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Storm Desmond - High Winds 4/5 December 2015

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    #272
    Aerohead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Aerohead


    This wind definitely is stronger than I have seen for a long time its dangerous right now walking in Galway City, people walking and holding onto buildings its so strong, I was stopped at traffic lights and the car was rocking.


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    #273
    Utdfan20titles
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    I'm going for a walk at 5pm.
    Am I likely to be blown away?


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    #274
    corsav6
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    yop wrote: »
    I'm about 20km from you, and the office i work upstairs in the shed is currently vibrating the desk, that i haven't experienced before.
    And it hasn't even started yet!! :)

    That's the scary bit, its gonna be a long weekend.
    maquiladora wrote: »
    Strong winds will calm a little late tonight and pick up again tomorrow. Ultimately it won't really calm down properly on the northwest coast until the early hours of Sunday morning when winds will drop off quickly.. Notice it's still shown to be very windy in Galway, Clare etc. even at that time, with inland gusts around 110 km/h.

    arpegeuk-11-42-0_cdh3.png

    So if I read the map correctly then Clare and Galway are in for a worse time than us.


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    #275
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    Utdfan20titles wrote: »
    I'm going for a walk at 5pm.
    Am I likely to be blown away?

    Little hint about where you might be in the country would help :)


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    #276
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,160 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Shane O' Malley wrote: »
    Little hint about where you might be in the country would help :)

    manchester?!


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    #277
    YeaYeaSure
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    Relatively quiet in west Limerick at the moment. Hopefully it will stay that way.


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    #278
    JanuarySnowstor
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    The wind looks like it will be worse further south.
    Wind rather than rain could be the talking point come Sunday
    We shall see


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    #279
    Aerohead
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    Just look at all the French and Spanish trawlers heading to Castletownbere in Co Cork for shelter, those boys don't go in unless its really bad

    http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:290916/zoom:10


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    #280
    maquiladora
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    corsav6 wrote: »
    So if I read the map correctly then Clare and Galway are in for a worse time than us.

    That's just what that model is showing for gusts during that particular hour. The winds have eased off to the northwest at that point.


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    #281
    corsav6
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    That's just what that model is showing for gusts during that particular hour. The winds have eased off to the northwest at that point.

    Thanks maq.
    What part of the country are you in?


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    #282
    maquiladora
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    corsav6 wrote: »
    Thanks maq.
    What part of the country are you in?

    Waterford. Parts of the city were badly flooded here yesterday but not expecting much in terms of wind or rain from this down here this weekend.


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    #283
    ch750536
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    YeaYeaSure wrote: »
    Relatively quiet in west Limerick at the moment. Hopefully it will stay that way.

    Different west limerick to me, very windy here but I am exposed.


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    #284
    Padster90s
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    Up with family in northeast Galway. Wind is very strong and sustained, roof is starting to creak. Don't know how we'll manage this till Sunday morning!! No rain yet, worried to be honest, its fairly scary outside and we're still 2 hours off the red alert kicking in....
    Lights are flickering too. One long weekend ahead (I know the red alert is for rain but the wind is causing enough problems without a flood on top of it)


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    #285
    diceyd
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    Stay safe guys


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    #286
    shmaupel
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    Gusting 54kmph here in south west Donegal (1.5mm rain so far)


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    #287
    YeaYeaSure
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    ch750536 wrote: »
    YeaYeaSure wrote: »
    Relatively quiet in west Limerick at the moment. Hopefully it will stay that way.

    Different west limerick to me, very windy here but I am exposed.


    Im fairly exposed to the southwest here myself but this is much quieter than the last few storms so far. I know tis early yet.


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    #288
    elaney
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    Very scary here in east galway . Im surrounded by trees hoping it eases a bit.


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    #289
    redsteveireland
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    elaney wrote: »
    Very scary here in east galway . Im surrounded by trees hoping it eases a bit.

    Yeah, it is rather wild out. Just watching my neighbours new shed disintegrate. It's one of those cheap corrugated ones but he would have hoped for it to last longer than a week!


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    #290
    Storm 10
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    Picture from Galway City Tribune of Salthill, spot the swimmer needs head examined.

    https://www.facebook.com/ConnachtTribune/photos/a.154527567936827.36001.148746965181554/984774164912159/?type=3&theater


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    #291
    FWVT
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    Measured ASCAT winds at 11:43 today. Some nice 50-kt vectors well out to sea.

    370668.png

    Donegal Airport 37 gust 52 kts at 4 pm.
    Mace Head 42 gust 58 kt. Its 10-minute mean speed reached a high of 23 m/s (45 kts) in the past hour.


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    #292
    Oscar Bravo
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    1600 met eireann reports - Mace head gusting 58 knots, Newport Mayo Gusting 56 knots , Belmullet 55 Knots....


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    #293
    elaney
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    redsteveireland wrote: »
    Yeah, it is rather wild out. Just watching my neighbours new shed disintegrate. It's one of those cheap corrugated ones but he would have hoped for it to last longer than a week!


    Yeah normally i don't notice the wind as i'm well sheltered but the last
    hour has been mad. :mad:


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    #294
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Picture from Galway City Tribune of Salthill, spot the swimmer needs head examined.

    https://www.facebook.com/ConnachtTribune/photos/a.154527567936827.36001.148746965181554/984774164912159/?type=3&theater

    Still not as foolhardy as this fella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnVqAJ2iq7Y


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    #295
    FWVT
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    Valentia sounding data at 12Z. Some nice windshear with height. The gust during the surface observation at that time was reported as 41 knots, which is around the speed from 100 m above the surface.

    370669.PNG


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    #296
    Pretzill
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    Getting even worse here (Sligo) - greenhouse is disintegrating in front of my eyes - trying to salvage the poly windows from the ditches but it's scary out there - we had a red wind warning last year and it did not feel as rough as this one!


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    #297
    Baggy Trousers
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Picture from Galway City Tribune of Salthill, spot the swimmer needs head examined.

    https://www.facebook.com/ConnachtTribune/photos/a.154527567936827.36001.148746965181554/984774164912159/?type=3&theater

    Fair play to him or her. Brave. Nothing stops those Blackrock folks. 365 days a year. They never miss a day. And I've never heard of any of them getting into trouble. Tough as old rope. I swim down there a lot, its all about timing and going with the flow on days like that. Hope its nicer on Xmas day :D


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    #298
    downwiththatsor
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    Kerry county council reporting a few tress down in North Kerry.

    "Kerry County Council ‏@countykerry 8m8 minutes ago

    Tree down blocking road to Duagh R555, KCC crew on the way there at the moment. Also tree down at Dromin L1018
    Gardaí are being notified."

    Also a flight into Kerry diverted to Cork after two failed attempts at landing, landed safely.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97963619&postcount=8355


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    #299
    Meteorite58
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    Very steady avg of 35 kph SW here in Ardfert , still highest gust 66 kph

    No rain yet, just a few drops.


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    #300
    horsefarm
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    Jeez it's very windy here in the Dublin hills, can't imagine how bad it must be out whest


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    #301
    Oscar Bravo
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    1700 Reports, Malin Head gusting 59 knots


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