Storm Brendan Monday 13 Jan 2020 See Mod note in OP before posting

gozunda · 14-01-2020 4:08am

YFlyer wrote: »

During Storm Darwin a friend and I did 400m repeats downhill at the Castletroy Industrial Estate in Limerick with the wind behind our backs. Great speed work for the indoor season.

Some years ago whilst working near the most northerly point on the Island - I did 20+ plus mile commutes by road bike in the depths of winter with Iceland being the next nearest land mass. Cycling uphill against gale force winds in Baltic conditions made one fit for sure

M5 · 14-01-2020 8:13am

Reati wrote: »

And a UV index of 5...?

UV sensor might be off alright. The wind tallies with other stations in the area

uck51js9zml2yt · 14-01-2020 8:41am

Meteorite58 wrote: »

What was the wind and rain like in your spot tatranska. Around Tralee reports of trees and ESB poles down, saw a guy in a cherry picker at 14.00 cutting a tree that had become dangerous or fallen against a building near the Brandon Hotel.

Some big hail showers in the late afternoon.

Most of the power out was S Kerry and Dingle it seems but a lot of it got re connected quickly.

Council reported lots of trees down around the county especially S Kerry but nothing too major it seems.

Tralee town was very quite today, very few around.

The perspex roof on my chicken run survived. I lost some panels in the winds we had early December, so altogether it was ok yesterday.

Doctors room ghost · 14-01-2020 8:45am

Andrew00 wrote: »

Unbelievable flash of lightning in East Galway

Saw that and a dirty shower of hail came with it which stuck with temperature at 2c

car_radio19834 · 14-01-2020 8:50am

YFlyer wrote: »

During windy days the gas power stations should cut back in generation instead of taken wind turbines energy out of the mix.

Wind turbines have a maximum wind speed they can work in, if it goes above this they shut them down.

sideswipe · 14-01-2020 10:47am

car_radio19834 wrote: »

Wind turbines have a maximum wind speed they can work in, if it goes above this they shut them down.

Yeah it can't be a case of the more wind the better, at a certain point it becomes too windy for wind turbines.

Macy0161 · 14-01-2020 11:01am

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Met Eireann did an excellent job all day.
They got this event spot on!!

Yep, definitely more damage and impact in Wicklow than a yellow level "event". Where I work in Dublin had damage and ingress not seen at yellow level either.

YFlyer · 14-01-2020 12:37pm

gozunda wrote: »

During very high winds wind turbines may have to be turned off and blades faced out of the wind to prevent overloading and burn out the motors etc. This is one of the issues with wind powered generation and situating wind turbines in very exposed areas such as exposed upland areas.

True when wind velocity is too high. They still get turned off at certain times of the day because other sources of electric generation is been utilised.

nigeldaniel · 14-01-2020 1:27pm

YFlyer wrote: »

True when wind velocity is too high. They still get turned off at certain times of the day because other sources of electric generation is been utilised.

I was thinking about this yesterday when I saw the wind farm up the road from me buzzing away furiously. I guess no one switched them off or something.

kippy · 14-01-2020 1:30pm

nigeldaniel wrote: »

I was thinking about this yesterday when I saw the wind farm up the road from me buzzing away furiously. I guess no one switched them off or something.

Every turbine has a different rating. Most commercials look to be designed to withstand far more wind speed than experienced anywhere yesterday.

"All wind turbines are designed for a maximum wind speed, called the survival speed, above which they will be damaged. The survival speed of commercial wind turbines is in the range of 40 m/s (144 km/h, 89 MPH) to 72 m/s (259 km/h, 161 MPH). The most common survival speed is 60 m/s (216 km/h, 134 MPH). Some have been designed to survive 80 metres per second (290 km/h; 180 mph).[4]"

From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine_design

zell12 · 14-01-2020 1:58pm

DailyMail - Brendan batters Britain - and the worst is due TODAY:
features Galway swimmer & LE Samuel Beckett cam

dsmythy · 14-01-2020 2:10pm

Epic wind speed comparison chart. February seems a good month for the biggest ones.

pad199207 · 14-01-2020 3:59pm

https://twitter.com/kildaremet/status/1216795235008892934?s=21

Doctors room ghost · 14-01-2020 4:04pm

Out of curiosity how did people’s weather stations work out for them.im thinking of getting one here myself and would appreciate any advice on which one to get.thanks

ednwireland · 14-01-2020 4:09pm

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Out of curiosity how did people’s weather stations work out for them.im thinking of getting one here myself and would appreciate any advice on which one to get.thanks

my anenometer is too low so it topped out at 48km/h which i know is in the 90+km/h wind speed.
apart from that the rain is pretty accurate, but had to replace the guage after 10 years so last weekends deluge wasnt caught properly.

and well temp pressure and humiidity as long as temp is in the shade is pretty spot on.

