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Hurricane Katia heading for Ireland!

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    #62
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Oh it's all so exciting! I think now is as good a time as ever to take up surfing :)


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    #63
    dsmythy
    Registered Users Posts: 10,510 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    Rather than following tabloid headlines which take quotes from forecasters and then twist them for dramatic effect it's best to just look in on the weather forum. Straight from the horse's mouth.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=374

    If I hear one person in Dublin for example complaining how it was just a wet day...... The far north and north west will get the proper damaging gusts. Dublin will not, so please don't :D


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    #64
    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    Look what happened with last bad weather, batten down the hatches ladies and gentlemen....


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    #65
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    punk77 wrote: »
    k.p.h wrote: »
    Saw the sea gulls flying over this morning, sure sign they a bit weather on the way. Who needs a weatherman... ;)

    Seagulls flying.Now that is unusual.Do you live in Athlone?

    Only as unusual as there being a bit of weather on the way! ;-)


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    #66
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    storm katia tracking http://www.stormpulse.com/


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    #67
    k.p.h
    Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭k.p.h


    zenno wrote: »
    storm katia tracking http://www.stormpulse.com/

    That is pretty a awesome site I must say .:)

    Surf report for Lahinch looks impressive. Was out in a couple of 15ft swells before and they felt pretty awesome, can't imagine what 20ft would be like with that wind. :rolleyes:

    http://magicseaweed.com/Lahinch-Beach-Surf-Report/52/

    This is what the old surfers will be looking forward to this weekend...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrOYAI2pq5w


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    #68
    Resi12
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    Ahhh here, it's nothing but sun out. Who the hell wrote that article in the Irish Examiner?


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    #69
    christina_x
    Registered Users Posts: 701 ✭✭✭christina_x


    emeraldstar wrote: »
    Well, the only Erins I've ever met are American.

    3 girls in my school were named Erin... and my niece is called Erin :P


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    #70
    Son Of A Vidic
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    zenno wrote: »
    storm katia tracking http://www.stormpulse.com/

    Nice link there.


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    #71
    Spread
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    Einhard wrote: »
    Not sure if someone already asked this, but if it's causing 7 metre waves off the US coast, and it gets weaker as it moves eastwards, how can it cause 15 metre waves off the coast of Ireland?

    Have just worked it out.

    39.3700787 X 7 X 666/3257 X 32

    39.3700787 ............. inches in a metre
    7 ........................... height of waves in metres in US
    666 .........................the number of the Bert
    3257 ........................miles from US coast to David Norris' jacuzzi in Dublin
    32 .......................... number of counties in Ireland

    Answer: 1.761046465" high (in Athlone)
    And Smart Asses, don't bother checkin'. Have calculated the lot on my new Android :p[/SPOILE


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    #72
    Jaxxy
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    Looks like Dublin will miss the majority of the severe conditions. Don't know if I'm happy or disappointed about that!


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    #73
    Dartz
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    It's 2 days away.

    Since when have Met Eireann ever gotten anything right more than 6 hours out?

    It'll all blow over folks, no need to be afraid.


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    #74
    JONJO THE MISER
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    Ive stocked up on supplies this morning ahead of this storm.


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    #75
    bnt
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    Dartz wrote: »
    Since when have Met Eireann ever gotten anything right more than 6 hours out?
    Well, it's not as if it takes much skill to spot a bloody great big hurricane heading in this general direction. They can use the Europe results from the Global Forecast System (GFS), which models weather for the whole planet. It's generally accurate over the short term, while forecasts get iffy the further ahead you look. The consensus is: some wind Saturday night, a lot of wind Sunday night.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #76
    4leto
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    Just back from a long cycle in it,,phew,,

    That my exercise for a few days, defo have some minus calories in the bank.


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    #77
    CrazyRabbit
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Ive stocked up on supplies this morning ahead of this storm.

    Hope you got some sunscreen lotion. 19c outside at the moment.


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    #78
    4leto
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    Just looked up the forecast on YR weather and all they can promise is a near gale.


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    #79
    orangebud
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    by jeasus its very windy here in galway :p


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    #80
    Resi12
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    I thought it wasn't even near us yet... :confused:


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    #81
    sandmanporto
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    They have to prepare us for the worst! It will probably BE NOTHING!


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    #82
    Mrs Garth Brooks
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    Would there be buses going tomorrow?


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    #83
    jamjo99
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    me wants a day off school.hurricane katia bring us your worst.:D


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    #84
    dsmythy
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    A quick glance at the weather forum will show you head scratching and disappointment. The storm will probably be too far north to make much of an impact on most of Ireland outside of the far north and north-west.


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    #85
    Mint Sauce
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    The wind and the rain here, I think its already arrived.


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    #86
    ItsAWindUp
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    Absolutely lashing in Clonmel.


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    #87
    dsmythy
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    irish-stew wrote: »
    The wind and the rain here, I think its already arrived.

    This is just a run of the mill weather system at the moment. The remains of Katia will be following behind.


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    #88
    ImpossibleDuck
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    yerraya wrote: »
    That postman in Donegal would be the man to ask

    :eek::eek::eek:

    The same one who predicted the 2 feet of snow for February? yeah count on him :pac:


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    #89
    hatrickpatrick
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    The only reason it's called Katia is because Katrina was retired as a name after 2005.

    They stop repeating names of storms if one particular named storm had a devastating and historic impact. There'll never be another Hurricane Katrina. I wouldn't be surprised if Irene was also retired as a name after this year.


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    #90
    salonfire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭salonfire


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Ive stocked up on supplies this morning ahead of this storm.

    What happened your supplies in preparation for economic armageddon?


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    #91
    [Deleted User]
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    jamjo99 wrote: »
    me wants a day off school.hurricane katia bring us your worst.:D


    Hi, this is your principal, instead of day off, we in fact want you to come in earlier...


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