Remenents Of Hurricane Gordon Over Ireland.

Snowbie

Continue here.

Well we have a big powercut down here already.
But I'm back on the air thanks to the farm generator \o/
The whole countryside is in the dark here except for my floodlights

The wind is gusting frequently above 40mph now

Mothman

Gust to 42mph, mean 20mph.

Remember yesterday had gusts to 52mph and mean of 32mph.

Just got weather display live back up

http://arklow.741.com/live.html

Trogdor

Was windy eralier Wind has died down a bit here now. Is there much rain forecast for here tonight or is it mostly the west. Pressure down to 985.4mb.
When i was out at the seafront about 20 minutes ago.i saw a big freight ship, which is not unusal. But after a while i realized he was trying to head south down the irish sea towards the storm. The captain must be a complete nutter. He made no progress that i could see. Anyone that could leave port with a forecast like that must have a completely nuts. some really big waves out there tonight

fatherdougalmag

Don't think there's much in the way of rain for the east: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/MT8_Dublin_ens.png

Darwin

Some really severe wind gusts here in Laois at the moment. I would say something in the region of 60mph or more (the weather station only samples every 3 mins, so not great for accuracy)

Snowbie

Highest gust only 25mph so far.

Trogdor

Snowbie wrote:

Highest gust only 25mph so far.

I reached 31 mph about an hour ago but has died down significantly since then.

Snowbie

Ok 30mph now.Starting to pick up.Dublin is about 50 mins behind the tightening of the gradient over the lads in Wicklow.What they are gusting down there we are experiencing here about 50mins to an hour later.

Snowbie

38mph

junkyard

I'm over looking Roche's Point in Cork Harbour and the wind has just started to pick up here in the last 20 minutes or so with some serious gusts when raining.

Sparky

It has certainly picked up in Dublin now.
I'm in the attic and there seems to be small pebbles flying at the roof.

Mothman

Mean 25 Gust 44mph

Trogdor

trogdor wrote:

Was windy eralier Wind has died down a bit here now. Is there much rain forecast for here tonight or is it mostly the west. Pressure down to 985.4mb.
When i was out at the seafront about 20 minutes ago.i saw a big freight ship, which is not unusal. But after a while i realized he was trying to head south down the irish sea towards the storm. The captain must be a complete nutter. He made no progress that i could see. Anyone that could leave port with a forecast like that must have a completely nuts. some really big waves out there tonight

Wind has come up again here now. Just witnessed two flares out over sea must be the poor divles stuck in it. God help them

Mothman

Gust 50mph...

Snowbie

Avg 25mph
Gusting over 36mph consistenly

boardsdotie

Pelting rain in limerick now

Winds picking up also

Supercell

Fairly blowy outside but not much rain here in Dublin.

Think we've dodged a bullet here tbh, main rain is out west where the wind isnt so bad.

Without the rain its missing something, but the wind is kewl - outside the air smells like christmas trees!

Hobbes

Very breezy here, only came to the forum as it hit the house unexpected (like a large bang). Trees are fairly moving but apart from that one hit nothing serious yet.

Wind has come up again here now. Just witnessed two flares out over sea must be the poor divles stuck in it. God help them

Hope you called the lifeguard.

Sparky

Alarm city at the moment.

Mothman

Woah, it's smoking down south. Missed this one Somewhere off the south coast.

Marathon
62023 21 Sep
19:00 51o 24'N
7o 54'W 978.1 252 53 gust 73

That's in knots

Giblet

Getting very heavy here now with small power outages, nearly 60 here i'd say. (Blessington)

Snowbie

Witnessed a very bright flash over the coolock area,not lightning but something has gone bang over there.
Pressure 984.1mb
Avg 26mph
Gusting up to 37mph.

Acerferrari3200

This web-page updates automatically at 15 minutes past the hour to display the most recent readings from the road sensors usually taken on the hour

http://www.nra.ie/RoadWeatherInfo/Map/data/htm/WeatherTable.htm

Supercell

Wind has substantially picked up last 20 mins or so.

No rain but the trees are definately having a hard time and the bloody neighbours alarm keeps sounding because of the fupping wind!!, i'm going to go commando if the fecking thing doesnt stfu soon.

Mothman

My anemometer is well away from the house and missed a gust that made the house creak. I'd say 55+mph.

Plenty of gusts nearing 50mph but nothing recorded above it yet.

S***, power's gone :mad:

Looks like my weather station will be off line.

I'll update a couple times before midnight.

I may even get the gennie going to charge up the laptap...

Power always goes here at a hint of a gale. :mad:

Quite stormy!

Gusting above 40mph all the time now and remember that wind vain is on the ground

The ESB have been out here and apparently a tree has fallen on a transformer up the road and thats why we have the power cut.

They say its too dangerous to fix untill the morning.

All hail the farm generator \o/ \o/

kaizer

Saw the local bbc forecast earlier up north Angie Phillips sayin strongest winds for east up Irish sea with Co Down in firin line for flooding as it will be high tide.

just got a gust of 49mph

Snowbie

Winds like a yoyo atm.Then a gust nearly whips you off your feet.

Mothman

I'll stay online for while.

A huge pressure gradient between Rosslare 987 and Kilkenny 979 at 20z

Gust to 51, but strongest I think still just to south of me.

Mothman

Tristrame wrote:

just got a gust of 49mph

I should see 60mph+ then within the hour I'd say.

The low (or at least one of them) is tracking up the centre of country at moment.

Darwin

Weather station shows pressure rising sharply at the moment? Haven't had a gust over 118Km yet.

tonyj

Really windy here in Citywest at the moment. I don't know the wind speed, but I've had flower pots and chairs thrown around the garden.

And the composter (which was full up) was knocked over. :rolleyes:

SpitfireIV

Tis pretty darn windy here now in Carlow, seem quite up to a few mins back, but then some VERY strong gusts, they seemed the strongest of the night so far :eek:

fatherdougalmag

Same here in Citywest. Tree out in the garden has come away from its supporting post. Nothing a couple of old belts couldn't sort out

Mothman

Mean 31mph Gust 51

Still had higher yesterday, but today is much more blustery and so more damaging

Snowbie

41mph gust

Mothman

33 G54mph

Snowbie

Max avg 30
Gust 43mph

charlie@w.d

would ye say it has peaked in Wicklow yet?

Snowbie

Not yet.

Just been down the fields here with the ESB making a pole with trip lines on it safe-I was holding the torch,that guy was brave climbing the top of the pole in that wind.



He told me the power is out all over the place now and more and more reports coming in.They are only trying to make lines safe now,its impossible to even attempt to fix them.

Our power could be off he said most of tomorrow too.

All hail the farm generator (again) \o/

swalsh

Starting to get very wet and windy in galway city right now

Riamfada

anyone know what the sea condition in Dun Laoghaire is like at the moment. Anyone out that way? The website isnt giving me enough information .

Gonzo

just after having a 1 hour power cut, extremely windy and quite warm but dry.

Mothman

charlie@w.d wrote:

would ye say it has peaked in Wicklow yet?

I'd say it'll start easing here in an hour or so.

junkyard

Winds gone down here, very calm and no rain either.:(

Mothman

Pressure is on the up, temp is falling and wind is veering and mean down to 31mph.

Yes may have peaked but will be gusty for a while.

boardsdotie

Do you think RTE deliberately put Twister on tonight:D