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

mickger844posts

Would i be right in saying that it will be Tuesday in the East and South East before we see some strong gusts again???

a new story

ye its just pissin out now in wicklow nuthin special

a new story

mickger844posts wrote: »

Would i be right in saying that it will be Tuesday in the East and South East before we see some strong gusts again???

not sure?

claire2010

Is that it???????

Vain

a new story wrote: »

ah this storm is a bit of a let down:mad:

claire2010 wrote: »

Is that it???????

All these "is that it?" reminds me of the Day after tomorrow and other storm movies where people think thats it when infact they are in the eye of the storm and then they get killed. Be warned guys:pac:

claire2010

Vain wrote: »

All these "is that it?" reminds me of the Day after tomorrow and other storm movies where people think thats it when infact they are in the eye of the storm and then they get killed. Be warned guys:pac:

I dont want to die

Vain

claire2010 wrote: »

I dont want to die

Dont go outside so:D

mac80

Extremly heavy rain at Dublin Airport now, Hasnt been this heavy all night, I think rain might be the big feature of this "Storm"

delta_bravo

Just had a very heavy downpour now in Templeogue. I would say the Dodder is under quite a bit of strain if this lasts till 6am. Anyone know if river levels are available anywhere online? Cant seem to find any.

Rizzla King

Was down in Clontarf waves going over the walls some serious conditions down there. Free Car washes!

delw

so have ye feckers in the wesht.. had enought of this "storm"(puts hand too mouth to giggle) ,is it our turn in the east

ordinaryjoe

As i said earlier a normal bit a of wind was all it was..its quiet as mouse in the city center now bit of rain is all...all the mad hype over nothing

alo1587

NickDrake wrote: »

In town. Wind picking up again now.

How about yourself?

Yep right in the town,calm now again

DominoDub

Liffey's level looks high already on these webcams

http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

Vain

calm seems to be over in Tralee loudest gust so far and raining again now:D

Trevor451

If the dodder bursts I might have no school later today

snow ghost

The government have just announced their contingency plans for those devastated by the storm potential on Thursday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEAiCKlRTSs&feature=player_embedded#!

sliabh beagh

stopped raining here now and my weather station has a reading of 61.2mm for the day. anyone else have a figure this high?

iguana

Trevor451 wrote: »

If the dodder bursts I might have no school later today

I hope you've done all your homework.;) I've just looked outside and it doesn't look much higher than it did this afternoon. And the rain has stopped.

Trevor451

Storm seems to be over now :mad:

hellboy99

sliabh beagh wrote: »

stopped raining here now and my weather station has a reading of 61.2mm for the day. anyone else have a figure this high?

Seems a bit high

delw

Trevor451 wrote: »

Storm seems to be over now :mad:

there was no "STORM" to begin with.

Supercell

No flooding in Ringsend D4. Peak rain rates were probably about 4-6mm/hr.
Prety tame stuff. Winds not much above a light breeze.

homolumo

I was amazed at how quickly the wind abated. It was about 11 last night and one minute it was raining hard with a strong wind, the next no rain, no wind just calm.

Popoutman

In Castletroy, Limerick, it's currently 964 hPa and falling slowly according to the Casio triple sensor watch, recent rain, slack winds, very overcast with scudding low clouds.
Will be driving to Galway now, the radar shows a few really heavy shower bands on the way through. It'll be fun waiting in line at the roadworks in Gort, and there are a few other spots that I'm expecting to have standing water on the road or the start of the winter flooding at a few turloughs.

force eleven

delw wrote: »

there was no "STORM" to begin with.

This event would have passed off without too much notice except for the media attention it received earlier this week. In my own mind storms are where tens of thousand of homes are without power, airports closed, many trees down etc etc, which happen in 120kph + gusts across the country even inland. It's been years literally since that has happened.

kippy

force eleven wrote: »

This event would have passed off without too much notice except for the media attention it received earlier this week. In my own mind storms are where tens of thousand of homes are without power, airports closed, many trees down etc etc, which happen in 120kph + gusts across the country even inland. It's been years literally since that has happened.

Totally agree.


I think theres more and more media hype about any event for the past few years and a lot of these events not justifying the amount of media hype (thankfully).
Again, the issues here were/are more with the high tides/potential flooding than the wind itself. Also the media got the reporting on this totally wrong when some mentioned "hurricane" thomas (I think) when they were totally incorrect to make that link.
It has been a long long time since we've had a real storm. I've lived in cities for the past 10/12 years and we do get a lot more shelter here, as well as not being able to see the sea from any of my city accomodation.
Growing up on an Island on the West Coast however we seemed to get a very significant storm every 2-3 years. Perhaps it was just my perception though, being more exposed to the elements.

laurence997

In Lahinch the pressure is 964 falling at 1.1mb/h. Does this really mean anything?
Also, the heaviest rain of all that I saw was at about 5/5:30 this morning. Its been dry since, but a shower has just started up behind me as I post. And I was looking forward to getting out to the car dry :mad:

Su Campu

laurence997 wrote: »

In Lahinch the pressure is 964 falling at 1.1mb/h. Does this really mean anything?
Also, the heaviest rain of all that I saw was at about 5/5:30 this morning. Its been dry since, but a shower has just started up behind me as I post. And I was looking forward to getting out to the car dry :mad:

A showery trough is bringing some thunder to the west coast this morning.

sunbabe08

oi, wheres the stormy weather we were supposed to have for today?? huh?? grrrrrrr:mad: