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Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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  • #1112
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,682 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Holy ****, this is mental.


  • #1113
    mcburns07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    Lights flickering in East Cork, Ellen has arrived


  • #1114
    Speak Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Waterford airport 22:30

    Ditection 200⁰

    Mean 32kts

    Gust 52Kts (96kph)


  • #1115
    Vinta81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭Vinta81


    Jesus it’s howling here and battering! Thankfully my bedroom isn’t south facing !


  • #1116
    CZ 453
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭CZ 453


    Mad wind out of nowhere in Cork City South. Lights flickering. Quite sudden. It was dead about 10 minutes previous.


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  • #1117
    thomil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭thomil


    Well, Ellen is definitely here now. SOme pretty impressive southerly gusts just hit here in Ballincollig, strong enough to trigger car alarms. Air pressure 966.9mb and falling, albeit slowly. Also, I could have sworn I saw some lightning...

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • #1118
    Frostybrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 424 ✭✭Frostybrew


    Cork city centre. Went from zero to a gale in the space of a minute. You could actually hear the sound of the wind approaching from the distance. Very ominous.


  • #1119
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    chris2007 wrote: »
    when will the yellow warning kick in dublin

    Lashing rain and very windy where I am (Terenure). I went to tesco just before 10 and it was calm and mild. Still mild, but I took in the wind chimes from my garden because of the racket


  • #1120
    quartz1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭quartz1


    North of Cork City just appeared out of nowhere


  • #1121
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,453 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Gust 47 knots at Fastnet net


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  • #1122
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,634 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    leahyl wrote: »
    Thar she blows!

    aye aye Captain.

    Lights just flickered here in north cork.


  • #1123
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,322 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    ffarrell7 wrote: »
    We are such a sad nation.

    Rest of Europe with lovely weather and decent temperatures and we are getting hammered by rain and wind....(as per usual).

    Hibernia is right....... Land of depression😢😢😢😢

    Actually Hibernia means Winterland, but your point is valid. That said, we're the first port of call for bad weather travelling east in the Atlantic, so...


  • #1124
    Andrew00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Plastic Sheeting, RTE news, Cobh


  • #1125
    lulublue22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭lulublue22


    Wind really picking up in cork city now.


  • #1126
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,492 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Ok I’ve have never seen the weather change so quickly - mad gusts


  • #1127
    poconnor16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭poconnor16


    Lights flicking, north Cork...dead as a door nail here which is so bizarre, no wind at all...

    Is it the calm before??

    The anticipation is unreal :eek:


  • #1128
    Ludo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    It actually feels worse than Ophelia now, but that is probably just because it is dark and it makes it feel more intense and "stormy" for want of a better word. Ophelia was during day so didn't feel that bad.


  • #1129
    flexcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,635 ✭✭✭flexcon


    Yikes!!!

    Here we go! That is one constant blast of wind!!! I’m guessing the eye passed over last 15mins and the big moment has arrived!


  • #1130
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    "it's overkill" "it was supposed to be here at 9"

    Hate to say I told you so. Some wind that.


  • #1131
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    Lights flickering now in North Cork (10km South of Mallow) :rolleyes:


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  • #1132
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    In Cork city, gone a bit windy alright! Off go the car alarms.


  • #1133
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,956 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Frostybrew wrote: »
    Cork city centre. Went from zero to a gale in the space of a minute. You could actually hear the sound of the wind approaching from the distance. Very ominous.

    Same experience, City centre. Like an oncoming train.


  • #1134
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Wind has gotten very bad all of a sudden in Ballincollig.


  • #1135
    ffarrell7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 642 ✭✭✭ffarrell7


    WesternZulu wrote: »
    We've a great climate, few extremes and very mild for our latitude.



    Great climate???? In the driving wind and rain???

    Yeah... depressing dank and drap climate..... Bad for one's health....

    I am off to Italy on Sunday.. Yippee.... For two weeks of sun and Pizza...

    Away from the Swamp!!


  • #1136
    ab4248
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭ab4248


    In a house, on a cliff just north of curracloe. Strong winds and rain. Still have power. So far....


  • #1137
    lulublue22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭lulublue22


    Frostybrew wrote: »
    Cork city centre. Went from zero to a gale in the space of a minute. You could actually hear the sound of the wind approaching from the distance. Very ominous.

    Same here very quick turn around.


  • #1138
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    citys getting windy now? More to come, still building down here too.


  • #1139
    omicron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 875 ✭✭✭omicron


    Violent wind in Midleton, several flashes of lightning also. Car alarms going off.


  • #1140
    poconnor16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭poconnor16


    irishfeen wrote: »
    Lights flickering now in North Cork (10km South of Mallow) :rolleyes:

    Donoughmore here.....its dead!?


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  • #1141
    chris2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭chris2007


    When will the wind get bad in dublin??


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