Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

1…3637394142…69

Comments

  • #1142
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,492 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    This is my Ophelia - I was in 35 degree heat in Lanzarote when that hit!


  • #1143
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,736 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    citys getting windy now? More to come, still building down here too.

    Oh Ellen has arrived in cork city.


  • #1144
    revelman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,025 ✭✭✭revelman


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    "it's overkill" "it was supposed to be here at 9"

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

    Where are you based? This is a serious storm, at least for us on the south Cork coast. Not quite Ophelia yet but bad enough!


  • #1145
    Aimsir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭Aimsir


    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    Wind at Cork airport at 1030pm is south easterly at just 18 knots,however it is due to swing around to the south west and increase in the next 30 minutes
    trees bending from SW now Cork city South


  • #1146
    anacc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭anacc


    revelman wrote: »
    So far for us here on the coast near Kinsale, it isn’t as bad as Ophelia. But this is a serious storm.

    I’m also somewhere near Kinsale. Definitely not as bad as Ophelia so far but Ophelia winds were less gusty and more sustained.


  • Advertisement
  • #1147
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Oh Ellen has arrived in cork city.

    Prepare for more


  • #1148
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,634 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    leahyl wrote: »
    This is my Ophelia - I was in 35 degree heat in Lanzarote when that hit!

    Ophelia wasn’t too bad in Cork. Darwin much worse.


  • #1149
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    All the bravados here in my house are looking very pale ,this is pretty bad.


  • #1150
    ffarrell7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 642 ✭✭✭ffarrell7


    chris2007 wrote: »
    When will the wind get bad in dublin??

    When you start farting!!!!


  • #1151
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,675 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    Heckler wrote: »
    That was pretty sweet. Watching it on flight radar and opening my window and hearing it as it passed over the Wilton area to land.

    You have years of enjoyment ahead of you.


  • Advertisement
  • #1152
    Wild Field 1831
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 111 ✭✭Wild Field 1831


    Darc19 wrote: »
    Thankfully this is a weather thread. Your post could mean something totally different if said elsewhere :D

    Noticeable increase in Kildare too

    He has a long one that funnels wind.. I can gauge a lot from noise/activity there. The pressure is building from a westerly source here.

    Or should I say the pressure is building in his back passage but pressure in general is falling in Laois, naturally :)


  • #1153
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    revelman wrote: »
    Where are you based? This is a serious storm, at least for us on the south Cork coast. Not quite Ophelia yet but bad enough!

    Cork city.thay was some of the stuff being said about 20 mins ago that I was trying to forewarn :)


  • #1154
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Anyone else in Cork city wondering when to put their bin out for collection in the morning?!


  • #1155
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Goldstein wrote: »
    All hell just broke loose on Cork coast south of the city in the last 10 mins. Out of absolutely nowhere.

    Imagine if we had some sort of warning system :P
    Sorry, stay safe, sounds wild down there.


  • #1156
    francois
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭francois


    Gusts and rain Dublin 12, started 5 mins ago


  • #1157
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 122 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Just ramped up in seconds in Ballincollig. Literally out of nowhere.


  • #1158
    Be right back
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,476 ✭✭✭Be right back


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    All the bravados here in my house are looking very pale ,this is pretty bad.

    What part?


  • #1159
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,736 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    Prepare for more

    Oh good so what's this the starter and not the main course.


  • #1160
    blobbyblob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭blobbyblob


    A few squalls in Kilkenny now


  • #1161
    UKLad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭UKLad


    Strong gust just hit the house like a train in cork city sounds out there are amazing! Similar to Orphelia hope everyone keeps safe.


  • Advertisement
  • #1162
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Be right back wrote: »
    What part?

    Cork city sth side.


  • #1163
    Comhrá
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Getting windy in Limk City, but no too bad yet. Very mild. 17c, 973.7 hPa and falling rapidly.


  • #1164
    CirrusBusiness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭CirrusBusiness


    Some strong gusts starting to hit our house on the side of Mt Leinster. Really ramping up in the last 10 minutes. Doors and windows rattling. Long night ahead.


  • #1165
    Awaaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭Awaaf


    francois wrote: »
    Gusts and rain Dublin 12, started 5 mins ago

    Very heavy loud rain in Dun Laoghaire for last while.


  • #1166
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,322 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    Lia_lia wrote: »
    Anyone else in Cork city wondering when to put their bin out for collection in the morning?!

    If you want your rubbish scattered to the four winds, by all means put it out.


  • #1167
    Bicyclette
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭Bicyclette


    Picking up here in Limerick City.

    My sunflowers are dancing.


  • #1168
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,354 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    From all your reports it would appear that the landfall occurred near Kinsale around 2200h and the centre has moved across Cork, earlier reports of very light winds indicating you were in the eye of the tropical-storm-like "Ellen" which apparently wants to be more of a Kyle.

    This eye feature may be noticed further north inland but usually they shrink to such a small size that a period of moderate winds marks the passage.

    Will now be quite rough for several hours as you are all saying anyway.


  • #1169
    sammyjo90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,307 ✭✭✭✭sammyjo90


    Lia_lia wrote: »
    Anyone else in Cork city wondering when to put their bin out for collection in the morning?!

    Well ive just seen my neighbours one moved across the carpark so i'd say in the morning!


  • #1170
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 13,105 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    rafales_uk_xka7.png


  • Advertisement
  • #1171
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,857 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Can't believe how out of nowhere it was. Was completely calm here in Rochestown and within 2 minutes the power was gone and the gusts started.


This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement