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Storm Jorge : February 29th

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Sorry wrong person

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    New Moon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,221 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Pain in the ass...

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Wind beginning to make some noise again here.

    New Moon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,675 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Pain in the ass...

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    Should not have departed, stupid airline operators.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,198 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    Pain in the ass...

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    They were nearly closer to their destination before they took off!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    Just received a delivery from a garden supply company for an order placed a week ago. On Saturday. In this storm. Impressive, the local delivery services don't do this well. This was shipped by 'fastway.ie,' from the northwest to the Dingle peninsula.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭poppers


    Pain in the ass...

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    Whats the story of the route around the donegal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,290 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Storm no longer red.

    Is Galway and Clare ok?

    We are in for a severe evening in Sligo I'd imagine.

    120kph gusts and trees down and 2000 customers without power. That's my guess.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,005 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    You can tell that this was not as bad as expected given the lack of updates normally the place would be full of posts , big fall off in the wind in Galway now guess the worst is over


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,221 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    poppers wrote: »
    Whats the story of the route around the donegal.

    It's the border between Shannon (Irish) and Scottish airspace.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭aido76


    They were nearly closer to their destination before they took off!

    Why didnt they go to kerry? Stansted to cork did that and landed....


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭nthclare


    Whipping up again now in Lahinch
    Lots of white horses and visibility around a mile.
    There's something on the way, rain or hail.

    The swell looks like its in slow motion.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭nthclare


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    You can tell that this was not as bad as expected given the lack of updates normally the place would be full of posts , big fall off in the wind in Galway now guess the worst is over

    Give it 15 minutes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,836 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    You can tell that this was not as bad as expected given the lack of updates normally the place would be full of posts , big fall off in the wind in Galway now guess the worst is over




    It’s not really nationwide though with the worst predicted for Galway and Clare and it’s playing out that way.
    If the dubs were getting a hammering the place would be hopping


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 624 ✭✭✭Humberto Salazar


    Getting an earful off relatives for saying orange wind alert would be justified this time. It hasn't been, at least in the Midlands and south. They are simply saying they'll if ignore any warnings now as crying wolf from met Eireann and the naming of storms is also a joke. The whole warning system needs looking at.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,960 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    Pressure rising near Galway


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,989 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Met downgrading by looks of it

    STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR LEINSTER, CAVAN, MONAGHAN, ROSCOMMON, CORK, KERRY, LIMERICK, TIPPERARY AND WATERFORD
    Strong and gusty winds associated with Storm Jorge (Hor-Hay) will continue before easing later tonight. Southwest winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 110km/h, higher in exposed places until 6pm.

    Issued: 14:58 Saturday 29/02/2020

    Valid from: 15:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 22:00 Saturday 29/02/2020

    Status: Orange
    National
    NATIONAL WEATHER WARNING
    STATUS ORANGE - WIND WARNING FOR DONEGAL, GALWAY, LEITRIM, MAYO, SLIGO AND CLARE
    Update: Severe winds associated with Storm Jorge (Hor-Hay) will continue. Southwest winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with gusts of 110km/h to 130km/h at times through the rest of the period. Winds will gradually ease from the south through the evening as the storm centre drifts away northeastwards. There continues to be an elevated risk of coastal flooding.

    Issued: 14:51 Saturday 29/02/2020

    Valid from: 15:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 23:59 Saturday 29/02/2020


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,489 ✭✭✭harr


    Getting an earful off relatives for saying orange wind alert would be justified this time. It hasn't been, at least in the Midlands and south. They are simply saying they'll if ignore any warnings now as crying wolf from met Eireann and the naming of storms is also a joke. The whole warning system needs looking at.
    I am on the kildare Laois border and definitely some gusts over the last two hours have warranted an orange warning , a good number of trees down around kildare county.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,221 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    3 pm.

    Casement reporting a 55-kt (102 km/h) gust at 2 pm, while Dublin (only 17 km away) is only 43 kt (80 km/h).

    Others are

    Mace Head (66 kt (122 km/h)
    Shannon 53 kt (98 m/h)
    Athenry 52 kt (96 km/h)
    Kerry Airport 43 kt (80 km/h)
    Belmullet, Newport 41 kt (76 km/h)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,836 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    With the ground water logged for weeks with floods I’d say it wouldn’t take much for it to bring down a tree


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭Cw85


    Considering this was the first storm this winter to hit us '' head on'' it hasn't faired out so bad. Definitely wasn't an orange level alert here in Carlow. Rain hasn't been heavy and I've seen worse winds when no warnings were in existence. I hope we never get an actual really bad storm as I think people are just paying less attention nowadays as the storms are never as bad as predicted.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    It's been bad here in West Roscommon. Apparently a good dust of snow in Longford. But fine is Westmeath. Some people will always moan about the warnings. Hard to get it spot on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,263 ✭✭✭happyoutscan


    After a peaceful 30 minute lull its picked up again here in West Mayo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    super windy in east-clare, its Ophelia like


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    After a peaceful 30 minute lull its picked up again here in West Mayo.

    It's gone pretty nuts for sure. :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,732 ✭✭✭BarryD2


    Cw85 wrote: »
    Considering this was the first storm this winter to hit us '' head on'' it hasn't faired out so bad. Definitely wasn't an orange level alert here in Carlow. Rain hasn't been heavy and I've seen worse winds when no warnings were in existence. I hope we never get an actual really bad storm as I think people are just paying less attention nowadays as the storms are never as bad as predicted.

