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STORM FLORIS.

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  • #32
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    The yellow warning looks very orange on my TV, too. Definitely something that should be rectified. Just now on the 9 o'clock news:

    20250803_210540.jpg

    Hopefully there's no damage in the NW and the tourists are sensible about activities. I'm taking it at face value that it's not even necessary to move the plant pots to shelter here in N Kildare.



  • #33
    adocholiday
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123694736#Comment_123694736

    The NW is going to get the brunt of the wind with gusts of up to 100km possible in places. This isn't going to be a crazy storm or anything but it's still a yellow warning so at the very least I'd suggest weighing down the trampoline with some blocks or something.



  • #34
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123694815#Comment_123694815

    I said this yesterday with a picture, was this today you took that picture? If so they made the same mistake twice now



  • #35
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123694998#Comment_123694998

    Yes this evening's news. It looked fine on the actual weather after though.



  • #36
    Terrier2023
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭Terrier2023


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123695015#Comment_123695015

    hey guys 10.30pm i am in the mid west & its not even raining, never mind a a blow of wind ordinary august evening.



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  • #37
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,998 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123695041#Comment_123695041

    Wind warning doesn't kick in until 2am for Clare, Galway, Mayo & Sligo.

    4am for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan and Leitrim.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #38
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,180 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Tried digging through the archives to find a comparable tracking storm and strength for Scotland in the month of August, seems unusual enough. Closest I could find is 24th August 2005 which had a wind gust of 101 mph at North Rona Island (98m above sea level). Was a bit further northward than Floris is projected to be. Belmullet had a wind gust of 104 km/h on the previous day the 23rd with widespread gale gusts though not unusual.

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    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



  • #39
    .Donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123694600#Comment_123694600

    Wind speeds don’t look too bad here but trees in full leaf and a good few probably weakened from Eowyn. ECM a monster for Scotland.

    IMG_3922.jpeg


  • #40
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123695304#Comment_123695304

    this could be there slightly less effective storm Eowyn , I wouldn’t be surprised if a small area was to go red warning ⚠️



  • #41
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    What website is that I tried looking it up for the wind charts but got no where 😔



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  • #42
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    In rural Mayo for the hols. About to leave the pub, (ssshhh). It's fairly blustery with heavy rain but not something I'd be worried about driving in. Forecast suggests it will get worse. Hopefully my lift gets here soon.

    Will update later when I get back to B&B. If I stay awake!



  • #43
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    Ok. Back at my (temporary) base. No real perceptible weather change other than the rainfall easing off significantly. Level of blusteryness is still the same.

    If I had an unsecured trampoline, I'd be worried but I don't think the roof of the house is going to come off. That said, it is still early days.

    Hopefully no damage/injury to anyone. Night, night.



  • #44
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Floris has Just woken me up with wind and rain blowing in my window in the SW. Fairly mild otherwise.

    🙈🙉🙊



  • #45
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 61,927 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    It's mild but very blustery - mist has turned to rain but not exceptional but I expect a few trees may come down all the same



  • #46
    GalwayGaillimh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭GalwayGaillimh


    Power gone Galway city centre howling in outside

    Si Deus Nobiscum Qui Contra Nos



  • #47
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,776 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Some nice gusts of wind, even down here.



  • #48
    the whole year inn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,179 ✭✭✭the whole year inn


    Picking up in castlebar Mayo now



  • #49
    DOCARCH
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    Highest gust in 0600 reports is 81kmh at Mace Head.



  • #50
    the whole year inn
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    Very quite now in Castlebar after about nearly 2 hours of wind



  • #51
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Highest gust in 0700 reports is 89kmh at Mace Head.



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  • #52
    Robwindstorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭Robwindstorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123695387#Comment_123695387

    They are captivating updates, you'd make a great storyteller. Enjoy your holidays.



  • #53
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Highest gust in 0800 reports is 104kmh at Malin Head.



  • #54
    Storm 10
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    Wind in Galway was pretty strong around 4am to 6am with heavy rain, for some reason it felt very noisey in the house possibly the direction it was coming from, 7k with out power in the West 3k in Tuam



  • #55
    littlema
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 280 ✭✭littlema


    Phew, polytunnel made it thru some sharp gusts but gladioli, cosmos and other tall flowers snapped off. Luckily the tree lillie's and window boxes also survived. All in all, not too bad for this exposed ridge. 😊

    South Sligo 152m asl



  • #56
    Robwindstorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭Robwindstorm


    A strong storm for Scotland even by their standards considering it's early August. It's a bank Holiday in Scotland as well which makes it more impact full. It's unusual to have a home grown Storm ( no hurricane remnants) this early with 90 MPH gusts .



  • #57
    OldRio
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    Very gusty about 7am. Heavy Rain and now drizzle. Leitrim.



  • #58
    WolfeEire
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭WolfeEire
    Clare (430ft asl)



    The 104 km/h gust reported by the Malin Head station in Donegal is the strongest recorded in Ireland in over 5 months. On February 20th, Valentia Observatory in Kerry experienced a 109 km/h gust.

    www.weatheire.com



  • #59
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Highest gust in 0900 reports is 102kmh at Malin Head.



  • #60
    Darwin
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    On holiday in France at the moment, but the local newspaper headline reads "Heavy rainfall and gusts exceeding 130km/h: Storm Floris is coming. Will the French Riviera be affected?". Definitely a slow news day 🙄



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  • #61
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,180 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123695611#Comment_123695611

    Also a sustained wind of 76 km/h, its highest since 80 km/h during storms Ellen and Francis in August 2020. Only 9 August days here have had a stronger sustained wind since 1955.

    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



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