Storm Franklin - Sunday 20th/Monday 21st Feb 2022

forestgirl · 20-02-2022 9:53pm

Stormy in offaly all day.I really miss Grace's updates from the island though and hearing about her cats.It was like we were forewarned of what was to come,please come back for all the people that loved you here as we miss you an awful lot,irs really not the same without you

pjohnson · 20-02-2022 9:55pm

This is worse than Dudley and Eunice in Galway. Awful ferocious gales and rain/sleet roaring all day

BorneTobyWilde · 20-02-2022 9:56pm

https://twitter.com/LavelleRoisin/status/1495493687236775940

corsav6 · 20-02-2022 9:56pm

How is Belmullet getting lower windspeed readings than Newport? It's further west and more exposed. Furnace weather station is not on the coast and would be more sheltered than Belmullet.

It's fairly consistent here now in Newport, certainly a warranted orange.

JanuarySnowstor · 20-02-2022 10:05pm

Red warnings are for extreme weather. Orange is more than appropriate tonight imo, afterall its the second headline on the news so it's not as if people are going to be caught out!

20-02-2022 10:07pm

According to the Met Eireann website the wind speeds peaked in west Mayo between 5-6 pm. Forecast to remain high for the rest of the night but not quite at the same level.

Is there data to suggest this is a mistake?

Donegal Ken · 20-02-2022 10:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665209#Comment_118665209

No fault or anything but it is fairly extreme here in the west and northwest. Anyone this part of the country will tell you that. Between flooding and trees down everywhere and worst to come later I would call that fairly extreme. Met Éireann will end up getting a lot of backlash and normally I think there on the ball but today there way off. Still wouldn't be surprised if the issue one in the coming hours.

Danno · 20-02-2022 10:15pm

55mph gust in South Laois this evening, exceeds Dudley and Eunice. Frequent sleet and wet snow too.

Oafley Jones · 20-02-2022 10:17pm

Absolute brutal gusts just north of Cork City. I'd echo some of the posters above, seems far more powerful than Friday.

It's actually quite unnerving.

Sandor Clegane · 20-02-2022 10:18pm

Fairly wild in Clonmel today and still going on, worse than Friday by a long ways, down here anyway.

20-02-2022 10:20pm

I would imagine that the stability of quite a few trees were damaged during Eunice and today finished them off. It's been a wild day from start to finish.

corsav6 · 20-02-2022 10:20pm

Lights flickered a few times here outside Newport. Genuinely hoping this doesn't get much worse later. Some gusts were very powerful earlier.

Oscar Bravo · 20-02-2022 10:20pm

Shannon 9pm gusting 60 knots. bang on with taf

jimbis · 20-02-2022 10:23pm

Unexpected light bit of snow just now in South Dublin

Storm 10 · 20-02-2022 10:26pm

We had nothing of note in Galway with Eunice Franklin is a proper storm the wind gusts are very strong and sustained , friend had a large mobile holiday home in Mayo he was in it today when it was torn apart he never saw anything like it nothing left .

M.T. Cranium · 20-02-2022 10:28pm

I would say the very strong winds will continue to come at similar levels in Mayo and Galway, with slight variations hour by hour, easing slightly by midnight there, but Donegal and Sligo could see even slightly stronger gusts at times for quite a few hours yet as the strongest gradient winds are indicated around midnight to 0300h. In Donegal I would watch for heavy sleet or snow to develop as there is an area of enhanced satellite imagery moving in there from the northwest fairly soon. In those winds, it will become a total whiteout especially over higher stretches of road travel. Those conditions could come and go further south into Connacht too. This won't really ease off much until past sunrise in some areas. I would expect more variable conditions on the east coast and in Munster with intervals that get quite stormy then intervals that are more benign, that being because it's a longer overland travel for both the wind gusts and the convective showers. But even if you're driving in relatively good conditions be aware that earlier squalls that may have missed you could have brought down tree branches where you're driving.

PokeHerKing · 20-02-2022 10:29pm

Plenty of the white schtuff has fallen in D24 tonight. All the cars on my estate are white.

NIMAN · 20-02-2022 10:30pm

... and the power is gone.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-02-2022 10:35pm

Temperatures rising now from the west so any sleet/snow at low levels should be turning back to rain shortly.

