Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

SouthWesterly

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

True, but I thought camping was a way to embrace the great outdoors, warts 'n' all.

I've not camped in 30 years. I can walk out into my field to experience nature.


Living on the side of a mountain overlooking the Atlantic should be fun tonight!

Foggy Jew

Storm 10 wrote: »

You can be sure they will roll out Mr Doom and Gloom man George Lee to tell us all whats coming, the last time he warned us that we could be wiped out nothing happened and he did not come back the following day to explain himself.

If ever there was a harbinger of doom it's Gorgeous George. He delights in it.

Samsgirl

Just in the 4pm news there that the red warning may be extended to other counties

aisling86

https://www.facebook.com/740149726003564/posts/3502589533092889/

jimmynokia

aisling86 wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/740149726003564/posts/3502589533092889/

You beat me too it he is a scaremongering red top

jammiedodgers

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Yep I’m not so concerned with mr doom and gloom Georgie boy but I’m more concerned about wether local county councils are

Aware

And taking active measures in terms of flood defence

And also utilities like ESB and the army if need be

Luckily Met Eireann aren't keeping the forecasts and warnings a secret.

Oneiric 3

jimmynokia wrote: »

You beat me too it he is a scaremongering red top

Don't know who he is, but is he any different to these cretins?

https://www.google.com/search?q=met+eireann&sxsrf=ALeKk02XCdaSapNTttr6aXs45x1dw4TGpw:1597849246799&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd_ImmxKfrAhWAShUIHYkCDH4Q_AUoAXoECBcQAw&cshid=1597849316049508&biw=1366&bih=625

How is that these morons get a free pass while some random guy on facebook gets all the hate?

leahyl

A large group of starlings on a tree out the front of my house making unmerciful noise - methinks they know something is coming! :-D

munsterlegend

jimmynokia wrote: »

You beat me too it he is a scaremongering red top

The 06ECM from this morning is not too far of this! Problem is though he states these figures as definitely going to happen.

Doctor Jimbob

jimmynokia wrote: »

You beat me too it he is a scaremongering red top

I've reported his nonsense on there as false news, I doubt it will do any good but it really is irresponsible what he's at.

The same people thanking him on there will be giving out about Met Eireann tomorrow if there aren't red conditions in Dublin.

jimmynokia

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Don't know who he is, but is he any different to these cretins?

https://www.google.com/search?q=met+eireann&sxsrf=ALeKk02XCdaSapNTttr6aXs45x1dw4TGpw:1597849246799&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd_ImmxKfrAhWAShUIHYkCDH4Q_AUoAXoECBcQAw&cshid=1597849316049508&biw=1366&bih=625

How is that these morons get a free pass while some random guy on facebook gets all the hate?

These do have him on the radio,newstalk and the other southern county stations

Doctor Jimbob

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Don't know who he is, but is he any different to these cretins?

https://www.google.com/search?q=met+eireann&sxsrf=ALeKk02XCdaSapNTttr6aXs45x1dw4TGpw:1597849246799&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd_ImmxKfrAhWAShUIHYkCDH4Q_AUoAXoECBcQAw&cshid=1597849316049508&biw=1366&bih=625

How is that these morons get a free pass while some random guy on facebook gets all the hate?

Get a free pass? ME are routinely slaughtered for scaremongering for issuing too many yellow and orange warning yet this eejit is predicting 185km/h winds and a red warning for half the country and people are trying to defend him.

Edit: Even if the red warning does end up getting extended to other counties it doesn't excuse his carry on. He's constantly giving OTT warnings and getting it correct once shouldn't give him a free pass. We're not going to see anything close to 185km/h, let alone the 200km/h he was going on about earlier.

Pelvis Parsley

He's a bad joke. I've reported it too.

ninebeanrows

Looks to be undergoing rapid deepening now going by satellite imagery.

Humberto Salazar

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Get a free pass? ME are routinely slaughtered for scaremongering for issuing too many yellow and orange warning yet this eejit is predicting 185km/h winds and a red warning for half the country and people are trying to defend him.

At least he's prepared to put his real name and contact details out there for debate. There's a couple of well known forum users here quick to shout red alerts at every low pressure or flake of snow.

DOCARCH

Mod Note: Please keep on topic and cut out the 'what will the weather like be in X at Y pm/am' posts.

This is still an evolving storm and the track is not nailed down so nobody, with any certainty, can tell what the weather will be like in any particular location at a particular time.

Keep following/reading the thread and keep up to date with Met Eireann forecasts.

squarecircles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

https://youtu.be/rp8rERn7qcc

Oneiric 3

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Get a free pass? ME are routinely slaughtered for scaremongering for issuing too many yellow and orange warning yet this eejit is predicting 185km/h winds and a red warning for half the country and people are trying to defend him.

Exactly what is he doing that those in the media are not? And I'm sure the media have a far bigger reach than him.

Doctor Jimbob

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

At least he's prepared to put his real name and contact details out there for debate. There's a couple of well known forum users here quick to shout red alerts at every low pressure or flake of snow.

There's a world of difference between a poster on a niche forum and someone with 80k odd followers on Facebook. Providing his name and contact details doesn't add any credibility to what he's saying, nor does it take away from how irresponsible he's being.

jimmynokia

Im getting hammered by all his supporters now but a few have seen the truth in fairness too.

jimmynokia

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

At least he's prepared to put his real name and contact details out there for debate. There's a couple of well known forum users here quick to shout red alerts at every low pressure or flake of snow.

I would trust and go by the educated regular contributors here before anyone else particularly that muppet and anyone can set up a facebook page and put contact info on it.. Can you provide your claims by the way about posters here because I have not seen it.

squarecircles

Can we have a technical thread,this is awful rot to have to wade through.

DOCARCH

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

There's a couple of well known forum users here quick to shout red alerts at every low pressure or flake of snow.

Yes, but posters on here are not putting themselves forward as 'public information service' like he is/has been doing.

leahyl

Any more model updates?

Oneiric 3

I suppose when we have George Lee or some other gombeen on gombeen RTE later bigging up the event and scaremongering the public they'll get a free pass coz they have 'credibility'.

Beechwoodspark

leahyl wrote: »

A large group of starlings on a tree out the front of my house making unmerciful noise - methinks they know something is coming! :-D

Noticed similar in maynooth earlier

DOCARCH

leahyl wrote: »

Any more model updates?

ECM and GFS update around 7pm....after that, it's nowcast! Whatever will happen will happen.

munsterlegend

DOCARCH wrote: »

ECM and GFS update around 7pm....after that, it's nowcast! Whatever will happen will happen.

GFS used be earlier. When did that change?

DOCARCH

munsterlegend wrote: »

GFS used be earlier. When did that change?

Yes, GFS is earlier, what i meant is by 7pm should have both....after that it's storm time!

JanuarySnowstor

12z running now on gfs. Very severe with red level winds running right up centre of South er counties
Red alert to be expanded I'd say