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

peterofthebr · 24-01-2025 12:31AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092130#Comment_123092130

😂😂😂

LowOdour · 24-01-2025 12:31AM

Regret coming on to this thread! Was keeping the head in the sand about it but it all, but we could be in for serious issues in a very exposed west galway house.

Losing electricity for a couple of days might be the better end if things

Feisar · 24-01-2025 12:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092149#Comment_123092149

I fly a lot with work, didn't really notice my ears till people commented about it. It's like I'm flying here! Pulled out my Kestrel weather meter I have for shooting, pressure dropping like I've never seen before.

Rain from the West · 24-01-2025 12:33AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092115#Comment_123092115

153 kmh is 95 mph. Just 1 mph under Cat 2. 188 is 116 mph, which would be a gust in the cat 3 range (111mph+).

igCorcaigh · 24-01-2025 12:33AM

Hook.

https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1882565142539555140

Straight Talker · 24-01-2025 12:34AM

From looking at the Aran Islands webcam things are looking bad there already! I have relatives out there so hopefully they'll be safe. No strong gusts in Galway City yet though.

circadian · 24-01-2025 12:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092104#Comment_123092104

I'll have my crossbreed mongrel over a walking health disaster pedigree any day. She's a **** diamond lying here on the sofa like a typical derpy lurcher, legs all over the place.

kippy · 24-01-2025 12:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092147#Comment_123092147

Do you normally have the option of WFH? If not, I'd not be making any effort to WfH tomorrow.

Seperately to that, if power is out it's likely a lot of mobile phone coverage will be out or worse again saturated if not and power is out to houses.

Either way there's plenty things you can tell your boss you were doing that were more important than work.

spookwoman · 24-01-2025 12:35AM

Waterford airport 53kts / 98.153km/h

Bumpstop · 24-01-2025 12:35AM

didn't think we would see the effects yet on the East coast.

36mph gusts, baro 971 now, high level roaring. east Meath.

mickger844posts · 24-01-2025 12:36AM

Haven’t heard wind like this ever in Waterford City. It’s like a Jet Plane is passing over but never leaves. Not easy to get to sleep in.

BoyGenius1410 · 24-01-2025 12:36AM

Eerily calm in North Kildare. Raining but calm. You can definitely feel the pressure dropping.

Lollipop95 · 24-01-2025 12:36AM

What’s Galway city like at the moment?

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2025 12:36AM

Pressure 964.9hPa Falling Rapidly here near the Kerry coast.

13.3C

antodeco · 24-01-2025 12:36AM

I live in an apartment block (moving into my new house in a week), but I've parked my car outside rather than the underground. If the power goes, the gates can't open, so you can't remove your car. Id rather take the chance of being able to move my car tomorrow, than power being gone with an unknown repair date!

otherfrog · 24-01-2025 12:38AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092190#Comment_123092190

Striking how the winds lowered toward the centre of the storm, wind view from earth.nullschool.net for 23:00.

Mr_A · 24-01-2025 12:39AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092227#Comment_123092227

Manky night but no major wind yet on East side anyway

signostic · 24-01-2025 12:39AM

Did Tony leave the immersion on? 😃

Did i remember to renew my house insurance? 🤔

Yes I did…

revelman · 24-01-2025 12:39AM

On an exposed part of the coast near Kinsale. This is the worst wind I remember. Though perhaps Ophelia was this bad? The house is creaking and it’s not even 12am. Can’t imagine power will last for that much longer.

slavetothegrind · 24-01-2025 12:39AM

near enfield meath wet with light winds , feels like the calm before. I sincerely hope it is not as bad in the west as it looks on charts.

