Atlantic Storms February 2014

[Luke Anthony]

Status red wind warning for Cork and Kerry

 

Met Éireann has issued a status red wind warning, the highest level, for counties Cork and Kerry.

 

The warning came into effect at 6am and is valid until 3pm.

Stormy conditions and high seas are expected, with damaging winds gusting up to a 160km/h, especially in exposed coastal areas.

A status orange weather warning has been issued for counties Wexford, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick and Waterford.

Stormy weather and winds gusting up to 130km/h are expected in the region for a time later today.

A status yellow wind warning is in place for counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and Tipperary.

Extremely windy weather is expected in those counties, with winds gusting up to 110km/h.

Gerald Fleming of Met Éireann told RTÉ's Morning Ireland that the storm was building in the south.

It is also expected to be very cold today, particularly in Ulster, with snow falling in some places.

Kerry County Council Communications Officer Padraig Corkery said the council is "as ready as they can be".

Mr Corkery said the council had been dealing with coastal flooding since St Stephen's Day and was now preparing for flooding from extra rainfall.

He said some drains may still be blocked since the last storm.

Mr Corkery said there was a "huge amount of sandbags" around the county and members of the public could collect "empty sandbags" from its offices around the county.

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Met Eireann Weather Warnings

National Weather Warnings

 

STATUS RED

Wind Warning for Cork and Kerry

Stormy conditions will affect Cork and Kerry during Wednesday.
Southerly winds of 60 to 70 km/h will gust to 120 km/h and will veer westerly by late morning. Winds will increase 75 to 85 km/h and will gust 130 to 160 km/h. High Seas also

Issued:

Wednesday 12 February 2014 00:15

Valid:

Wednesday 12 February 2014 06:00 to Wednesday 12 February 2014 15:00

STATUS ORANGE

Wind Warning for Wexford, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick and Waterford

1: Stormy weather will affect Waterford, Wexford during Wednesday.
Southerly winds of 60 to 70 km/h will gust to 110 km/h. Winds will veer southwest to westerly by late morning and will increase winds 60 to 70 km/h and gust 120 to 130 km/h. 
Valid from 12/0900 to 12/1700.

2: Stormy weather will affect Clare, Limerick, Galway and Mayo during Wednesday.
Westerly winds 60 to 70 km/h will gust to 100 to 130 km/h. High Seas also.
Valid from 12/1200 to 12/1700.

Issued:

Wednesday 12 February 2014 00:30

Valid:

Wednesday 12 February 2014 09:00 to Wednesday 12 February 2014 17:00

STATUS YELLOW

Wind Warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and Tipperary

Extremely windy weather will sweep up from the south during today, Wednesday.
Westerly winds 50 to 65 km/h will gust to 100 to 110 km/h.

Issued:

Wednesday 12 February 2014 00:45

Valid:

Wednesday 12 February 2014 14:00 to Wednesday 12 February 2014 23:00

 

At the moment in my area I have heavy rains and its windy.

Edited February 12, 2014 by Luke Anthony

[SalopWatcher]

Trip to Anglesey update 2

Just got onto A55, driving torrential rain. Wind notably stronger but nothing significant yet. Rain this heavy though for an extended time will cause flooding. Already considering back up plans if we get stuck on Anglesey.

No warning sings on main roads about weather conditions as yet.

Driving conditions already terrible in the spray. 20 miles to Rhyl.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Low 8mb deeper than GFS has it at this time.. 

[BornFromTheVoid]

Starting to get quite bad in the south, some severe gusts and squally hail and rain showers.

 

Saying that, the sun has just come out! Worst of the winds expected around 2-3pm, just in time for the school runs...

[Luke Anthony]

Wow the rain band is passing very fast, Dublin/Ireland.

[Summer Sun]

Met Office shipping forecast now warning of Hurricane Force 12 winds imminent in sea areas Lundy, Fastnet and Irish Sea

 

[Barking_Mad]

Anyone got links to likely PPN totals? Thanks.

[AndyFromDonny]

Trip to Anglesey update 2Just got onto A55, driving torrential rain. Wind notably stronger but nothing significant yet. Rain this heavy though for an extended time will cause flooding. Already considering back up plans if we get stuck on Anglesey.No warning sings on main roads about weather conditions as yet.Driving conditions already terrible in the spray. 20 miles to Rhyl.

