Wind Warning for Ireland - Storm Georgina

Xenji · 24-01-2018 12:40am

Winds picking up in Castlebar in the last 15 mins, max gust of 92 km/hr, 15mm of rain this evening as well.

redsteveireland · 24-01-2018 12:42am

Lovely and calm in Galway, can here rain dropping in the shore outside.
Thats enough of that, until tomorrow morning and the flooded roads that await.

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2018 12:42am

DOCARCH · 24-01-2018 12:42am

xLANDRYNx wrote: »

Really quiet here in dublin .

Fairly lively/howling now around this part of Dublin (16).

Oneiric 3 · 24-01-2018 12:48am

Met Eireann's Hirlam rainfall chart for 11pm. Don't think it could have been any more wrong.

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2018 12:50am

https://twitter.com/eddy_weather/status/955897282943176704

https://twitter.com/Caluminonimbus/status/955936193937657856

squarecircles · 24-01-2018 12:52am

Crazy strong winds just blew up out of nowhere,west mayo

mickger844posts · 24-01-2018 1:00am

A wild night out without the huge gusts yet. My station recorded a Max of 57km/h so far and this is similar to another station a few km away from me. No rain here yet but i feel when it arrives winds will ramp up to the next level.

www.waterfordweather.com

pad199207 · 24-01-2018 1:00am

A few whipping gusts throwing loose objects around the garden now.

nagdefy · 24-01-2018 1:01am

Just noticing Eddy Graham's tweet in Meteorite's post.

Wow! Didn't realise he was active in meteorology. His Dublin Weather Diary which ended when he emmigrated to Canada in the 90s was some read. A lot of top Irish Meteorologists in Canada.

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2018 1:02am

Looks like a squall line heading towards me here near Tralee

pad199207 · 24-01-2018 1:03am

Just had a gust out of nowhere of 66KPH in Kildare. Georgina is now the strongest storm of 2018 so far here.

Storm 10 · 24-01-2018 1:07am

Gone very wild now in Galway just recorded gusts of 62 mph

sdanseo · 24-01-2018 1:08am

pad199207 wrote: »

Just had a gust out of nowhere of 66KPH in Kildare. Georgina is now the strongest storm of 2018 so far here.

kph? Are you in a very sheltered place?

ninebeanrows · 24-01-2018 1:10am

Wind picking up noticeably in north Dublin.

Id say Casement might get a decent gust with that direction, maybe ~55kt

JCX BXC · 24-01-2018 1:12am

Fierce here in West Clare, with very heavy rain.

pad199207 · 24-01-2018 1:13am

sdanseo wrote: »

kph? Are you in a very sheltered place?

I would be yeah. Gust sounded much stronger than 66KPH.

bodhrandude · 24-01-2018 1:14am

Its mental out there in Salthill, I feel like the window is going to fall on top of me at times.

ninebeanrows · 24-01-2018 1:14am

Winds will be peaking in the west within next hour and will veer SW but will remain fairy strong.

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2018 1:16am

Looks like big winds coming with those squall lines that seem to be developing

Cork981 · 24-01-2018 1:17am

Very strong winds just outside Cork City the last 30 minutes.

Roof and windows are creaking.

Definitely the 2nd strongest storm we’ve had this winter.

ninebeanrows · 24-01-2018 1:18am

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Looks like big winds coming with those squall lines that seem to be developing

Yep look fairly nasty and appear to picking up intensity as front tracks further east.

pad199207 · 24-01-2018 1:20am

I would even go as far as saying that this might be the strongest storm here since Ophelia

Oscar Bravo · 24-01-2018 1:20am

Newport gusting 59 knots

ninebeanrows · 24-01-2018 1:20am

Winds will peak SE and E around 3-4am, so still a gusty few hours to go.

Peak gust so far @ Newport Mayo 31 Gust 59kt and the wind has veered there.

lolie · 24-01-2018 1:21am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Met Eireann's Hirlam rainfall chart for 11pm. Don't think it could have been any more wrong.

It's a fair bit out alright.

Cork981 · 24-01-2018 1:21am

pad199207 wrote: »

I would even go as far as saying that this might be the strongest storm here since Ophelia

Without a doubt here in Cork City.

Not much rain yet though.

sdanseo · 24-01-2018 1:22am

Winds seem to have peaked or be peaking at Fastnet. 1 Hurricane force gust...just!

Skedaddle · 24-01-2018 1:23am

It’s prefty strong in Cork City. Hard to gauge other than it’s howling through the trickle vents on the windows.

pad199207 · 24-01-2018 1:27am

That developing squall needs to be watched!

