Katia

irish1967

Just a heads up folks to keep a wee eye on the following thread

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056375333&pp=15&page=3

about (ex) Hurricane Katia which may very well smack straight into Donegal late Sunday/early Monday. Better to read up on it here before the papers start going into drama mode at the weekend if they haven't already.

firemansam4

From what i have seen it looks like it is just going to skirt Donegal, and we wont get the full force of it, but i suppose that prediction could change in the comming days.

Found a site that shows an updated projected track of it at
http://www.stormpulse.com

ootbitb

seems hurricane debby was 50 years ago next week and to celebrate we have....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056375333&page=8

muffler

Threads merged.

danniemcq

firemansam4 wrote: »

From what i have seen it looks like it is just going to skirt Donegal, and we wont get the full force of it, but i suppose that prediction could change in the comming days.

Found a site that shows an updated projected track of it at
http://www.stormpulse.com

That is quite possibly my new favourite site!

firemansam4

danniemcq wrote: »

That is quite possibly my new favourite site!

Yea I keep going back having a look at the latest projected path!

Guess i must be bored sometimes haha

Harps

With most leaves still on the trees theres bound to be a lot down again, winds might not be as strong as a bad winter storm but because of the trees the damage might be worse so keep an eye out. Similar to the storm in May which caused a lot of damage even though the wind wasnt overly strong

This chart shows the predicted wind gusts, 70+ knots in Donegal which is over 130kmph

NIMAN

Bollocks. Hate strong winds. Always waiting to keep something come crashing down around the house.

Firblog

firemansam4 wrote: »

http://www.stormpulse.com

Way cool site

Indo predicting winds of 160kmph, think that's stronger than it had when it was being called a bloody hurricane in the states...

Carrickman

Dam hope it's not as bad as they are saying still haven't got the trees cleared up around the house from the last storm.
http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/09/10/wow-donegal-in-eye-of-hurricane-katia-warning/#.TmvYc_iMHlk.facebook

danthefan

I need to drive from Dublin to Donegal tomorrow evening or Monday morning, not to sound like a drama queen but will it be safe in those kind of winds?

Penfailed

danthefan wrote: »

I need to drive from Dublin to Donegal tomorrow evening or Monday morning, not to sound like a drama queen but will it be safe in those kind of winds?

Who knows for sure. It's a forecast...they're guesstimating... Drive easy. Safe travels

irish1967

danthefan wrote: »

I need to drive from Dublin to Donegal tomorrow evening or Monday morning, not to sound like a drama queen but will it be safe in those kind of winds?

Leave before 6pm Sunday and u will be ahead of Katia. Daylight driving will be much safer and at present (could change) crazy winds are due to kick in around 9pm

Safe trip.

danthefan

irish1967 wrote: »

Leave before 6pm Sunday and u will be ahead of Katia. Daylight driving will be much safer and at present (could change) crazy winds are due to kick in around 9pm

Safe trip.

Grand stuff, thanks. Will take it handy.

yourpics

Looking forward to this! prefer a storm to snow any day! great to be inside looking out at a big storm

Deer Hunter DL

hope its not too bad i have a shed with a opening at the front of it and have no way of closing it up , give me snow anyday

henke

Not too stormy yet but extremely wet. Typical of a lot of days in Ireland really.

muffler

The last reports I heard was that we can expect the storm to kick in sometime later this evening.

danniemcq

storm pulse not showing katia anymore

muffler

danniemcq wrote: »

storm pulse not showing katia anymore

Im no expert on this but I think its taken off their website once its downgraded from hurricane status.

danthefan

Still seems fairly calm in Letterkenny.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Very calm here outside letterkenny right now....lets hope its not the calm before the storm!!

iqon77

getting very windy in youghal,cork, has been gaining in strenght over the last hour.

Ayla

I'm in ballyshannon - I can't accurately assess wind speeds b/c our house is in a steep valley but the higher trees seem to blowing around a good bit now. Loads of heavy rain coming down.

henke

Just drove Ardara to Letterkenny there now and doesn't appear too bad yet just very wet making visibility poor enough. I would imagine it will get worse during the night and morning so anyone on the roads take it easy.

Harps

The wind will pick up gradually over night with worst expected to be between 11am and 3pm tomorrow, its not going to be a disastrous storm as some sections of the media want to believe but still potential for fallen trees and flooding from a storm surge and heavy rain so just keep an eye on things

irish1967

If the peak is 3+ hours away is gonna be rough but if this is it now it's just a normal windy day.

danniemcq

Yeah looking at the forecasts and that last night it seemed it was gonna miss us with the worst of it.

on the plus side at least with the remains of a tropical storm we're getting it nice and warm!

irish1967

Then again what we call 'kinda windy' da big city dwellers would call a hurricane.

