Storm Gareth: Tues 12 /Weds 13 March 2019 (Orange Warning for NW)

ednwireland · 12-03-2019 2:57pm

got to drive through barnesmore gap and back at 3pm to pick up a car - wish me luck

squarecircles · 12-03-2019 2:58pm

It's begun.

west Mayo.

xzanti · 12-03-2019 3:00pm

Still sunny but getting very gusty in Naas.

Xenji · 12-03-2019 3:04pm

Starting to get very stormy in Castlebar now, some heavy rain currently as well.

Gonzo · 12-03-2019 3:06pm

recent heavy hail shower, still windy.

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 3:19pm

ednwireland wrote: »

got to drive through barnesmore gap and back at 3pm to pick up a car - wish me luck

ouch.... good luck and take care

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 3:20pm

that last sustained blast had the dwelling trembling.. That is a first. not shaking; trembling. west mayo

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 3:22pm

Graces7 wrote: »

that last sustained blast had the dwelling trembling.. That is a first. not shaking; trembling. west mayo

any stats on wind speeds please?

ninebeanrows · 12-03-2019 3:26pm

Gusts at Malin Head and Mace Head to 60 knots (111 km/hr)

ninebeanrows · 12-03-2019 3:27pm

Looks like winds to peak in northwest around 8pm, so good few hours for this to ramp up.

chris2007 · 12-03-2019 3:37pm

When will the strong winds hit dublin

Little snowy old me · 12-03-2019 3:40pm

chris2007 wrote: »

When will the strong winds hit dublin

No strong winds forecast for Dublin. It will be gusty but nothing different from a typical March windy day.

Villain · 12-03-2019 3:41pm

Little snowy old me wrote: »

No strong winds forecast for Dublin. It will be gusty but nothing different from a typical March windy day.

Your idea of typical March windy day is rather impressive

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/1105376976422891522?s=21

Little snowy old me · 12-03-2019 3:44pm

Villain wrote: »

Your idea of typical March windy day is rather impressive

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/1105376976422891522?s=21

The North West and North will see severe gusts but Dublin won't. Gale gusts at most surely?

Burts Bee · 12-03-2019 3:47pm

Winds strong here on the hill in North Cork. More so than usual, but sunny intervals too. Doors and windows creaking..
Christmas tree gone to vertical to horizontal..

squarecircles · 12-03-2019 3:48pm

first major gusts gone through,west Mayo.

more following.

Villain · 12-03-2019 4:04pm

Little snowy old me wrote: »

The North West and North will see severe gusts but Dublin won't. Gale gusts at most surely?

Not severe but more than a typical windy day in March in my opinion but that is a matter of opinion I guess.

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 4:11pm

squarecircles wrote: »

first major gusts gone through,west Mayo.

more following.

and arriving and getting worse. whole dwelling shakes now.. west mayo... hope no one is out at sea in this

antodeco · 12-03-2019 4:13pm

I'm finding it very windy at the minute in Dublin. Strongest I've been in for a while (certainly day time). Gates and fences aren't lasting very long. Bins have decided to take flight in some form of skating exercise along the road. If it's not meant to got properly until later, shall be am interesting few hours!

Cantona's Collars · 12-03-2019 4:18pm

Burts Bee wrote: »

Winds strong here on the hill in North Cork.
Christmas tree gone to vertical to horizontal..

Ah sure isn't it time it was taken down anyway.

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 4:42pm

antodeco wrote: »

I'm finding it very windy at the minute in Dublin. Strongest I've been in for a while (certainly day time). Gates and fences aren't lasting very long. Bins have decided to take flight in some form of skating exercise along the road. If it's not meant to got properly until later, shall be am interesting few hours!

NB we do not have bins out here.. wonder why! JEEPERS. whole earth is shaking

Burts Bee · 12-03-2019 4:48pm

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Ah sure isn't it time it was taken down anyway.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We know use our old christmas tree as a wind vane. Up-calm, half down - windy, having a nap - gareth.

shmaupel · 12-03-2019 4:57pm

Fairly blustery here in south Donegal. Seas are up. Tried to photo the trawlers in the bay but my my phone is old and ropey! Will try to attach here. There are three in this photo but hard to see them. In real life it was quite something to see the bows rise and fall so much.

Maidhci · 12-03-2019 4:58pm

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Gusts at Malin Head and Mace Head to 60 knots (111 km/hr)

That's interesting - Mace Head is not even included in the Orange level zone, but I have noticed that the wind is really severe here at the moment. I checked the stats for Belmullet, which I would have expected to be much higher, but strangely enough, it is not as high as Mace Head. I read in a post here that it is expected to peak at Malin at around 20.00 hrs or so - is it expected to ease off earlier further south, say Mace Head, or is it later in the night?

pauldry · 12-03-2019 5:01pm

No storm in Sligo.

We were in Orange zone

Not even yellow

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 5:04pm

pauldry wrote: »

No storm in Sligo.

We were in Orange zone

Not even yellow

They cannot ever be totally precise surely and need to err on the danger side.

we are deep in storm here.west mayo offshore

malinheader · 12-03-2019 5:06pm

Some very severe gusts here in malin head. Especially in showers.

