Possible severe Atlantic storm Wednesday 18th December 2013 onwards

[BurntFishTrousers]

What's it's name this time?

[Coast]

What's it's name this time?

 

Bernd

 

http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/

[TonyH]

http://www.sailflow.com/ - enjoy exploring this one - - bookmarked!!

 

Click on map where you want to view - also has data for forecasting

 

(when map comes on you want there is wind arrows, zoom in by mouse/other and can click on an arrow and a graph comes up-click more details for bigger image, get some good data with graph of wind history)

 

Here is an example:

IMAGE-SAILFLOW-COM.JPG

Please beware the data they utilise incorporates PWS data uncluding mine obtained from Wunderground, would have been nice to have been asked

 

Gusting gale force - highest 42mph this afternoon here inland in West Wales.

Edited December 18, 2013 by TonyH

[Insert Name Here]

Och here we go again. I am getting tired of the constant roar of wind around my house up here. MEH!

[BornFromTheVoid]

Train station in Cork city is closed due to roof damage, presumably from the storm. Plenty of power outages beginning to appear across the west and south of Ireland now too.

EDIT: 69mph gust recorded in Cork Airport.

Edited December 18, 2013 by BornFromTheVoid

[Coast]

Buoy oh buoy, I mean boy oh boy that's bombogenesis in action methinks.

 

Not rapid cyclogenesis yet:

 

What is explosive cyclogenesis?

 

This is basically the same as normal cyclogenesis, but it happens very rapidly, and very vigorously. That is, a depression can seemingly form from nothing in a very short space of time, often becoming a very vicious storm in a matter of hours.

 

The general term used for these rapidly deepening depressions, is a ‘bomb’. The strict definitions of this, is a low pressure centre which deepens by 24mb in 24hrs, or less. These happen frequently throughout the Atlantic, and several times a year, we see this happening pretty close to the UK. It’s only in recent years that such things have been better understood, and indeed, before the 1987 storm across southern England, meteorological models hardly had the signature of explosive cyclogenesis incorporated within them.

 

 

http://www.eots.co.uk/reports/bomb/bomb01.htm

[BornFromTheVoid]

Damage to Cork train station

 

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

 

Currently South Ireland and Cornwall seeing the strongest gusts..

 

People further North hold tight... 

[knightrider]

Breeze beginning to pick up again after going calm for awhile after lunchtime. Interestingly the forecast I saw earlier hinted that there could well be isolated snow and hail showers across the midlands and southern England tomorrow!

[Mokidugway]

Damage to Cork train station

 

quite a large amount of damage , was that building quite dilapidated ?....

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Sustained 57MPH in the Atlantic ATM..

 

Edited December 18, 2013 by Surrey

[BurntFishTrousers]

With darkness approaching, this is probably the last of the sequence, but here's the last couple of hours radar images:

 

 

[Coast]

With darkness approaching, this is probably the last of the sequence, but here's the last couple of hours radar images:

 

and the Met O satellite shows it in all its raw glory:

 

[knightrider]

Just started raining here and wind has picked up quite considerable in the last few minutes, beginning to hear it down my chimney!

[BurntFishTrousers]

Down to 959mb now

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In the last 15 mins we are now at 67MPH up 10MPH in 15 mins!!! sustained in the Atlantic   

[knightrider]

In the last 15 mins we are now at 67MPH up 10MPH in 15 mins!!! sustained in the Atlantic   

Phew for a moment I thought you was going to say where you are and with Staines only being the other side of London from me that would have had me ducking under the table lol

[BornFromTheVoid]

quite a large amount of damage , was that building quite dilapidated ?....

 

Some was quite old, but I didn't think dilapidated. 

 

Unfortunately, it seems there was at least 1 injury from it and fire crews are searching through the rubble.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558399080908772&set=a.506012939480720.1073741825.350335405048475&type=1

[The PIT]

Is it me or is everything a lot further south and later than predicted. The map Burntfishies says different. XCweather shows very little activity away from the south west. Originally it was 18:00 when things should start get interesting we shall see.

[knightrider]

Some was quite old, but I didn't think dilapidated. 

 

Unfortunately, it seems there was at least 1 injury from it and fire crews are searching through the rubble.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558399080908772&set=a.506012939480720.1073741825.350335405048475&type=1

Oh no not good, I hope everyone caught up in it will be ok! 

[BornFromTheVoid]

More pictures from Cork.

 

 

I've seen mention of 3 injuries now, but not confirmed.

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http://www.xcweather.co.uk/ (pressure chart)

 

What is that in the South west???

 

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-7.66,52.38,1349

 

Big increase in wind there too currently..

[knightrider]

Significant increase in the wind here now probably gusting over 30mph my guess.

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Rainfall also pepping up in the Sw and Irish Sea...several distinct bands of squally rain, odd local sferic can't be ruled out in any heavier bursts - could there be the odd report of a tornado later? As the whole lot sweeps further eastwards and onwards.Certainly a fast evolving situation with plenty to keep tabs on!110kmh...orange hues nw of Ireland!http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-7.66,52.38,1349

 

Yep get wild out in the Atlantic... But also look South some orange showing there now???

[Eskimo]

112kph now in the Atlantic, roughly increasing 1kph every 10 minutes which is slightly worrying.