Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

piplip87 · 03-10-2019 1:19pm

artanevilla wrote: »

Until 6am.

I apologise.

Wind warning until 6pm today and rain warning until 6am tomorrow

https://www.met.ie/warnings

giveitholly · 03-10-2019 1:19pm

This is worse than a thread in after hours

torres9kop · 03-10-2019 1:20pm

Its over before it began. Hype merchants

Wtf ? · 03-10-2019 1:21pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Awful miserable day out. Was anything forecast?

Nothing on the news anyway.

Mantis Toboggan · 03-10-2019 1:24pm

Gone earily quiet here now, suns out and temperatures up on previous days. Blackbirds back in formation, looks like it won't be too bad.

Stevieluvsye · 03-10-2019 1:27pm

Sun peaking out, barely a breath of wind, temp is 17 degrees. Beats most of August

South Dublin

DOCARCH · 03-10-2019 1:28pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Sun peaking out, barely a breath of wind, temp is 17 degrees. Beats most of August

South Dublin

Very windy/gusty now in my part of south Dublin.

Somedaythefire · 03-10-2019 1:30pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Sun peaking out, barely a breath of wind, temp is 17 degrees. Beats most of August

South Dublin

It’s fairly chilly in South central Dublin. 13 degrees but feels colder in the breeze.

NIMAN · 03-10-2019 1:30pm

2 people in south Dublin.

One saying hardly a breath, other saying very windy.

???

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 1:30pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

It has been updated again wind 130 kmh or higher from 18.00 to 6am tomorrow

In certain counties, not Dublin.. Need to read all the warnings carefully as they are clear.

Lenny5 · 03-10-2019 1:31pm

Very disappointing. Im sat at work and the roof is showing no sign of coming off. This is all Met Eireanns fault. &#55357;&#56834;

Stevieluvsye · 03-10-2019 1:32pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Very windy/gusty now in my part of south Dublin.

D24 - I class that as south Dublin

Wtf ? · 03-10-2019 1:33pm

Woman in front of me with in Centra with 3 Brennans pans and 6 litres of milk. ''Better safe than sorry son'' she said to me. So Funny

DOCARCH · 03-10-2019 1:34pm

NIMAN wrote: »

2 people in south Dublin.

One saying hardly a breath, other saying very windy.

???

All weather is local!

Baldonnel is reporting wind of 8kts atm (no gusts), whereas DunLaoghaire Harbour is reporting 40kt gusts.

03-10-2019 1:42pm

NIMAN wrote: »

2 people in south Dublin.

One saying hardly a breath, other saying very windy.

???

South Dublin wraps around the Dublin Mountains, depends on what part of the area you are in, the winds come from different directions in different strengths.

lleti · 03-10-2019 1:42pm

When big wind?

They say yellow until 6pm today but it's nearly 2pm and it's calm and sunny in the midlands.

weldoninhio · 03-10-2019 1:45pm

lleti wrote: »

Damn all people read the liberal. The likes of the independent are just as bad if not worse.

Thats Skerries afaik, that happened during the week.

RuthieRose · 03-10-2019 1:45pm

Couple of gusts here in Cavan now! It’s picked up a lot in the last hour or so!

DOCARCH · 03-10-2019 1:48pm

DunLaoghaire Harbour gusting 46.5kts now.

Redo91 · 03-10-2019 1:49pm

With all due respect I don’t understand why people on the East coast are even commenting on here with weather updates. Saw a few posts on here from people describing the scene as they went to work. I’m guessing they do that every morning since essentially in Dublin the weather is not due to be anything out of the ordinary.

Sorry but the thread is just getting clogged up with weather updates from areas that aren’t due to be hit badly so what’s the point? It’s the west coast that will worse hit so it’s there that the updates of the conditions are actually relevant.

