Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

SleetAndSnow · 20-08-2020 04:08PM

Driving around the different peninsulas of west cork, they are all taking some hammering today. The sea is wild and angry. Huge waves.

igCorcaigh · 20-08-2020 04:17PM

Bit of a gale picking up again.
I wonder if there will be any flooding this evening.

Graces7 · 20-08-2020 04:17PM

Wild and very loud and windy out here and very bright too. The elderberry outside the window is bending almost to the ground.

aidanodr · 20-08-2020 04:19PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Bit of a gale picking up again.
I wonder if there will be any flooding this evening.

https://twitter.com/corkcitycouncil/status/1296406295269040128

CiarraiAbu2 · 20-08-2020 04:29PM

Looking at Met Eireann, Donegal seems to be lit up like a Christmas tree at the moment.

froog · 20-08-2020 04:34PM

Sky darkening in east cork now. Should have power back within the hour according to esb. Feel sorry for the people who have to wait until tommorow.

Graces7 · 20-08-2020 04:51PM

We never get power cuts out here. Well very rarely. One in the four years I have been here.

Longing for the noise to stop and the sun to go to bed as dratted gale etc resulted in a migraine. Lack of sleep does that!

realdanbreen · 20-08-2020 04:53PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd say there's a fairly good chance of rain tonight.

Really? Although of course you do know that's not the question I asked.:rolleyes:

M.T. Cranium · 20-08-2020 04:53PM

nacho libre wrote: »

You are unlucky.
It was orange level in parts of East Galway, East Mayo and Roscommon. It was the strongest wind i've experienced in a long time. Although i was not here for Ophelia, so maybe that one was just as good/worst depending on your point view. As has been said M.T Cranium was on the money again. Can a Canadian become president? Or is that taking things too far:)

Too far by a considerable amount. I would just say that model consensus worked out perhaps better than any one model taken alone, which is always the safe route to take. Sometimes the outcome is not explicitly shown on any model but their average (weighted by reliability) can be quite good, much like with our forecast contest where "Con Sensus" is one of the top performers on a regular basis.

Big thanks should go to Meteorite58 (again) who took my rather lame opening post and guided the thread to something that the boards community could find useful.

M.T. Cranium · 20-08-2020 05:03PM

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

But that aside, yes, I would agree that M.T should nominate himself for leadership in this country. Practical; methodical; sees bull**** for what it is and cuts straight through it; has a sense of humour etc. Basically, traits that our shower of brain dead, soulless, money hungry gombeens lack.

Yes but politics has a way of exposing all of one's faults so for that reason alone I would prefer any other occupation, or even better, no occupation beyond the research I am doing, as an otherwise retired person.

Anyway, the people suggesting me for high office would bring the same attributes plus actual eligibility as residents and (I presume) citizens, so right back at ya, guys.

To quote Kanye West, "our country faces a brutal choice between two old, erratic, out of touch men. I bring the prospect of something much better -- a middle-aged, erratic, out of touch man who won't die during the term, so you won't have to consider the suitability of my running mate, who by the way is also my divorce attorney so I can multi-task the dude."

teednab-el · 20-08-2020 05:24PM

jackrussel wrote: »

You’re almost as bad as that oldsnowy fool. Wouldn’t be surprised if you’re the same person.

Thanks for your insightful and intelligent response. You are onto something well done.

Oscar Bravo · 20-08-2020 05:26PM

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath, Cork, Kerry and Waterford

Very strong winds (south to southeast veering southwest tonight) with severe and damaging gusts will result in further disruption. Some coastal flooding will occur also.

Valid: 17:00 Thursday 20/08/2020 to 05:00 Friday 21/08/2020

Issued: 17:09 Thursday 20/08/2020

redsteveireland · 20-08-2020 05:28PM

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

He got 'retweeted' by politicians yesterday, which is how I came across him. Basically, he informed us that AGW was causing all our weather and that we need to change our ways. That isn't science - it's preaching in the most fundamentalist sense of the word in order to garner influence with those who hold power. To wit: empty posturing.

I had some interesting conversations with some of his supporters today. Typical read the headline only people.

Storm 10 · 20-08-2020 05:29PM

Highest gust of wind my station in Galway City recorded was 105km per hour at around 3am

SleetAndSnow · 20-08-2020 05:38PM

High tide in clon is in 2 hours or so, my local beaches (long strand, owenahincha and the Warren), and specifically owenahincha, are nearly covering the beach already. Really really.high tides it seems

Oscar Bravo · 20-08-2020 05:45PM

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Carlow and Kilkenny

Very strong southerly winds with some damaging gusts will result in disruption in places.

Valid: 22:00 Thursday 20/08/2020 to 23:59 Thursday 20/08/2020

Issued: 17:00 Thursday 20/08/2020

sryanbruen · 20-08-2020 06:00PM

Here is the storm comparison table for maximum wind gusts updated to include Storm Ellen and on this occasion, I have added a special addition of comparing previous August depressions though only a select few rather than too many.

