⚠️ Storm Éowyn - Fri 24.01.25 (**Please read Mod Instruction in OP.**)

Im genuinley worried for folk on the west coast. Experts on Netweather uk site saying it's looking like a 1 in 100 year type scenario as forecast right now.

Five to midnight forecast on RTE Radio 1 coming up.

She made a hash of it again said we were under a red for rain and wind

100% agree, Thankfully I have no classes Friday but my route to the S4 bus is through 2 parks and I would NOT be walking through them in the A.M. if I was going to college.

My sister works as a primary school teacher, and she told me her school is waiting to call it tomorrow (I'm based in Dublin). I'm a bit baffled they're waiting to call because MÉ have already called the shots that its a red level criteria until 12. Considering most primary schools end by 2:30 latest, just stay closed you know?

For anyone more familiar with tracking these things, aren't 200 kph gusts hurricane force winds? Isn't this incredibly dangerous?

When the ECM is outputting this so close to an event it's ominous IMO. I really fear for the safety of peope on the Aran islands and the other inhabited islands off the Galway & Mayo coasts.

She's all danced out!

Sadly the problem with leaving these decisions to individual managers in schools/businesses is that this means entrusting people not educated in matters of public safety with decisions about public safety.

Law of the land really needs to change two where a red warning has the binding effect of ceasing all non essential activity, although I would suggest that to do so also means switching to an impact based model with geographical warning boundaries rather than county ones, same as the UK to prevent spurious warnings and apathy. And in fact that was meant to happen years ago.

That will never happen for a variety of reasons.

120kph(65kts) or more yes just that 200 kph is incredibly stronger

Is there anyone here living on the Aran islands or Inisbofin? Hard to imagine what the wind speeds will be like out there. Graces7 not far away, but not as exposed as those islands I think.

Yes it's hurricane force, particularly in the vicinity of Galway judging by the models. As I live in Galway I'm actually scared this time and we're used to storms.

I hope Met Eireann and RTE upgrade the warnings because people will die tomorrow because we've got used to storms and think this is just another one.

It's not. I think we might be headline news around the world on Friday morning.

I'm not given to exaggeration or panic but this is bad.

Lads I was shook looking at these charts to begin with, but having my mind blown by the fact that winds are exponential in nature - well, it's left me gobsmacked.

Whaddya mean a 40kmh wind isn't twice as strong as a 20kmh wind - it's 4 times stronger?! holy god Biddy

I may get out the smelling salts to get me through the next 48 hours tbh, i'm in an area forecast for 160-180kmh gusts

Handy graphic here for that from NOAA. Apologies if already posted. 1250+ posts here in 24hrs.

(Edit: removed the embed as it could be misleading to the uninitiated, there are several caveats. European windstorms are not hurricanes. Read more here if interesed https://www.noaa.gov/jetstream/tc-potential )