Snow Garden · 03-10-2019 1:51pm

Breezy in Galway thus far but nothing too strong. Seemed a little windier earlier. Not a bad day so far really. Some light rain.

is_that_so · 03-10-2019 1:51pm

Redo91 wrote: »

With all due respect I don’t understand why people on the East coast are even commenting on here with weather updates. Saw a few posts on here from people describing the scene as they went to work. I’m guessing they do that every morning since essentially in Dublin the weather is not due to be anything out of the ordinary.

Sorry but the thread is just getting clogged up with weather updates from areas that aren’t due to be hit badly so what’s the point? It’s the west coast that will worse hit so it’s there that the updates of the conditions are actually relevant.

Most inconsiderate of them. I'd try Met Eireann if you want updates.

Wombatman · 03-10-2019 1:51pm

M6 Max Gust 55kn with a 10.5m wave at noon.

JeffKenna · 03-10-2019 1:53pm

Raining here in Cork...Wind picking up a little bit. Feeling ok so far.

mickger844posts · 03-10-2019 1:53pm

61km/h the Max gust so far at my Waterford station

https://www.waterfordcityweather.com

Youtube Stream https://www.youtube.com/c/WaterfordMeteo/live

Carol25 · 03-10-2019 1:53pm

Travelled to West Galway city from the East this morning and back again, it was fine on the way over and traffic was notably quieter enroute. Definitely more gusty on the way back, not consistent, just isolated bursts of gusts that aren’t too bad at all yet thankfully. A few wheelie bins have been knocked over on the road.

pauldry · 03-10-2019 1:53pm

Southeasterly gales in Sligo. Strong enough to bend trees. The problem is when it switches to the Northwest the trees will be looser.

GooglePlus · 03-10-2019 1:54pm

Redo91 wrote: »

With all due respect I don’t understand why people on the East coast are even commenting on here with weather updates. Saw a few posts on here from people describing the scene as they went to work. I’m guessing they do that every morning since essentially in Dublin the weather is not due to be anything out of the ordinary.

Sorry but the thread is just getting clogged up with weather updates from areas that aren’t due to be hit badly so what’s the point? It’s the west coast that will worse hit so it’s there that the updates of the conditions are actually relevant.

This is a chat thread, just skip by the ones that mention Dublin. It's hardly that much of an inconvenience.

bunderoon · 03-10-2019 1:57pm

Mid Mayo area. Wind fairly picking up the last couple of hours.
Dog wont go out to do her business.

It's now a staring match with 2 min intervals.

Stevieluvsye · 03-10-2019 1:57pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Opening a separate chat thread was a dire mistake. At least when the charts etc were in it diluted the *****. Has made it into an AH type thread. with a few wonderful genuine posters fighting a rising tide. And no meaningful moderation?

Off back to the real thread!

The other thread is for technical analysis as per title. This is a chat thread

dougm1970 · 03-10-2019 1:57pm

pauldry wrote: »

Southeasterly gales in Sligo. Strong enough to bend trees. The problem is when it switches to the Northwest the trees will be looser.

in sligo too....coolaney...so mayo side of sligo....very surprised how strong wind has been already (2pm now)...10 hours to go before landfall off coast of mayo...this could be a tricky one alright.

Fitzo123 · 03-10-2019 1:58pm

Also in Sligo. Not sure how they’ve taken us off the yellow warning later looking at charts? Seems bad enough already.

uck51js9zml2yt · 03-10-2019 2:00pm

North Kerry windy but nothing exceptional yet.
Been raining on and off all morning

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 2:05pm

lleti wrote: »

So now we've gone from countrywide warning to "only the west" according to people on here. Way to make people not heed warnings in future if it's true..

It was always a west event. Lorenzo coming in from the Atlantic... As the warnings clearly said,

Shane O' Malley · 03-10-2019 2:08pm

lleti wrote: »

So now we've gone from countrywide warning to "only the west" according to people on here. Way to make people not heed warnings in future if it's true..

Still a national yellow warning. In case you are not sure, a yellow warning is a "Be aware" warning. It does not forecast damage but aims to let people who may be more exposed or involved with weather dependent activities that they may need to take additional precautions etc.