    We'll see, may get heavier for a while later? Definitely not ORANGE in SE so far anyway - I'd generally ignore the Yellow warnings as a waste of time. Basically to tell numpties to bring a raincoat. But would be more wary around their Orange standard, but seen far with stronger winds than this in SE and with little or no coloured warning. That's the issue with them - too blunt. Met Eireann should go back to synoptic charts and a description of same, letting people make up their own minds.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 theMountain


    We ventured to Doolin pier at 1pm...wild horses out there! Visited Lahinch too...lots of people driving round prom and people out walking!!!


    Living in Spanish Point, 7 miles south of Lahinch and no one out walking here.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,969 ✭✭✭Assetbacked


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Met downgrading by looks of it

    STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR LEINSTER, CAVAN, MONAGHAN, ROSCOMMON, CORK, KERRY, LIMERICK, TIPPERARY AND WATERFORD
    Strong and gusty winds associated with Storm Jorge (Hor-Hay) will continue before easing later tonight. Southwest winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 110km/h, higher in exposed places until 6pm.

    Issued: 14:58 Saturday 29/02/2020

    Valid from: 15:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 22:00 Saturday 29/02/2020

    Status: Orange
    National
    NATIONAL WEATHER WARNING
    STATUS ORANGE - WIND WARNING FOR DONEGAL, GALWAY, LEITRIM, MAYO, SLIGO AND CLARE
    Update: Severe winds associated with Storm Jorge (Hor-Hay) will continue. Southwest winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with gusts of 110km/h to 130km/h at times through the rest of the period. Winds will gradually ease from the south through the evening as the storm centre drifts away northeastwards. There continues to be an elevated risk of coastal flooding.

    Issued: 14:51 Saturday 29/02/2020

    Valid from: 15:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 23:59 Saturday 29/02/2020

    Only ever got to yellow in Dublin, was about an hour of some gusts until now despite having an orange warning until 7pm tonight.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,280 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Strong gusts here in Castlebar now


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 624 ✭✭✭Humberto Salazar


    Sryanbruen posted a comparison of past storms some weeks ago, using Max gusts as the benchmark, and clearly (apart from Darwin) recent storms are definitely weaker. The eighties and nineties had some ferocious storms, much worse than the ones we've had over the past decade or more, and that is borne out by the facts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,290 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    You can tell that this was not as bad as expected given the lack of updates normally the place would be full of posts , big fall off in the wind in Galway now guess the worst is over

    Worst is only starting everywhere else. Strong winds for 8hours starting just an hour ago


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭bazlers


    So is it an under performing storm or forecasting models?


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,512 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Strong gusts here in Castlebar now

    Seems like the strongest it's been all day in the last 20 minutes or so.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,489 ✭✭✭harr


    Jesus it’s a rough day , very heavy snow/sleet and very violent sudden gusts...
    Any drop in flood levels will definitely be back up after today..
    Kildare..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,290 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Power gone for 100 plus customers in Tubbercurry ...others nationwide too but I'm just looking at Sligo


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭aido76


    Still constant rain rain here. Wind has quietened down a good bit but still some gusts


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭SophieLockhart


    Sryanbruen posted a comparison of past storms some weeks ago, using Max gusts as the benchmark, and clearly (apart from Darwin) recent storms are definitely weaker. The eighties and nineties had some ferocious storms, much worse than the ones we've had over the past decade or more, and that is borne out by the facts.

    Here it is, a very useful chart. Thanks Syranbruen -

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=499951&d=1578938738


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,397 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Rough now in Dublin 16 with some strong gusts.


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,512 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭aido76


    Finnis bouy reporting 71kts gust, 35kts avg... picking up again


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,534 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    harr wrote: »
    Jesus it’s a rough day , very heavy snow/sleet and very violent sudden gusts...
    Any drop in flood levels will definitely be back up after today..
    Kildare..

    Yes, steady wet snow here near Mountmellick for the past hour.

    Can't say the winds are the worst by any means, in terms of gusts or sustained winds, but combined with the driving rain/sleet/snow, and the intense cold of it, it would be a brutal day to be monitoring floodwater , flood defences or even just herding cattle or lambing.

    No doubt about it, a very tough day out, statistics be damned.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭John.Icy


    Definitely worst it has been all day right now in D9. Not overly wintry yet in terms of precipitation though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 Faoilean mara


    Still very gusty though longer periods of calm so maybe we are through the worst.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,242 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Some fairly bad disruption at Dublin Airport. More the wind direction than strength, from 210-220 degrees so a significant crosswind component for all runways. Lots of go arounds and cancelled approaches. Gusting to 44kts.

    Currently light to moderate rain with some sleet. Radar seems to show nothing but more of the same behind that followed by just light rain later.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,726 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Max gust in Waterford airport just recorded at 46 kts. Wild day here on the coast but still short of yellow warning nevermind orange. As often with these west coast storms we're well protected in the south east.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Monkeynut


    Really stepped up now. Very strong gusts. North county Dublin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Kingswood Rover


    Really wild around the Curragh now winds have been building for the last hours equal to other recent wind events. Wet eireann spot on for this area imo


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Logan Roy


    Very little impact in East Cork, been dry all day and breezy but far from stormy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    Logan Roy wrote: »
    Very little impact in East Cork, been dry all day and breezy but far from stormy.

    Not a million miles away, but same in Cork City. There's the odd bit of blustery wind and an occasional mild gust, but so far, nothing dramatic.


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