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Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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    #1892
    fits
    Registered Users Posts: 13,299 ✭✭✭✭fits


    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.


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    #1893
    Darwin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Darwin


    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.


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    #1894
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,928 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    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.


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    #1895
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,679 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    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.


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    #1896
    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    #1897
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    [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.


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    #1898
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


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


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    #1899
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    power back east cork - thank you esb


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    #1900
    krissovo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    Finally back online with the power up, spent the morning trying to get a tarpaulin over my roof due to damage and no roofers able to work in the high winds we still have in Cork. Then spent the afternoon with them clearing trees from around the local area. I can honestly say it was great fun with a chainsaw just a shame about the reason.

    Some really lovely people out there, local farmers helping with clearing trees and then using their loaders to get the tarp on the roof. Also lending me 4 1 tonne bags of sand to tie the tarp down as still a bit rough. Also came back to PM's wishing me luck and even the offer of some financial help which was a pleasant surprise but not needed.


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    #1901
    mcburns07
    Registered Users Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    A family friend is working out on the Kinsale gas platform. Twas a wild night out there by all accounts!


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    #1902
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    still a bloody massive storm.

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    #1903
    SophieLockhart
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭SophieLockhart


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    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.

    That's strange. There was a Total solar eclipse that day in Cornwall, and 96% total here, which we didn't see of course due to clouds. But I don't recall the day being windy at all.


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    #1904
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296525050867339264?s=19


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    #1905
    Scrabbel
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Scrabbel


    Thanks, what a great table.

    That 10 minute average of 111 kmh for Roches Point would look like hurricane-force , is that right? Or does a hurricane have to meet both a 1-minute and 10-minute target?


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    #1906
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    SophieLockhart wrote: »
    That's strange. There was a Total solar eclipse that day in Cornwall, and 96% total here, which we didn't see of course due to clouds. But I don't recall the day being windy at all.

    What? Solar eclipse in 1999 was fully visible.


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    #1907
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    iLikeWaffles wrote: »
    What? Solar eclipse in 1999 was fully visible.

    It wasn't down here! Dreary overcast and misty day. Barely noticed the darkening.


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    #1908
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Scrabbel wrote: »
    Thanks, what a great table.

    That 10 minute average of 111 kmh for Roches Point would look like hurricane-force , is that right? Or does a hurricane have to meet both a 1-minute and 10-minute target?

    I'd love to know this, but I think the winds were comparable to Cat 1.


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    #1909
    SophieLockhart
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭SophieLockhart


    iLikeWaffles wrote: »
    What? Solar eclipse in 1999 was fully visible.

    If you were in Turkey maybe.


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    #1910
    Cw85
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭Cw85


    A house on our road just had a big bouncing castle put up am hour ago, surely not the best time to put that up given the warnings for tonight?


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    #1911
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    Cw85 wrote: »
    A house on our road just had a big bouncing castle put up am hour ago, surely not the best time to put that up given the warnings for tonight?

    lol wtf is wrong with people


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    #1912
    [Deleted User]
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    munsterlegend wrote: »
    Flooding not too bad just a bit of surface water. A change in wind direction saved it from being much worse.

    Looking at Cork Beo on Facebook, seems bad enough.


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    #1913
    Humberto Salazar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 624 ✭✭✭Humberto Salazar


    iLikeWaffles wrote: »
    What? Solar eclipse in 1999 was fully visible.

    Lived in Dublin then, I recall the odd glimpse as it started but it was cloudy generally. The gloom as the nearly
    full eclipse took hold was eerie though.


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    #1914
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Looking at Cork Beo on Facebook, seems bad enough.

    Oh Jesus, if Cork Beo said it, it's definitely bad.


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    #1915
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Oh Jesus, if Cork Beo said it, it's definitely bad.

    Lol,in fairness I presume the footage is authentic.


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    #1916
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Looking at Cork Beo on Facebook, seems bad enough.

    Nah, just the usual low lying areas getting a good wash. It's no 2009.


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    #1917
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,909 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    HARMONIE did well last night, lets see how well it handles tonight.

    SE, E getting clipped by strong winds later. SW early tomorrow morning. Kerry coast quite strong for a time early tomorrow morning. Windy showery day across the country tomorrow.

    Models fairly bunched on wind predictions.


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    #1918
    maebee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭maebee


    We had it pinned down to within an inch of its life but Ellen had other ideas.

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    #1919
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    https://twitter.com/Alanpbarry/status/1296535053594435584?s=19


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    #1920
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,234 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Very strong wind just got up in north Waterford - I didn't realise we were in for a second installment, it seems stronger than last night if anything.


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    #1921
    lolie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭✭lolie


    After a very windy night and mostly wet morning it turned out a decent enough day here apart from a torrential shower an hour ago that lasted barely a minute.
    No roads blocked with trees or power outages locally this morning. S Cavan.


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