 

Stay safe.  All the Matrix signs coming out of Leeds this morning were showing "Strong winds forecast today".  I expect a fair few road closures in this area (west/south Yorkshire) as ever today.

[stevofunnelcl]

Many trees could be coming down today. it sounds bad out, already

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BBC Travel Southwest â€@BBCTravelSW 16m

#Devon The main road through Branscombe is blocked in both directions by a fallen tree near Cellars Wood [DG].

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[Summer Sun]

Anyone got links to likely PPN totals? Thanks.

 

Totals to 21:00 tonight according to GFS

 

 

And midnight

 

[SalopWatcher]

Stay safe.  All the Matrix signs coming out of Leeds this morning were showing "Strong winds forecast today".  I expect a fair few road closures in this area (west/south Yorkshire) as ever today.

Not much I can do about it, I'm the car as a passenger, but now up on the side of the sea for the first time and it's clear the car is getting buffeted about now. By Llanddulas now and the sea actually looks really calm from the A55. The rain though, so heavy. Still no warning signs which is weird but there are not Many on A55 by the looks of it

[laserguy]

Not a breath of wind here right now, but the sky looks like a crumpled grey quilt, agitated and swirling, being lowered over us by a hand from above.

[SparkleS]

Its very quiet on considering the incoming storm.

[Summer Sun]

Not a breath of wind here right now, but the sky looks like a crumpled grey quilt, agitated and swirling, being lowered over us by a hand from above.

 

 

Its very quiet on considering the incoming storm.

 

The Amber warning doesn't start till 10am winds are likely to increase during the morning and afternoon before slowly easing during the evening / early hours depending on where you are

[vladthemert]

strange question there chance storm upgraded to a cyclone.  If so has there ever been storm so powerful hit UK

[ClevedonDave]

Winds beginning to pick up here no rain as of yet

[Liam J]

Winds picking up and becoming noticeable outside the house. @SparkleS violent winds for N England are during the evening time, after 6pm to around midnight. Winds were ramped up slightly on the 6z run on the forward edge (NE flank) of the depression, severe southerly gales blasting through the Irish sea and along many other coastal counties in the south and west. 

 

The main focus is parts of Ireland, Wales and N England, gusts 70-80mph perhaps 90-100mph for some exposed locations expecially NW Wales. If you live in these areas be prepared for some widespread disruption like trees down, power outages, and structural damage. 

Edited February 12, 2014 by Liam J

[Summer Sun]

SKYWARN UK SEVERE WEATHER WARNING - PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION #014ISSUED: 2200UTC TUESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2014

SKYWARN UK HAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER AS FOLLOWS:

WIDESPREAD, DAMAGING, AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS

 

GWYNEDDANGLESEYCONWYDEESIDEFLINTSHIREMERSEYSIDELANCASHIREGREATER MANCHESTERNORTH YORK MOORS

 

IN EFFECT FROM 1600UTC UNTIL 2200UTC

PLEASE REFER TO WATCH #012 AND WARNING #013 FOR SYNOPSIS

 

DISCUSSION:

 

THERE IS GOOD MODEL AND PARTNER AGENCY CONFIDENCE IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING WEDNESDAY. AS THE LOW REACHES PEAK INTENSITY CROSSING THE IRISH SEA, MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MEAN WIND SPEEDS OF ABOVE 60MPH MAY BE ACHEIVED, WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY ABOVE 90MPH, FROM AROUND 1600UTC ONWARDS FOR COASTAL AREAS. NORTH WALES AND WESTERN PARTS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND MAY BE EXPOSED TO GUSTS NEAR 90MPH ESPECIALLY OVER SNOWDONIA, THE PENNINES AND YORKSHIRE DALES. THESE WINDS WILL BE DAMAGING, AS SUCH DIRECT OBSERVATION IS NOT ADVISED. PLEASE MONITOR WEATHER AND TRAVEL INFO AS NECESSARY.

