Wind Speeds Increasing

Wind speeds have increased slightly since 17:00 and are now averaging moderate to strong breeze gusting to moderate gale force 7. Over the last hour 17% of wind gusts have been in the 30 to 35mph range:

Wind gauges at 19:12 on 16th November 2010

Temperatures are rising slowly and now read 11.1C, . . . → Read More: Wind Speeds Increasing

Windy and Wet

It’s a windy and wet evening in West Cork with winds averaging moderate to fresh southeasterly breeze, gusting to strong breeze. In the last hour 8% of wind gusts have been in the range 30-35mph with 58% in the range 25-30mph:

Wind gauges at 16:50 on 16th November 2010

Temperature is steady at . . . → Read More: Windy and Wet

Steady Rain, Winds Increasing Slowly

Steady rain now giving 0.04″ (1mm) in the last hour and current rain rate 0.09″/hour (2.29mm/hour). Wind speeds are still increasing slowly; averaging a light to gentle south to southeasterly breeze over the last hour.

Rainfall Statistics 17:00 7th November 2010

Barometer is falling very rapidly now at 3.36mb/hour. Current reading is 996.9mb.

. . . → Read More: Steady Rain, Winds Increasing Slowly

High Cloud, Light Air

The bright blue sky has given way to a thin high cloud in the last hour as can be seen on the 12:15 (UTC) satellite image from sat24.com:

Europe satellite image 12:15 UTC

The temperature here is currently 9.9C, just a little down from the high for today so far of 10.6C at . . . → Read More: High Cloud, Light Air

Tomorrow’s Storm

Tomorrow, Sunday 7th November, and into Monday we can expect the first big storm we’ve had for some time. At the moment the depression that will form this storm is a fairly innocuous looking low to the southwest of Greenland, the low is indicated in the top left corner:

Surface Pressure at 12:00 . . . → Read More: Tomorrow’s Storm

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