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Storm Ophelia - General Discussion/Local reports - See MOD NOTE Post #1

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'Scuse me if I'm breaking any rules of Weather here with another thread, but didn't want to derail the main thread with too much chatter.

Guessing a lot of people (particularly us mostly-lurkers) might be in the same boat as me - not really sure what this all means on the ground in terms of preparation - and even if it's not too awful, I for one would prefer to be over-prepared rather than under-prepared! (At the moment, I don't feel that prepared at all!)

I'm living in a pretty exposed place for this particular set of indicators (on a narrow, south-west jutting peninsula off the Galway coast) and thus somewhat nervous about it. We're moving the bedroom to the sitting room as I've always been a bit dubious about the tall trees on that side of the house, but apart from that, sheltering the car (somehow) and ensuring there's as little potential debris as possible, I'm a bit at a loss. Water, candles might be an idea to get in.

Any more experienced people have ideas? Or what are others in the firing line doing?

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Pa ElGrande

5:30 AM snapshot, Lightning off coast of Wales/Southwest England

Rainfall (15-30 minute delay) - http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Lightning - https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#y=53.0637;x=-3.8593;z=7;t=3;m=sat;r=0;s=0;o=0;b=;n=0;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;

Winds - https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-8.30,53.89,3000/loc=-8.355,50.406

Once you see ESB powercheck start to light up then you know the impact of the storm has gotten serious.

ESB Powercheck for outages - https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

George Sunsnow

A lot of traffic on the m11 so people are traveling to work

Hastentoadd

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned, there really should be legislation in place to compel employers to grant unconditional leave for the duration of extreme weather alerts such as this nationwide red alert. Earlier this summer I read of people in the path of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma who defied instructions and did not evacuate due to fears over work sanctions for absence, particularly if those absences were prolonged by uninhabitable homes following the storms - complete madness.

Unconditional wages, unconditional fast cars and unconditional contracts as far as I'm concerned

DivingDuck

Heavy rain on and off here in Dublin South. No audible wind from indoors.

Not looking forward to the next 24h.

hatrickpatrick

i8mancs wrote: »

I wouldn't be putting my life on the line for a job that can wait till Tuesday, Is your employer not aware of all the warnings that have been issued, Status Red FFS doesn't get more serious than that

As far as I'm concerned, there really should be legislation in place to compel employers to grant unconditional leave for the duration of extreme weather alerts such as this nationwide red alert. Earlier this summer I read of people in the path of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma who defied instructions and did not evacuate due to fears over work sanctions for absence, particularly if those absences were prolonged by uninhabitable homes following the storms - complete madness.

Kermit.de.frog

It will arrive as Cat 1 - 2 strength on the south coast.

This is what Cat 1 looks like for reference

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

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Just a few light showers here in Sth Coast Wexford. No wind yet.

Hastentoadd

absolutely nothing in westmeath to report. Utter calm

_Brian

Will elevation make much difference ?
We’re in Cavan at 260m above sea level and reasonably exposed.

sashafierce

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hatrickpatrick

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Can someone explain the current (and expected) state of things for a thick, impatient lad like myself?

On one hand I'm reading it's veering west which sounds good in theory, but then also reading that gusts are getting stronger?

The westward shift isn't nearly as big a deal as it's being made out to be. A strong tropical cyclone has a small, tightly packed eye with the strongest winds confined fairly close to the centre. When it transitions to an extratropical cyclone, the whole core of the storm expands, so that although the winds do weaken (hence it's been going from category 2 to category 1), they cover a vastly wider area. Ophelia has been uneven for hours now on top of this - look at the various charts which have been posted and you'll see that the eastern half of the storm is consistently where the strongest winds are. A small westward shift essentially means that Galway will get slightly more action than it was previously forecast, and Munster will get slightly less. For these areas and for the rest of the country, the warning remains the same - this will be an extreme and dangerous weather event.

This is the NHC's final advisory on Ophelia:

See that gigantic orange oval? That's the extent of sustained tropical storm force winds. And the dark brown oval inside that is the extent of sustained hurricane force winds. The orange oval is wide enough to easily engulf the entire country (and it will continue to expand as extratropical transition progresses), while the dark brown oval is still big enough (and, as noted, you can see how it is biased towards the eastern side of the centre) to impact most of the Western seaboard in Munster and subsequently in Connaught as it moves northward. Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Clare, Galway and Mayo all have the potential to be hit by category 1 hurricane force winds, depending on how far north the storm gets before these winds weaken to tropical storm force. Everywhere outside of these counties can expect tropical storm force winds, again assuming the storm doesn't weaken more rapidly than has been forecast.

fits

Sustained strong winds in South Carlow. Didn't expect that yet. Nothing out of the ordinary yet though.

i8mancs

Paully D wrote: »

With regards to the latest graphs, should I get up and chance going into work (south-east coast)? I hear a couple of neighbours heading off and have an employer who expects us in.

What I will say is that I have no issue going in. It's trying to get home that looks like being the problem which is also the problem with work as they would be a lot more understanding if this has kicked off when I ring in.

I will need to make a decision within the next hour.

I wouldn't be putting my life on the line for a job that can wait till Tuesday, Is your employer not aware of all the warnings that have been issued, Status Red FFS doesn't get more serious than that

namloc1980

A lot of people this morning will think this isn't too bad when they wake up and decide to head into work. And then when it really kicks off later in the day, the roads will be full of people trying to get back home. That won't be good.

padohaodha

S.limerick......wind howling around the house...its coming year way folks...

Sephiroth_dude

No rain here, just wind so far.

jones 19

West Clare is quiet. Too quiet.

Necro

Still absolutely no idea if I'm working or not and due in at 8am.

George Sunsnow

No wind in Arklow presently but it’s been lashing rain
There’s some lightning in the south Irish sea

stevenup7002

Sieghardt wrote: »

Same here in Tipperary, pure calm one second then absolutely pouring

Yeah. HARD rain for about 10 seconds, then it suddenly stops. The wind has gotten noticeably worse over the past 15 minutes.

padohaodha

I've never actually experienced constant wind before. This is mad.Very breezy.South Limerick. You'll see what I'm talking about when you go out in it.

Paully D

With regards to the latest graphs, should I get up and chance going into work (south-east coast)? I hear a couple of neighbours heading off and have an employer who expects us in.

What I will say is that I have no issue going in. It's trying to get home that looks like being the problem which is also the problem with work as they would be a lot more understanding if this has kicked off when I ring in.

I will need to make a decision within the next hour.

_Brian

paconnors wrote: »

Rain has died down in Galway City immensely

Rain here in Cavan just stopped suddenly like a switch was turned off, calm though.

Sieghardt

Noodles81 wrote: »

Just started raining really hard here suddenly, was so quiet before that. No winds yet. I'm in Louth.

Same here in Tipperary, pure calm one second then absolutely pouring

mrkiscool2

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Sounds calm here now. Has it passed ?

paconnors wrote: »

Rain has died down in Galway City immensely

Seriously, can we stop with this. People, who know more than us, both in the technical thread, on here and from meteorological experts are telling us this is going to be bad. It won't make landfall for another few hours. Can we actually stop pretending this isn't going to happen or that it has already passed?

Sephiroth_dude

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Sounds calm here now. Has it passed ?

No.

Garseys

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Sounds calm here now. Has it passed ?

Hasn't even begun!

paconnors

Rain has died down in Galway City immensely

Jobs OXO

Sounds calm here now. Has it passed ?

Noodles81

Just started raining really hard here suddenly, was so quiet before that. No winds yet. I'm in Louth.