If you go to https://www.met.ie/ you can click on your area on the map and get a decent forecast of how you may be affected. Joe.ie or "my-mate-said" is probably not the best way to inform yourself.

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 2:09pm

Getting fiercer out here. Stronger and more sustained gusts.

So this will continue until the Orange warning takes over at 6 pm? Long night ahead. west mayo

03-10-2019 2:13pm

Looks like Mayo coastline is going to get s serious battering around mid night. Achill and belmullet circled

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 2:16pm

Getting much more intense out here. Heard a loud bang outside and when I went out, the gale had torn the big metal sign off my gate.

One of my cats is taking refuge in my bed, emerging for food. Never seen him do that before. He is terrified.

Feels bad. Very bad and, we will it seems go from this into the orange warning until 6 am … Long night ahead

West mayo offshore island

lleti · 03-10-2019 2:27pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Still a national yellow warning. In case you are not sure, a yellow warning is a "Be aware" warning. It does not forecast damage but aims to let people who may be more exposed or involved with weather dependent activities that they may need to take additional precautions etc.

If you go to https://www.met.ie/ you can click on your area on the map and get a decent forecast of how you may be affected. Joe.ie or "my-mate-said" is probably not the best way to inform yourself.

A yellow warning = be aware?

There was extremely heavy rain last weekened yet there was no yellow warning or newsheadlines about it?

If it's not going to really affect people day to day then don't be giving countryside warnings. I've seen my workplace prepare big precautions, cancelling roof works etc and it's going to be no worse than any random ****ty day.

As for your comment about joe.ie etc.

From RTE:

The National Emergency Co-ordination Group has reiterated serious concern about the impact of Storm Lorenzo, particularly in coastal areas along the west and southwest coast.

Soo....which is it?

MJohnston · 03-10-2019 2:36pm

KingdomRushed wrote: »

Ventusky is showing its forecast position based upon models output. Sat24 is where it actually is. To my mind it’s north of where most forecasts put it

Remember that "up" isn't north on Sat24 images, which can confuse.

LastLagoon · 03-10-2019 2:39pm

In Sligo , dead right to remove the warning average windy conditions here,
I’m off for a walk.
Non event and correctly called as such by Met Éireann

Fitzo123 · 03-10-2019 2:40pm

LastLagoon wrote: »

In Sligo , dead right to remove the warning average windy conditions here,
I’m off for a walk.
Non event and correctly called as such by Met Éireann

Seems very windy and wet in my part of town at least...

HorrorScope · 03-10-2019 2:41pm

LastLagoon wrote: »

In Sligo , dead right to remove the warning average windy conditions here,
I’m off for a walk.
Non event and correctly called as such by Met Éireann

A non event?? You do know it's due from 6pm yeah?

OldRio · 03-10-2019 2:42pm

I guess After Hours must be having a very slow day.

uck51js9zml2yt · 03-10-2019 2:42pm

Blue sky visible over north Kerry.

Doctor Jimbob · 03-10-2019 2:43pm

HorrorScope wrote: »

A non event?? You do know it's due from 6pm yeah?

I'd pay no heed, you get people falling over themselves on here to scoff at the severity of every notable weather event. You'd think there was a prize for the person who can downplay it most.

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 2:43pm

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lleti wrote: »

I'm as calm as this "storm"

Then you are not calm at all; raging gale, deluges hitting the windows horizontally... Nothing but noise and water... Yep, calm as this storm.. and still only a yellow warning.

west mayo offshore island

NuttyMcNutty · 03-10-2019 2:44pm

West - Don't wear a hat, unless your a fast runner.
East - Don't wear a hat, you don't need one.

Widdershins · 03-10-2019 2:44pm

There are times when I am dismayed by the average standard of reading comprehension in the UK and Ireland.

People are judging the strength of the storm hours before it arrives. The mind just boggles.

squarecircles · 03-10-2019 2:45pm

Has calmed down somewhat in West Mayo compared to earlier,

though still wild,

I shall be out later to video conditions.

winds ramping up again as i type.

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