Gonzo · 20-02-2022 10:38pm

This evening not as bad as yesterday evening in Meath, some gales but it was much more noticeable last night and earlier today. Managed to avoid all the showers as well this afternoon and evening.

cashcow · 20-02-2022 10:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665177#Comment_118665177

corsav6 · 20-02-2022 10:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665312#Comment_118665312

Where are you located?

mickger844posts · 20-02-2022 10:40pm

Gust of 75kt or 139km/h at Mace. 6 stations reporting 100km/h plus gusts.

Here in Waterford City a wild day with torrential downpours and gusts near 80km/h. Snow in the mix in the last shower.

Defintely a worse weather day than Friday.

cashcow · 20-02-2022 10:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665177#Comment_118665177

I'll take a guess at weather station location, theirs a hill to the west of it so surely some shielding there.

Oscar Bravo · 20-02-2022 10:44pm

That is some gust at mace head. I dunno how the power is on here in Mayo.Fair play to the ESB. If that was 20 years ago most of Mayo/Sligo would be in the dark

Akrasia · 20-02-2022 10:44pm

Bit of thunder to accompany the squally hail in Ennis this evening

Jimbob1977 · 20-02-2022 10:46pm

Huge flash of lightning outside Limerick City.

Followed by a few rumbles of thunder.

corsav6 · 20-02-2022 10:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665347#Comment_118665347

There's no hill sheltering Belmullet, I've been beside it several times. Newport Furnace is south of a mountain close to a lake, not much shelter from the west but north, south and east would see some shelter.

Edit; Belmullet 9pm max gust was 91km/hr whereas Newport Furnace max was 120km/hr. That's a decent difference for two stations so close, especially since Belmullet has less shelter and is slightly further west and north.

20-02-2022 10:48pm

Twas a nice day for a match in Aughrim co wicklow today

https://twitter.com/Kim_Connors/status/1495455887355486215?t=SyuRbqBdIG4l4Xrq20gR6g&s=19

shmaupel · 20-02-2022 10:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665236#Comment_118665236

Agree. Also not wanting to start a blame game. But it's fecking ferocious.

Itssoeasy · 20-02-2022 10:56pm

I went for a long walk this afternoon and walking along the river lee into cork city, the wind would cut through you, and got caught in the rain twice and hailstone once. It was that cold that when I took my keys out to open the front door it took me a few seconds ti get the feeling in my hands. Also, my cat who will go out in most weather is curled up on the chair next to me and is showing no signs of moving.

Pangea · 20-02-2022 11:06pm

Power gone here SW Donegal, a proper storm :)

Dazler97 · 20-02-2022 11:06pm

With such an already saturated ground it won't take much for trees and branches to come down, I've my gas stove, touch, candles and flask at the ready just in case power goes here in carrick on Shannon, very gusty out now

20-02-2022 11:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665374#Comment_118665374

Just to add that was the ladies football match between wexford and wicklow

Tough women!

Akrasia · 20-02-2022 11:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665465#Comment_118665465

Who won??

lottpaul · 20-02-2022 11:17pm

Very wild night (and most of the afternoon) in west Kerry even though we are in a yellow warning. Some ferocious gusts - eases for a while and you think it's passed and then back again like a train!

Little snowy old me · 20-02-2022 11:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665011#Comment_118665011

Little snowy old me · 20-02-2022 11:19pm

I'm in the dark here.... the wind is roaring. First wild winter storm in years....

Gaoth Laidir · 20-02-2022 11:21pm

Shannon Airport had a 62-knot gust between 2100-2150Z (hourly SYNOP report). In the past 10 minutes (METAR) it gusted to 40 knots.

Satellite-derived winds at 6 pm (overpass only caught a section of the strongest windfield), with hurricane-force (purple) edging closer to Donegal.

20-02-2022 11:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665472#Comment_118665472

I can't see the score board there 🤣🤣

20-02-2022 11:26pm

Mace Head has 10 min average of 107kmh at 2200

mcburns07 · 20-02-2022 11:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665402#Comment_118665402

Wild today in Cork. Got caught in a heavy shower out walking and was dry 10 mins later such was the strength of the wind.

coillsaille · 20-02-2022 11:33pm

I'm around 30km southeast of Mace Head and not surprised at what it's recording. This is definitely the strongest wind we've had here in quite a while.