More severe weather for Sunday
Above is a computer generated model of air pressure for Sunday.
For the uninitiated, here is a brief description of what the map means.
The squiggley lines are called isobars, these indicate gradients in air pressure. Differences in air pressure determine how windy it will be. The clocer the lines are together, the windier it is going to be. When you see lines form a circle like they do on this map, it indicates a low pressure system or in some cases a storm.
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What the above map indicates is that we will be in for a rough ride come sunday when it comes to weather. It is looking like a repeat of Winter 2006 when we had storm after storm after storm.
From Met Eireann
Issued at 07 December 2007 – 12:37
Severe Weather late Saturday-Early SundayVery windy and at times very wet weather over the weekend with potentially stormy conditions for a time overnight Saturday and early Sunday, mainly in Connacht and Munster, with northwest winds of mean speeds 35 to 40 knots (65 to 75 km/h) with gusts of 70 to 80 knots (130 to 150 km/h) possible. Valid 00:00 to 15:00 9-Dec-2007