Storm Erik : Friday 8th February 2019

Mc Love · 08-02-2019 8:13am

29/30 km/h winds in Limerick at the moment

km79 · 08-02-2019 8:14am

degsie wrote: »

redsteveireland wrote: »

All quiet here so far, the odd gust here and there, nothing spectacular.

Would make sense if we knew where 'here' is.

East Galway

KingdomRushed · 08-02-2019 8:15am

While the winds may not top into ‘orange’ territory across much of Ireland, the wind field looks notably strong inland, so genuine ‘yellow’ level winds in inland counties which are rarer than you’d think given how often yellow warnings are issued may result in people thinking this has been played down. Expect a lot of power cuts

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 8:16am

power on and off and will not last if this continues at this ferocity.. my letterbox just flew off and hit the window!

west mayo offshore island

Oneiric 3 · 08-02-2019 8:17am

Rough model estimation of where the strongest gusts will occur up 12 pm.

08-02-2019 8:20am

Strange to me how this is a yellow warning and last week was also yellow. Last week was a non event but the car was getting chucked around the motorway today. Dublin/Navan

redsteveireland · 08-02-2019 8:23am

degsie wrote: »

Would make sense if we knew where 'here' is.

East Galway, damn GDPR.

mobil 222 · 08-02-2019 8:25am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Rough model estimation of where the strongest gusts will occur up 12 pm.

From looking at that North County Sligo in for one hell of a day.

Rathcormac side of Sligo things not to bad here yet

LoxontheRox · 08-02-2019 8:26am

North Clare, strong gusts since after 6am, noise has woken the household up!

pnpweirdo · 08-02-2019 8:30am

Just picking up in limerick city

Storm 10 · 08-02-2019 8:30am

Gusting 65 mph in my location Galway City

Muckka · 08-02-2019 8:30am

LoxontheRox wrote: »

North Clare, strong gusts since after 6am, noise has woken the household up!

Same here, I was awke at 5:30 it's still blowing a hard punch here near Corofin

I'd love to see the prom in Lahinch

Muckka · 08-02-2019 8:31am

http://www.lahinchsurfshop.com/lahinch-web-cam-271257cm1.html

Lahinch is getting smashed.... again

That camera is on the surfshop...it's high enough up...

igCorcaigh · 08-02-2019 8:33am

https://twitter.com/MetAlertIreland/status/1093774673060511744?s=19

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 8:34am

Just stuffed an old jersey in the great hole where the letterbox was as the gale was invading the dwelling! Never had that happen before ... One cat is out but will have taken refuge in the shed. No way am I opening the door .. west mayo offshore island

as Saint Patrick said in the 5th century" the whirling wind's tempestuous shocks.. "

Please take care folks

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 8:37am

igCorcaigh wrote: »

https://twitter.com/MetAlertIreland/status/1093774673060511744?s=19

The gusts are as loud as thunder. west mayo offshore.

Fitzo123 · 08-02-2019 8:44am

Definitely going to catch people unaware this one, certainly in the West.

Akrasia · 08-02-2019 8:44am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Rough model estimation of where the strongest gusts will occur up 12 pm.

Thats a very cool graphic.

Akrasia · 08-02-2019 8:48am

Graces7 wrote: »

Just stuffed an old jersey in the great hole where the letterbox was as the gale was invading the dwelling! Never had that happen before ... One cat is out but will have taken refuge in the shed. No way am I opening the door .. west mayo offshore island

as Saint Patrick said in the 5th century" the whirling wind's tempestuous shocks.. "

Please take care folks

One of these days poor old Graces will be blown to the land of oz

mobil 222 · 08-02-2019 8:50am

Just be safe everyone out there today. Here outside Sligo at the moment it feels like ' ah whats all the fuss about ' Since 7 AM it has been a case of been calm to sudden gusts . I am sheltered even though i live on the coast but believe me when I say things are completely different 2KM down the road from me .
People need to know that things can be very different in local areas , anyone travelling between Sligo and Ballyshannon especially around Cliffoney wiill know what i mean.
Also trees will have weakened up to know so take that into consideration if you are out today.

Muckka · 08-02-2019 8:51am

Akrasia wrote: »

One of these days poor old Graces will be blown to the land of oz

Well if she walks outside, she'll be turned upside down that's for sure...

YFlyer · 08-02-2019 8:52am

Mc Love wrote: »

29/30 km/h winds in Limerick at the moment

As long as the university is staying open. Have too much work to do.

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 8:52am

Fitzo123 wrote: »

Definitely going to catch people unaware this one, certainly in the West.

No; we were warned and many of us took it seriously. Worse than forecast though. worse than Callum.. west mayo offshore

Fitzo123 · 08-02-2019 8:54am

Graces7 wrote: »

No; we were warned and many of us took it seriously. Worse than forecast though. worse than Callum.. west mayo offshore

I'm in Sligo town and there hasn't been a peep about it. Think us weather eejits are a bit sheltered in the forum here!

Storm 10 · 08-02-2019 8:55am

Very strong wind in Galway still gusting over 65 mph on my station, sea has flooded the Oranmore Galway road and trees down in some areas.

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 8:56am

Muckka wrote: »

Well if she walks outside, she'll be turned upside down that's for sure...

No intention of opening the door! Or going out there! I had a decade of training on a North Sea island. ... HATE gales since we lost family in the big tsunami. Huge respect for them but the utter savage power... Candle lit ....things are flying out there and thought I had everything sorted...

stay safe out there please.

corsav6 · 08-02-2019 8:56am

Warranted orange for us here outside Newport. Some very strong gusts hammering the house at the moment. Westnet still working for now, fair play to them.
Going to be a fun drive to work in the van shortly.

Edward M · 08-02-2019 8:58am

I'm well inland, south cavan. This is our worst windstorm of this seasons cycle so far, calm enough at times, but then burst of strong gusts.

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 8:58am

corsav6 wrote: »

Warranted orange for us here outside Newport. Some very strong gusts hammering the house at the moment. Westnet still working for now, fair play to them.
Going to be a fun drive to work in the van shortly.

westnet are great. my dish is on the ocean facing gable end and never a worry. Was with digiweb before and their engineer was out often

Take care driving.

Meteorite58 · 08-02-2019 8:59am

Quick look through the models would suggest to me slight shift of track keeping strongest winds to coasts. Probably gusting around 130 km/h or so on coastal fringes , up to 110 or so inland from coasts in the W / NW. Second wave of winds tonight strongest on coasts up to 120km/h but need to keep an eye on this , very windy overland gusting 80 to 110 km/h , looks quite windy in a corridor from Galway across to Dublin later tonight.

LoxontheRox · 08-02-2019 8:59am

Muckka wrote: »

http://www.lahinchsurfshop.com/lahinch-web-cam-271257cm1.html

Lahinch is getting smashed.... again

That camera is on the surfshop...it's high enough up...

Would love to sit and watch that scene all morning...from the car park with a cuppa😆

Storm 10 · 08-02-2019 9:01am

Sea flooding over in Salthill now roads closed

q85dw7osi4lebg · 08-02-2019 9:12am

Far more windy than I expected. Fairly wild here on the East coast, in the west it must be blowing stink.

Gaoth Laidir · 08-02-2019 9:12am

8 am gusts.

Newport 64 kts
Mace Head 63 kts
Belmullet 58 kts
Claremorris, Knock 51 kts

irishrover99 · 08-02-2019 9:20am

Cycled to work in Dublin.
Normal winters day out there.
Not even a cross wind in sight and the headwind was nothing to write home about.
No rain.

Erik's will be very disappointed.
On to the next non event we go.
Heigh Ho.

KAGY · 08-02-2019 9:23am

About 32kph with a 64kph gust at 8am in Longford

Edward M · 08-02-2019 9:24am

irishrover99 wrote: »

Cycled to work in Dublin.
Normal winters day out there.
Not even a cross wind in sight and the headwind was nothing to write home about.
No rain.

Erik's will be very disappointed.
On to the next non event we go.

Maybe for you, and you're lucky.
Was watching Ireland a and it seemed windy enough when your man was giving out the weather in the garden.
But events don't have to hit Dublin to be events.

SleetAndSnow · 08-02-2019 9:24am

Some gusts every so often in Dublin ATM but expecting it will get stronger later (according to TAFS etc?) Parents in cork city said last night had some torrential rain which I also saw here and said the wind was quite strong but had died down a bit.

Train ride home will be interesting later if it's meant to get stronger again

CloughCasey1 · 08-02-2019 9:25am

irishrover99 wrote: »

Cycled to work in Dublin.
Normal winters day out there.
Not even a cross wind in sight and the headwind was nothing to write home about.
No rain.

Erik's will be very disappointed.
On to the next non event we go.

Well ya wouldnt fancy cycling your bike in north Galway this morn.

igCorcaigh · 08-02-2019 9:26am

61kph mean winds here earlier this morning, according to ME app. But the gusts were intense.

Mc Love · 08-02-2019 9:27am

YFlyer wrote: »

As long as the university is staying open. Have too much work to do.

Oh it will be open, its not that bad out there in Limerick anyway, had quite an enjoyable cycle to work this morning, handy with the wind at my back/left hand side for most of it

Reckless Abandonment · 08-02-2019 9:31am

It's so nice to hear the wind howling after what feels likes months of nothing..

Bobeagleburger · 08-02-2019 9:33am

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Well ya wouldnt fancy cycling your bike in north Galway this morn.

A gust blew a gate of mine off the hinges here in Galway to I'm assuming cycling could be tricky!

irishrover99 · 08-02-2019 9:35am

Edward M wrote: »

Maybe for you, and you're lucky.
Was watching Ireland a and it seemed windy enough when your man was giving out the weather in the garden.
But events don't have to hit Dublin to be events.

Ireland A.M?
Don't you mean Ireland's equivalent to Fox&Friends

redsteveireland · 08-02-2019 9:36am

Hello Erik, some stronger gusts now, letterbox flapping. East Galway...

Snow Garden · 08-02-2019 9:36am

Windy morning in Galway. Wind seems quite strong but the lack of foliage in the trees and bushes makes all the difference.

pauldry · 08-02-2019 9:36am

Pressure 967 here in Sligo

Not seen it that low in years

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 9:37am

are we on reduced power? cannot add thanks etc

ectoraige · 08-02-2019 9:43am

Fitzo123 wrote: »

I'm in Sligo town and there hasn't been a peep about it. Think us weather eejits are a bit sheltered in the forum here!

We tend to miss the worst of a lot of weather, Mayo and Donegal tend to receive the brunt of storms on our behalf. Even today we're on a Yellow warning while they have an Orange.

Edward M · 08-02-2019 9:44am

Graces7 wrote: »

are we on reduced power? cannot add thanks etc

Not here anyway graces, must be your connection.

Storm Erik : Friday 8th February 2019

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