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(Ernesto) Warning for High Intensity Rain Sat 18 PM / Sun 19 AM

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    #32
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    Are people really getting grumpy about ME using Yellow Advisories now? There's a reason it's coded yellow, the same reason the thread title prefix for yellow advisories is "Be Aware".

    If the public ignore a yellow advisory, that's fine - it's not a warning!

    Or is the complaint that we're wasting precious forum juice on new threads? Internetting doesn't work that way.


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    #33
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    PS. they've removed the Yellow ADVISORY now anyway.


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    #34
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    From Met.ie (emphasis mine):
    The concept behind YELLOW level weather alerts is to notify those who are at risk because of their location and/or activity, and to allow them to take preventative action. It is implicit that YELLOW level weather alerts are for weather conditions that do not pose an immediate threat to the general population, but only to those exposed to risk by nature of their location and/or activity.


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    #35
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,137 ✭✭✭✭km79


    MJohnston wrote: »
    PS. they've removed the Yellow ADVISORY now anyway.

    Good stuff
    Looos like every other day this week now


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    #36
    sryanbruen
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    Ernesto is the farthest north Atlantic tropical storm since hurricane Juan in September 2003.

    https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1030557891470622720

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    #37
    SleetAndSnow
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    Is the chance of this storm getting stronger after disappearing? It will only get weaker from here on out correct?


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    #38
    CeilingFly
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    MJohnston wrote: »
    Are people really getting grumpy about ME using Yellow Advisories now? There's a reason it's coded yellow, the same reason the thread title prefix for yellow advisories is "Be Aware".

    If the public ignore a yellow advisory, that's fine - it's not a warning!

    Or is the complaint that we're wasting precious forum juice on new threads? Internetting doesn't work that way.

    Problem is that no-one will click on a headline that says "yellow advisory" so the hysterical media have decided to create their own system to suit sensationalist headlines.

    A cursory read of the hysterical indo will show you that.


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    #39
    MJohnston
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    CeilingFly wrote: »
    Problem is that no-one will click on a headline that says "yellow advisory" so the hysterical media have decided to create their own system to suit sensationalist headlines.

    A cursory read of the hysterical indo will show you that.


    They constantly do that without Met Eireann's engagement or assistance. They all have their own quack weather experts to ring up for a sensational quote.


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    #40
    Dank Janniels
    Registered Users Posts: 641 ✭✭✭Dank Janniels


    The amount of headlines with "Shock horror storm to batter the country" Iv seen this week!
    Makes a change from all the "temperature set to plummet" as if forgetting the heatwave and drought we had the past few weeks!


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    #41
    Mobhi1
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Ernesto is the farthest north Atlantic tropical storm since hurricane Juan in September 2003.

    https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1030557891470622720

    So what was Ophelia then?


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    #42
    Artane2002
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    Mobhi1 wrote: »
    So what was Ophelia then?

    The easternmost major hurricane.


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    #43
    Mobhi1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Mobhi1


    Artane2002 wrote: »
    The easternmost major hurricane.

    But if it reached Ireland then it must have been farther north than Ernesto.


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    #44
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,523 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Mobhi1 wrote: »
    But if it reached Ireland then it must have been farther north than Ernesto.

    It was extratropical by the time it went northwards towards Ireland unlike Ernesto which is still tropical at this moment (though will likely become extratropical not too long now).

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    #45
    MJohnston
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    Be interesting if anything happens with all this wildfire smoke. It'd be crazy if you could say you could smell California burning from the west coast of Ireland!


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    #46
    hatrickpatrick
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Ernesto is the farthest north Atlantic tropical storm since hurricane Juan in September 2003.

    https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1030557891470622720

    Wow, I could have sworn that Ophelia didn't begin extratropical transition until practically on our doorstep - is this definitely accurate?


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    #47
    sryanbruen
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    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    Wow, I could have sworn that Ophelia didn't begin extratropical transition until practically on our doorstep - is this definitely accurate?

    I can't be totally sure as I didn't pay much attention to Ophelia. That guy is a verified meteorologist who specialises in Atlantic basin seasonal forecasts so you'd think he was accurate. Others may have answers.

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    #48
    MJohnston
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    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    Wow, I could have sworn that Ophelia didn't begin extratropical transition until practically on our doorstep - is this definitely accurate?

