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Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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  • #872
    SeaBreezes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    No winds to speak of kinsale coast. Near old head. Blustery but nothing big. Could we be in the eye?


  • #873
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Wind at Kinsale Platform has just gusted 85 knots,

    wind has veered to the southwest.

    People on the south coast, this is the real deal


  • #874
    Danno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Danno


    Can't get my head around the forecasts on RTE at 9.30pm.

    The pressure chart clearly showed a very slack gradient to the west of the centre with the tightest isobars up through the midlands and east! Yet the warnings are western counties!


  • #875
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,355 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    JFKIRELAND wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/FastnetLHouse
    Fastnet light only reporting 10 knots @ 20:26, whilst other users in Cork are reporting much higher wind strengths.
    Is there something up with the wind readings?

    No that seems legit, they are in that dead zone between Ellen and the larger circulation to the west. Around midnight expect them to ramp up to WNW 50 to 70 knots at their height above terrain.

    Two things to expect here, any wind impacts so far are from the weaker easterly flow ahead of the centre, much stronger winds will hit when the centre makes landfall, and those will be generally from the landfall point eastward, but as the centre moves inland, winds further west will also pick up as the "dead zone" as I am calling it moves north in phase with Ellen. Mace Head will show this same sequence about 3-4 hours delayed.


  • #876
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Aviation forum is over there - - - >


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  • #877
    caeser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭caeser


    Really strong gusts now. House is shaking and windows in conservatory are moving. Lights flickering and we are still and hour and a half from peak wind. Gonna grab a bottle.. Hill over Ardmore


  • #878
    poconnor16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭poconnor16


    I'm north Cork and there is a flight in a holding pattern over me....I think it FR905 due in at 10pm?

    I would not like to be on that flight right now.


  • #879
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,339 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Danno wrote: »
    Can't get my head around the forecasts on RTE at 9.30pm.

    The pressure chart clearly showed a very slack gradient to the west of the centre with the tightest isobars up through the midlands and east! Yet the warnings are western counties!

    I've been wondering that as well!


  • #880
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Looks like it can't land at cork .heading for Shannon now

    Hasn't made an approach attempt yet, holding too high and in fact climbed in the hold, probably because it's too bumpy.
    Visibility 2000m at Cork so it's holding for that reason rather than wind.
    With the direction it's a straight headwind so even 40-45kt gusts won't be particularly challenging vs. a crosswind.


  • #881
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,857 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    poconnor16 wrote: »
    I'm north Cork and there is a flight in a holding pattern over me....I think it FR905 due in at 10pm?

    I would not like to be on that flight right now.
    Yup that is it, you'd imagine it will head for Shannon soon, been holding for a while, unless they budgeted fuel for this scenario


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  • #882
    revelman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,025 ✭✭✭revelman


    SeaBreezes wrote: »
    No winds to speak of kinsale coast. Near old head. Blustery but nothing big. Could we be in the eye?

    Indeed. Gone very quiet here!


  • #883
    telekon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭telekon


    Flash of lightning from glanmire direction. Lit up entire sky but didn’t hear any thunder?


  • #884
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,399 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    poconnor16 wrote: »
    I'm north Cork and there is a flight in a holding pattern over me....I think it FR905 due in at 10pm?

    I would not like to be on that flight right now.

    I was on a flight into Derry the night they had their record wind gust.

    Its not a place to be.


  • #885
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,109 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296186207609729024?s=20


  • #886
    deisedevil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭deisedevil


    Power gone in Fermoy and Carrigaline


  • #887
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    This wind veer is going to be sudden and violent on the south coast

    There will be a shift from a force 6 southeasterly veering storm force 10 southwesterly in a matter of minutes.


  • #888
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,857 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Power gone in Little Island now too


  • #889
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,539 ✭✭✭✭km79


    I think overnight rain is going to be the main feature of this for me in south mayo
    Looks like worst winds will miss us thankfully


  • #890
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,516 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Looks like it can't land at cork .heading for Shannon now

    No. It's not.


  • #891
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,634 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    spookwoman wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296186207609729024?s=20

    That N71 won’t be around for much longer in west cork.


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  • #892
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Met Eireann sticking to their guns so with no change expected to the warnings at this stage?


  • #893
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    munsterlegend wrote: »
    That N71 won’t be around for much longer in west cork.

    Badly in need of an upgrade anyway!


  • #894
    OhToBeByTheSea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭OhToBeByTheSea


    OhToBeByTheSea wrote: »
    Dunmore East

    Big drops of rain falling and wind starting to pick up. Nothing dramatic yet though. I see MTC says landfall in Cork in about 90 minutes so, we probably won't see much here until around 11pm - midnight?

    Really picking up here, wind battering all sides of the house, very wet and windy.

    Car alarms have just started kicking off.


  • #895
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,634 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    Badly in need of an upgrade anyway!

    That it is.


  • #896
    Denny61
    Site Banned Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Denny61


    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel


  • #897
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Suddenly the rain is coming from the south west in west cork and very heavy... EDIT:....VERY. Opened the window and im soaked


  • #898
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel

    I'd die if I was on that,I'm getting anxious even reading about it.☺️


  • #899
    Oglaigh84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭Oglaigh84


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel

    They wont, they will land shortly or divert


  • #900
    Ludo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Some really string gusts now again in Rochestown. Would not like to be on a plane coming into Cork Airport now. It's calm for a good while then really strong gusts. Back to clam again now.


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  • #901
    Cork_red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭Cork_red


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel

    It’s not trying to land for the 4th time. They’re holding at 8,000ft.


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