bazlers wrote: » Il ask these questions again because they seem to have gotten lost.. Wind speed strength wise is Lorenzo comparable to Ophelia or weaker when it reaches our latitude? How much rainfall will it bring, greater than 25mm perhaps? Thanks.
Leila Eager Blowgun wrote: » Easy for you to say. You're not in its line of fire.:)
[Deleted User] wrote: » Reading posts talking about 'high yellow', 'low orange' or 'seaboard red' but I don't recall met eireann make such subtle distinctions. Or is that new?
kilkenny31 wrote: » I think regardless of what happens with Lorenzo i feel the real moral of this story is that twice in two years a hurricane has tracked northeastwards towards Ireland and remained as a hurricane until it got close to us (relatively). It seems likely that this will become a more regular occurrence. I remember reading in the Irish Times after Ophelia that we should start getting used to these events and I thought it was an over reaction as it was a once in a generation event but the fact that its happening again so soon after suggests that we do need to get used to this.
kilkenny31 wrote: » I think regardless of what happens with Lorenzo i feel the real moral of this story is that twice in two years a hurricane has tracked northeastwards towards Ireland and remained as a hurricane until it got close to us (relatively).
DOCARCH wrote: » Indeed.... Still showing as a hurricane ('H') just above latitude 50N which is = Cornwall.
Sleety_Rain wrote: » The white in the H means it has transitioned to extra-tropical just within hurricane winds.
Oneiric 3 wrote: » Ireland gets the remnants of hurricanes every Autumn in every year in some form or other. It could be worse though, because if the Arctic and nearby seas were colder than they are right now, the ingredients would be there to bomb the storm even more.. as it did Debby back in the 60s.
Gaoth Laidir wrote: » Lorenzo will be lower.
pistolpetes11 wrote: » All off topic posts removed ! all 19 of them !!!
kilkenny31 wrote: » True but its normally remnants of hurricanes that have struck the east coast of the USA. These normally had lost their status long before they track towards Ireland. It is very unusual for a hurricane to track directly towards us.
JanuarySnowstor wrote: » The arpege now also going for it. We have full model agreement now in the storm crossing Ireland. My experience is these ex hurricanes pack an extra punch. Time will tell. As for the model battle you'd have to say the euros trounced the gfs
fits wrote: » Ah balls!. I've a lot of driving planned on Thursday. Hospital appointment in Waterford with my toddler in the morning (he's been waiting 6 months) and something else in clonmel that evening.
Loughc wrote: » I imagine you'll be fine, the west will take the brunt of this. Can't see the midlands or the east getting anything more than yellow warnings.
fits wrote: » I have quite a few trees around my house so storms do make me a bit nervous. We often have a look to see if we should knock any and decide against
fits wrote: » But the cow uprighting one was really funny! .
fred funk }{ wrote: » George Lee sounding very dooms-day like on RTE.
adocholiday wrote: » Same. I have a few that I had an arborist out to look at this summer. Two 200 year old Beech trees and a chestnut that's about 100 years old. All on an elevated bank over a small road. I'm in Wicklow so hoping that our position will keep the worst of the winds away. Even danger to people/property aside, it would be a terrible shame to lose such lovely trees. On that point, I've seen quite a few charts in the thread showing the South East almost blocked off, avoiding the worst of this entirely. Is that due to the mountains breaking it or what?
highdef wrote: » Agreed on this. One thing of note is that Lorenzo will be striking 2 full weeks before Ophelia did. Almost all trees are in full leaf so even 100 kph gusts hitting trees laden with leaves, combined with fully saturated ground in all parts of the country could easily lead to a combination of large limbs of trees being broken and/or whole trees being uprooted from the soaking earth, helped by the giant sails that are currently on most trees. Any further upgrades could mean a LOT of tree related damage to property and infrastructure. Even as it stands, I think power loss issues will be frequent, especially in rural areas where electricity supply is carried in overhead cables and usually run along the side of the road and usually with large trees immediately adjacent. I would imagine Met Eireann will take into account trees in full leaf and saturated ground when issuing warnings.
