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Storm Callum - Thursday/Friday 11/12 October 2018 **READ MOD NOTE IN FIRST POST**

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  • #1022
    sevenshades
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭sevenshades


    Extremely heavy rain here just outside Waterford city, sky looks like dusk.


  • #1023
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,802 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    I still can't get my head around 20mm of rain in an hour. If I don't have a 2nd semi retired weather station that gave the same reading I'd have assumed it was a malfunction.

    (and what's more I didn't hear a thing!)

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #1024
    Donegal Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Fairly rough here on the NW Donegal coast, haven't got any measurements but I'd guess sustained force 8, bordering on 9 with some nice big gusts.

    Might go for a drive to the cliffs if I get the chance in an hour


  • #1025
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    :eek: That's 189 km/h

    I well believe it!


  • #1026
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Max gust of 87km/h at my Waterford City station and 98km/h in Tramore.
    Heavy rain now

    www.waterfordweather.com


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  • #1027
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    Getting very wild in mid-kildare here the last few minutes, about the same as it was around 3-4am :(


  • #1028
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    :eek: That's 189 km/h

    Previously in my North sea years, the worst recorded was gusts of 124mph so yes this storm is my personal worst....

    Thank you!


  • #1029
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    a windy night here in South Meath, but gentle compared to Storm Ali which was far more severe in this area. No sign of any large branches down in the area, a few bins over turned.


  • #1030
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Previously in my North sea years, the worst recorded was gusts of 124mph so yes this storm is my personal worst....

    Thank you!

    The storm passed up west of us,there were no winds near that strength recorded on land


  • #1031
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    :eek: That's 189 km/h


    Not a mention of this by Met dude on Sean O'Rourke show just now.


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  • #1032
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,342 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    I didn't actually notice a thing in my specific area of Dublin 18, was just like any normal winters night. I think the wind direction spared us.


  • #1033
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Shane O' Malley wrote: »
    I think it is right. Got data here

    Looking at it again the two highest gusts are at nearly the opposite directions from the other readings. Is that a sign that they may be incorrect?

    No the general direction is 190° there are a few at 10° but that's probably the anemometer swinging around after a gust.


  • #1034
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,699 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Not a mention of this by Met dude on Sean O'Rourke show just now.

    Well it is in the open sea/ocean. Nobody will have experienced it....other than the buoy!


  • #1035
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Well it is in the open sea/ocean. Nobody will have experienced it....other than the buoy!

    That buoy must be tough, 10mi west of Eagle.
    That lighthouse was in the RTE Lighthouses programme recently.


  • #1036
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    Very wild night here. Electricity,phone and broadband all knocked out, only restored in the last 45 minutes or so. A lot of debris on the ground but no major damage done. Heavy bursts of rain from time to time.


  • #1037
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Well it is in the open sea/ocean. Nobody will have experienced it....other than the buoy!


    And?

    They are the MET service after all.


  • #1038
    martyfurey
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭martyfurey


    Shane O' Malley wrote: »
    I think it is right. Got data here

    Looking at it again the two highest gusts are at nearly the opposite directions from the other readings. Is that a sign that they may be incorrect?

    To be honest I'm not sure. They seem like crazy wind speeds.


  • #1039
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,699 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    vicwatson wrote: »
    And?

    They are the MET service after all.

    The buoys are nothing to do with the Met Service.

    In any event, with buoys, sometimes wind reports can be skewed by the position of the buoy on the crest of a wave/swell, or in a trough between the wave/swell, and the wind travelling over/being modified by the waves. As the buoy is not fixed, the wind instrument is not fixed, and, as the buoy is on a couple of metres high, the wind instrument would not be at 'regulation' height.

    So while the buoy wind reports are obviously of (great) interest, there are a number of reasons why the Met Service do not (widely) report them.


  • #1040
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Here are the data for WT2 buoy, 16 km offshore. Highest mean speed was 72 knots, highest gust 102 knots twice within an hour.

    463640.PNG


  • #1041
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,699 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Gust of 67 kts/124 km/h at Belmullet in 1100 reports.


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  • #1042
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    Peatys wrote: »
    I was going by this post.. he seemed to know what he was talking about..

    463629.jpg

    Glad to see now it was outdated info.. wasn't looking forward to worse than last night coming.

    In fairness, it wasn't that the timings were outdated, it was just that the models were ever so slightly off in regards to the peak intensity, for Dublin.

    I would argue it didn't peak at 2am though, at least not the entire city - I didn't go to bed until 4am, and it was definitely at its worst here in Dublin 7 at that time.


  • #1043
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    winds have eased a lot here now but the rain is very heavy and it's very dark.


  • #1044
    Donegal Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Meh, seems to have peaked an hour ago here in Donegal, still windy but all-in-all a bog standard gale that'll be repeated several times over the coming months. Getting increasingly tired of the hype and hysteria around these events


  • #1045
    average_runner
    Registered Users Posts: 12,844 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    MJohnston wrote: »
    In fairness, it wasn't that the timings were outdated, it was just that the models were ever so slightly off in regards to the peak intensity, for Dublin.

    I would argue it didn't peak at 2am though, at least not the entire city - I didn't go to bed until 4am, and it was definitely at its worst here in Dublin 7 at that time.


    I agree, Dublin was calm at 2am, at 4am it picked up but wasn't anything we haven't seen before. This kind of weather 10 years ago wouldn't of raised an eyebrow.

    We are over sensitive now and the new warning system is a bit OTT


  • #1046
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,699 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    average_runner wrote: »
    We are over sensitive now and the new warning system is a bit OTT

    I think the nationwide red warning for Ophelia f**ked everybody up! :)

    Much calmer now in Dublin (16) with moderate rain. Almost 4mm in the last hour.


  • #1047
    average_runner
    Registered Users Posts: 12,844 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    I think the nationwide red warning for Ophelia f**ked everybody up! :)

    Much calmer now in Dublin (16) with moderate rain. Almost 4mm in the last hour.

    I think the media f**ked it all up and then the people who wants everyone to make their decision for them, eg should i go out for walk!

    Look out the damn window and decide yourself:D

    Met can't decide for you.


  • #1048
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    The buoys are nothing to do with the Met Service.

    In any event, with buoys, sometimes wind reports can be skewed by the position of the buoy on the crest of a wave/swell, or in a trough between the wave/swell, and the wind travelling over/being modified by the waves. As the buoy is not fixed, the wind instrument is not fixed, and, as the buoy is on a couple of metres high, the wind instrument would not be at 'regulation' height.

    So while the buoy wind reports are obviously of (great) interest, there are a number of reasons why the Met Service do not (widely) report them.


    So why do they give the buoy data on met.ie? I understand the science behind the buoys ad wind reports btw.


  • #1049
    Mount Vesuvius
    Registered Users Posts: 269 ✭✭Mount Vesuvius


    I like to use this site .

    http://www.marine.ie/Home/site-area/data-services/real-time-observations/irish-weather-buoy-network

    I find it handy for quick and easy to read observations of current conditions.


  • #1050
    Sycamore Tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Sycamore Tree


    How can you tell what the max gust was at a particular Met station (e.g. Roches Point) during a 24 hour period?


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  • #1051
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,504 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Sycamore Tree wrote: »
    How can you tell what the max gust was at a particular Met station (e.g. Roches Point) during a 24 hour period?

    Met Éireann tweets them out.

    Met Éireann's daily data.

    Met Éireann's historical data.

    Ogimet synop reports.

    That's how I find them out anyway.

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