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Graces7

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Good reporting by sryanbruen there, I had a look at that 1962 storm and it appeared to peak around midnight 23-24 June so the two days had similar max gusts. And if that's the strongest wind ever in June, it's worth noting that the maps never show as strong a gradient as the current prog charts for late tonight, nor do they show as low a central pressure (it is always above 995 mbs) on those 1962 maps although perhaps a lack of precision from less marine data? Although the way UK buoys have been going, perhaps they had more marine data in 1962.

19z (20h) M6 buoy reporting winds SW 30 knots gusting to 51 knots, SLP 990.9 mbs. -- that site will probably see peak gusts next 2-3 hours. Pressure at M4 buoy is now 993.0 mbs.

Peak gusts on land in Connacht around 0400h and west Ulster around 0600h.

Yep! Suddenly heightened soon after 4 am and things started rattling..

Graces7

Morning all !

Just checking my dish is holding fast; this is the first gale since it was installed.. All OK and the power is all ok too..I think it is stronger as the cables are at the ocean bed. Only ever one small cut here in all these months.

Ferocious gusts here the last half hour or so. Managed to field one of the cats in as they are so well-trained they insist on going out. So I stood with the door open a crack, hanging on to it for dear life, yelling... and in he blew, tumbleweed fashion, long fur ruffling.

A mighty rattling at the back; probably a branch.

This is going to destroy blossom. Watching the elderberry tree being battered now. Ay me!

Less rain that I thought.

OUCH! That was a mighty blast... and rain now...

Gaoth Laidir

Casement 40 gusting 55 knots just before 5 am. It woke me up.

METAR EIME 140400Z 24040G55KT 9999 BKN028 SCT220 15/09 Q0996=

Dublin Airport only gusting 42 knots.

Rock Lesnar

Woke around 4.30 and the wind was crazy here, the fence at front of the house was actually shaking, plenty of branches down on the road, worst iv'e heard here in a long time, seems to settled down a bit now, still have power and more importantly no rain apart from 10mins of dribble yesterday evening.

Graces7

Easing off now so I snuck out to look at the ocean..WOW! Such a sight, great wide waves breaking white in every direction .. and here comes the rain now...

Garden a mess but will see what can be rescued. Did not manage to bring the two chairs in; they are overturned but safe .

Battered plants. ay me...

There is one terrible squeak out there I am going to have to trace at some stage;like chalk on blackboard

septictank

Garage roofs ratteling, bin lids blowen open, has gone a bit quite just now.

Graces7

Longing to take the dog out and wind-walk..

antodeco

Seems very bad in Dublin. Not sure if it's because of the angle of the wind. Lots more stuff blowing away than during Ophelia. Gates banging and just checked the back and my clothes line has managed to hold onto the trampoline!

When is peak expected to hit Dublin?

Malayalam

Very wild here. Sunflowers are in tatters but still standing at their stakes. Which is more than I can say for the very large tree which has fallen across my back garden. I hope this storm ends soon. NW

Malayalam

Plus no electricity

Graces7

Malayalam wrote: »

Very wild here. Sunflowers are in tatters but still standing at their stakes. Which is more than I can say for the very large tree which has fallen across my back garden. I hope this storm ends soon. NW

Ah so sorry.. My plants are battered but not had a good look yet

italodisco

I'm down in Dublin 3, not far from Croke Park.

Wind is fierce here, anything left out on balconies has been tossed around by the wind, bloody windows and balcony doors bashing, and a young child refusing to go back to sleep because of the noise.

Times like this I wish I was able to head to work and clock in at 6am lol

italodisco

antodeco wrote: »

Seems very bad in Dublin. Not sure if it's because of the angle of the wind. Lots more stuff blowing away than during Ophelia. Gates banging and just checked the back and my clothes line has managed to hold onto the trampoline!

When is peak expected to hit Dublin?

Where in Dublin are you, I'm in Dublin 3 and the last 10 mins have been fierce... Its just suddenly stopped

robclay26

Re-roofing the house and am surprised the cover survived with only a few small tears! Could have been a disaster. Lots of debris on roads and a tree down near by.
Hope it calms down soon
Delvin, co westmeath.