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 5:11pm

any time frame as to when the worst of this will pass us by please? west mayo offshore .. thank you

Fitzo123 · 12-03-2019 5:11pm

pauldry wrote: »

No storm in Sligo.

We were in Orange zone

Not even yellow

Not sure about that ball.

Pretty horrendous where I am in town.

squarecircles · 12-03-2019 5:14pm

bendy window time,

severe squally showers,

West Mayo.

SleetAndSnow · 12-03-2019 5:17pm

Some strong gusts in cork city but not as constant as last night nor as strong. Might pick up a bit later but for those in the northwest, stay safe and continue updating us please! Hopefully you tied everything down and are tucked up inside!

malinheader · 12-03-2019 5:21pm

Graces7 wrote: »

any time frame as to when the worst of this will pass us by please? west mayo offshore .. thank you

Is keel west near you

Snow angel · 12-03-2019 5:23pm

Graces7 wrote: »

any time frame as to when the worst of this will pass us by please? west mayo offshore .. thank you

I believe the winds are expected to peak about 8pm. So you have a while yet before they ease at all!

malinheader · 12-03-2019 5:25pm

I was looking at the forecast for keel west and achill and its showing not much easing till around 3 or 4am.

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 5:27pm

malinheader wrote: »

Is keel west near you

near enough to give a guide and no respite tonight... thanks ... give my greetings to malin head... lived up that way years

jackrussel · 12-03-2019 5:28pm

Grand day here in cork city. Bit breezy but the sun has been shining all day apart from the one short shower we had around half 10.

ninebeanrows · 12-03-2019 5:28pm

Gust to 70knots in last hour in Malin Head, 130 km/hr

The Specialist · 12-03-2019 5:29pm

Pretty strong winds here in Limerick at the moment.

malinheader · 12-03-2019 5:29pm

Graces7 wrote: »

near enough to give a guide and no respite tonight... thanks ... give my greetings to malin head... lived up that way years

Still the same. No trees there all blew away. Lol. Do not worry we've seen worse. Stay safe.

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 5:30pm

malinheader wrote: »

I was looking at the forecast for keel west and achill and its showing not much easing till around 3 or 4am.

will be the same all along the west mayo coast so we are well in that... at least i know now and can wait it out... hopefully the dwelling holds out; think I lost some guttering but not going out there to check . thank you.

Graces7 · 12-03-2019 5:31pm

malinheader wrote: »

Still the same. No trees there all blew away. Lol. Do not worry we've seen worse. Stay safe.

same here; no trees at this the windy end.. stay safe there too..

pauldry · 12-03-2019 5:32pm

malin 130kph

squarecircles · 12-03-2019 5:33pm

An incredible amount of lightning strikes off the north coast.

shmaupel · 12-03-2019 5:44pm

It’s gone from pretty windy to absolutely vicious here in south Donegal in the last 15 minutes.

Not the best photo but the sea is raging.

sryanbruen · 12-03-2019 5:46pm

Maximum gusts (kph) at Irish stations up to 1600 UTC on 12th Mar 2019

Malin Head 130
Mace Head 112
Belmullet 108
Finner Camp 105
Roches Point 94
Claremorris 90
Sherkin Island 90
Cork Airport 90
Casement Aerodrome 90
Valentia Observatory 87
Knock Airport 87

km79 · 12-03-2019 5:51pm

Wild in east Galway
HUGE tree down in garden up the road

SleetAndSnow · 12-03-2019 6:07pm

Warnings updated:

ORANGE: Galway added to Orange warning
Status Orange - Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
UPDATE:
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will give mean speeds of 80km/h with severe and damaging gusts of 110 to over 130km/h. There is also the risk of coastal flooding due to high seas.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 09:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

YELLOW: Seems that it was changed from mean of 50km/h to 55km/h at least
Status Yellow - Wind warning for Munster, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will reach mean speeds 55 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 110km. There is a risk of coastal flooding due to high seas along Atlantic coasts.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 12:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

squarecircles · 12-03-2019 6:11pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Warnings updated:

ORANGE: Galway added to Orange warning
Status Orange - Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
UPDATE:
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will give mean speeds of 80km/h with severe and damaging gusts of 110 to over 130km/h. There is also the risk of coastal flooding due to high seas.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 09:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:56

YELLOW: Seems that it was changed from mean of 50km/h to 55km/h at least
Status Yellow - Wind warning for Munster, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo
Westerly winds associated with storm Gareth will reach mean speeds 55 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 110km. There is a risk of coastal flooding due to high seas along Atlantic coasts.

Valid: Tuesday 12 March 2019 17:00 to Wednesday 13 March 2019 12:00

Issued: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

Updated: Tuesday 12 March 2019 16:50

interesting ,potentially gusting over 130kmh now.

Rodar08 · 12-03-2019 6:11pm

Pretty bad here in N. Donegal can’t imagine what it will be like at its worst this evening between 7&10pm is it? Thankfully we are all indoors now with the fire on. Electricity still on so far.

redsteveireland · 12-03-2019 6:13pm

Real car doors benders in East Galway, nothing too severe though, maybe because there are long periods of time between the really big gusts.

Ground is very wet from recent heavy rain, may explain the tree down Km79.

Storm Gareth: Tues 12 /Weds 13 March 2019 (Orange Warning for NW)

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