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Wednesday Storm (15/08):MOD WARNING #626 High Winds + Heavy Rain/Flooding Likely

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    #752
    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    Really horrible weather in Tramore, co.Waterford.

    Waves are huge, got drenched walking on the prom, will post video's soon.

    Wind is around 45 km/h and very strong.

    No rain right now but looking at the clouds, it's on it's way.

    Update:

    Here is a pic of Newtown in Tramore.

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    #753
    lostinashford
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    Ashford, Co. Wicklow

    Wind still picking up, max gust so far 56.8km/h SSE
    Pressure 993.1hPa still falling
    Rain gauge not working but some rain now

    Drove up to Belfast this morning, lovely morning, heavens opened around 13.30 there and torrential for a while, not bad for the drive home.


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    #754
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    It looks like the south is going to get the heaviest rain again tomorrow...

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    #755
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    lee3155 wrote: »
    Really horrible weather in Tramore, co.Waterford.

    Waves are huge, got drenched walking on the prom, will post video's soon.

    Wind is around 45 km/h and very strong.

    No rain right now but looking at the clouds, it's on it's way.

    Update:

    Here is a pic of Newtown in Tramore.

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    Any Higher resolution version of that pic?? Looked very rough out there.


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    #756
    Sierra Oscar
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    It's getting pretty blustery around Dublin City Centre now, plenty of rubbish bags flying in and out of traffic. ;)


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    #757
    maiden
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    It was a bit windy here but nice and mild now!! The sun is even trying to make an appearence


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    #758
    zenno
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    It's getting pretty blustery around Dublin City Centre now, plenty of rubbish bags flying in and out of traffic. ;)

    The same here in swords Co. dublin and I thought it was all over with. It's picking up quite a bit.


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    #759
    Mountainsandh
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    we had a lovely sunny spell there for 10 minutes, but it's gone back to dark and raining on and off, blustery, nothing major now though I hope...

    IanCar is your big blob gone past the Knockmealdowns now ? thanks


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    #760
    Coles
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    Flood warning for Fermoy tonight according to All About Fermoy.

    I wonder how reliable the alert is.
    Flood warning system shut down due to lack of funds, - Corkman.ie

    Thursday July 12 2012

    AN early flood warning system covering towns along the length of the River Blackwater has had to be suspended due to a lack of funding.

    The Irish Flood Water System, the first online scheme of its kind in the country, was developed by a graduate at UCC in 2004.

    The system's Active Flood Page analysed data taken from two upstream county council monitoring sites at Durraigle in Millstreet and Dromcummer near Kanturk. Experts then used the data to predict, with a high degree of accuracy, the likelihood of flooding in towns along the length of the river including Mallow and Fermoy.

    more...

    Minor alert on the River Bandon.


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    #761
    maquiladora
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    The only this I could find about that is:

    FLOOD WARNING FOR FERMOY TONIGHT Councillor Noel Barnes posted: flood warning for fermoy, peak midnight Fermoy.(from Town Council) #flood -- Maurice Gubbins (@allaboutfermoy)


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    #762
    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    Right,

    This was taken by Thomas Doyle, it's the Cove in Tramore:

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    These were taken by me on the prom in Tramore, the waves are after getting worse also:

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    Absolutely lashing now in Tramore, looks like it's down for the night.

    Videos to follow soon... Lovely weather :D


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    #763
    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    mickger844posts wrote: »
    Any Higher resolution version of that pic?? Looked very rough out there.

    Only came across it on facebook a couple of minutes ago,

    http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/616309_514901638525909_557173338_o.jpg

    Also there's this:

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    As you can see, that was the cove.


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    #764
    Chicken1
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    Thats some storm surge


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    #765
    SweetCaliber
    Registered Users Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    Here's some more pics:

    Boatstrand:

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    And Annestown:

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    #766
    crosstownk
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    I've just checked my weather station. Only one new record set today for this year - 12.3mm of rain in an hour. I can't remember what the previous maximum was. Nothing else of exceptional note.
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    #767
    zenno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Poor ole Dublin, missed most of it. Still, i was way down in a ditch so I probably missed the real storm. Maybe i should have recorded it from the roof, might have got a better gust :pac:



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    #768
    up for anything
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    #769
    TheCoolWay
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    What's going on elsewhere? In Dublin been raining a good bit but a few sunny spells nothing out of the normal. is this thing completely exagerrated?


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    #770
    torrentum
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    Getting quieter in south Kilkenny. I think the winds going away. Now, bring on some lightning!


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    #771
    SweetCaliber
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    TheCoolWay wrote: »
    What's going on elsewhere? In Dublin been raining a good bit but a few sunny spells nothing out of the normal. is this thing completely exagerrated?

    Come on down to Tramore :P Cant walk anywhere near the beach unless you want to be blown like a paper bag or have a free shower with some fresh sea water :D


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    #772
    pistolpetes11
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    Still gusting strongly down in Newbridge at the moment ,

    A couple of trees gone in the estate and around the area ,

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    My crappy little green house took wings , as did a heavy enough steel lader out the back ,

    On the drive home from Dublin there was a good few leaves on the side of the road and some very minor branch damage,

    Only seemed to be picking up really in St Vincents Hospital when I was leaving a 6


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    #773
    pistolpetes11
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    TheCoolWay wrote: »
    What's going on elsewhere? In Dublin been raining a good bit but a few sunny spells nothing out of the normal. is this thing completely exagerrated?

    Dublin is actually quite small when you compare it in size to the rest of the country ,

    Just because its not happening in your own back yard does not mean its not happening elsewhere


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    #774
    Irishder
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Irishder


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    DSC_0660 by Derwalsh, on Flickr

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    DSC_0635 by Derwalsh, on Flickr


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    #775
    sunbabe08
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    so unbelievable pissed off right, was in perks when that thunderstorm hit, i missed 25 minutes of a decent thunderstorm.:mad::mad:


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    #776
    Avox
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    Really bad right now in Co. Waterford, very very strong winds with rain! A few trees in the garden have been rightly destroyed but other than that everything's holding solid for now haha


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    #777
    aurora 527
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    lee3155 wrote: »
    Come on down to Tramore :P Cant walk anywhere near the beach unless you want to be blown like a paper bag or have a free shower with some fresh sea water :D

    Great photos of the cove in Tramore!


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    #778
    sunbabe08
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    caravan still rocking and rolling at the moment. went for a walk on the beach. hard enough going to be honest.


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    #779
    ToxicPaddy
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    Irishder wrote: »
    7790720350_7bc4b8b2cf.jpg
    DSC_0660 by Derwalsh, on Flickr

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    DSC_0635 by Derwalsh, on Flickr

    Looking Fairly rough down there. Spotted some loon kite surfing earlier on on the webcam down there, though they were staying close enough to the beach..

    Ahh I miss Tramore on a stormy day :(


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    #780
    SalteeDog
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    Gust of winds picking up here in north Co. Galway now. Has been windy all day but fairly tame - a couple of heavy showers but plenty sunshine too.


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    #781
    sunbabe08
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    ToxicPaddy wrote: »
    Looking Fairly rough down there. Spotted some loon kite surfing earlier on on the webcam down there, though they were staying close enough to the beach..

    Ahh I miss Tramore on a stormy day :(

    would have loved to have gone down to tramore today. but money is light right now. :(


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