FirefighterT7 · 24-01-2018 1:36am

Here waiting for pager to sound for trees down or god knows what in Sligo, strong winds and rain here at the minute.

Oneiric 3 · 24-01-2018 1:41am

WV image at midnight:

which nicely shows the two clashing air masses that is creating this active front, which can be seen stretching up from Kerry to Donegal on the image.

Some gale gusts here but all very underwhelming so far.

Image from the Icelandic Met Office.

Meteorite58 · 24-01-2018 1:42am

Making inroads .

Oneiric 3 · 24-01-2018 1:49am

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Looks like big winds coming with those squall lines that seem to be developing

Something very disconcerting about that image, with those deep reds streaks looking like gashes, like it was clawed by a bear or something.

Cork981 · 24-01-2018 1:51am

Amazed the ESB power map hasn’t light up yet!

Seriously powerful gusts here in Cork City.

mickger844posts · 24-01-2018 1:53am

Winds more or less at the same level here in Waterford City the last few hours. Gusting to 60km/h. I feel when the rain band arrives it will crank up those winds to the next level. Will i still be awake to experience them is the next question

Samaris · 24-01-2018 1:55am

Squally in S connemara, although it's generally loud with sharp bursts of rain. Momentary lull after that last one. Wind seems to be from SSW, I think?

squarecircles · 24-01-2018 1:55am

Really got going around midnight,then died down quickly,Dead calm in west Mayo now, was expecting more wind...

Samaris · 24-01-2018 1:57am

squarecircles wrote: »

Really got going around midnight,then died down quickly,Dead calm in west Mayo now, was expecting more wind...

Might have some more en route soon from here

Although it does seem a bit quieter in the background.

piuswal · 24-01-2018 1:58am

nagdefy wrote: »

Just noticing Eddy Graham's tweet in Meteorite's post.

Wow! Didn't realise he was active in meteorology. His Dublin Weather Diary which ended when he emmigrated to Canada in the 90s was some read. A lot of top Irish Meteorologists in Canada.

Eddy is in Stornaway now, Canada to Bern and the Stornaway;

I had been aware of, and was very much interested in the developing University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in Scotland for some time, and so when the time came to move on from Switzerland, I applied for a research position in renewable energy at Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Scotland. The possibility of living in a Scottish Gaelic environment was a considerable factor in our decision to move here. Initially, I joined the Greenspace Green Building research team at Lews Castle College, but soon switched to become a lecturer in climate change, sustainable development and Geography-related topics.

Irishsneachta · 24-01-2018 2:10am

Still pretty calm in Donegal

typhoony · 24-01-2018 2:11am

Rainfall radar showing intensification of the front as it's starts to cross the the west, I expect a sudden increase in winds as it passes through here in the 30 minutes

brendanwalsh · 24-01-2018 2:11am

Getting nasty now in limerick. Rain picking up and wind too. Talking to the mother and she said donegal isn't too bad.

Gaoth Laidir · 24-01-2018 2:17am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Well that was one hell of a bumpy landing in Dublin just now. Haven't had one like that for a long time. Estimate around 40 knots at 1000 ft but windshear making the bumps.

Here the descent and landing file of my flight for viewing in Google Earth. Note the wide variation in groundspeed depending on direction. Approach airspeed is 155 kts, so the 132 kts groundspeed on final approach is about a 23-kt headwind component from a right crosswind of I would say 40-45 knots given the amount of crab.

EDIT: Stupid boards won't accept a .kml file upload. Sorry

M.T. Cranium · 24-01-2018 2:23am

It's not far from a fropa to a faux pas.

Skedaddle · 24-01-2018 2:24am

Cork981 wrote: »

Amazed the ESB power map hasn’t light up yet!

Seriously powerful gusts here in Cork City.

I suspect Ophelia took down a lot of at risk trees branches, loose lines and anything else that could blow. There’s been no tree growth since so, there’s less to hit the power lines generally.

RobertKK · 24-01-2018 2:32am

74kmh gust here north east Kilkenny.

RobertKK · 24-01-2018 2:35am

87kmh gust is new high for tonight.

sdanseo · 24-01-2018 2:39am

Starting to howl very steadily here in Dublin. In the last minute or two house shaking a little, about on par with Eleanor so far.

nagdefy · 24-01-2018 2:41am

Nasty looking squall line.

Wind Warning for Ireland - Storm Georgina

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