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Risk of Strong Winds & Heavy Rain: Thursday 3rd - Friday 4th

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    #62
    snowstreams
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Just on local radio now Salthill getting flooded as waves come ofer the prom

    High tide is at 5:40 or so. There could be a good bit of flooding then alright.


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    #63
    Iancar29
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    Nearly flew away goin up the shop! haha :D


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    #64
    bren2002
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    Some damage in Dublin. Fallen trees, temporary boundary walls etc


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    #65
    DarkJager
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    Not too bad here in Cork surprisingly. There is some wind there but nothing I'd call very strong.


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    #66
    gbee
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    DarkJager wrote: »
    Not too bad here in Cork surprisingly. There is some wind there but nothing I'd call very strong.

    Nope, 48kmh gust at max, a breeze. :)


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    #67
    DarkJager
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    gbee wrote: »
    Nope, 48kmh gust at max, a breeze. :)

    Its oddly warm out as well. Met seem to be saying that North and West will get the brunt of it so it probably won't amount to anymore than a normal windy night down here.


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    #68
    Big Daddy Cool
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    Just had to go up the fields there, and wow its wild out, a tree has come down and its absolutely lashing rain.


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    #69
    Iancar29
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    6 one news showing storm footage after break :)


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    #70
    Harps
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    Not as bad here as on the coast obviously but still pretty bad out there, wheelie bin blew over, some branches down and theres election posters flying about, nothing too serious thankfully.

    Constant roar in the trees is impressive though, currently 70km/hr


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    #71
    mickger844posts
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    Gusts over 100km/h recorded at Belmullet and Malin Head.


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    #72
    Pangea
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    Its frightening out there at the moment.
    I stepped outside to see how things where and I was actually afraid something was going to hit me. Very violent! Defintely over 100km.


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    #73
    hellboy99
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    Over the last hour here I have had mean winds of 40 - 50km/h with gusts of 60 - 70km/h.


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    #74
    irish1967
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    Violent storm force 11 for us !! Yeah :)


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    #75
    mickger844posts
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    Been similar type speeds for the last 5 or 6 hours here in Waterford City, Average around 25-30km/h with gusts 45km/h. Hasn't really pushed to the next level yet.

    Speeds from www.waterfordcityweather.com


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    #76
    fizzycyst
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    mickger844posts wrote: »
    Been similar type speeds for the last 5 or 6 hours here in Waterford City, Average around 25-30km/h with gusts 45km/h. Hasn't really pushed to the next level yet.

    Speeds from www.waterfordcityweather.com
    yet........:cool:


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    #77
    eastmayo
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    my highest gust was 64 mph at 13 31 today,gusting up to 41 mph now


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    #78
    temply
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    Vicious winds here in Dublin at the mo.... Very glad am indoors now for the rest of the evening, yikes! :eek:


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    #79
    John Mason
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    its dangerous out there tonight.

    Australia managed to get away with no deaths :(

    RIP
    A 45-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a falling tree in Dublin.

    The tree, on Waterloo Road in Ballsbridge, blew down in strong winds just after 5pm today.

    The woman was brought to St Vincent's hospital where she was pronounced dead.

    The road remains closed to traffic.


    Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/woman-killed-by-falling-tree-in-dublin-492116.html#ixzz1CvgfilEz


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    #80
    Pangea
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    Makes me wonder should Met Eireann have warnings for falling trees etc. on their forecasts.
    Dont venture out unless you have to.


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    #81
    Chicken Run
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    Nasty in Clare - has been so all afternoon...

    No idea of wind speeds but I struggled to walk in the wind out in the fields at teatime and there's been branches and all sorts lifting off...wheelbarrows, wheelie bins...


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    #82
    aboyro
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    fizzycyst wrote: »
    yet........:cool:

    the city is a totally different ball game to the coast right now.left work at eight and it was windy but nothing to write home about, got home and its howling, no idea of wind speeds but the green house roof is almost gone. have a bit of whistling soffit too which only starts calling when it really starts blowing:eek::eek:


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    #83
    Pangea
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    140km winds given for Donegal, Evelyn said on the weather there.
    Thats hurricane force! Twas nice knowing yas :pac:


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    #84
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    Scotland getting hammered.

    as per RSOE, just a part of a large article in event description.

    Scotland was battered by a triple whammy of hurricane-strength winds, torrential rain and driving snow today forcing the closure of schools and causing problems on roads and communications. The far north and north west bore the brunt of the weather as the storm tore in from the Atlantic this morning. And tonight Strathclyde police advised drivers not to travel unless absolutely necessary. One amateur weather station at Ness on the Isle of Lewis recorded a Hurricane gust of 91mph with more heavy weather expected tonight. Schools and many businesses in the Western Isles closed at lunchtime to prepare for the high winds and heavy rains. While the Northern Isles and Hebrides were facing winds of up to 90mph the central belt experiencing winds of 60-70mph on Thursday evening. Strathclyde police said that with severe winds and heavy rain battering the force area, more than 50 incidents had been reported to control rooms, including HGVs and vans blowing over, trees falling down and unsafe buildings losing debris.


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    #85
    mickger844posts
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    aboyro wrote: »
    the city is a totally different ball game to the coast right now.left work at eight and it was windy but nothing to write home about, got home and its howling, no idea of wind speeds but the green house roof is almost gone. have a bit of whistling soffit too which only starts calling when it really starts blowing:eek::eek:

    Has died down a lot here in the last few hours. Average only 16km/h, gusts 26km/h compared to 30km/h and gusts near 50km/h a few hours ago.


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    #86
    irishdub14
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    irishbird wrote: »
    its dangerous out there tonight.

    Australia managed to get away with no deaths :(

    RIP

    Horrible news, I was actually worrying about branches falling on me when walking home, didn't think a whole tree would fall. :(


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    #87
    mac80
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    Just heard marine weather on http://irishsar.blogspot.com

    Storm force 11 decreasing Severe Gale 9, Sea state High in North

    Not a nice day to be at sea, lets hope none of the marine emergency services have to go out in it.

    The weather is usually repeated just past the hour

    Mac


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    #88
    eskimocat
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    crazy wind out there today!! winds were so strong in Collooney today thought we might loose roof of building at work! had trouble getting car door open :D

    Sadly my weather station sitting at the bottom of a glen is reading pretty mild :rolleyes:


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    #89
    Chicken Run
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    Been awake for the past hour, the noise of the wind is like jet engines outside and I'm genuinely terrified !!
    Just waiting for the big crash as something hits :-(


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    #90
    ktulu123
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    Chicken Run wrote: »
    Been awake for the past hour, the noise of the wind is like jet engines outside and I'm genuinely terrified !!
    Just waiting for the big crash as something hits :-(

    Got woken up at 5.30 with loads of really loud bangs on the roof just above my room. Went out to check and my wireless broadband dish thing is hanging by a cable! Scared the **** outs me!

    I'm up quite high in kilmacanogue and the wind is still really strong!


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    #91
    aboyro
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    yeah still mental outside here. anyone reccommend a good handheld annomometer? i would love to get a reading when its really blowing hard.greenhouse is intact...................its just 4 fields away now!!:pac::pac::D:D


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