Wind Warning for Ireland - Storm Georgina

sdanseo · 24-01-2018 2:42am

Fastnet 67kt at 1.15am then dropped to 47kt 20 mins later
67kt=124km/h

Edit: 58kt it dropped to, 47 was the average

clownface95 · 24-01-2018 2:43am

Flight out of Dublin at 5:15 home I’ll be alright.. connecting flight after that

StringerBell · 24-01-2018 2:47am

Very windy here in Waterford at the minute, I've gone to check on my garden fence a couple of times

Came down during Ophelia, this is the strongest test of it since I'd think.

Jpmarn · 24-01-2018 2:48am

There were some severe gusts near Limerick city at around the top of 1 am hour. Wind has moderated a good lot since. There is a distinct squall line showing up on the rainfall radar.

pad199207 · 24-01-2018 2:51am

Would be interesting to see lightning strikes in the squall line but none yet. If this was over Britain no doubt there would be!

Donegal Storm · 24-01-2018 2:56am

nagdefy wrote: »

Nasty looking squall line.

Another image to prove how useless the met eireann radar is for the north west. This is the actual picture across Donegal, brutal night out there, windy but rain more a feature than the wind, heavy sheets of driving rain against the window all night

RobertKK · 24-01-2018 3:42am

The rain rate reached 93.6mm/hr. The highest in a while for here.

24-01-2018 3:50am

Just had one hell of a down pour here in Dundalk, Co.Louth, winds picking up now too

Irishsneachta · 24-01-2018 4:00am

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Another image to prove how useless the met eireann radar is for the north west. This is the actual picture across Donegal, brutal night out there, windy but rain more a feature than the wind, heavy sheets of driving rain against the window all night

I first noticed it back in 2009 lol

Irishsneachta · 24-01-2018 4:01am

Completely calm here in Donegal, I'm inland. Not even a breeze

Irishsneachta · 24-01-2018 4:04am

2am reports Belmullet with the highest gust 57 knots.

sword1 · 24-01-2018 4:10am

Winds in west cork but nothing too strong or worrying, hopefully we will miss out on this blow

Wx · 24-01-2018 4:10am

0305 heavy rain in Glasnevin Been very gusty last 4 or 5 hours

Rougies · 24-01-2018 4:20am

Sudden drop in wind as the heavy rain started. Almost calm now, wind noise replaced by rain noise.

Irishsneachta · 24-01-2018 4:28am

3am Roches point highest gust 57 knots. Got very windy now in a squall shower

Hooter23 · 24-01-2018 7:34am

Torrential downpour Galway loudest rain i've ever heard:eek:

Morby · 24-01-2018 7:36am

Never heard anything like it either!

Morby · 24-01-2018 7:40am

Thunder and lightning overhead Galway now

Hooter23 · 24-01-2018 7:41am

Thunder and lightning coming now :pac:

M.T. Cranium · 24-01-2018 7:44am

The main part of the storm is done, Malin Head gusted to 58 knots at 0400h, think the squall line took away some of the energy from the potential high wind gusts although it was windy enough in the south ... the core is now heading for the Hebrides after missing Ulster to the north, and the squall line is heading into England and north Wales.

Gusty showers for the rest of today and another minor peak in wind speeds tonight when another trough moves past, don't think it will reach 100 km/hr but could in a few exposed locations.

Georgina was more of a rain than a wind event, I think, and there could be ongoing flooding for those about to head out for their morning drives.

Irishsneachta · 24-01-2018 7:52am

Winds didn't reach 110kph anywhere from what I can tell so far. One bad gust here, during a shower. Apart from a windy enough 20 minutes during that shower. It wasn't bad.

average_runner · 24-01-2018 8:02am

Was very windy last night in Dublin. Felt stronger than the storm that had the red warning.

Pangea · 24-01-2018 8:29am

That was a rough night, woke up with the hailstones battering the window, thought it was too warm for hail.

Gaoth Laidir · 24-01-2018 8:34am

52 gust 69 knots at Benbecula Airport (6 m amsl) now.

