Fair play to the APP guy at Cork - he's working his butt off tonight. QNH is dropping every 10 minutes, 6 in the queue and landing acc reporting wind shear of +/- 15 all the way down.

:ok:

Wind has changed direction here in Galway now and the rain has eased as the low closes in. Imagine it will be a bit calmer now until tomorrow when the back end of the low hits us. Meanwhile all you guys east of us and in Britain, get ready it's coming. :)

You know listening to ATC live is most interesting at times. It's just a pity that you cannot listen in on British ATC because of some antiquated laws. That would be fascinating tomorrow.

Looks as if the worst of the crud is east of you now corsair,

http://saturn.unibe.ch/rsbern/noaa/d...nt/n1bcurr.jpg

Brief dry slot and then the CBs arrive - have fun!

Yes indeed, glad I'm not flying until Thursday earliest.

So, where's this storm then ?
 

Ok, it's past midnight here 20 mi N of London and my roof isn't about to be blown off, my chimney isn't about to collapse etc etc.

The windows aren't even rattling ! They were last night though.

Did the forecasters screw up again or is all hell about to break loose ?

My brother has justphoned me from Devon and the wind is picking up nicely, with heavy rain. Could be interesting, he thinks

I think we're in the middle of it...? The quiet spot

nothing here yet, south east. pressure dropping like a stone though.

The storm
 

N Wales coast at 0047 hrs 10th March wind steady 30 kts occasional gusts 45 kts, pressure 986 mb. The satellite image and animation looks interesting on the Met Office website

Marathon Gas platform just south of Cork 180/63-78 (mph).

QNH of 957 on the northwest coast of Ireland at the moment. :eek::eek::eek:

It's started to get loud here in Dublin, just as I'm about to turn in, with peak winds estimated for 0300Z. Oh well... :uhoh:

Corsair:
Well there is nothing like snuggling up with a Chinese and a bottle of wine, when there is a storm outside.


Hat, coat, on my way...

Riding a white mare into the wind at typhoon strength to the tune of William Tell overture is sure exhilirating!

"Good luck...We're All Counting on You."
 

Excellent, Tweed. Brings a grin to the face at this horrible local hour (04:53) as the wind howls outside, the rain lashes down and memories of umbrella-collapsing summers passed back home in Scotland keep flooding back in... :)

At least some of us will avoid it
 

At 2am today, the wind speed in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, hit 68mph.
Last night Gordon Brown held a crisis telephone meeting with officials from the EA, the Met Office and relevant government departments, as well as the emergency services and armed forces, to discuss the storm.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "They got the latest updates from the Met Office and Environment Agency and looked at the planned response to the incoming weather, the potential effect on the critical national infrastructure, and the contingencies in place to deal with the effects of the storm.
"They also discussed the public information campaign which is under way.
"The Prime Minister listened in on the call and made a couple of points."
Meanwhile, air and train delays and cancellations are expected.
British Airways cancelled several short-haul and domestic flights out of Heathrow Airport last night, and both Heathrow and Gatwick advised travellers to check with airlines before leaving home.

Hi all,

SLF here but just a quick question. Looking at the Met Office it shows the Northwest of England to have a 20% risk. At the moment, out of the majour airports in the UK, Liverpool and Manchester have the lowest QNHs (967mb and 970mb) - Does that mean the weather may have come more North than expected or is it normal for this to happen in majour storms?

QNH at Shannon is now 955mb :yuk:

mb over Ireland
 

Dublin reporting 956mb
Belfast is 954mb.
Shannon is 950mb
Cork is 951

**edited to change the rude word :=

...except that Irish ATC (perversely in my opinion) use the phraseology 'hectopascal' instead of 'millibar'. Is this just to be 'different'?

I know ICAO approve either, but why bother???

TOO

Where is Cock?







This bit added so as not to look like a pervert now that ACARS has edited his rude word.