Debbie

Ryanoneill2006

Hi Guys,

Just caught the weather on RTE 1 and they were talking about the remains of Tropical Storm Debbie which we are due to see on Wednesday. I assume that it will just mean rain and wind but I am wondering if there may be a chance of something more extreme from this? I wouldn't mind a good storm! Do these things be pretty much dead by the time they reach our shores??

Snowbie

It will become Extra tropical,but will mean a lot of rain from a dead storm.
Its not uncommon to get the leftovers from Hurricanes Tropical storms etc.They lose there wind energy as they are over much colder waters but they still retain a lot of moisture within in them.

mike65

Here's hoping it reaches Dallas! Debbie Does Dallas Geddit?

Mike.

ToxicPaddy

Mike Mike Mike!!!!! *Shakes head* :rolleyes:

Back on topic.. Some of the tail ends of storms we got in recent years have been fairly crazy, but never really this time of the year, the worse ones I recall seem to be in or around end if Oct - Nov period..

Tox

billy the squid

ToxicPaddy wrote:

Mike Mike Mike!!!!! *Shakes head* :rolleyes:

Back on topic.. Some of the tail ends of storms we got in recent years have been fairly crazy, but never really this time of the year, the worse ones I recall seem to be in or around end if Oct - Nov period..

Tox

Charley was in August 1986

Actually a previous incarnation of Debby (called Debbie) reached Ireland in 1961
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1961/DEBBIE/track.gif

more info on Debbie 1961
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1961/DEBBIE/track.dat

Debbie hit Ireland in the first week in September.

billy the squid

Out of having nothing to do I banged this together

The closest recorded location of tropical and extratropical storms to ireland over the last 45 years.

Snowbie

One famous storm thats not there is the non tropical Fastnet rock storm which had a Violent storm 11 scale winds and was a powerful North Atlantic storm.Nothing really to do with above as they are ex named Hurricanes but this storm was much powerful than some mentioned above.

billy the squid

I was sticking to tropical storms with the map. also omitted is the December 1997 storm.

Oh yeah, there was a * on Isaac as it travelled up the coast and had an original speed of 60 kt winds when it passed Valentia

sunset

Two questions, Billy,
1. Why '* on Isaac'? I am missing something here.
2. You included Faith Ophelia and Karl, but they are some distance away from Ireland. Did they at some stage pass over/near us? I could look this up but it is easier to ask!

billy the squid

Isaac has the * for the reasons stated in the post directly above yours

The others were included as they had an effect on our weather when they passed those positions.