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Potential Stormy - Sun/Mon (Media hyped storm, never forecast by Met/Boards)

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    #932
    h57xiucj2z946q
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    Drove from cavan to athlone at 7:30. Poor driving conditions. Windey, rainey, leaves blowing all over the place. The back garden gate was blown open at the house in athlone and the two wheelie bins blown over. Tragic.


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    #933
    Speak Now
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    Dunmore East is reporting MEAN wind of 58 kts, gust 69.....that can't be right!!??

    It can, I'm between there and Waterford and it's bad :(


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    #934
    lucy2010
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭lucy2010


    Just realsied wind is hitting side of house - normall hits front or ocasionally back - hence why not as loud as i expected


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    #935
    mickger844posts
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    Dunmore East is reporting MEAN wind of 58 kts, gust 69.....that can't be right!!??

    I check the Dunmore station fairly regularly and its not very accurate.

    With regards to my own station ( www.waterfordcityweather.com ) reading low, the Airport is closer to the coast so i would imagine the winds would be higher than mine. My station is about 12 foot off the ground but i know if it was on the roof i would get higher readings.


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    #936
    Su Campu
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    Tiree Airport was reporting 48 gusting 64 kts at 10pm.


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    #937
    embee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭embee


    I'm on the Louth/Meath border outside Ardee. The weather is absolutely horrendous here, wind whirling leaves round and round in circles... real spooky looking :( The rain is lashing down too.

    I have to drive the girleen into school in the morning... I have a feeling our roads will be covered in water and debris.


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    #938
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    It can, I'm between there and Waterford and it's bad :(

    Not that bad though. There must be some high bias applied to it. It reported a highest mean of 64 knots an hour ago....that just isn't accurate.
    mickger844posts wrote: »
    I check the Dunmore station fairly regularly and its not very accurate.

    With regards to my own station ( www.waterfordcityweather.com ) reading low, the Airport is closer to the coast so i would imagine the winds would be higher than mine. My station is about 12 foot off the ground but i know if it was on the roof i would get higher readings.

    I'd really consider putting it at 10m/33ft. Makes an enormous difference.


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    #939
    tvbrat
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    Wind seems to have eased off a bit,
    The wind seems higher up in the sky now
    Looking up at the trees, it still a bit gusty

    Slight increase in temp to 5.9 Deg
    Pressure has dropped to 975 hPa


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    #940
    NickDrake
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    Wind totally gone here now for last hour. Starting to dry outside even.

    This was not much of a storm.

    Mallow Cork


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    #941
    sunbabe08
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    here in cork, what bad weather??


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    #942
    twinkleT
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    he's landed!! must of been the rosary beads:)


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    #943
    Oliver1985
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    Getting the worst of the wind now in North Dublin really crazy winds !!!


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    #944
    mike65
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    Still rattling the front windows here in short spells then all goes relatively quiet.


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    #945
    Speak Now
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    mickger844posts wrote: »
    I check the Dunmore station fairly regularly and its not very accurate.

    With regards to my own station ( www.waterfordcityweather.com ) reading low, the Airport is closer to the coast so i would imagine the winds would be higher than mine. My station is about 12 foot off the ground but i know if it was on the roof i would get higher readings.

    Mick where's your station? Im very near to airport. Gusts dropped last 10 mins but im fairly exposed with open fields either way. Rough as night i've had in my 5 years here.

    Su Campo....is there a Waterford airport reading i can see?


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    #946
    Heyes
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    twinkleT wrote: »
    he's landed!! must of been the rosary beads:)

    was his flight very bumpy ? im flying tomorrow..


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    #947
    Roro4Brit
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    embee wrote: »
    The weather is absolutely horrendous here, wind whirling leaves round and round in circles...

    Ya gotta love the Irish sometimes...We surely are a breed of our own


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    #948
    maringo
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    twinkleT wrote: »
    he's landed!! must of been the rosary beads:)


    Good to hear that he's on the ground - never underestimate a pilot :)


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    #949
    Oliver1985
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    twinkleT wrote: »
    he's landed!! must of been the rosary beads:)

    Good stuff :D


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    #950
    mickger844posts
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    Not that bad though. There must be some high bias applied to it. It reported a highest mean of 64 knots an hour ago....that just isn't accurate.



    I'd really consider putting it at 10m/33ft. Makes an enormous difference.

    Thanks Su, will investigate the best way for me to do that.

    Its gone all calm here now and the rain has stopped for the first time since 6pm,Total 22.35mm, Pressure now stands at 973.6mb


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    #951
    Oliver1985
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    I know how hard it is to land a plane in a storm , I have done it in Flight Simulator!:D


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    #952
    Su Campu
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    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    Mick where's your station? Im very near to airport. Gusts dropped last 10 mins but im fairly exposed with open fields either way. Rough as night i've had in my 5 years here.

    Su Campo....is there a Waterford airport reading i can see?

    Only on Met Eireann's pilot briefing service, or by ringing 051 877000


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    #953
    alo1587
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    NickDrake wrote: »
    Wind totally gone here now for last hour. Starting to dry outside even.

    This was not much of a storm.

    Mallow Cork

    Bang on NickDrake, I'm in Mallow too,,storm my arse!


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    #954
    Deep Easterly
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    mickger844posts wrote: »
    My station is about 12 foot off the ground but i know if it was on the roof i would get higher readings.

    I have mine attached to the TV ariel which is about as high as I can put it and it seems to read fairly ok, although I am down a hole in suburbia so most likely miss out on the higher gusts.


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    #955
    mickger844posts
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    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    Mick where's your station? Im very near to airport. Gusts dropped last 10 mins but im fairly exposed with open fields either way. Rough as night i've had in my 5 years here.

    Su Campo....is there a Waterford airport reading i can see?

    Agree with you there Jerry.Its been a while since we had a night like this. I'm in the Ballybeg area by the way.


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    #956
    embee
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    Roro4Brit wrote: »
    Ya gotta love the Irish sometimes...We surely are a breed of our own

    What?!

    The wind here is crazy loud and I'm trying to sleep :(


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    #957
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    Look at the difference between Casement and Dublin Airports, only a few miles apart.

    11pm

    Dublin - S 23 gust 38 kts
    Casement - S 36 gust 53 kts


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    #958
    sunbabe08
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    alo1587 wrote: »
    Bang on NickDrake, I'm in Mallow too,,storm my arse!


    bah agreed


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    #959
    twinkleT
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    Heyes wrote: »
    was his flight very bumpy ? im flying tomorrow..

    he is not a great flyer and he said it wasnt too bad...it prop wont be as windy by that stage...


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    #960
    Iancar29
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    Look at the difference between Casement and Dublin Airports, only a few miles apart.

    11pm

    Dublin - S 23 gust 38 kts
    Casement - S 36 gust 53 kts

    Ye I know! , it's real boring here! , I'm off to bed intact, any reason to go out to the coast in the morning for pictures?


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    #961
    mickger844posts
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    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    I have mine attached to the TV ariel which is about as high as I can put it and it seems to read fairly ok, although I am down a hole in suburbia so most likely miss out on the higher gusts.

    The higher the better i guess Deep, just hate the hassle of getting up on that 2 story roof ;)


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