Strong Winds/Severe Gusts January 14/15th 2015

DOCARCH · 15-01-2015 9:35am

I see from ME today, highest gust reported at Cork AP yesterday, was 57 kts.

http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

That 79 kt reported gust, on the 1800 reports yesterday, would appear to have been a typo/erroneous (as I thought yesterday).

Bit of a boo boo on the part of ME, as I heard Gerald Fleming talk about the 79 kt gust and I think I saw a tweet from ME about it (certainly saw a tweet from the ESB about it).

D.Campbell · 15-01-2015 9:36am

Wind rain and very cold here in cork dark and depressing

Rock Lesnar · 15-01-2015 9:38am

My auld boys advice a couple of months ago is as true as ever this morning.

Told him about some bad weather we were supposed to get, he told me, im 62 and ive seen weather come and go, forget the charts he said, believe it when its happening and adjust accordingly, i got the the ''i told you'' when it didnt happen.

Im glad i heeded his advice yesterday

GreyRock Lass · 15-01-2015 9:38am

Still wild & crazy here in North Clare...no rain for a few hours...still have power though

DarkJager · 15-01-2015 9:39am

Complete non event in Limerick, a bit of a breezy evening but not much else.

munsterlegend · 15-01-2015 9:40am

DOCARCH wrote: »

I see from ME today, highest gust reported at Cork AP yesterday, was 57 kts.

http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

That 79 kt reported gust, on the 1800 reports yesterday, would appear to have been a typo/erroneous (as I thought yesterday).

Bit of a boo boo on the part of ME, as I heard Gerald Fleming talk about the 79 kt gust and I think I saw a tweet from ME about it (certainly saw a tweet from the ESB about it).

It did seem well in excess of what was being reported at the time. Unfortunate timing to make an error like that! anyway breezy here and cold but nothing of note. might have an outside chance of wintry precipitation later

Shpongler · 15-01-2015 9:42am

Most of the high winds were before 22:00 here last night.... nothing much in the early hours

irish1967 · 15-01-2015 9:44am

Winds peaking here in Donegal Town about now i would say.

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Special Circumstances · 15-01-2015 9:46am

Strangegravy wrote: »

Ha, ha... Yeah was quite timid down here, blustery alright at times, a big hail shower around 4 or 5am was the highlight, but not a patch on last Feb.

But in fairness this was probably always gonna be worse further north anyway looking at the charts, wasn't expecting it to be as bad here as last time.

That time HIRLAM had predicted hurricane force gusts right over our heads here in Limerick, this time nothing like that was showing on the charts for here, was more severe up the coast and far north west.

Yeah, tbh I'm not too bothered by an over hype for limerick this time as it did get a bit blustery in other parts.
More using it as an example to show how farcical the official warnings/prep were for Darwin.

But if many other "red" areas experienced the same as limerick then maybe they have destroyed any credibility of the official colouredy warnings.

The12thMan · 15-01-2015 9:47am

irish1967 wrote: »

Winds peaking here in Donegal Town about now i would say.

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doesn't look right!!!!????
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=351.00,53.98,2274

morebabies · 15-01-2015 9:47am

I'm glad it was over hyped, at least we are all safe

leahyl · 15-01-2015 9:54am

Completely overhyped for Cork anyway - the winds were pretty bad from about 6pm-9pm last night but other than that it was just your regular wet and windy night - then this morning on the radio I hear that one of the schools in the city is closed?! There isn't a puff of wind out there!

goat2 · 15-01-2015 9:56am

slept well, a bit of wind, but not severe, all trees, leaves, slates, garden chairs accounted for in their position,

maquiladora · 15-01-2015 9:57am

Looks like this was yet another victory for the ECM and HIRLAM over the GFS and even the Euro4.

Very underwhelming stuff. A million miles away from the type of event some of the models were showing a few days ago.

Miss Stormyseas · 15-01-2015 9:57am

Didn't feel very overhyped in Salthill, Galway, saw a piece of debris fly past my window early this morning, looked like a sign or something!
Only reason less damage here is because of low tides, it would have been a completely different story if those winds had clashed with high tide!

15-01-2015 9:57am

Still windy here in Roscommon but nothing special, similar to the winds of last week.

Schools still open so its going to be a normal day!