EGPL 240720Z 21052G69KT 3500 -RA BKN005 BKN012 05/05 Q0964 RERA

gozunda · 24-01-2018 8:40am

Very windy here last night - heavy gate thrown over and shed doors blown open with force of wind.

Wind speed now decreasing but still blowing and noticibly loud.

Heavy rain.

130m asl
North Cork / Limerick Tipperary border

Burts Bee · 24-01-2018 8:53am

Another sleepless night in north cork. Sustained gusts and still very windy. Sounded as bad as anything else we've had this year.

Villain · 24-01-2018 9:06am

Joanna said 59 knots was highest Gust, my station in Tullow saw an 80kmh gust.

Robxxx7 · 24-01-2018 9:13am

My station here in Mid-Kerry got a gust of 66kmh just after midnight ... that was the strongest .. Similar to last Wednesday's wind event

Darwin · 24-01-2018 9:28am

Definitely not as windy here as last Wednesday (which was yellow wind warning) and relatively short lived. I thought it strange they put out an orange warning for the entire country, maybe they were concerned about potential downdrafts from the squall line as it crossed west to east. The ARPEGE model did very well as usual.

leahyl · 24-01-2018 9:29am

It was WILD in Cork City last night! I woke at 2am and it was really bad - was not expecting that at all.

redsteveireland · 24-01-2018 9:34am

Hooter23 wrote: »

Torrential downpour Galway loudest rain i've ever heard:eek:

Couldn't get from the car into work at that time, hailstones were setting off car alarms and eveything! Brilliant stuff!

ninebeanrows · 24-01-2018 10:02am

Looks like we peaked at 59kt @ Malin Head (109kph).

Was wild enough here around 4am.

Assetbacked · 24-01-2018 10:49am

In Dublin city centre - not too bad overnight. Mild temperature but breezy enough this morning 7am along the quays.

pad199207 · 24-01-2018 11:16am

21mm overnight in Naas

Max rain rate of 127mm/hr

Donegal Storm · 24-01-2018 1:34pm

Strong gusts here on the Donegal coast last night but nothing too noteworthy, the showers are packing a real punch though, some really squally downpours and the wind picks up dramatically as they pass through

piuswal · 24-01-2018 3:11pm

Irishsneachta wrote: »

I first noticed it back in 2009 lol

Radars have limited effective distances.

Met Eireann would never claim to cover Donegal.

Hopefully the Aldergrove radar will be included in the updated web site when it comes online later in the year.

One would hope that money will be made available for new radars if the Government are serious about the Flood Forecasting Service they have promised.

Probably need at least 5 new radars and locations to cover the island properly.
I understand that good hydrological radar coverage requires only 150km between radars (can anyone verify or correct that?).

Given that such radars will need clear 360 deg views finding good sites would be challenging. I imagine all the telecos have got most of the best sites already!

sryanbruen · 24-01-2018 3:46pm

leahyl wrote: »

It was WILD in Cork City last night! I woke at 2am and it was really bad - was not expecting that at all.

Same here in Dublin. I thought nothing could be worse than Eleanor for here in terms of the noisy gusts but I was wrong, Georgina was terrifying and very annoying if I'm completely honest. Hope I can go the rest of the season without a storm as bad or worse than Georgina for here.

Storm 10 · 24-01-2018 4:24pm

Very heavy nasty hail showers in Galway roads are pretty well flooded..

fmul9798 · 24-01-2018 4:58pm

Serious gust in the last few minutes in Galway - sounded worse than anything last night

Zzippy · 24-01-2018 5:04pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Very heavy nasty hail showers in Galway roads are pretty well flooded..

Heard M18 north of Athenry was closed this morning for a time after numerous accidents during similar hail showers

Irishsneachta · 24-01-2018 5:09pm

piuswal wrote: »

Radars have limited effective distances.

Met Eireann would never claim to cover Donegal.

Hopefully the Aldergrove radar will be included in the updated web site when it comes online later in the year.