Postgrad10

Still going like mad here up North. Started just after 4 and hasn't let up, takes a lot to wake me up. Dreading going out in it.

Ardrageen

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah so sorry.. My plants are battered but not had a good look yet

I feel your pain Graces7:(. Took a little walk before work to suss things out. Rose bushes snapped and destroyed. Oriental poppies in tatters.

Drive into Limerick City from West Limerick was uneventful. Lots of twigs and small branches on the rural roads. Only small amounts of debris on main roads except for some sad looking damage to newly planted tress and shrubs at the roundabouts in Raheen.

HeidiHeidi

Ok, now it's windy!

The white horses have white horses.

M.T. Cranium

No stations exceeded the earlier 61 knot gust at Mace Head at 05 or 06h, but at 0700h Malin Head reported 53 knots and with squally showers on radar could go higher at 0800h. My internet connections with boards and met.ie were both quite slow a few minutes ago, now seem okay again.

Was woken before 4 in Galway by the wind.
It was pretty wild.
Neighbours trampoline has gone AWOL.
Edit: it was just in a another part of the garden.

km79

Electricity went at 5am in east Galway for over an hour

Tree down in back garden. First one in the 12 years since we have lived here

But at least we all survived the “drought “ that the nice weather apparently brought

Akrasia

Was grand just outside Ennis last night. Few flower pots blown over

Storm 10

My station recorded wind gust of 68 mph in Galway around 4am, it was a very noisy night hard to get sleep .

Gaoth Laidir

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

No stations exceeded the earlier 61 knot gust at Mace Head at 05 or 06h, but at 0700h Malin Head reported 53 knots and with squally showers on radar could go higher at 0800h. My internet connections with boards and met.ie were both quite slow a few minutes ago, now seem okay again.

Ballypatrick Forest in Antrim reported 60 knots between 5-6 am.

Storm Wrecktor

JCX BXC

No damage in West Clare. Windows are a bit dirty though!

MeTheMan

No power here since before 6. What used people do! Trees down, bins blown over, lots of debris on the roads. Slept through it all. Wasn't expecting it this bad this morning.

North West.

Graces7

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah so sorry.. My plants are battered but not had a good look yet

Stand of marguerites down and covering much else and generally battered. Will wait to see how much they recover...

Are your sunflowers OK/? ish?

littlema

Had to drive to Manorhamilton across country from Ballymote at 8 am ......roads were like someone tipped the trees upside down & shook them.....leaves & branches all over the place.
My lupine & pots were tossed & broken..... but it could have been so much worse.

HeidiHeidi

littlema wrote: »

Had to drive to Manorhamilton across country from Ballymote at 8 am ......roads were like someone tipped the trees upside down & shook them.....leaves & branches all over the

Are you ok there? Did you hit a tree? :eek:

littlema

No, the shake n my hand made me hit done ..... before I was done!!!!!!!

Malayalam

Graces7 wrote: »

Stand of marguerites down and covering much else and generally battered. Will wait to see how much they recover...

Are your sunflowers OK/? ish?

Most plants have taken a bashing. Potatoes and onions all prostrate, tree felled and laying down the centre of large beds, a lot of debris, many plants lying down and things generally shook looking. But time may recover most. Still no electricity and WiFi intermittent. It was a bad storm because of the exceptional leafy growth in past month. Could have been worse

scarepanda

Wind woke me about 2.30 here near Athlone.

Me poor veg garden has seen better days. The peas are ****ed, green beans, pumpkin and sweetcorn are the next worst hit. Lots of leaves and twigs around the place, but I haven't seen any major damage in the rest of the garden.

prinzeugen

Someone a few doors down is now the owner of half the plants I had going in trays.

Some trays are doing circles on the lawn but a few look to be stuck in a tree a few doors down.

No sign of plants only a trail of compost! Thought soaking them would weigh them down..

