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Old 10th Mar 2008, 15:14
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Originally Posted by PKPF68-77
There is a relationship between windiness and the pressure reading, but very low pressure does not guarantee very strong winds - the ultimate example being the calm in the eye of a hurricane.
Indeed - the "eye" of this was over Ireland this morning, and it was quite nice outside in Dublin: sunshine, light breeze, until roughly 2PM local. The cloud is back now, and is going to get worse, but the worst winds will miss Dublin, says the forecast. It's very different in the southwest, with Shannon not a nice place to be at the moment:

METAR EINN 101500Z 29035G49KT 9000 -SHRA FEW012 BKN017CB BKN024 08/06 Q0970 TEMPO 4000 29037G55KT
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