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Storm Desmond - High Winds 4/5 December 2015

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    #422
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    We are quite sheltered here and I don't have my weather station wind guage at the 10m required height. Max gust was 66km/h yesterday afternoon. It's blustery out but never stormy. (Near Clara)


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    #423
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,140 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Barna77 wrote: »
    Flight cancelled

    AerLingus and other airlines did fly though

    1. Not the thread.
    2. Every airline has had disruption, all Aer Lingus regional flights cancelled today for example. Don't go on a Ryanair blame game like people normally do. Ryanair are certainly not in favour of cancelling their flights.


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    #424
    YeaYeaSure
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭YeaYeaSure


    Nowhere near as strong winds as Storm Barney in the midwest region. Only a couple of thousand without power in the country thankfully.


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    #425
    Rikand
    Registered Users Posts: 20,348 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Supercell wrote: »
    Dublin, Ireland? highest wind gust I've recorded so far is 67kmh and 5mm of rain since midnight, this is definitely a western Ireland event.

    Everywhere outside the pale you mean. It's been pretty awful in athlone since about 5 pm yesterday


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    #426
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    Heard that moron Phil Crawly just refer to it as 'Hurricane' Desmond.....

    I have a feeling that its a bad day countrywide typical for 'the most wonderful time of the year' but I'd say its severity varies from area to area.


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    #427
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,740 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Wind has been picking up in the last hour, anemometer at a height of around 4m above ground, is at a constant F6 with highest gust at 76km/hr.


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    #428
    squarecircles
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    Wind is picking up again in mayo,very wild


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    #429
    FWVT
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    Latest aviation warnings:

    -EISN SIGMET 08 VALID 051200/051600 EINN- EISN SHANNON FIR SEV TURB FCST S OF LINE N5300 W01500 - N5525 W00720 SFC/FL060 STNR NC=
    -EISN SIGMET 07 VALID 051025/051400 EINN- EISN SHANNON FIR SEV MTW FCST N OF N5130 AND E OF W01030 FL050/200 =
    -CASEMENT EIME AD WRNG 02 VALID 051231/060300 SFC WIND SW 30-35KT MAX 40-45 BECMG OCNL 35-40 MAX 50-55 FCST =
    -DUBLIN EIDW AD WRNG 01 VALID 050900/060300 SFC WIND SW 25-30KT MAX 40-45 BECMG OCNL 25-30 MAX 45-50 FCST =
    -SHANNON EINN AD WRNG 01 VALID 050900/060300 SFC WIND SW 20-25KT MAX 35-40 BECMG OCNL 25-30 MAX 40-45 FCST =
    -CORK EICK AD WRNG 01 VALID 050900/060400 SFC WIND SW 25-30KT MAX 40-45 BECMG OCNL 30-35 MAX 45-50 FCST =
    -KNOCK EIKN AD WRNG 01 VALID 050900/052300 SFC WIND SW 25-30KT MAX 40-45 BECMG OCNL 30-35 MAX 45-50 FCST =


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    #430
    waterways
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    M4 has just calm 5 knots at 1200 while Kinsale Energy has picked up to 50 gust 63


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    #431
    Tactical
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    West Limerick.

    1255
    Sustained wind 22km/hr.
    light rain.
    overcast.


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    #432
    fepper
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    Must be into the second tranche of wind here as it seems worse now


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    #433
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    It's been absolutely appalling in Galway City since about 5 o'clock yesterday evening. Driving wind and rain with very little let up. I think ME got it spot on with their warnings. The coastguard helicopter just came in and out of Galway University Hospital, a terrible day to be up in an aircraft.


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    #434
    squarecircles
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    Cars damaged by fallen trees.


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    #435
    JCX BXC
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    Strong Gusts just moved in here in west Clare, but the rain has lightened a bit, albeit not by very much.


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    #436
    squarecircles
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    Brown Thomas shop front cork


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    #437
    SeaBreezes
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    Im down by kinsale, rain has eased, and wind is steadily strong, with gusts but not the worst we've seen, lots of warnings of flooded roads, trees down in the area. Electricity out for many places too. I feel awful for the west coast they must be getting an awful battering there. Has the worst passed, or is there a reload coming later today? Or is that just for the west? If so does anyone know approx time?