Nope!

Graces7

Malayalam wrote: »

Most plants have taken a bashing. Potatoes and onions all prostrate, tree felled and laying down the centre of large beds, a lot of debris, many plants lying down and things generally shook looking. But time may recover most. Still no electricity and WiFi intermittent. It was a bad storm because of the exceptional leafy growth in past month. Could have been worse

ah so sorry. All I really have here is a tiny patch and a lot of containers, in my first summer

Yes I think many will be resilient at this time of year, although I wonder re fruit blossom?

Our electricity has not flickered and my new internet dish is working fine. The island has only had power supply since 1977 and the cables run under the ocean (there are marker poles along the way) so the work is new.

I hope maybe many of the plants will kind of pick themselves up? The roots are OK and the season is for growing .

Graces7

prinzeugen wrote: »

Someone a few doors down is now the owner of half the plants I had going in trays.

Some trays are doing circles on the lawn but a few look to be stuck in a tree a few doors down.

No sign of plants only a trail of compost! Thought soaking them would weigh them down..

Nope!

My few remaining trays blew but the gate and bushes caught them..

Graces7

Now all I need is to find some SOCKS and make soup

DOCARCH

Graces7 wrote: »

Now all I need is to find some SOCKS and make soup

Sock soup? :eek: Things must be bad there!

Graces7

DOCARCH wrote: »

Sock soup? :eek: Things must be bad there!

lol... cannot find socks anyways so it will be stone soup..

Graces7

Amazing how fast things get back on track.. I think the ferry is away and the sun is strong in the breeze...Been out starting to sort the chaos.. My very first ever rose at this new place has three petals left... But there are two buds ready to open.. Kind of symbolic...

Invigorating..

Goodbye, Hector Wrecktor.. For ever!

Yesterday afternoon my lawn looked so rosemantic due to the petals blowing off all the bushes.

sryanbruen

So if the 61 knots gust at Mace Head is the maximum gust of this event then it's not a record breaker.

I said yesterday that I would whizz through Malin Head's historical data from Met Éireann for notable Summer wind gusts. For this, I thought a minimum 55 knot maximum gust would be a good criteria.

The 61 knots gust is just 1 knot short of that of 1st June 2015 at Malin Head which was 62 knots - a storm which I posted about recently in the Summer discussion thread as a comparison to Hector.

A lot of these don't seem to be very deep depressions as shown by the pressure at Malin Head.

Date|Pressure (mb)|Highest 10-minute mean wind speed (km/hr)|Maximum wind gust (km/hr)
7 June 1955|1002.1|72|102
23 June 1955|1003.9|80|107
5 June 1956|991.1|70|104
13 August 1956|988.5|81|117
12 June 1960|991.0|81|115
23 June 1962|1004.2|94|133
24 June 1962|1008.2|96|137
11 August 1962|994.0|80|124
23 June 1965|989.0|67|104
10 August 1966|993.7|74|102
9 August 1973|1005.5|83|113
2 June 1975|1005.7|93|120
21 June 1979|1004.3|74|102
12 June 1984|1011.8|78|115
1 August 1986|999.1|80|115
25 July 1988|985.4|102|137
13 June 2000|1012.5|74|104
21 August 2001|1003.4|76|106
17 June 2002|996.1|70|107
23 August 2005|1001.4|69|102
21 June 2006|997.2|74|109
27 August 2009|997.2|70|107
1 June 2015|990.4|87|115
17 July 2015|997.7|78|106


Here's the charts of some of the above to compare with Hector.

25 July 1988



2 June 1975 (the day of the June snow in England that cancelled the cricket match in Buxton)



11 August 1962



Data comes from Met Éireann.

sryanbruen

In other news

https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/1007207551153397761

Xenji

Still windy in Castlebar, some gusts of over 70 km/hr but nice and bright, max gust here of 98.6 km/hr last night with pressure dropping down to 990.2 hPa.

Storm 10

Did anyone hear Thunder during the night with Hector, I was woken by a loud blast of Thunder at around 3am in Galway, just the one and that was it.

