Atlantic Storm Watch 2014: February/March

Larbre34

Dublin Bay has gone very stormy again in the last 90 mins, ESE gusts to Force 10, its pretty much as bad as it was on Wednesday afternoon, except the wind direction is more disruptive and dangerous as the mountains are not providing shelter. Could be wind damage later if it veers fully East, but at least the risk of coastal flooding has reduced in recent weeks

Edit: Force 11 gusts at 10.10

Elmer Blooker

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Its coming down like a monsoon in cork.
Surface flooding is very bad.
Tonight is a cert for tidal flooding perhaps the worst yet!

There won't be tidal flooding tonight in Cork, the wind will be westerly by tonight and the storm depression will nave moved NE reducing the risk of a tidal storm surge. I think the greatest risk of flooding in Cork city centre is now with E/SE gales and pressure at it's lowest but I've no idea what time high tide is in Cork?

DOCARCH

whitebriar wrote: »

Turning to wet snow here now west of Arklow.
Rain/wet snow mix just 2 miles inland meaning snow highly likely in west Wicklow kildare and hills.

Getting sleety rain here. Can see splodges of ice on the Velux. Wind has really picked up in the last hour and is quite gusty from the east.

blobbyblob

Mother of God, theres some gusts in Waterford - With the extra rainfall leading to softer ground , I would say trees root systems may easily finished off today. Watch out for falling trees.

whitebriar

A lot of wet flakes still in the heavy rain here near Arklow. Must be white out on hills.
Heavy hail storm now

pad199207

Hail and sleet here in Naas now.

Discodog

Any idea when the worst of the rain will clear Galway? The models suggest 2-3 pm but they were issued nearly 12 hours ago.

Based on when it started it appears to be running well ahead of the models.

maquiladora

More heavy rain likely Sunday night/Monday morning.

Pete2k

Rain/sleet has turned into very heavy snow just south of ballyhaunis

SpaceTime

Sudden improvement in Cork City. The sky is much brighter and the wind seems to have died back quite a bit.

Cantona's Collars

Thoroughly miserable here in Wexford,not as wild as the other day but the rain is icy and with gusts it's blowing almost horizontally at times.

Met one of my neighbours out for her morning walk-she was soaked,stopped the car to tell her she was crazy & got the answer "sure it has to be done".It really doesn't "have to be done" in this weather.

horsefarm

850ft on an exposed slope in D16. Changing from wet snow to rain and back again. Very windy. Generally a very poxy day. No way near as windy as 4-5pm on wednesday though. I genuinely thought my windows were going to blow in then and was scared. Pretty damn miserable now though

Frigga_92

Heavy shower of hail and sleet in Carrick-on-Suir now.

Speak Now

Horrible again in Waterford, gusting up to 100kph and plenty rain also

BLIZZARD7

Just Heavy rain and strong gusts in UCD area at the moment.

paperclipgrad

Very strong winds on and off for Limerick city.

RuthieRose

Wind has really picked up here in Cavan. Cold, soak you to the very core, kind of rain. Strong gusts. Lots of lakes and rivers up here already burst the banks. Sending it all rushing down the Shannon. Sorry Limerick.

maquiladora

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Horrible again in Waterford, gusting up to 100kph and plenty rain also

Winds should start to ease over the next hour or so.

Inquitus

Absolutely filthy weather here in NCD. Very breezy and a deluge that would make Noah proud.

maquiladora

Wind warning has been upgraded, max gusts 10+.

STATUS ORANGE

Wind Warning for Munster and Leinster

Wet and very windy with strong to gale force easterly winds this morning with mean speeds of 55 to 70 km/h and gusts of 85 to 120 km/h. Heavy rain will lead to localised flooding. The rain will turn to heavy, thundery showers later.

Issued:
Friday 14 February 2014 10:00
Valid:
Friday 14 February 2014 10:00 to Friday 14 February 2014 15:00

Oneiric 3

A sleety mix on my window at the mo.

Wine Goddess

13th February, 2014

The following flood alert has been issued by Cork City Council on 13th February 2014

CORK CITY TIDAL FLOOD ALERT

In association with the forecast storm conditions for Friday 14th February, a predicted storm surge to coincide with the astronomical high tide may give rise to flooding of streets in the City.

High Tide is predicted for 17:36

During this period, prior to and after this tide, there is a risk of Tidal Flooding in the City as indicated.

Heavy rain is also predicted for Friday from 6.00 am to 6.00 pm. This will lead to additional ponding on streets while the river levels are high.

The estimated period of most Flood impact on the city is between 16:00 and 19:00 Friday

It is possible that flooding may occur in the low lying areas of the City Centre including in particular Infirmary Road, South Terrace, Trinity Bridge, Rutland Street, Sawmill Street, Cotter Street, Union Quay, Morrisons Quay, Proby’s Quay, Crosses Green, Sharman Crawford St, Wandesford Quay, Lavitts Quay, Kyrls Quay, Coal Quay and Lapps Quay.

Other Areas at potential risk are South Mall, Oliver Plunkett Street, Pembroke St., Winthrop Street, Kennedy Quay, Centre Park Road, Monahan’s Road, Georges Quay, North Mall, Penrose Quay, and the low lying areas of the City Centre.

smallwonder

Calm and dry here at the moment. I wonder how long that will last!

Gillie

Windy, raining and snow falling in South Sligo for the past couple of hours.
Feels cold too.

TheBigGreen

Blue skies in Ringaskiddy now

faktisperminute

Snow lying everywhere here in Roscommon

naughto

Heavy snow shower's in castlebar

Says I To Bridey

KingdomRushed wrote: »

I was talking to a guy from England who lives in the Thames Valley yesterday, he's under threat of evacuation and he said there's an apocalyptic mood. A feeling that it's almost something biblical or medieval, that it's that bad, the slow rising of the rivers...jaysus

Looks crazy over there alright. Say what you want about the dailymail, but they're great for pictures. Had a couple of before/after pictures which show the extent of it, the first one in particular

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2557462/UK-weather-Incredible-pictures-flooded-Britain-green-pleasant-land-brown-soggy-one-months-heavy-rain.html

recyclebin

Lots of snow here in Ballinrobe in Mayo

Cantona's Collars

Person killed in Tipp when a tree fell on their car this morning. RIP.