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Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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  • #902
    March11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭March11


    We are up high between Youghal and Dungarvan, townland at 52° 1' 56" N, 7° 45' 42" W. Alot of forestry around this area. Ophelia knocked hundreds of trees like skittles around here. It has become very windy, with strong gusts. Going to be a long night.


  • #903
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    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

    Knots??
    Source??


  • #904
    lcasey90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭lcasey90


    sdanseo wrote: »
    The Ryanair approaching Cork, reporting wind 84kt at 6,000 feet. Very high wind for that low altitude.

    In holding pattern not far from ****** hill


  • #905
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Would hate to be on that flight circling at Cork.


  • #906
    Ludo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


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

    He is just circling. Hasn't attempted to land yet from looks of it.


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  • #907
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭sdanseo


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

    They also have fuel gauges believe it or not :pac:


  • #908
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Knots??
    Source??

    Down to 71knot gusts now, saw it above 85knots for a time

    https://www.fugroweather.com/WeatherMonitor.Net/Displays/KinsaleEnergy/C20236/heli_ops.aspx


  • #909
    smellyoldboot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭smellyoldboot


    Getting a bit saucy out there now. Few nice gusts. Waterford City.


  • #910
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,634 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    sdanseo wrote: »
    They also have fuel gauges believe it or not :pac:

    I thought they just guessed it.


  • #911
    Denny61
    Site Banned Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Denny61


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

    Why is he holding..sure the weather isn't going to get better..would he not divert to Shannon


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  • #912
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,109 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    last 10 mins or so def increase in gusts Waterford city


  • #913
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    No idea where these gusts in west cork came from 10 minutes ago I was commenting how its dead, wind direction change and all tot he SW. House getting hit. Opened the door and i came in like I was in a shower. Wish I had a wind speed measure down here. Rain died a bit now but still raining, that was a mad few minutes. Still strong gusts though


  • #914
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,454 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Graph from Kinsale. Gust over 90knots? :O

    1-E38-B128-AF96-4-BF8-B66-A-9-DE2-CCC1-E4-A1.png


  • #915
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,516 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Why is he holding..sure the weather isn't going to get better..would he not divert to Shannon

    Wind direction is very bad for the runway, as it moves southerly they may be able to land.

    A tip, if the aircraft isn't below 3000ft it's not trying to land.


  • #916
    Cork_red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭Cork_red


    sdanseo wrote: »
    They also have fuel gauges believe it or not :pac:

    And well trained professionals at the controls. Unbelievable the overreaction of some people.


  • #917
    Shadylou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Shadylou


    Still very quiet cork city


  • #918
    mossie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,493 ✭✭✭mossie


    North Cork, near Newmarket, wind picking up now some rain but nothing major yet.


  • #919
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    Down to 71knot gusts now, saw it above 85knots for a time

    https://www.fugroweather.com/WeatherMonitor.Net/Displays/KinsaleEnergy/C20236/heli_ops.aspx

    Have we any other source for this, to verify

    76kt mean wind is very close to Ophelia peak and 87kt gust is already matching (exceeding?) the maximum forecast gusts on any model today.

    That sustained wind is assuredly equivalent to a strong Category 1 hurricane for comparison.


  • #920
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,261 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    I would not take those aircraft windspeeds reported on Flightradar24 too seriously. Sometimes they're correct but many times not. However the 106 knots at 14,000 ft reported earlier seems legit.

    Latest aviation forecasts

    Cork Airport warning, valid to 3 am. Max winds 50-55 kts between 11 pm and 1 am.
    EICK AD WRNG 01 VALID 192200/200200 WIND SFC ESE 25-30KT MAX 35-40 BECMG 1922/1924 SW 30-35KT MAX 50-55 FCST=

    Waterford Airport TAF similar, gusts 55 knots between 10 pm and midnight.
    TAF EIWF 192000Z 1921/2006 13015KT 9999 BKN015
    BECMG 1921/1923 22035G55KT
    TEMPO 1921/1924 5000 RA BKN005
    BECMG 2001/2003 22025G42KT=

    General pressure setting warning
    EISN PR WRNG 01 VALID 192000/200200 EISN SURFACE PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE VALUES 0988 HPA AND 0972 HPA IN SHANNON FIR DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD E of W01000 FCST=


  • #921
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,454 ✭✭✭pad199207


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Have we any other source for this, to verify

    76kt mean wind is very close to Ophelia peak and 87kt gust is already exceeding the maximum forecast gusts on any model today.

    That sustained wind is assuredly equivalent to a strong Category 1 hurricane for comparison.

    Yeah but you’ve also got to take into account that it’s an offshore rig


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  • #922
    Denny61
    Site Banned Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Denny61


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Wind direction is very bad for the runway, as it moves southerly they may be able to land.

    A tip, if the aircraft isn't below 3000ft it's not trying to land.
    Oh right..thanks...looking at flight radar. Could not make out wat height


  • #923
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,516 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    The radar image looks so strange, here in West Clare I'm going to just miss the heavy rainfall, which has a distinct line all the way from the loop head peninsula all the way down to Clonakilty!


  • #924
    Danno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Danno


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Wind direction is very bad for the runway, as it moves southerly they may be able to land.

    A tip, if the aircraft isn't below 3000ft it's not trying to land.

    On their 5th or 6th lap now... :eek:

    523532.png


  • #925
    kyomi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭kyomi


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Think the Fastnet Lighthouse might be broken.

    https://twitter.com/FastnetLHouse/status/1296183490082414593?s=20

    I'm on the end of the Mizen peninsula and it's been really quiet here wind-wise - just a lot of rain. May be starting to pick up now but really only in the last 4 mins or so. I went out to the conservatory to check as I was surprised I couldn't hear any wind.


  • #926
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    pad199207 wrote: »
    Yeah but you’ve also got to take into account that it’s an offshore rig

    Oh of course but the comparison I'm making with Ophelia is to the Fastnet speeds so apples and apples.


  • #927
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    10pm Update, NW Cork 190 ASL

    16.8 DegC - 977.2 hpa - heavy rain, windy but nothing exceptional


  • #928
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,261 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Have we any other source for this, to verify

    76kt mean wind is very close to Ophelia peak and 87kt gust is already matching (exceeding?) the maximum forecast gusts on any model today.

    That sustained wind is assuredly equivalent to a strong Category 1 hurricane for comparison.

    That link is reporting 1-minute mean speeds, which is around 10% higher than the standard 10-minute means. The anemometer is also at I think 30 metres above the sea.

    EDIT: The anemometer at Kinsale is at 55 metres amsl.


  • #929
    Be right back
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,476 ✭✭✭Be right back


    It is great to see people discussing something else for a change!!


  • #930
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,516 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Danno wrote: »
    On their 5th or 6th lap now... :eek:

    I've been storm watching for years, aswell as watching FR24, it's not uncommon.

    Wouldn't like it myself though.


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  • #931
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Do we really need 20+ posts about a Ryanair plane holding over Cork?


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