Wind / Rainfall warnings :Potentially very windy Weds 18th Dec 2019

RobertKK · 18-12-2019 9:58pm

Danno wrote: »

Top gust of 58mph in South Laois, in a valley. (Standard 10m height) (93.3kmph)

EDIT: Snap!

Mine is only around 4 metres high so not standard...

Oscar Bravo · 18-12-2019 9:59pm

Shannon Airport now up to 977hpa. System moving fast up along the west coast

Hooter23 · 18-12-2019 9:59pm

Always the same sure...when we get too much warning nothing happens...then when there is no talk of any storm it turns out worse than any of the named storms...God bless met eireann they're gas:pac:

Oscar Bravo · 18-12-2019 10:00pm

Met Eireann spot on with this one. Nice to see the media didnt jump on board.

Darwin · 18-12-2019 10:01pm

Gusts not as severe for the last 20 minutes or so in South West Laois. Will be interesting to see the wind gust data on the station reports tomorrow.

corsav6 · 18-12-2019 10:02pm

Stepped up a level in Mayo, a bit late from met.ie with the warning.

Doctors room ghost · 18-12-2019 10:03pm

There’s trees down here already near us.east Galway
It’s on WhatsApp

lcasey90 · 18-12-2019 10:03pm

Athlone here worst we have had this year wind is ferocious here

Storm 10 · 18-12-2019 10:07pm

Gusting 60 to 75 mph in Galway now on my weather station

squarecircles · 18-12-2019 10:10pm

corsav6 wrote: »

Stepped up a level in Mayo, a bit late from met.ie with the warning.

sure im sure everyone is in out off the bogs by now and done their potatoe picking for the day, sitting around the fire in the dark in their bare feet.

kerrycork13 · 18-12-2019 10:11pm

I think the fact there Is nothing about it in the media, esp rte news is testament really that they have no reporters in the main affected counties and they don't want to highlight the fact that met eireann kinda got this a little wrong also.
There is no doubt that this was more of an inland event than any of the ones that came before it this year and I think this I why met eireann warning system is not serving a proper purpose. They need to be more specific. The county warning is definitely not sufficient.

PEACEBROTHER · 18-12-2019 10:12pm

Galway city and it’s very very bad out there -

typhoony · 18-12-2019 10:13pm

Trees down in knocknacarra, galway city

squarecircles · 18-12-2019 10:13pm

its silent in west Mayo like the quiet stream i wash my hair in

but the light is flickering so it must be on the way.

18-12-2019 10:14pm

squarecircles wrote: »

sure im sure everyone is in out off the bogs by now and done their potatoe picking for the day, sitting around the fire in the dark in their bare feet.

or they might be smart enough to know it wouldn't be dark if there was a fire going

SleetAndSnow · 18-12-2019 10:14pm

kerrycork13 wrote: »

I think the fact there Is nothing about it in the media, esp rte news is testament really that they have no reporters in the main affected counties and they don't want to highlight the fact that met eireann kinda got this a little wrong also.
There is no doubt that this was more of an inland event than any of the ones that came before it this year and I think this I why met eireann warning system is not serving a proper purpose. They need to be more specific. The county warning is definitely not sufficient.

I wouldnt call Cork, Galway and Mayo Inland, with two of them having populated cities

Hooter23 · 18-12-2019 10:14pm

Worst in a long while in Galway...the good news is it should be gone as quickly as it arrived

Sofa Spud · 18-12-2019 10:16pm

typhoony wrote: »

Trees down in knocknacarra, galway city

Where are they down? Live too in Knocknacarra, crazy the last 30 mins, lights just flickered. Thanks

redsteveireland · 18-12-2019 10:17pm

Lights flickered a few times here in Galway. We normally survive though when other areas near by lose power.

ronnie3585 · 18-12-2019 10:17pm

Lights flickering in Galway City. Wind still very, very strong.

Graces7 · 18-12-2019 10:17pm

Carol25 wrote: »

It’s also the perception of it. If you are not warned in advance & don’t read media hype pre storm arrival, and a storm hits unexpectedly you see how true storm conditions are. People aren’t indoors, they haven’t taken precautions in advance. There are more people out in the elements.
I think Met Eireann have done well, they can’t issue an orange wind warning for a storm that didn’t exist on their forecasting models even 2 days ago. The usual suspects would be on here with their weather warning debate and how it isn’t even too bad, etc.

Most sensible and accurate post of the thread; thank you..