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    #438
    FWVT
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    SeaBreezes wrote: »
    Im down by kinsale, rain has eased, and wind is steadily strong, with gusts but not the worst we've seen, lots of warnings of flooded roads, trees down in the area. Electricity out for many places too. I feel awful for the west coast they must be getting an awful battering there. Has the worst passed, or is there a reload coming later today? Or is that just for the west? If so does anyone know approx time?

    Windwise the worst is to come for the west around 6 pm. Rainwise it will continue until at least midnight.


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    #439
    JCX BXC
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    SeaBreezes wrote: »
    Im down by kinsale, rain has eased, and wind is steadily strong, with gusts but not the worst we've seen, lots of warnings of flooded roads, trees down in the area. Electricity out for many places too. I feel awful for the west coast they must be getting an awful battering there. Has the worst passed, or is there a reload coming later today? Or is that just for the west? If so does anyone know approx time?

    Well here in West Clare it's bad, but not that bad. Been pretty consistent since last night, I'm surprised at the lack of damage.


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    #440
    JCX BXC
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Well here in West Clare it's bad, but not that bad. Been pretty consistent since last night, I'm surprised at the lack of damage.

    Never mind, since I've typed that the Gusts have really came up.


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    #441
    Discodog
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    You rover dog walking reporter just recorded a gust of 49 mph on the handheld by the sea. The shore is covered in sea foam


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    #442
    corsav6
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    FWVT wrote: »
    Windwise the worst is to come for the west around 6 pm. Rainwise it will continue until at least midnight.

    Will 6pm be the peak or just the start? If it's just the start how long do you think it will last?
    Sorry for the questions, we had a fairly rough day and night with wind yesterday so not looking forward to any more.


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    #443
    legomaniac
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    Here in South Donegal. This has been nothing more than a typical December unsettled day. Yes it's been raining since 5pm yesterday but it's not particularly heavy. Some spot flooding in fields but that's normal even year. Wind wise, one or two strong gusts but I was just in Ballyshannon and it's hardly noticeable. Trader told me they have noticed a sharp drop in the usual Saturday trade and he blamed Met Eireann for hyping everyone up with a Red Warning.


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    #444
    squarecircles
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    #445
    Aiel
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    There's a tree down on Taylors Hill Road in Galway City plus large branches down on roads around Barna and Moycullen. For the 3rd time since this morning the Fire Brigade have just sped up the street past where I am near the fire station, they are kept busy today.


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    #446
    corsav6
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    squarecircles wrote: »

    On the west coast of Mayo?
    I'm in Castlebar at the moment and and it's just about breezy.
    A big contrast to Newport.


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    #447
    _Whimsical_
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    It has been extremely windy in Galway city today. I'm cosy at home listening to serious howling wind outside but our roof has leaked in 3 places and as well as the howling wind we are listening to the tv aerial loudly clanking against the side of the house and blowing around as it's come loose! No way anything can be done about it today though in this wind.
    I can't remember being in a house that incurred damage before in a storm.


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    #448
    omicron
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭omicron


    legomaniac wrote: »
    Here in South Donegal. This has been nothing more than a typical December unsettled day. Yes it's been raining since 5pm yesterday but it's not particularly heavy. Some spot flooding in fields but that's normal even year. Wind wise, one or two strong gusts but I was just in Ballyshannon and it's hardly noticeable. Trader told me they have noticed a sharp drop in the usual Saturday trade and he blamed Met Eireann for hyping everyone up with a Red Warning.

    Great plan blame the forecaster for people not shopping today, not the weather.

    Typical ''shoot the messenger'' stuff.


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    #449
    blackbird99
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    Aherlow co Tipperary
    not as bad as earlier on


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    #450
    naughto
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    corsav6 wrote: »
    On the west coast of Mayo?
    I'm in Castlebar at the moment and and it's just about breezy.
    A big contrast to Newport.

    That's not this storm. I'd say circles will be tasking a holiday from the form soon


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    #451
    FWVT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    Very steady wind in Clew Bay, both in speed and direction. Live readings here

    http://www.mayosailingclub.com/InfoAnemometer.html

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