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Storm Ciara - Reports/Chat/Non Technical

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    #92
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    The worst of the current weather in the West was around 1-3pm.

    The highest gusts (km/h) and times were

    Mace Head = 96 (1pm)
    Belmullet = 117 (2pm)
    Newport = 107 (2pm)

    It has slackened off since then.


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    #93
    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 23,367 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Met just said that gusts of 120kph was recorded this afternoon in the west, forecast to be as strong tomorrow


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    #94
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,139 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Doesn't feel like it's gone beyond yellow warning conditions in castlebar, Achill seemed a good bit worse but not as bad as Brendan.


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    #95
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,701 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Doesn't feel like it's gone beyond yellow warning conditions in castlebar, Achill seemed a good bit worse but not as bad as Brendan.

    Just bear in mind that Storm Ciara is tomorrow (morning especially).


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    #96
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Very very windy now in Kildare


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    #97
    aidanodr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭aidanodr


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Doesn't feel like it's gone beyond yellow warning conditions in castlebar, Achill seemed a good bit worse but not as bad as Brendan.

    Erm ... Ciara hasnt hit yet. Not until tomorrow early morn AM.


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    #98
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,139 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Just bear in mind that Storm Ciara is tomorrow (morning especially).

    Yeah things are looking worse tomorrow for sure. Not trying to down play anything here :)


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    #99
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,139 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    aidanodr wrote: »
    Erm ... Ciara hasnt hit yet. Not until tomorrow early morn AM.

    There was still an orange warning here this afternoon.


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    #100
    Skippette
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭Skippette


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Doesn't feel like it's gone beyond yellow warning conditions in castlebar, Achill seemed a good bit worse but not as bad as Brendan.

    I drove from Galway to Castlebar at lunchtime and its definitely worse now! Just drove into town and back from approx 7km Newport side of town and it feels alot more windy and driving sheets of rain, lots of spot flooding. Water is coming up through the manhole covers between St Geralds and Newtown.


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    #101
    greenpilot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭greenpilot


    easypazz wrote: »
    You do know that according to her every storm is the worst of all time, but for the rest of us in exposed areas its just a routine wet and windy winters day.

    Lol. Yeah. She lives on Clare island, just across the water from me. She's somewhat dramatic when it comes to the usual winter storms we get here.


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    #102
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    Blizzards and driving snow mentioned by Joanna on the 6.1 weather


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    #103
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    TheMilkyPirate wrote: »
    Blizzards and driving snow mentioned by Joanna on the 6.1 weather

    High ground?


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    #104
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    munsterlegend wrote: »
    High ground?

    She actually didn’t mention it just being high ground, at least I didn’t hear it


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    #105
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,438 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Hopefully the strong voting earlier was to avoid the weather because at least in cork city it's a miserable night. It's a night for a high stool and an open fire and a pint and the paper.


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    #106
    United road
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭United road


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    It's a night for a high stool and an open fire and a pint and the paper.

    Thats EVERY night if ya can get away with it


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    #107
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    ireland really does seem to be the **** weather capital of the world this year.


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    #108
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Met Éireann warning is yellow now ?


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    #109
    SSr0
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭SSr0


    Wonder would I get a decent wave around Cork tomorrow morning?


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    #110
    mobil 222
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭mobil 222


    I will if i see ya !!


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    #111
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Pangea wrote: »
    Met Éireann warning is yellow now ?

    It's updating the site. Ignore the yellow warning.

    From Met Eireann

    The Status Orange wind warning for tomorrow morning is still valid. It will return to our website shortly, we have had technical difficulties relating to the expired Status Orange warning for selected western counties.


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    #112
    mobil 222
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭mobil 222


    For anyone in south Donegal and Sligo Leitrim areas.

    Ballisodare to ballina road is badly flooded .
    Collooney to N17 is badly flooded
    Manorhamilton to Sligo road – near Glencar viewing point is badly flooded.
    Ballymote to Castlebaldwin flooding in places
    .Flooding on the Kinlough – Ballyshannon road .
    Flooding Rossinver – Kinlough road in places.
    Flooding on the Belcoo – Garrison road
    Flooding at Ballymote – gurteen


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    #113
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Main news on Midwest radio storm downgraded to yellow.


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    #114
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,818 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    A lot more rain to come there mobil 222

    https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1226205972508659715?s=20


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    #115
    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,478 ✭✭✭harr


    Virgin news now says it’s a low yellow warning ⚠️ what ever that means .. that’s a big drop from a national orange warning . No wonder some people don’t take them seriously.


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    #116
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Farce


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    #117
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Met Éireann has had this warning issue with their website for a while. Not sure why they haven’t resolved it but they would be better off taking down their website than having incorrect information up.


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    #118
    CirrusBusiness
    Registered Users Posts: 202 ✭✭CirrusBusiness


    GolfNut33 wrote: »
    So is it a yellow or orange warning for tomorrow?

    As per about 5 posts back, it is Orange for tomorrow. MET are having technical difficulties which has created some confusion it seems.


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    #119
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Donegal Ken wrote: »
    A red warning is not likely there is a low risk of one been issued but i wouldn't say likely.

    OK; I was referring to the red marine warning there was earlier today. Being an islander it was in evidence out here. As it would have been on extreme headlands also. Deeply grateful for the marine warnings for that reason. Yesterday was no exception. If you look at the met.ie map you will see the delineation for coastal waters.

    This gets very upsetting as repeatedly I am called out on this; I came offline for that reason. There is never any exaggeration in what I post. Just how it is.
    I was very glad to see that red marine warning as things were bad out here and that explained it.

    Please don't reply to this: I do not think I will post any more with the other comments that get posted. Care about you all and hope you stay safe. But I cannot cope with some of it.

    Thanks to the mods who have tried to stem the flow! I am far too old and unwell to cope here. I love my life out here and the beauty of the storms; wanted to share them is all.. Island life is like no other Never thought there would be the reaction there has been and is . I said after Brendan that if this started again that was it.

    Blessings and peace and stay safe


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    #120
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,460 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    froog wrote: »
    ireland really does seem to be the **** weather capital of the world this year.

    I’d say the Australians would take it.


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    #121
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    The Galway 2020 thing should've went ahead. I'm in Galway now and it's grand


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