Ultimate Seduction

It didn't rain a drop here despite the howling wind all night.

km79

Its actually quite a nice day now

Graces7

A few heavy showers out here. But just took the dog out ( If you have even seen canine cabin fever!) in glorious sun and a sweet fresh wind. Enjoyable in the extreme and the dog and cat thought so too...

At least with summer storms we can get warm afterwards!

West Mayo offshore island

Graces7

So wind storms in June are not that uncommon?

Reminds me of the North Isles. We would get a terrible storm in May called the "Gab of May" . like now when we had all the plants started in such a short season for growing.
One year it literally blew all the sea birds nests and fledglings and eggs off the cliffs

sryanbruen wrote: »

So if the 61 knots gust at Mace Head is the maximum gust of this event then it's not a record breaker.

I said yesterday that I would whizz through Malin Head's historical data from Met Éireann for notable Summer wind gusts. For this, I thought a minimum 55 knot maximum gust would be a good criteria.

The 61 knots gust is just 1 knot short of that of 1st June 2015 at Malin Head which was 62 knots - a storm which I posted about recently in the Summer discussion thread as a comparison to Hector.

A lot of these don't seem to be very deep depressions as shown by the pressure at Malin Head.

Date|Pressure (mb)|Highest 10-minute mean wind speed (km/hr)|Maximum wind gust (km/hr)
7 June 1955|1002.1|72|102
23 June 1955|1003.9|80|107
5 June 1956|991.1|70|104
13 August 1956|988.5|81|117
12 June 1960|991.0|81|115
23 June 1962|1004.2|94|133
24 June 1962|1008.2|96|137
11 August 1962|994.0|80|124
23 June 1965|989.0|67|104
10 August 1966|993.7|74|102
9 August 1973|1005.5|83|113
2 June 1975|1005.7|93|120
21 June 1979|1004.3|74|102
12 June 1984|1011.8|78|115
1 August 1986|999.1|80|115
25 July 1988|985.4|102|137
13 June 2000|1012.5|74|104
21 August 2001|1003.4|76|106
17 June 2002|996.1|70|107
23 August 2005|1001.4|69|102
21 June 2006|997.2|74|109
27 August 2009|997.2|70|107
1 June 2015|990.4|87|115
17 July 2015|997.7|78|106


Here's the charts of some of the above to compare with Hector.

25 July 1988



2 June 1975 (the day of the June snow in England that cancelled the cricket match in Buxton)



11 August 1962



Data comes from Met Éireann.

Oneiric 3

According to the BBC just now, Orlock Hd up in the North recorded its strongest June wind gust on record. 74 mph.

giveitholly

Not the worst day,sun out although fairly breezy

sryanbruen

Graces7 wrote: »

So wind storms in June are not that uncommon?

Reminds me of the North Isles. We would get a terrible storm in May called the "Gab of May" . like now when we had all the plants started in such a short season for growing.
One year it literally blew all the sea birds nests and fledglings and eggs off the cliffs

It doesn't seem as rare as I thought it would be but still rare nevertheless for a proper full on Summer windstorm to occur in the months of June and especially July (even though ironically enough, July has recorded the most intense Summer windstorm in Ireland's records - that of 25th July 1988). Keep in mind, the data is from Malin Head which as Ireland's most northerly point is prone to strong winds a lot of the time because the jet stream usually lies just to the north of Ireland and Met Éireann's historical data on their site go back to the 1950s only but the station's actual records go back to 1885.

Using the data I gave, a maximum gust of at least 55 knots occurs at Malin Head during the meteorological Summer every 2.5 years (rounded up to 3 years) on average whilst the likelihood of one occurring in June at Malin Head is every 4.1 years on average. These are only averages though so there will always be deviations. For example, a gust of 55 knots or more didn't occur in June at Malin Head from 1985 to 1999 (14 years) compared to two examples of such in June 1955 and 1962.

It does seem that there has been a decrease in strong Summer windstorms at Malin Head on a larger scale.