The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

There should be a dramatic and rapid increase in winds on the southwest coast over the next hour or so.

Is it just heavy showers are expected with this wind at this stage Maq?

Birtles

JustplainNUTS wrote: »

Following the lull - the kind when you watch your elec and tele poles wobbling violently - it's just started picking up again here near Eyeries (West Cork). Howlin now. Expecting roaring in an hour or so.

Keep us up to date NUTS as you are in perfect location......or maybe not so perfect location!!

maquiladora

leahyl wrote: »

Is it just heavy showers are expected with this wind at this stage Maq?

The main rain band has passed so yeah heavy showers from now.

red_bairn

maquiladora wrote: »

It's uncanny how similar the satellite image is right now compared to the one from Christmas Eve 1997.

What was the result of that storm?

Dublin City is lovely and sunny now....for the moment :rolleyes:

jirafa

[URL="SailCork.com https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152214358673114"]SailCork.com https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152214358673114[/URL]

maquiladora

red_bairn wrote: »

What was the result of that storm?

Dublin City is lovely and sunny now....for the moment :rolleyes:

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Dec1997_storm.PDF

I don't think it will be as severe as that for places north of munster and southern leinster though.

TheMilkyPirate

Peak winds here in Wexford about 2-3pm would I be right?

Steopo

Kinsale Energy not reporting any wind gusts or wave heights for 10am, don't tell me we're after breaking another buoy

je551e

Eerily calm but getting really dark here in Kerry

wazzoraybelle

I'm on the coast outside Cork Harbour, savage gusts for the last few hours. I had to close a gate that had opened and needed to cling to the wall to the gate and back to the house to stay upright!!

maquiladora

Steopo wrote: »

Kinsale Energy not reporting any wind gusts or wave heights for 10am, don't tell me we're after breaking another buoy

It's a gas platform so it won't drift away anyway!

Speak Now

Winking weatherman on radio 1 now.

Birtles

http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/irelandhourly/web_hly_mslp_2014021213.gif?h=1392199200000
some image for 1pm today, 17 h Pa differential within Cork County alone

jkforde

http://www.sat24.com/en/eu
the low's centre currently over us here in Galway.... now for the show.... hide tide at 4ish as well, the Prom should be fun

leahyl

Birtles wrote: »

http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/irelandhourly/web_hly_mslp_2014021213.gif?h=1392199200000
some image for 1pm today, 17 h Pa differential within Cork County alone

Link isn't working Birtles

Bicycle

Starting to pick up here again in Limerick City, Ennis Road area. Major crisis - A garden chair has blown over :D

Unfortunately it looks as if the worst here will be when the schools are coming out. And the schools near here are all surrounded by fabulous tall trees!!

Birtles

leahyl wrote: »

Link isn't working Birtles

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

sorry, copy did not work, just scroll to 1300.

all in the above, just scroll your mouse across the image to give a animated image of it.

The One Doctor

Structural damage is a possibility with this storm. Tie your trampolines and dogs down folks!

Speak Now

115 kph gust recorded in Waterford airport, no sign of the lull yet.

Power Gear

Reports of small tornado in Athleague Co Roscommon.

https://twitter.com/rte/status/433555279729283072

lottpaul

Windy here in West Kerry all morning but the worst has hit us in the last 30 minutes - extreme winds, trees bending, howling noise outside and bits of branches, twigs etc flying around. Hope this doesnt keep up for too long -- and ironically the sun is trying to come out!

Shiraz 4.99

The One Doctor wrote: »

Structural damage is a possibility with this storm. Tie your trampolines and dogs down folks!

Already ahead of you, I've tied the dog to the trampoline #goodthinking

luimneachboy

Can someone tell me Is the worst gone here in west limerick/North kerry??? nothing major or hasnt been all morning!?

maquiladora

You can see the little circulation on visible satellite approaching the southwest coast. It's a perfect match for the the HIRLAM pressure charts on Met.ie

Very strong winds will be very shortly reaching the southwest coast. Winds could rise to hurricane force right along the exposed coast for a time.


Edit : southwest, not northwest!

D.Campbell

jirafa wrote: »

SailCork.com https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152214358673114

that didnt work
Cork City is extremely stormy has gotten way worse in the past 15mins :mad:

JustplainNUTS

Freight train's picking up momentum now... Heavy rain from WNW, still blustery, but becoming more sustained. Lights flickering, so could be last update from Eyeries (Beara, West Cork)?

guil

D.Campbell wrote: »

that didnt work
Cork City is extremely stormy has gotten way worse in the past 15mins :mad:

http://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152214358673114&id=75693743113&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php&_rdr

M.T. Cranium

luimneachboy wrote: »

Can someone tell me Is the worst gone here in west limerick/North kerry??? nothing major or hasnt been all morning!?

Severe windstorm is about to hit your area, within an hour, you are currently pretty much in the eye of the storm (actually it's just to your northwest but anyway expect a sharp increase in wind speed there very soon). When it hits, it will last most of the afternoon.

weisses

Wind really picking up here ...scary gusts from w/nw and its only the beginning ..

Massive spray from the waves in Ventry ... proper storm

Larbre34

Munster a suitable shade of red on the Meteoalarm, just a pity the top alert level isnt blue, just to annoy them

Force 6 gusting Force 8 here on Dublin Bay at the moment, sustained from SSW, sending big waves onto the southern tip of Howth. The moderate rain of an hour ago has cleared to watery sunshine and light showers