Johnstown Castle is replaced with Rosslare data in the August table after Ellen. The table is getting a bit big to say the least!

For those that are new, each cell is colour coded based on the necessary warning level using the official system by Met Eireann.

Yellow = 90-110 kph
Orange = 111-130 kph
Red = 131+ kph

All data shown is sourced from Met Eireann.

To summarise the records:

The gust of 143 kph at Roches Point is a new national August record. The Claremorris 78 kt (144 kph) gust on 11 August 1999 is an error and it's puzzling why Met Eireann continue to regard it as otherwise.

Same station, Roches Point, had a max 10-minute mean speed of 111 kph which is a new national August record smashing 83 kph at Malin Head on 9 August 1973.

Minimum pressure was 966.4 hPa at Athenry which is a new national August record beating the previous record of 967.8 hPa at Belmullet on 14 August 1959.

And for the much less interesting part... here's a random wave pic I took today at high tide at Greystones and a video of my experiences of the event.

igCorcaigh · 20-08-2020 06:12PM

River Lee already looking quite high. High tide due at 19:33.

dsmythy · 20-08-2020 06:15PM

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Carlow and Kilkenny

Very strong southerly winds with some damaging gusts will result in disruption in places.

Valid: 22:00 Thursday 20/08/2020 to 23:59 Thursday 20/08/2020

Issued: 17:00 Thursday 20/08/2020

2 hour event. Now that's specific. Presuming it happens ME are doing very well here.

Seamai · 20-08-2020 06:16PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

River Lee already looking quite high. High tide due at 19:33.

That doesn't look good with over an hour and twenty minutes to go to high tide.

An Ri rua · 20-08-2020 06:21PM

Well done Sryanbruen. Nice work.

Got to say s storm must be a really bad one when it's officially named a ballbag.

Up here in Laois, last night wasn't as bad as Ali. Sustained winds not worrying. A fee gusts certainly were.

Wild Field 1831 · 20-08-2020 06:26PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Here is the storm comparison table for maximum wind gusts updated to include Storm Ellen and on this occasion, I have added a special addition of comparing previous August depressions though only a select few rather than too many.

Johnstown Castle is replaced with Rosslare data in the August table after Ellen. The table is getting a bit big to say the least!

For those that are new, each cell is colour coded based on the necessary warning level using the official system by Met Eireann.

Yellow = 90-110 kph
Orange = 111-130 kph
Red = 131+ kph

All data shown is sourced from Met Eireann.

To summarise the records:

The gust of 143 kph at Roches Point is a new national August record. The Claremorris 78 kt (144 kph) gust on 11 August 1999 is an error and it's puzzling why Met Eireann continue to regard it as otherwise.

Same station, Roches Point, had a max 10-minute mean speed of 111 kph which is a new national August record smashing 83 kph at Malin Head on 9 August 1973.

Minimum pressure was 966.4 hPa (unsure on station) which is a new national August record beating the previous record of 967.8 hPa at Belmullet on 14 August 1959.

And for the much less interesting part... here's a random wave pic I took today at high tide at Greystones and a video at Clontarf promenade from last night.

I'd love if you posted that and challenged Mr. IWC with that chart. Particularly red, orange, yellow gust comparison with Ophelia. Somebody as knowledgeable as yourself could do it in a calm, measured way.

fits · 20-08-2020 06:26PM

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Carlow and Kilkenny

Very strong southerly winds with some damaging gusts will result in disruption in places.

Valid: 22:00 Thursday 20/08/2020 to 23:59 Thursday 20/08/2020

Issued: 17:00 Thursday 20/08/2020

I hope it’s not as bad as last night. We were very lucky not to have severe damage with that tree falling beside our house.

Darwin · 20-08-2020 06:46PM

Brilliant work as usual Syran. I always take a screengrab of your table and save it, interesting to see previous storm stats when a new one approaches.

Lewis_Benson · 20-08-2020 06:51PM

Had a tree down in our garden, had to get Co council out to move it.
I'll split it and season it for next winter.

Still no power sincé 2am.

SleetAndSnow · 20-08-2020 07:24PM

Drove around to multiple beaches in the West cork coast, 17 mins left till high tide at that point and they are all breaking their boundaries, going into the sandunes etc. Huge waves, mad. Class to see though.

20-08-2020 07:29PM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Drove around to multiple beaches in the West cork coast, 17 mins left till high tide at that point and they are all breaking their boundaries, going into the sandunes etc. Huge waves, mad. Class to see though.

I'd love to be down there now, river is extremely high tonight in the city,flooding likely I'd say.

munsterlegend · 20-08-2020 07:34PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'd love to be down there now, river is extremely high tonight in the city,flooding likely I'd say.

Flooding not too bad just a bit of surface water. A change in wind direction saved it from being much worse.

froog · 20-08-2020 07:48PM

east coast look to be in for a battering tonight. hope it doesn't fly under the radar for people there.

froog · 20-08-2020 07:48PM

power back east cork - thank you esb

Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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