Storm Gareth: Tues 12 /Weds 13 March 2019 (Orange Warning for NW)

Graces7

malinheader wrote: »

Still the same. No trees there all blew away. Lol. Do not worry we've seen worse. Stay safe.

same here; no trees at this the windy end.. stay safe there too..

pauldry

malin 130kph

squarecircles

An incredible amount of lightning strikes off the north coast.

shmaupel

It’s gone from pretty windy to absolutely vicious here in south Donegal in the last 15 minutes.

Not the best photo but the sea is raging.

sryanbruen

Maximum gusts (kph) at Irish stations up to 1600 UTC on 12th Mar 2019

Malin Head 130
Mace Head 112
Belmullet 108
Finner Camp 105
Roches Point 94
Claremorris 90
Sherkin Island 90
Cork Airport 90
Casement Aerodrome 90
Valentia Observatory 87
Knock Airport 87

km79

Wild in east Galway
HUGE tree down in garden up the road

SleetAndSnow

Warnings updated:

ORANGE: Galway added to Orange warning
Status Orange - Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
UPDATE:
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will give mean speeds of 80km/h with severe and damaging gusts of 110 to over 130km/h. There is also the risk of coastal flooding due to high seas.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 09:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

YELLOW: Seems that it was changed from mean of 50km/h to 55km/h at least
Status Yellow - Wind warning for Munster, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will reach mean speeds 55 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 110km. There is a risk of coastal flooding due to high seas along Atlantic coasts.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 12:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

squarecircles

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Warnings updated:

ORANGE: Galway added to Orange warning
Status Orange - Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
UPDATE:
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will give mean speeds of 80km/h with severe and damaging gusts of 110 to over 130km/h. There is also the risk of coastal flooding due to high seas.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 09:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

YELLOW: Seems that it was changed from mean of 50km/h to 55km/h at least
Status Yellow - Wind warning for Munster, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will reach mean speeds 55 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 110km. There is a risk of coastal flooding due to high seas along Atlantic coasts.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 12:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

interesting ,potentially gusting over 130kmh now.

Rodar08

Pretty bad here in N. Donegal can’t imagine what it will be like at its worst this evening between 7&10pm is it? Thankfully we are all indoors now with the fire on. Electricity still on so far.

redsteveireland

Real car doors benders in East Galway, nothing too severe though, maybe because there are long periods of time between the really big gusts.

Ground is very wet from recent heavy rain, may explain the tree down Km79.

Pretzill

Very gusty in South Sligo
It was windier for a time earlier and then it almost died away altogether - coming back in the last half an hour - gusts are certainly deserving of an orange warning and I'd say there's more to come yet.

MeTheMan

Surprisingly calm here north-ish Leitrim. Not even blustery. Bit of noisy in the sky at times but that's it so far. More to come I'm sure.

km79

redsteveireland wrote: »

Real car doors benders in East Galway, nothing too severe though, maybe because there are long periods of time between the really big gusts.

Ground is very wet from recent heavy rain, may explain the tree down Km79.

I will try take a photo in morning as I was driving by
It didn't uproot at first glance
Looked to have snapped at the base
A real shame cos it was a lovely old tree

Little snowy old me

Strong gusts in Palmerstown, West Dublin but last night was still worse. We will see what tonight brings.

Donegal Storm

Extremely rough in Letterkenny, some huge squally showers with thunder and sheets of hail, goes almost pitch black as the showers pass through. Impressive stuff!

sryanbruen

sryanbruen wrote: »

Maximum gusts (kph) at Irish stations up to 1600 UTC on 12th Mar 2019

Malin Head 130
Mace Head 112
Belmullet 108
Finner Camp 105
Roches Point 94
Claremorris 90
Sherkin Island 90
Cork Airport 90
Casement Aerodrome 90
Valentia Observatory 87
Knock Airport 87

And if I'm not mistaken, that would be the first 130 or more km/h wind gust at Malin Head since Storm Henry on 1 February 2016.

EDIT: Yep.

https://twitter.com/SnowbieWx/status/1105530326833680384

DOCARCH

Little snowy old me wrote: »

Strong gusts in Palmerstown, West Dublin but last night was still worse. We will see what tonight brings.

Ditto in Dublin 16. Windy but last night was worse.

Artane2002

Windy in Dublin 5, there were two wintry showers earlier. I didn't feel anything last night, my slumber was undisturbed

Shefwedfan

Getting hammered at the moment....worse than yesterday....just outside Dublin int he flat fields of Meath and we have no protection from it....

When is this supposed to stop? pass?

Graces7

much more severe out here today and tonight than it was last night. seems worse also now as it gets dark. although that is probably in the mind's eye. BUT the dwelling did not shake last night and it is shaking often now ... sound of shattering out there now. raw power at work

west mayo offshore

malinheader

Really heavy swell on the nw coast. A good number of years since I have seen it as bad.

DOCARCH

malinheader wrote: »

Really heavy swell on the nw coast. A good number of years since I have seen it as bad.

Anybody have any links to footage of that Red Bull business?

aisling86

DOCARCH wrote: »

Anybody have any links to footage of that Red Bull business?

https://instagram.com/redbullstormchase?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=wyozj7z25pu9

Beechwoodspark

All calm in Stephens green area

woody1

just outside crossmolina , been fairly gusty all day, not shockingly bad but not just a windy day either , seems to have backed off a bit now, due to change direction a bit from west to north west before it builds again which makes a big difference to us as we have shelter from that side

M.T. Cranium

Could add to the earlier wind gust reports 106 km/hr at Donegal Airport (from meteociel).

The trend should now be sustained peak storm conditions (with variations) to 9 p.m. then a slow easing through the night.

When is high tide? I am guessing fairly soon as we're now halfway from new to full moon so should be around 7 or 8 ish.

AllForIt

Severe gusts here in Castlebar town an hour ago when I was out. Was almost blown out on the road!

Fitzo123

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Could add to the earlier wind gust reports 106 km/hr at Donegal Airport (from meteociel).

The trend should now be sustained peak storm conditions (with variations) to 9 p.m. then a slow easing through the night.

When is high tide? I am guessing fairly soon as we're now halfway from new to full moon so should be around 7 or 8 ish.

Around 9/9.30 in Sligo.

Great wave watching in Strandhill at present.

Cul a cnoic

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Could add to the earlier wind gust reports 106 km/hr at Donegal Airport (from meteociel).

The trend should now be sustained peak storm conditions (with variations) to 9 p.m. then a slow easing through the night.

When is high tide? I am guessing fairly soon as we're now halfway from new to full moon so should be around 7 or 8 ish.

9:43pm beside the airport as per UK Tides.

Pangea

The storm is crazy here in SW Donegal, my fibre wire has detached a bit from the gable, hope my internet doesn't go!