Risk of Strong Winds & Heavy Rain: Thursday 3rd - Friday 4th

Storm 10 · 03-02-2011 4:16pm

Very stormy here in Galway now had gusts of 70mph, election posters hanging of poles and flying around the place, dangerous for people walking and driving if you are hit with one.

Update on local news, Galway Shopping centre has suffered structural damage and traffic lights torn off poles.

Pangea · 03-02-2011 4:32pm

Its bad here at the moment.
It would be interesting to have a wind sensor and a rain gauge here, although they would probably be blown away.

irish1967 · 03-02-2011 4:33pm

Violent gusts and sustained heavy rain here now. Noise outside is constant roar. A few large branches down in garden. Garden furniture gone. This is more like it.

TheMilkyPirate · 03-02-2011 4:40pm

Gotten quite windy here in the last hour but not near damaging yet.

Storm 10 · 03-02-2011 4:43pm

Wind speed now gone to 78mph, as I am kind of sheltered I would safely say its a bit higher near the sea

Well done MT your forecast for Connacht today is spot on.

rhonin · 03-02-2011 5:09pm

Wind is howling here. Strong winds with heavy rain.

Iancar29 · 03-02-2011 5:14pm

Wind here is definitely picking up... But still my station ( mainly bcoz its sheltered alot ) is still only saying 8.9km/hr

Hooter23 · 03-02-2011 5:17pm

Wind here in Galway really howling seems to be getting worse by the minute:pac:

Storm 10 · 03-02-2011 5:43pm

Just on local radio now Salthill getting flooded as waves come ofer the prom

naughto · 03-02-2011 5:44pm

same in castlebar very strong winds anf heavey rain all day

snowstreams · 03-02-2011 5:55pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Just on local radio now Salthill getting flooded as waves come ofer the prom

High tide is at 5:40 or so. There could be a good bit of flooding then alright.

Iancar29 · 03-02-2011 6:49pm

Nearly flew away goin up the shop! haha

bren2002 · 03-02-2011 6:52pm

Some damage in Dublin. Fallen trees, temporary boundary walls etc

DarkJager · 03-02-2011 6:53pm

Not too bad here in Cork surprisingly. There is some wind there but nothing I'd call very strong.

gbee · 03-02-2011 6:55pm

DarkJager wrote: »

Not too bad here in Cork surprisingly. There is some wind there but nothing I'd call very strong.

Nope, 48kmh gust at max, a breeze.

DarkJager · 03-02-2011 7:05pm

gbee wrote: »

Nope, 48kmh gust at max, a breeze.

Its oddly warm out as well. Met seem to be saying that North and West will get the brunt of it so it probably won't amount to anymore than a normal windy night down here.

Big Daddy Cool · 03-02-2011 7:13pm

Just had to go up the fields there, and wow its wild out, a tree has come down and its absolutely lashing rain.

Iancar29 · 03-02-2011 7:22pm

6 one news showing storm footage after break

Harps · 03-02-2011 7:24pm

Not as bad here as on the coast obviously but still pretty bad out there, wheelie bin blew over, some branches down and theres election posters flying about, nothing too serious thankfully.

Constant roar in the trees is impressive though, currently 70km/hr

mickger844posts · 03-02-2011 7:25pm

Gusts over 100km/h recorded at Belmullet and Malin Head.

Pangea · 03-02-2011 7:33pm

Its frightening out there at the moment.
I stepped outside to see how things where and I was actually afraid something was going to hit me. Very violent! Defintely over 100km.

03-02-2011 7:46pm

Over the last hour here I have had mean winds of 40 - 50km/h with gusts of 60 - 70km/h.

irish1967 · 03-02-2011 7:56pm

Violent storm force 11 for us !! Yeah

mickger844posts · 03-02-2011 8:22pm

Been similar type speeds for the last 5 or 6 hours here in Waterford City, Average around 25-30km/h with gusts 45km/h. Hasn't really pushed to the next level yet.

Speeds from www.waterfordcityweather.com

fizzycyst · 03-02-2011 8:24pm

mickger844posts wrote: »

Been similar type speeds for the last 5 or 6 hours here in Waterford City, Average around 25-30km/h with gusts 45km/h. Hasn't really pushed to the next level yet.

Speeds from www.waterfordcityweather.com

yet........:cool:

eastmayo · 03-02-2011 8:49pm

my highest gust was 64 mph at 13 31 today,gusting up to 41 mph now

temply · 03-02-2011 8:52pm

Vicious winds here in Dublin at the mo.... Very glad am indoors now for the rest of the evening, yikes! :eek:

John Mason · 03-02-2011 9:25pm

its dangerous out there tonight.

Australia managed to get away with no deaths

RIP

A 45-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a falling tree in Dublin.

The tree, on Waterloo Road in Ballsbridge, blew down in strong winds just after 5pm today.

The woman was brought to St Vincent's hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The road remains closed to traffic.

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/woman-killed-by-falling-tree-in-dublin-492116.html#ixzz1CvgfilEz

Pangea · 03-02-2011 10:01pm

Makes me wonder should Met Eireann have warnings for falling trees etc. on their forecasts.
Dont venture out unless you have to.

Chicken Run · 03-02-2011 10:09pm

Nasty in Clare - has been so all afternoon...

No idea of wind speeds but I struggled to walk in the wind out in the fields at teatime and there's been branches and all sorts lifting off...wheelbarrows, wheelie bins...

aboyro · 03-02-2011 10:29pm

fizzycyst wrote: »

yet........:cool:

the city is a totally different ball game to the coast right now.left work at eight and it was windy but nothing to write home about, got home and its howling, no idea of wind speeds but the green house roof is almost gone. have a bit of whistling soffit too which only starts calling when it really starts blowing:eek::eek:

Pangea · 03-02-2011 10:38pm

140km winds given for Donegal, Evelyn said on the weather there.
Thats hurricane force! Twas nice knowing yas :pac:

03-02-2011 10:45pm

Scotland getting hammered.

as per RSOE, just a part of a large article in event description.

Scotland was battered by a triple whammy of hurricane-strength winds, torrential rain and driving snow today forcing the closure of schools and causing problems on roads and communications. The far north and north west bore the brunt of the weather as the storm tore in from the Atlantic this morning. And tonight Strathclyde police advised drivers not to travel unless absolutely necessary. One amateur weather station at Ness on the Isle of Lewis recorded a Hurricane gust of 91mph with more heavy weather expected tonight. Schools and many businesses in the Western Isles closed at lunchtime to prepare for the high winds and heavy rains. While the Northern Isles and Hebrides were facing winds of up to 90mph the central belt experiencing winds of 60-70mph on Thursday evening. Strathclyde police said that with severe winds and heavy rain battering the force area, more than 50 incidents had been reported to control rooms, including HGVs and vans blowing over, trees falling down and unsafe buildings losing debris.

mickger844posts · 03-02-2011 11:00pm

aboyro wrote: »

the city is a totally different ball game to the coast right now.left work at eight and it was windy but nothing to write home about, got home and its howling, no idea of wind speeds but the green house roof is almost gone. have a bit of whistling soffit too which only starts calling when it really starts blowing:eek::eek:

Has died down a lot here in the last few hours. Average only 16km/h, gusts 26km/h compared to 30km/h and gusts near 50km/h a few hours ago.

irishdub14 · 03-02-2011 11:02pm

irishbird wrote: »

its dangerous out there tonight.

Australia managed to get away with no deaths

RIP

Horrible news, I was actually worrying about branches falling on me when walking home, didn't think a whole tree would fall.

mac80 · 03-02-2011 11:16pm

Just heard marine weather on http://irishsar.blogspot.com

Storm force 11 decreasing Severe Gale 9, Sea state High in North

Not a nice day to be at sea, lets hope none of the marine emergency services have to go out in it.

The weather is usually repeated just past the hour

Mac

eskimocat · 03-02-2011 11:52pm

crazy wind out there today!! winds were so strong in Collooney today thought we might loose roof of building at work! had trouble getting car door open

Sadly my weather station sitting at the bottom of a glen is reading pretty mild :rolleyes:

Chicken Run · 04-02-2011 4:42am

Been awake for the past hour, the noise of the wind is like jet engines outside and I'm genuinely terrified !!
Just waiting for the big crash as something hits :-(

ktulu123 · 04-02-2011 6:44am

Chicken Run wrote: »

Been awake for the past hour, the noise of the wind is like jet engines outside and I'm genuinely terrified !!
Just waiting for the big crash as something hits :-(

Got woken up at 5.30 with loads of really loud bangs on the roof just above my room. Went out to check and my wireless broadband dish thing is hanging by a cable! Scared the **** outs me!

I'm up quite high in kilmacanogue and the wind is still really strong!

aboyro · 04-02-2011 8:00am

yeah still mental outside here. anyone reccommend a good handheld annomometer? i would love to get a reading when its really blowing hard.greenhouse is intact...................its just 4 fields away now!!:pac::pac::D:D

mud · 04-02-2011 9:22am

Blowing hard here. Garage doors are down. Dreading the drive into college. Was back in Foynes last night in the woods. Branches down everywhere and very strong wind and rain. Boo!

04-02-2011 9:59am

Very windy here since before 7am, winds of 40 - 50km/h with gusts of 60 - 70km/h in the last half hour.

ednwireland · 04-02-2011 10:00am

aboyro wrote: »

yeah still mental outside here. anyone reccommend a good handheld annomometer? i would love to get a reading when its really blowing hard.greenhouse is intact...................its just 4 fields away now!!:pac::pac::D:D

some anenometers pretty cheap on ebay (search for wind gauge )

redsteveireland · 04-02-2011 10:11am

aboyro wrote: »

yeah still mental outside here. anyone reccommend a good handheld annomometer? i would love to get a reading when its really blowing hard.greenhouse is intact...................its just 4 fields away now!!:pac::pac::D:D

Thanks, you just reminded me I have one in the press, It's a bit annoying though because you have to stand there with your finger on the button...cue strange looks from neighbours.:D

eskimocat · 04-02-2011 10:34am

Another stormy morning in Collooney, but definitely not as strong as yesterday evening... so far (all of an hour in the office

) Strike that, just as I type huge gust. Okay lets just say, gusts still strong but wind in general slightly less.

Some large puddles/floods on the back roads this morning. Mind you passed the Co Co out clearning one of them! Well done boys, you are on the ball

irish1967 · 04-02-2011 11:40am

eskimocat wrote: »

Some large puddles/floods on the back roads this morning. Mind you passed the Co Co out clearning one of them! Well done boys, you are on the ball

They were probably looking for a lost pothole;)

Storm 10 · 04-02-2011 11:48am

Coast road in Oranmore Co Galway closed as a roof has come off a house blocking the road, jez but its bad here.

ednwireland · 04-02-2011 12:01pm

42.5km/h btween 9 and 10 this morning up here in donegal town (waiting for 11am update !
mind my house seems relatively sheltered

a new max for my weather station

boo-urns 11 am didnt beat it.

Harps · 04-02-2011 12:57pm

The wind died down overnight here but its picked up again, 55-75km/hr generally this morning. Persistent rain all morning as well, ME radar showing nothing over us as usual

Iancar29 · 04-02-2011 1:05pm

Had a Tornado Dream Last nite!

.... I heard sirens goin off and was like... " What?!, sirens?!, since when did dublin hav them?... ther must be a tornado near by!"
I legged it up stairs to the window , and sure enough there was one in the distance!.... So i started shouting at everyone which way to run and to get inside! ha...

But then the wind from outside woke me up

... funny aye?

Risk of Strong Winds & Heavy Rain: Thursday 3rd - Friday 4th

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