 

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AND SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ALL FACTORS EXCEEDING ACTIVATION CRITERIA

 

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SKYWARN UK SEVERE WEATHER WARNING #013ISSUED: 1130UTC TUESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2014UPDATED: 0940UTC WEDNESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2014

 

SKYWARN UK HAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS FOLLOWS:STRONG, POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS - WALES, ENGLAND, EASTERN NORTHERN IRELAND & ISLE OF MAN *UPDATE* SOUTHERN ENGLANDHEAVY RAIN LEADING TO A RISK OF FLOODING - WALES, SOUTHWEST ENGLAND

 

IN EFFECT FROM 0600UTC WEDNESDAY 12TH UNTIL 0200UTC THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2014

 

RAPID CYCLOGENESIS DEVELOPING A VERY DEEP 958MB LOW AS IT REACHES THE IRISH SEA, GENERATING SEVERE GALES WITH HEAVY RAIN

 

DISCUSSION:

 

THIS WARNING IS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT WATCH #012, PLEASE REFER TO THAT FOR GENERAL SYNOPSIS. THERE IS EXCELLENT MODEL AND PARTNER AGENCY CONFIDENCE IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE SPECIFIED PERIOD. AS THE DEEP LOW TRANSITS IRELAND, THE INITIAL FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING SOUTHERLY WINDS OF ABOVE 40MPH AND GUSTS ABOVE 70MPH TO WALES AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ENGLAND THROUGH TO 2100UTC. BEHIND THIS, CLOSER TO THE LOW CENTRE AROUND THE SOUTHERN FLANK, WESTERLY WINDS OF ABOVE 50MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM LUNCHTIME THROUGH TO MIDNIGHT FOR WALES, IRISH SEA COASTS AND NORTHERN ENGLAND. INTENSE RAINFALL FROM THE INTIAL FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE UP TO 20MM WIDELY THROUGH THE AREAS SPECIFIED, WITH PERHAPS ABOVE 50MM FOR THE HIGH GROUND OF WALES AND SOUTHWEST ENGLAND, LEADING TO A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND EXACERBATING CURRENT FLOODING ISSUES. A SHOWERY POST-FRONTAL REGIME MAY ADD TO TOTALS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER, PARTICULARLY MID TO SOUTH WALES, THERE MAY BE LARGE WAVES OF UP TO 20FT ATOP A STORM SURGE ADDING POSSIBLY ABOVE 1M TO HIGH TIDE LEVELS LATE AFTERNOON, RESULTING IN THE POSSIBILITY OF COASTAL FLOODING. DIRECT OBSERVATIONS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND COASTAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT ADVISED. PLEASE REFER TO WEATHER AND TRAVEL INFO AS NECESSARY. THIS WARNING MAY BE UPGRADED.

 

*UPDATE* THERE IS GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT THE PORTION OF THE COLD FRONT CROSSING THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND DURING LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WILL DEVELOP LINEAR CHARACTERISTICS, AND AS SUCH GUSTS MAY BE FOCUSSED AND ENHANCED AS IT PASSES. CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTING MAY SEE GUSTS ABOVE 70MPH, PERHAPS REACHING 80MPH, FOR AREAS WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE COAST.

 

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AND SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ALL FACTORS EXCEEDING ACTIVATION CRITERIA

 

http://www.skywarn.org.uk/current.html

[aggy]

strange question there chance storm upgraded to a cyclone.  If so has there ever been storm so powerful hit UK

No it wouldn't be given hurricane or cyclone status because of where we are positioned and they systems are generally generated over tropical waters however it dosent mean that the terms hurricane force can't be used

[AWD]

Winds beginning to pick up here no rain as of yet

You've not had any rain yet?It's been raining in Bristol for around the most part of the last 2 hours. Heavy at times.

[vladthemert]

 

 

Porthleven Harbour, west Cornwall. starting get activity in sea this from beeb website live feed.

[SparkleS]

Thanks fir the answers guys,,,started to rain here

[itsnowjoke]

Wind picking up slightly.

[SalopWatcher]

Update 3 - just in Conway town centre. Sheltered away the sea looks pretty calm. Heading into meeting for a couple of hours and expect it to be a lot worse when we get out and start to head to Anglesey .

[P-M]

Update 3 - just in Conway town centre. Sheltered away the sea looks pretty calm. Heading into meeting for a couple of hours and expect it to be a lot worse when we get out and start to head to Anglesey .

 

Thanks for the updates man - keep safe!