Whats coming next, more snow or is that it for winter, cold for a few weeks till spring?

Burts Bee · 15-01-2015 9:58am

Little snow shower there South of Cork city

shmaupel · 15-01-2015 9:58am

The12thMan wrote: »

doesn't look right!!!!????
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=351.00,53.98,2274

I agree 1967
Just had my highest gust here in South Donegal 114kph.

ninebeanrows · 15-01-2015 9:59am

maquiladora wrote: »

Looks like this was yet another victory for the ECM and HIRLAM over the GFS and even the Euro4.

Very underwhelming stuff. A million miles away from the type of event some of the models were showing a few days ago.

A million miles away? A tad exaggeration

I think it was just poor interpretation by people. The southern half of the country was not meant to be hit by the wrap-around gusts.

Granted the winds in the north-west are around 10 knots below what the max we could have expected but still windy.

D.Campbell · 15-01-2015 9:59am

Cork was orange till after the airport reading it was upgraded after the event

jamesbere · 15-01-2015 9:59am

leahyl wrote: »

Completely overhyped for Cork anyway - the winds were pretty bad from about 6pm-9pm last night but other than that it was just your regular wet and windy night - then this morning on the radio I hear that one of the schools in the city is closed?! There isn't a puff of wind out there!

Yeah it's actually calm, but a red alert was issued. I suppose the school wasn't going to take a chance

legomaniac · 15-01-2015 10:00am

Was that it??? I have seen worse winds in May. Total hype. And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who was suspicious of that extreme gust on Cork. The only damage I can see here in South Donegal is a neighbours fertiliser blew into my garden and is tangled in the hawthorn hedge. By the way I'm pleased the country escaped damage and death.

AnotherYear · 15-01-2015 10:00am

maquiladora wrote: »

Looks like this was yet another victory for the ECM and HIRLAM over the GFS and even the Euro4.

Very underwhelming stuff. A million miles away from the type of event some of the models were showing a few days ago.

I thought met.ie used HIRLAM so why do you think they went with the extreme option?

Bootros Bootros · 15-01-2015 10:00am

Oiche na Gaoithe beag

leahyl · 15-01-2015 10:02am

jamesbere wrote: »

Yeah it's actually calm, but a red alert was issued. I suppose the school wasn't going to take a chance

Ah but in fairness, all you have to do is step outside and listen to/read the forecast to know that it's not going to get any worse.

anoble66 · 15-01-2015 10:02am

Non-event for Ballina, Tipp. Odd gust around 2-3am and some heavy hail showers. This morning it's blue skies, 2.8c and quite still (5-10 knots). Nice morning for a walk with the dog.

Graces7 · 15-01-2015 10:05am

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

My auld boys advice a couple of months ago is as true as ever this morning.

Told him about some bad weather we were supposed to get, he told me, im 62 and ive seen weather come and go, forget the charts he said, believe it when its happening and adjust accordingly, i got the the ''i told you'' when it didnt happen.

Im glad i heeded his advice yesterday

Perfect as they say here in Kerry. I myself would far rather though be prepared for the very worst. Nothing lost if the worst does not happen, everything gained if it does. My worst here would have been these dratted trees falling on the house. They are dangerous, planted in the wall not the ground and twice the height of the house and if one fell, that would be me gone and no one near to see it and rescue. So I prepared and blew up my new air mattress.. posh one and I had to go to an internet forum to find out re the complicated double stopper!....thank you, google... and decamped down there. The trees are still there although minus a few branches and I am safe

jamesbere · 15-01-2015 10:06am

leahyl wrote: »

Ah but in fairness, all you have to do is step outside and listen to/read the forecast to know that it's not going to get any worse.

But the school made its mind up last night to shut, can't change there mind now.

Villain · 15-01-2015 10:06am

I wouldn't call a gust of 130km/h at Malin head a non event, or 100km/h as far inland as Carlow, 15,000 people were without power this morning and trees down all over the place.

I think models weren't bad at all, the NMM4 highres based on GFS was very accurate.

Vanolder · 15-01-2015 10:07am

What a load of nothing. Half of Limerick is shut down due to the warning, you'd get stronger gusts from a fan. Typical irish over reaction.

Strong Winds/Severe Gusts January 14/15th 2015

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