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Discussed in the following Daily reports:
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1. Overview
Storm Éowyn brought on 24 January extreme winds to Ireland and western parts of the UK. Wind gusts peaked at 51 m/s on the western Irish coast in Mace Head where mean wind of 38 m/s between 04:00 and 05:00 UTC and an hour earlier, a mean wind of 38 m/s was recorded (the station stopped reporting after 05UTC). Inland Connaught Airport has recoded a maximum wind gust of 43 m/s while other stations in Ireland reported 35 m/s.
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2. Analyses and Observations
2.1 Event Definition
Wind gusts: 24-hour maximum wind gusts on 24 January for a 0.25x0.25 box around Mace Head, Ireland (53.3N, 9.9W).
2.2 Analyses
The plots below show analyses of MSLP and 6 hour rainfall from 22 January 00UTC to 25 January 00UTC, every 12th hour.
2.3 Observations
Water-vapour satellite images from Meteosat, every 3rd hour.
Sounding 24 January 00UTC from Valentia.
2.4 Climatological perspective
3. Forecasts
3.1 Data assimilation and observation usage
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Note that we currently have problems to decode the wind gust observations from Ireland. The maximum on Mace Head (black box) was 51 m/s, corresponding to grey in the colour range.
Control forecast (IFS 9km)
DestinE (AIFS 4.4km)
AIFS deterministic
Wind gusts not available for AIFS.
AIFS ensemble
Wind gusts not available for AIFS.
3.3 Ensemble distribution
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