One would hope that money will be made available for new radars if the Government are serious about the Flood Forecasting Service they have promised.

Probably need at least 5 new radars and locations to cover the island properly.
I understand that good hydrological radar coverage requires only 150km between radars (can anyone verify or correct that?).

Given that such radars will need clear 360 deg views finding good sites would be challenging. I imagine all the telecos have got most of the best sites already!

I'm not one to ever bash them. However I contacted them about in 2009 assuming it was a fault. They said they were aware of the poor coverage and would have it for the NW very soon. 9 years later and it's still the same. It's a bit of a joke. Especially when I can go on loads of other sites and see it properly for here. Surely wouldn't be that hard for them to get it from a different site. Inexcusable really.

Donegal Storm · 24-01-2018 6:14pm

Irishsneachta wrote: »

I'm not one to ever bash them. However I contacted them about in 2009 assuming it was a fault. They said they were aware of the poor coverage and would have it for the NW very soon. 9 years later and it's still the same. It's a bit of a joke. Especially when I can go on loads of other sites and see it properly for here. Surely wouldn't be that hard for them to get it from a different site. Inexcusable really.

I also contacted them about it around 2009 or '10 funnily enough, they told me it was simply down to funding that they couldn't upgrade the network. I'm sure they'd love an extra couple of radars on the west coast as well to see well out into the Atlantic but I can't see much happening

Hopefully the NI radar will be included when the new website is launched at least, we really shouldn't have to use private websites servicing another country to check the weather

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2018 9:49pm

Interesting system to observe last night. Never delivered the high winds that were expected but plenty of rain in places. The squall line feature that ran across the country did not seem to have that much energy going by reports.

In my opinion the ECM ( although first to predict it and was very consistent on the days leading up to it) overestimated this one by a fair bit ( up to 20 km/h ) and the ICON also if lesser so. ARPEGE, AROME, GFS and WRF did well I think. The WRF-NMM is beginning to stand out as a model to be trusted more I'm thinking.

nagdefy · 24-01-2018 10:06pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

I also contacted them about it around 2009 or '10 funnily enough, they told me it was simply down to funding that they couldn't upgrade the network. I'm sure they'd love an extra couple of radars on the west coast as well to see well out into the Atlantic but I can't see much happening

Hopefully the NI radar will be included when the new website is launched at least, we really shouldn't have to use private websites servicing another country to check the weather

I didn't realise. You'd think by the Met Eireann radar that most of Donegal wasn't getting a drop.

piuswal · 25-01-2018 3:04am

Irishsneachta wrote: »

I'm not one to ever bash them. However I contacted them about in 2009 assuming it was a fault. They said they were aware of the poor coverage and would have it for the NW very soon. 9 years later and it's still the same. It's a bit of a joke. Especially when I can go on loads of other sites and see it properly for here. Surely wouldn't be that hard for them to get it from a different site. Inexcusable really.

I do not think the issue is getting radar data. ME, as far as I am aware has ready access to all European radar outputs.

The issue probably, I think, is the right to use it on their own website.

Oneiric 3 · 25-01-2018 11:19am

piuswal wrote: »

I do not think the issue is getting radar data. ME, as far as I am aware has ready access to all European radar outputs.

The issue probably, I think, is the right to use it on their own website.

Curious how 3rd party sites can use both the UK Met and Met Éireann radars on their site, but Met Éireann does not have the right to use just one radar from the UK Met on their site, despite the fact the UK Met freely uses imagery from Met Éireann radars?

Something doesn't sit right with me regarding this.

piuswal · 25-01-2018 3:42pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Curious how 3rd party sites can use both the UK Met and Met Éireann radars on their site, but Met Éireann does not have the right to use just one radar from the UK Met on their site, despite the fact the UK Met freely uses imagery from Met Éireann radars?

Something doesn't sit right with me regarding this.

Fair point. I was only surmising. Their could be some other issue. You could always ask them.

Wind Warning for Ireland - Storm Georgina

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