Storm Betty Fri 18 to early Sat 19 Aug 2023

Hooter23 · 18-08-2023 01:09PM

Strange to have a storm come directly from the south this time of year with such heat over spain & france..and its not an ex hurricane...unusual could do damage

adocholiday · 18-08-2023 01:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120995141#Comment_120995141

I think the orange warning for Wexford/Wicklow there is more for the immediate coastal areas. The only model showing the more severe gusts inland is Harmonie. Even Met Eireann themselves are showing average wind speeds of around 40-45kmph and gusts around 70kmph for my area, which is only 20km in a straight line from the coast.

TedBundysDriver · 18-08-2023 01:16PM

What's the chances they'll cancel sailings out of Rosslare port tonight. I'm on a boat to Bilbao at 11:30pm. Seems the worst of it will hit Cork not Wexford right?

dsmythy · 18-08-2023 01:17PM

I'd say Cork is getting it's usual flooding but with a big + sign to go with the potential for worse.

Trees in the East are definitely not going to appreciate this one with the switching in strong wind direction and unusual initial strong southeasterly. If it plays out as such.

esposito · 18-08-2023 01:20PM

Things seem to be really escalating now. Models did not nail this one in advance. Interesting 24hrs ahead

spookwoman · 18-08-2023 01:30PM

Rainfall warning seems to have updated

Status Orange - Rain warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary, Waterford

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Heavy rain with thundery downpours on Friday and Friday night and combined with very strong winds on coasts at times.

Potential Impacts:

• Localised flooding.

• Difficult travelling conditions.

• Wave overtopping on coasts.

Valid: 13:04 Friday 18/08/2023 to 23:00 Friday 18/08/2023

Issued: 13:05 Friday 18/08/2023

.Donegal. · 18-08-2023 01:34PM

Yellow - Rain Warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry

The highest rainfall totals are expected over east-facing high ground of the Mourne Mountains, Antrim Hills and Sperrins where 40-80mm could accumulate.

JanuarySnowstor · 18-08-2023 01:35PM

The ECM looks very severe across the South as the low moves in! Bordering red, certainly high level orange!

bazlers · 18-08-2023 01:56PM

I gues it has changed. I see Laois and Offaly have no warnings now for rainfall.

thomil · 18-08-2023 02:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120995195#Comment_120995195

From my position, things seem to have kicked off early. My weather station has registered 10.8 mm of rainfall so far, with 4mm of that falling within the last hour:

https://weathermap.netatmo.com/?zoom=9&type=temp&param=Filter&stationid=70%3Aee%3A50%3A1d%3Af2%3Ac2&maplayer=Map&lang=en-GB

That link should take you to my weather station if you want to check for yourself. Just an amateur level Netatmo station, but might be interesting.

bazlers · 18-08-2023 02:06PM

Excellent. Thank you thomil.

18-08-2023 02:14PM

Ironman taking place in Youghal tomorrow, wouldn't be surprised if there were weather impacts to the day, I guess the sea will still be pretty rough first thing tomorrow morning, and there'll probably be debris / surface water to contend with for the bike leg.

SuperBowserWorld · 18-08-2023 02:14PM

Not nice

Whoa Storm Betty, bam-ba-lam

bazlers · 18-08-2023 02:17PM

I guess if was clerical error. Giving a yellow warning again.

.Donegal. · 18-08-2023 02:22PM

Heavy rain across the South now. It’s the perfect storm for downing trees as the soil will be extremely saturated by the time the worst of wind arrive. Orange level rainfall for a good part of the day before the orange level wind tonight. Trees in full leaf as well plus ash dieback disease has become much more prevalent over the last couple of years. Definitely not worth driving later this evening and tonight for the counties under orange warning.

18-08-2023 02:29PM

Models not agreeing on the track for this. WRF and GFS have it on a more Westerly heading while the UKMO HD has it more Easterly. So where the strongest winds are going to be isn’t certain yet.

18-08-2023 02:47PM

ECM and Arpege want to keep the LP on a more Westerly heading too. So maybe the UKMO HD is the outlier for now.

iancairns · 18-08-2023 03:10PM

This feels like 7/8 weekends in a row there. Is there any science to why these cycles of weather are 7days apart and therefore every weekend?

SweetCaliber · 18-08-2023 03:12PM

Closed the prom in Tramore and are erecting all flood defense's in Waterford. Not seen that happen in a long time (flood defense's)

18-08-2023 03:18PM

This is a very early storm. If memory serves me ex Hurricane Charley was around the 25th August 1986 and rain was more a feature than wind.

leahyl · 18-08-2023 03:22PM

Is this storm an introduction to what may be to come this Autumn/Winter? Could be a stormy one!

Saz_ie · 18-08-2023 03:22PM

Red marine warning has just gone up for Carnsore Point, Dungarvan, and Mizen Head

Marty Bird · 18-08-2023 03:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120995672#Comment_120995672

I’m down here now, absolutely lashing down and wind getting stronger now. I’d say it will unfortunately affect the half IM tomorrow. I’m racing the full Sunday so hopefully will have all settled by then.