spookwoman · 24-01-2025 12:40AM

From Met latest weather reports. Windspeed, Gusts and Pressure

		Athenry	Ballyhaise	Belmullet	Casement	Claremorris	Cork	Dublin	Dunsany	Finner	Gurteen	Johnstown Castle	Knock	Mace Head	Malin Head	Markree Castle	Moore Park	Mt Dillon	Mullingar	Newport Mayo	Oak Park	Phoenix Park	Roche's Point	Shannon	Sherkin Island	Valentia
21:00	Windspeed	20.372	16.668	25.928	7.408	25.928	53.708	24.076	16.668	18.52	33.336	25.928	27.78	57.412	27.78		33.336	22.224	18.52	35.188	27.78		62.968	33.336	57.412	55.56
	Gusts	40.744	0	0	0	46.3	75.932	0	0	0	0	44.448	0	75.932	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.004	0	83.34	61.116	87.044	92.6
	Pressure	985	989	981	992	984	986	993	992	986	987	992	985	980	988	986	987	988	989	982	991	993	986	984	982	977
22:00	Windspeed	25.928	22.224	27.78	35.188	31.484	61.116	35.188	25.928	29.632	42.596	37.04	35.188	70.376	24.076		37.04	31.484	25.928	37.04	27.78		75.932	50.004	74.08	51.856
	Gusts	51.856	0	59.264	57.412	55.56	87.044	0	53.708	0	66.672	57.412	59.264	96.304	0	0	62.968	55.56	59.264	61.116	0	0	101.86	68.524	105.564	103.712
	Pressure	985	989	981	992	984	986	993	992	986	987	992	985	980	988	986	987	988	989	982	991	993	986	984	982	977
23:00	Windspeed	31.484	27.78	44.448	33.336	37.04	50.004	33.336	24.076	35.188	46.3	53.708	44.448	66.672	33.336		42.596	38.892	29.632	59.264	33.336		81.488	50.004	79.636	55.56
	Gusts	62.968	53.708	74.08	55.56	66.672	98.156	51.856	46.3	57.412	74.08	75.932	70.376	94.452	0	0	74.08	0	53.708	81.488	0	0	105.564	74.08	105.564	88.896
	Pressure	973	981	970	985	973	976	985	983	978	976	984	974	967	982	977	976	978	980	971	982	985	976	972	974	969

antodeco · 24-01-2025 12:40AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123087293#Comment_123087293

Constructed an OSB board wall today across my open garage front. Really hope it holds. 4 boards screwed into the top of the garage and going above it by around 15/20cm. Then screwed in 9 reinforced timber across the inside and outside. I then propped up behind the boards all of my moving boxes in a row. Whilst they're not heavy, I've created a long ridge of them to stop the boards pushing back too. This is what I'm so anxious about. If I knew with certainty it would 100% be ok, I'd probably lean into the storm more from a "excited" pov. But I suffer with GAD and panic attacks so this is just keeping me on edge.

At the end of the day, I can only do what I've done. If it withstands it, great. If not, not much more I could've done. My kids are with their mam tonight so are nice and safe and that's the main thing.

miamee · 24-01-2025 12:41AM

Very windy here in east Sligo and has been raining for a couple of hours. It had turned to wet snow when I was heading to bed around 11. I bed listening to the wind outside. Hope everything is secured in the garden, OH kept telling me everything was 'grand' but humoured me by moving stacked garden chairs into a sheltered corner. I hope he's right, we'll see.

I'm shocked at some of the wind speeds predicted in some locations, stay safe everyone

klose · 24-01-2025 12:41AM

Picking up here in Clonmel, I would say it’s pretty bad now, scary to think worse is to come.

I says · 24-01-2025 12:41AM

power gone since eleven. Red warning not due for another six hrs ffs

richiekw · 24-01-2025 12:42AM

Looking at the models again and find it hard to fathom the kind of gusts coastal Kerry, Clare and Galway will experience later.

Lucylou35 · 24-01-2025 12:43AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092104#Comment_123092104

Iv a full pitty but she was a really sick runty puppy so she looks like a lanky Jack Russel with a slightly fat head. I just kicked her out for a wee in the rain before it gets too mad. She was not happy..

MacDanger · 24-01-2025 12:44AM

Windy enough here in North Mayo, there's a large SW facing window that I'm worried about and it's flexing a bit already 🙈

eskimocat · 24-01-2025 12:45AM

The wind speeds on the charts are absolutely mind boggling. If they materialse at those levels, this storm will be talked about for the next Centuary too. Oiche Na Gaoithe Moire II. I have enjoyed seeing the indepth discussions of Storm Eowyn, reminds me of the days fado when I joined the weather forum first in '06.

Going to try and get to sleep before it hits proper.

Weather here at 23.42pm ,South Sligo, mixed rain, sleet and snow. Winds picking up gently. Temperature unknown as my Weather Station bit the dust late last year. Sigh… typical! :)

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2025 12:45AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123092252#Comment_123092252

Well done antodeco, sounds like a sturdy job.

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