Hurricane Helene shows an interest in Galway :(

Sponge Bob

Unlike Gordon and Florence Helene is a Category 2 LARGE Hurricane and is also meandering about in the Atlantic and not showing any sign of heading for the deep south trailer parks where these things belong. Damn !

Keep an eye on this map



and keep an eye on this 9 day chart on wetterzentrale which currently indicates a strike next wednesday. It would be like today and tuesday rolled up together....and it surely was wet in Galway on Tuesday when the first bit of Hurricane Florence came in.

Sponge Bob

Run this 5 day sequence from the BBC website (control at bottom left)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/pressure/#no_url

It shows a DIRECT HIT from the remnants of Helene on Tuesday next. Helene is a big (and very wet) Hurricane . I do not think the tides are exceptionally high next week though .

danniemcq

just when i'm coming back into the county too. dammit

wet-paint

SWEET!

This is a good thing from a kayaking perspective. Sucks to be... well, pretty much everyone else though.

Duras

Pardon my ignorance, but what do all those maps mean? Will it be a hurricane in Galway?

Sponge Bob

No. It will not be a hurricane by then, bit like last night maybe. Kayak Heaven indeed

When I said large I meant LARGE . This is as big as Florence and Gordon together and if it moves slowly for a few days as it passes it will rain as much as it did this week, if not more.

See this current picture of her.

Sponge Bob

The hit is today and tomorrow. Expect floods. The worst of it is in North Galway and Mayo and Donegal so far . fairly real time radar is here

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

click animation to get the picture

biko

Sponge Bob wrote:

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

click animation to get the picture

Yeah, rained a bit around lunch time

nobodythere

.... Whoa...... we're still alive!

Sponge Bob

Helene will be coming back for the weekend, look at the 9 day chart

There is one more tropical storm out there, not quite a hurricane but it may arrive around the next exceptionally high tide at the end of next week with some force




It will have a name by tomorrow, Isaac .

Duras

Sponge Bob wrote:

Helene will be coming back for the weekend, look at the 9 day chart

Did she even visit us yesterday? It was rainy and windy, but hmm, isn't it always like this in the autumns?

danniemcq

sigh typical woman gonna call 100% blows us all off and then says yeah i might be around for the weekend though.

nobodythere

ba dum.... tisch.

Spongebob, You're just showing off your knowledge of geography!
*prepares for a sunny saturday*