Broxi_Bear_Eire

Its a wee bit windy down here in Keadue at the moment

danniemcq

irish1967 wrote: »

Then again what we call 'kinda windy' da big city dwellers would call a hurricane.

yeah listening to the radio this morning you'd swear that Dublin was sinking and the spire had blown over

KERSPLAT!

I'm home this weekend and it's pretty windy but nothing major, still pretty warm too.

muffler

Dunno what all the fuss was about (yet?) I seen stronger gusts after a feed of baked beans

bohsboy

In fairness it's picked up a good bit in the last hour around Donegal Town. Then again, I am/was a "city dweller":D.

I've also already saw the token trampoline bounding through a field.

irish1967

Yep. It's getting there bohs. Some of the gusts are mighty ! OH is away down town to Lidl. So I'll get a full report in a while.

fearbainne

The seas at carrickfinn are unbelievable, must try get a photo up..:eek: very bad up here now!

feelpablo

getting very gusty out in Laghy at the moment!!

muffler

Sun is actually shining now in the twin towns. Not for long maybe as its still raining.

danniemcq

muffler wrote: »

Dunno what all the fuss was about (yet?) I seen stronger gusts after a feed of baked beans

just wait till the morning after the boards beers when there is a feed of guinness bubbling away in your bowels

feelpablo

power just went on and off in laghy!!

irish1967

Flickered here too. I guess duration of winds may start to become a factor now. Reading reports on weather forum that we get our strongest winds this afternoon.

bohsboy

feelpablo wrote: »

power just went on and off in laghy!!

Yeah, got that too. Its very bad now.

Flibbles

Hope the power doesn't go out, I'm enjoying sitting at the pc :P

danniemcq

suprised nobody has made a comment regarding getting blown by Katia was a letdown so far....

fine i will

just got blown by Katia, not worth the hype




/waits for mod edit and/or infractions

Cee-Jay-Cee

There has been a lot worse 'storms' in the past that have had no mention...its very windy here in letterkenny but nothing near as stormy as had been hyped...everywhere!

KERSPLAT!

I'll get yer coat... :pac:

Gettin worse down here, gettin the bus back up later, hope we don't lose electricity

danniemcq

From Donegal Daily

LUNCHTIME UPDATE LATEST: Donegal is being hit by storm force winds in the past few minutes as the real effects of former Hurricane Katia begin to hit.

In the past few minutes a gust of 137km/per hour was recorded on Arranmore Island.

The worst of the storm will be from noon until about 8pm, said the forecasters. There are trees down in a number of areas including near Glenties, Drumkeen and Ramelton.

At one stage a huge trampoline was blocking the road from Dunfanaghy to Falcarragh – blown from a garden.

And just moments after Met Eireann said the winds probably wouldn’t affect power supplies, the ESB reported 4,000 homes have now lost power and telephone lines are now also down in many areas in the west of the county.

The latest area to lose power is Mountain Top in Letterkenny.

The Mulroy Bridge is closed and the AA is warning motorists to slow down following reports to this website from several drivers that some other road users are “driving as mad as usual.”

Peter O’Donnell from irishweatheronline had just reported: “The storm has broken on the west coast with gusts already over 55 knots (near 65 mph). This morning, storm force SW winds 50-80 mph in exposed locations in west and north coast counties, some local damage to trees and buildings possible.

“Mainly cloudy with the strong winds, brief showers or drizzle. Large waves 8-15 metres, very large swells likely (full moon is today at about 0930h). Risk of coastal flooding. Temperatures steady near 14 or 15 C. Further south and east, gale to storm force SW winds, brief showers, becoming partly cloudy, some longer sunny intervals developing, but risk of a brief gusty shower or thunderstorm.

“Temperatures may have already peaked during the night but may recover a few degrees later on to reach 18-20 C.

“Winds SW 35-55 mph with some higher gusts possible. Further rainfall amounts today only 1-3 mms for most places. Winds should ease gradually late afternoon in the coastal northwest, and by evening in Ulster.”

Deer Hunter DL

its getting a bit worse now out in the Blue stacks , i heard its going to be at its worst from about 1-2pm onward

KERSPLAT!

"driving as mad as usual" I chuckled

irish1967

Power is out in Killybegs I hear.

headmaster

I'm between Miltown and Tuam in Co Galway and it's hardly blowing at all, came from Claremorris earlier and just a small bit breezy with no rain. Mild and great refreshing breeze, great day for a game of golf