mph to 64mph

Temp: 10c

Pressure: 993mb

Malin Head

Wind: 51mph to 69mph

Temp: 10c

Pressure: 994mb

Capel Curig

Wind: 45mph to 66mph

Temp: 10c

Pressure: 1009mb

[grab my graupel]

Yeah, just seen that, Sean. There will certainly be some damage around the country with these wind speeds. There are already bits of branches scattered along the roads around here, and it's not really got going properly yet.

[peterf]

well ive just locked the 2 greenhouses and polytunnel up,a worrying day ahead me thinks.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

it's pretty windy here to, but nothing like up north.. bottles and cans and the recycling bins being tossed about

[AderynCoch]

Nothing more than a light breeze here so far.

[Zenarcher]

Pressure down to 982mb where I am average wind speed has only dropped by 1mph in the last hour but I think it may continue to drop as the low passes over.

Taken at 10.40am,

Mace Head

Wind: 51mph to 69mph +6mph

Pressure: 1005mb +1mb

Belmullet

Wind: 46mph to 82mph -8mph

Pressure: 988mb -6mb

M4 Buoy (Northern Ireland)

Wind: 49mph to 71mph no change in wind

Pressure: 987mb -5mb

Donegal Airport

Wind: 45mph to 60mph -4mph

Pressure: 993mb no change

Malin Head

Wind: 53mph to 78mph +9mph

Pressure: 994mb no change

Capel Curig

Wind: 46mph to 64mph -2mph

Pressure: 1009mb no change

[P-M]

Wind picking up now, I am at work just west of Newcastle and it's definately becoming more gusty. I wonder how strong the wind will become in these parts. Seems like some impressive wind gusts further north and west so far for May anyway!

[knocker]

EUMETSAT at 0900z.

[Paul]

Graham @ weather events will be streaming live from the west coast of scotland from around midday:

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=weatherevents;sess=

[peterf]

Graham @ weather events will be streaming live from the west coast of scotland from around midday:

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=weatherevents;sess=

thanks for that Paul,will be well worth a watch.

[Mesosphere]

Wind is certainly starting to pick up here

Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) forecasting this

"Wind 33 kt from west/southwest with gusts up to 58 kt " http://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/united-kingdom-ireland.php?icao=EGPH

58 Knots comes out at about 67mph! :o

Pressure here is 996.3mb and falling rapidly

[GreyCrag]

As always with these things the region to look out for is the southern flank around the low's core. Correlating xcweather with sat24 it seems with system may have shifted south somewhat of the progged models, so areas further south still may get higher gusts than origionally forecasted. Western facing coasts of Ireland, Wales and Scotland already exposed to winds in excess of 70mph.

http://www.sat24.com/gb

[Zenarcher]

Pressure has hit 979mb here and still falling. Average wind speed hasn't changed in the past hour.

Taken at 11:40am,

Mace Head

Wind: 46mph to 64mph -5mph

Pressure: 1006mb +1mb

Belmullet

Wind: 45mph to 79mph -3mph

Pressure: 990mb +2mb

Donegal Airport

Wind: 49mph to 69mph +9mph

Pressure: 993mb no change

Malin Head

Wind: 58mph to 77mph -1mph

Pressure: 994mb no change

Capel Curig

Wind: 47mph to 70mph +7mph

Pressure: 1008mb -1mb

Tiree

Wind: 51mph to 68mph

Pressure: 984mb

[P-M]

Pouring with rain here now....gusty winds looks really stormy outside.

[Richie V]

A really intereasting narrow line of intensification along the cold front near the pennines on the Rain today radar! :unsure: