Storm Bella St. Stephen's Day

Galway getting hammered

Graces7 wrote: »

Thank you. The directions of winds make very different noises out here; they are very distinctive.

Same up here Grace - a northerly is an entirely different wind and I hope it stays westerly until it eases off later.

Getting very windy in mid-Kerry.

Just after arriving home to Galway from south Clare. Very gusty in parts on the M18.

My stove is struggling to keep a light in Dublin here.

Roughest it has been all day now in SW Donegal

fierce roar in achill. Some big waves when I was out earlier for a drive.

Just had a gust of 96 kmh on my weather station in Galway plenty of gusts below that in torrential rain

High up here on the KK/Laois border, rain starting up and wind is a constant noise but not too bad at all.

Bella owes me an umbrella. Well, it wasn't the greatest idea going out with one in the first place.

Gusty and rainy here in Celbridge.

TV blipped, wondering did Mullaghanish go to back up generation?

Plenty of rain here in North County Dublin but not too windy here.

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

8pm
Mace head gusting 62 knots (115 km/h)

Yeah that was surprising. Belmullet only registered an 85 km/h gust in the same hour.

Nasty enough here in East Limerick City, heavy gusts, walls of rain, a bit squally. Rainwater is being forced under the back door and actually through the back door. Yaay for antiquated 1981 construction standards. I'll be glad when the wind eases a bit, I can then get the bins out seeing as there was no collection Christmas Day.

I'm glad that I reduced the height my Hexbeam ham radio antenna was at. It would easily have withstood, but never any harm in being cautious when the forecast is on the border of the orange warning. Orange warnings are my personal cue to show how portable and temporary the antennas actually are by removing them for the duration of the breeze. At least with that antenna at a lower height it can't fall far if it does fall over. The other antenna will withstand 130kph winds without a worry so it's up and in use this evening.

It is just another typical Atlantic sub-storm, but still not one I would like to be away from shelter in.

Rain, rain and more rain in Galway.
A few letterbox rattlers too.

Have you ever seen a more useless radar system?



Met Eireann could save a lot of money by just scraping the whole lot and putting any money saved in putting in place a bigger and better observational network around the country.

redsteveireland wrote: »

Rain, rain and more rain in Galway.
A few letterbox rattlers too.

Seemed to have escaped the worst of it here. nothing more than wind driven dribbles all day.

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