Sawduck · 18-12-2019 10:18pm

Very bad around tipperary, tree down near killenaule, branches flying everywhere one pretty big branch give the side of my car a whack. Be careful

kerrycork13 · 18-12-2019 10:19pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

I wouldnt call Cork, Galway and Mayo Inland, with two of them having populated cities

Yes but an awful lot of structural damage reported inland in cork this eve. And also in Tipperary. Yes they are coastal counties but usually the winds are bad on the coast and not very far inland as with this storm.

Hooter23 · 18-12-2019 10:20pm

Dangerous out there now in Galway...

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 10:20pm

Clattery enough in Galway with a few gusts closing in on 50 knots (none standard height) in conjunction with little short lived squalls of rain.

davidsr20 · 18-12-2019 10:20pm

Very bad in Galway never heard wind this bad

Snow Garden · 18-12-2019 10:21pm

It's bad in Galway now. My feeling is that this one will register the highest gusts so far this winter.

UsBus · 18-12-2019 10:22pm

Very strong winds here in North Galway, windows bulging with it..A long time since I've seen gusts this severe..

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 10:22pm

Just recorded a gust of 58 knots!

Rikand · 18-12-2019 10:24pm

lcasey90 wrote: »

Athlone here worst we have had this year wind is ferocious here

Second that

My wife has had to go to MIDOC in it with our little one. Awful awful weather to be out in

sryanbruen · 18-12-2019 10:24pm

Darwin wrote: »

Gusts not as severe for the last 20 minutes or so in South West Laois. Will be interesting to see the wind gust data on the station reports tomorrow.

Provisional max gusts (kph) as of 2100 for Elsa in comparison with Atiyah and Lorenzo.

snic · 18-12-2019 10:25pm

Strongest persistent winds we have had in quite some time. Just west of Galway city.

gally74 · 18-12-2019 10:26pm

Wild in galway

mickger844posts · 18-12-2019 10:28pm

21.00 Reports have Casement 98, Malin Head 93, Gurteen 91, Roches Point 91

Quiet a wide area covered with gusts in the 90s

loughside · 18-12-2019 10:28pm

Desperate winds up in Co. Down now, torrential rain just passed, worse than anything so far this winter.

greenpilot · 18-12-2019 10:31pm

Worst winds of the year here at Knock. Power flickering. With all the hysteria of previous storms, there has hardly been a peep about this one

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 10:32pm

To think of all the hype in the lead up to all of the recent non-events, and we get an 'orange warning' barely an hour in advance with this one.

ArraMusha · 18-12-2019 10:32pm

Severe gusts west Galway. Structural damage territory. Storm.Elsa yer wan called it on the news...me bins and pots will be Elsa-where tomorrow

km79 · 18-12-2019 10:33pm

Upstairs windows flexing
Scary tbh
Amazed we still have power

endainoz · 18-12-2019 10:34pm

Very high winds in North Clare, power was knocked out around 8.30. Clahane weather station is recording 100k gusts at the moment.

18-12-2019 10:36pm

It’s hard to win really in the weather game. People will say not enough was made of tonight and the media will snap back saying they were criticised the last time for being over dramatic.

We need to try to find a balance were Met get things as accurate as possible and the media reports on it responsibly.

Not gonna happen obviously but it would be best.
Glad I’m not out there tonight. Sounds orange level in Meath.

Discodog · 18-12-2019 10:37pm

Wind easing a little & pressure rising. West of Galway

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 10:38pm

Gusts regularly reaching 45-50 knots here and coming from all different directions between ESE and SW.

squarecircles · 18-12-2019 10:38pm

dead calm west mayo,strange.

greenpilot · 18-12-2019 10:40pm

This is daft. Normally we in the West wouldn't bat an eyelid with the regularity of inclement weather but this has come upon us almost out of the Blue. Structural damage here near Ballaghaderreen/Knock airport. Really surprised we still have power.

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 10:40pm

squarecircles wrote: »

dead calm west mayo,strange.

Won't be long...

squarecircles · 18-12-2019 10:41pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Won't be long...

its whipping up now

nmacu · 18-12-2019 10:42pm

Sofa Spud wrote: »

Where are they down? Live too in Knocknacarra, crazy the last 30 mins, lights just flickered. Thanks

Tree down on the Barna Road at Barna Woods. May be others down in Knocknacarra. Tá sé fiáiin amuigh ansin. Bígí cúramach!

mgn · 18-12-2019 10:43pm

Absolutely brutal in Roscommon, severe gusts, worst i can remember for a long time.

Oneiric 3 · 18-12-2019 10:43pm

squarecircles wrote: »

its whipping up now

And rapidly easing here now. Very narrow band of wind really.

Wind / Rainfall warnings :Potentially very windy Weds 18th Dec 2019

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