Storm Atiyah - Atlantic storm No1

[Zenarcher]

Satellite image of Storm Atiyah taken at 12.35pm can be seen to the North West of Scotland.

Edited December 8, 2019 by Zenarcher

[Defector]

My evening flight into Shannon has been cancelled.

 

[Zenarcher]

Most places still experiencing 30 to 40mph gusts and some of the Western coasts around 50mph. Some parts of Ireland reporting over 60mph.

Fastnest Lighthouse reported a 96mph gust just after 3.30pm this afternoon. The next few hours we will see the winds increase further.

Lastest satellite image taken at 3.45pm shows the low just off the West coast of Scotland,

[stevofunnelcl]

for those people saying it won't be anything special. Westward Ho! predicted wind speeds - mean speeds into the 40's mph and gusting to low 70's - Devon & Cornwall at least... batten down the hatches !! (early hours of Monday morning for the worst of it) - I'm sure glad, my roof got re done

[Mapantz]

8 minutes ago, stevofunnelcl said:

for those people saying it won't be anything special. Westward Ho! predicted wind speeds - mean speeds into the 40's mph and gusting to low 70's - Devon & Cornwall at least... batten down the hatches !! (early hours of Monday morning for the worst of it) - I'm sure glad, my roof got re done

Different story for that location, that's for sure.

Forecast wind speeds have dropped further for around here. Gust speeds are showing lower than last night's.

[Jordan S]

10 hours ago, Surrey said:

Nothing spectacular about this storm.. Usual places will get the strongest of winds... Standard affair.. .Looking ahead though certainly southern England looks to take a battering 

Let's wait until the stormy weather in question has passed before we make assumptions like that. Not saying you'll necessarily be wrong mind. 

Inland parts of southwest England and South Wales likely to have some high gusts later in the night 60-70mph possible but locally more especially along the usual coast line and the Irish Sea detail still uncertain about the eastward extent of these Very strong gusts atm. for many other areas of England and Wales it will turn very windy later in the night. Then Eastern coasts by tomorrow mid morning. 

Edited December 8, 2019 by jordan smith

[BurntFishTrousers]

Decoded this weather image of Storm Atiyah at 17.15pm using WXtoIMG software and SDR tuned to 137.100Mhz. 

[Zenarcher]

Buoy 62023 off the South coast of Ireland reported a gust of 85mph at 5pm.

 

Edited December 8, 2019 by Zenarcher

[Jordan S]

Storm satellite shows the swirl nicely too just to the west of Scotland. 

Some thunder possible in some of the showers associated with this storm pushing into Western areas. 

Edited December 8, 2019 by jordan smith

[elfinpunk]

We had a flurry of hail and 4 or 5 lightning flashes around 4pm here in Weston-super-Mare.

Went incredibly dark, boom, bang, splash then blue skies came past. X

[Dorsetbred]

From 15mins ago:

[BurntFishTrousers]

FY3B satellite pass earlier today. 

[Zenarcher]

Went onto Weather Underground where many personal/private owned weather stations can be viewed below are some of the highest gusts around the Irish West and South coast,

Blennerville 80mph
Dooneen Pier 75mph
Fenit, Co. Kerry 74mph
Ahakista 68mph
Sneem, seaview 65mph
CORCLOGH WEST 63mph
Cromane, Killorglin Co. Kerry 62mph
Dooneen 62mph
Donal 60mph
Clew Bay 60mph

Top gusts so far for Irelands lighthouses and wave buoys,

Fastnet Lighthouse 98mph
Ballybunion Buoy 75mph
Finnis Buoy 71mph
South Rock Buoy 69mph
Splaugh Buoy 58mph
South Hunter Buoy 58mph
Dublin Bay Buoy 56mph
Coningbeg Buoy 55mph
Foyle Buoy 53mph

[Zenarcher]

Buoy 62023 reported 92mph at 7pm. Roches Point 79mph and Sherkin Island 78mph. All from South coast of Ireland. The South West of England are starting to see winds increase now gusts over 50mph and some up to 64mph.

[Fitzwis]

Wet and wild here at the moment with hail, thunder, lightning and blustery winds. Time to batten down the hatches ...

[Weather-history]

Wasn't too bad, not a lot of rain as well

 

[Jo Farrow]

18 hours ago, Summer Sun said:

Met Éireann have issued a status red for Kerry from 4pm to 7pm

Storm Atiyah: West to southwest winds veering northwest will reach mean speeds in excess of 80km/h with gusts in excess of 130km/h for a time this evening. Extreme caution is advised, especially near the coast and on high ground.

Due to a combination of high seas and storm surge there is a possibility of coastal flooding.

Issued: Sunday 08 December 2019 10:00

Valid from: Sunday 08 December 2019 16:00 to Sunday 08 December 2019 19:00

https://www.met.ie/#

from yesterday evening

[wimblettben]

Was up for most of the night watching the wind and it was worth it as it was fun and more enjoyable then normal due to there not being much rain. I saw flashes in three different areas in the distance so unless it was lightning i guess some areas not far from here must have had power problems.

I wasn't able to be outside and take readings but I would guess gusts were 25-45mph where we were based on how it looked and sounded, with isolated exposed spots having 45-65mph were power supply problems occurred.

Edited December 9, 2019 by wimblettben

[Jo Farrow]

Wild for the Channel Islands last night