Storm 10 · 14-01-2020 5:33pm

I have an Instromet weather station for many many years never gave me a problem and works very well, the highest gust yesterday at my station in Galway was 110kmh it was averaging around 80 to 100 after that in gusts died down then and got going again around 4pm but did not reach the earlier gust of 110km, only downside is I cant use it on my PC .

dacogawa · 14-01-2020 6:09pm

The Great South Wall during high tide yesterday.

https://twitter.com/DavidCostelloDC/status/1216821605512437761

Doctors room ghost · 14-01-2020 8:00pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

I have an Instromet weather station for many many years never gave me a problem and works very well, the highest gust yesterday at my station in Galway was 110kmh it was averaging around 80 to 100 after that in gusts died down then and got going again around 4pm but did not reach the earlier gust of 110km, only downside is I cant use it on my PC .

Where did you buy it storm10 if you don’t mind me asking

Storm 10 · 14-01-2020 9:12pm

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Where did you buy it storm10 if you don’t mind me asking

https:/www.instromet.co.uk

Google Instromet weather stations if the link don't work they are a lovely station

Doctors room ghost · 14-01-2020 9:22pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

https:/www.instromet.co.uk

Google Instromet weather stations if the link don't work they are a lovely station

Thanks for that.ill check them out

Gaoth Laidir · 14-01-2020 9:43pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

https:/www.instromet.co.uk

Google Instromet weather stations if the link don't work they are a lovely station

Jesus they're an awful price for what you get.

Storm 10 · 14-01-2020 9:57pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Jesus they're an awful price for what you get.

Dear ok but never had a problem with it when I purchased it around 20 years ago there were no weather stations like you have today

NH2013 · 14-01-2020 10:08pm

Ficheall wrote: »

Just landed in Toronto - that was without a doubt the most turbulent takeoff I've ever been in.

I was at the airport fence watching the landings as that Toronto flight took off, the LAX flight that landed just before your flight tool off was the stormiest landing I've ever seen, I swore it was about to crash at one point, as it crossed the runway threshold it got a violent wing drop and just rolled over but the pilot managed to arrest it and get it onto the runway, the pilot's voice sounded very shaken as they taxied off the runway.

However then when the Toronto flight was cleared to takeoff they sounded very relaxed and calm, the pilot of the Toronto flight even wished ATC to "Have a nice day" as they started down the runway, though there was also quite a wobble and wing drop off it just as it got airbourne. I was wondering how he sounded so calm after having just seeing one of his colleagues clearly being ravaged by the winds but guess it's all in the training.

Your flight seemed to take off just as that squall pushed through, the wind swung around in those 2 minutes from 190 around to 230 based off the tower reported wind.

An amazing day for spotting at the airport and a real sense of appreciation into the skill that pilots must have flying on days like yesterday.

Meteorite58 · 14-01-2020 10:23pm

A few tweets showing the sea state during Storm Brendan. Didn't hear anything from Galway , looks like it did not cause any problems there ?

https://twitter.com/barrabest/status/1216840500730351616?s=20

https://twitter.com/SafehavenMarine/status/1216819452685312000?s=20

https://twitter.com/Kscott_94/status/1216729348843167744?s=20

Graces7 · 15-01-2020 4:29am

Good morning.

Gales and rain raging out here so catching up. Too noisy to sleep

My internet went down. The dish is on a very exposed northern facing gable end wall and this is the first time it has ever had problems. Westnet fixed it somehow. Amazing folk.

We are still on gale warnings out here; hail and heavy deluges. Yesterday was about keeping warm . Another bad day ahead. But yellow only

And as others have said, met.ie did a wonderful job; accurate and timely.

Brendan was/is almost if not quite the most violent storm in a long life of island and coastal living. At times terrifying. And there is no shame in being terrified. The noise is inescapable and sleep is impossible.

We would get a very bad storm end of May/ early June. They called it the "gab of May. " One year because of the "airt" ( direction) it swept all the seabirds' nests and nestlings off the usually safe cliffs. We would save food tins, and cut the bottom out, to protect cabbage seedlings.

All is well and it seems not too much damage out there?

PS belated thanks to " Foggy Jew" for kind words.
Hope all are well.

SeaBreezes · 15-01-2020 11:53am

Glad your OK Grace. You and squarecircles got the brunt of it this time.

I remember Ophelia, watching the polytunnel go, seeing the roof tiles land in the garden during the worst of it and wondering, what if predictions are wrong? if the roof goes, what do I do?
Thankfully that was the worst of it and it was a fast moving storm.

Cleanup took weeks, no mobile, no electricity for a week, trees down everywhere. And Dublin got a light breeze.

Anyone scoffing has never experienced weather like it. So they can't empathise. Take no notice. Glad all is well

Th3B1tcH · 15-01-2020 1:07pm

I rarely post here(dont want clog up the thread) but a long time followed of this forum, 1st place I look for weather events some great knowledgeable posters spot on with most detail right down to the timing.

Just want say thank you to weather experts on here and Grace7 keep posting I missed ur posting when you were offline last year often wondered if you were ok but I get the impression you know how to survive well even in bad conditions most wouldnt.