    Ophelia approached us from the south-west though, so it transitioned around 45 degrees:

    MET-EIREANN-UPDATE.jpg

    I believe the actual transition ended up occurring somewhere overnight on the 16th (US time), so still quite well south of the latitude Ernesto is at.


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    #49
    MJohnston
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    Now I'm just reminded of how great the build-up to Ophelia was: the unusual track it was taking; the fact it was still Cat 2 strength so close to our shores; battening down the hatches on the day and the crazy winds even up here in Dublin. What a kick off to an insane 12 months of weather.


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    #50
    easygoing39
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    MJohnston wrote: »
    Now I'm just reminded of how great the build-up to Ophelia was: the unusual track it was taking; the fact it was still Cat 2 strength so close to our shores; battening down the hatches on the day and the crazy winds even up here in Dublin. What a kick off to an insane 12 months of weather.

    A great storm alright,let out off work,on full pay at 11am,was in my local at 1pm sinking back the pints,watching the racing from the UK on the telly and throwing on the odd tenner bet,best storm I ever lived thru!!


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    #51
    sdanseo
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    MJohnston wrote: »
    Now I'm just reminded of how great the build-up to Ophelia was: the unusual track it was taking; the fact it was still Cat 2 strength so close to our shores; battening down the hatches on the day and the crazy winds even up here in Dublin. What a kick off to an insane 12 months of weather.

    The way things are going, it will be a lot more than 12 months.

    I would venture that the weather will be "crazy" and in the longer term context much more difficult to predict for the next number of years.


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    #52
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,125 ✭✭✭pad199207


    MJohnston wrote: »
    Now I'm just reminded of how great the build-up to Ophelia was: the unusual track it was taking; the fact it was still Cat 2 strength so close to our shores; battening down the hatches on the day and the crazy winds even up here in Dublin. What a kick off to an insane 12 months of weather.

    Never forget that day. Worst wind I have ever experienced in Kildare. Got down to Wexford that evening and was like a war zone down there. Never seen so much damage in this country from wind.


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    #53
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    sdanseo wrote: »
    The way things are going, it will be a lot more than 12 months.

    I would venture that the weather will be "crazy" and in the longer term context much more difficult to predict for the next number of years.


    Yes, it is sad to see so much extreme weather increasing in frequency (although in the short term, very exciting to watch from the perspective of charts and forecasts). I really do what kind of world my son is going to grow up in.


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    #54
    screamer
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    I think Ophelia became extra tropical about 24 hours before it hit. Doesn't mean anything to me but I remember that Donnelly girl on the weather at pains to explain that it would not be a hurricane any longer but an extra tropical storm packing hurricane force gusts......


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    #55
    km79
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    I'm guessing that now all the talk is about a storm nearly 12 months ago this thread has run its course :D


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    #56
    screamer
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    km79 wrote: »
    I'm guessing that now all the talk is about a storm nearly 12 months ago this thread has run its course :D
    Nah don't you know nostalgia and comparison are par for the course here in the weather board....


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    #57
    pad199207
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    Ernesto starting to merge with the front now West of Ireland. Convection certainly has decayed considerably now with the structure becoming disorganized and likely undergoing transition at this time.


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    #58
    juneg
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    What will the weather be like for the overnight ferry to France tomorrow? I'm afraid to ask.


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    #59
    MJohnston
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    juneg wrote: »
    What will the weather be like for the overnight ferry to France tomorrow? I'm afraid to ask.


    Pretty poor. Official description is "rough", between 2.5m and 4m wave heights. Good forecast map on this here: https://www.met.ie/forecasts/marine-inland-lakes/waves


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    #60
    Graces7
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    I think some of these warnings are becoming totally unneeded.

    The idea of a warning system is that you want people to take notice. It won't work if 'wolf' is being constantly cried for minimal "events".

    There is nothing that suggests to me any warning level is justified here.


    Aside from some normal marine warnings this is nothing out of the ordinary.

    Beg to differ. It is needful and wise to keep coastal areas well informed re what you call "normal marine warnings " as these affect coastal areas . You can filter out what does not concern you easily enough without preventing making us aware of eg travel badly affected.

    It is not crying wolf but taking care. On eg coastal Mayo the weather needs great care today and y'day. Glad of warnings to take precautions....


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    #61
    Supercell
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    Not often you see this on a fax chart:

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