Major Hurricane Irma

irishgeo · 06-09-2017 7:57pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

That's not from Irma but footage from a previous weather event. If you see the comment on the link it's from a tornado.

my apologies, still looks bad.

the airport is a mess

Donegal Storm · 06-09-2017 8:04pm

Looks like a downburst, crazy footage though.

Came across this one on youtube, not sure if they're trying to rescue the people behind the bus or just being incredibly stupid

Meteorite58 · 06-09-2017 8:04pm

Another perspective of Irma.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoMRueJ17Rc

JCX BXC · 06-09-2017 8:04pm

Rightwing wrote: »

I always like to see the damage these storms can do. Harvey was good, lets see can this one do more.

That's a bit intense, I appreciate how these storms can be exciting for us weather enthusiasts, however this one will cause an immense amount of damage! Just remember all the lives of people who are affected by this!

Looking at it from a more scientific perspective, it's a truly amazing hurricane, one we probably won't see the likes of for many many more years.

cherryghost · 06-09-2017 8:06pm

This guy is mad. Recording the storm in his pyjamas and no shoes on!

Oneiric 3 · 06-09-2017 8:12pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hRkyIszav8

DOCARCH · 06-09-2017 8:16pm

Just to put in context....

Sometimes people think we have hurricanes here....with descriptions of hurricane force winds and the likes.

The highest sustained wind ever recorded in Ireland was 131 kmph.

Irma has expected sustained winds of up to 295 kmph!

:eek:

JCX BXC · 06-09-2017 8:17pm

cherryghost wrote: »

This guy is mad. Recording the storm in his pyjamas and no shoes on!

Mental altogether.

However looking threw his feed I'm wondering why the fcuk he didn't evacuate, he doesn't seem to know a particularly large amount about the weather.

He's another video of inside an apartment that has the roof blown off it in several places.

Oneiric 3 · 06-09-2017 8:21pm

Footage from Irma, although from the idiotic title of the video, it is hard to decipher whereabouts it was taken:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0DUFKyIyw

In fact, I wonder if this is actually footage from the hurricane, but either way, it is cool.

Stheno · 06-09-2017 8:22pm

BBC reporting that Saint Martin and Saint Barts very badly damaged and there have been fatalities

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-latin-america-41177350

Is Berbuba still cut off?

Inquitus · 06-09-2017 8:27pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Footage from Irma, although from the idiotic title of the video, it is hard to decipher whereabouts it was taken:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0DUFKyIyw

In fact, I wonder if this is actually footage from the hurricane, but either way, it is cool.

It's pretty consistent with what I have seen in live feeds, so if it's not Irma, it's a similar Hurricane in the same region.

Oneiric 3 · 06-09-2017 8:32pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Just to put in context....

Sometimes people think we have hurricanes here....with descriptions of hurricane force winds and the likes.

The highest sustained wind ever recorded in Ireland was 131 kmph.

Irma has expected sustained winds of up to 295 kmph!

:eek:

NOAA had Debbie back in 61 as a Cat 1 by the time it hit Ireland.

Keep in mind that mean speeds in tropical hurricanes are measured over the a period on 1 min. Mean speeds during Debbie, while nowhere near as strong as beasts such as Irma, were measured over 10 mins, so getting hurricane forces winds measured over this much longer period is quite impressive for this part of the world, and did cause considerable damage and loss of life here.

Meteorite58 · 06-09-2017 8:33pm

Amazing Power.

https://twitter.com/caribnews/status/905505476573528064

traco · 06-09-2017 8:42pm

Just on sky news now. Still no contact from Barbuda.

Hal1 · 06-09-2017 8:59pm

Some footage of onboard the reconnaissance plane, inside the eye wall.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/905395444712398849/pu/vid/1280x720/D9Bwqo5bRC0mM0lN.mp4

harr · 06-09-2017 9:05pm

Hal1 wrote: »

Some footage of onboard the reconnaissance plane, inside the eye wall.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/905395444712398849/pu/vid/1280x720/D9Bwqo5bRC0mM0lN.mp4

Seriously need to have a screw lose to do that job...imagine having to fly straight forward into a cat 5/4 hurricane :eek:

NegativeCreep · 06-09-2017 9:11pm

What damage is this likely to do to the western part of Puerto Rico? Near El Yunque National Park particularly.

Stheno · 06-09-2017 9:12pm

Irma has become the first hurricane to sustain 185 mph wind speed for 24 hours :eek:

http://news.sky.com/story/live-hurricane-irma-hits-caribbean-islands-11022807

jamesbere · 06-09-2017 9:13pm

Hal1 wrote: »

Some footage of onboard the reconnaissance plane, inside the eye wall.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/905395444712398849/pu/vid/1280x720/D9Bwqo5bRC0mM0lN.mp4

I'll pass, even if it is a pretty cool sight

Rougies · 06-09-2017 9:13pm

harr wrote: »

Seriously need to have a screw lose to do that job...imagine having to fly straight forward into a cat 5/4 hurricane :eek:

It sounds a lot more dangerous than it actually is. The winds are horizontally quite stable in a hurricane, the vertical winds in a regular thunderstorm are far more dangerous for a plane. Planes actually fly in hurricane force winds at high altitude all the time, you've probably been in them without even knowing!

It still is a pretty badass job though, I'd love to experience it!

Itssoeasy · 06-09-2017 9:16pm

I was listening to the BBC radio earlier and at that point the neighbouring island to Barbuda hadn't heard anything from it which is a very scary image.

This hurricane just makes me realise that however much we think we have nature under control. We really really haven't. If nature wants to be destructive there isn't a thing we can do to stop it.

Itssoeasy · 06-09-2017 9:18pm

harr wrote: »

Hal1 wrote: »

Some footage of onboard the reconnaissance plane, inside the eye wall.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/905395444712398849/pu/vid/1280x720/D9Bwqo5bRC0mM0lN.mp4

Seriously need to have a screw lose to do that job...imagine having to fly straight forward into a cat 5/4 hurricane :eek:

They must have to walk through doors sideways.

BumperD · 06-09-2017 9:19pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I was listening to the BBC radio earlier and at that point the neighbouring island to Barbuda hadn't heard anything from it which is a very scary image.

This hurricane just makes me realise that however much we think we have nature. We really really haven't. If nature wants to be destructive there isn't a thing we can do to stop it.

Communication systems would be down for days if not weeks so that is not a surprise.

BillyBobBS · 06-09-2017 9:22pm

If this thing goes anywhere near Miami then that city if screwed.

Gavlor · 06-09-2017 9:23pm

Webcam footage from maho beach in st marteen.

Wow.

http://www.mahobeachcam.com/

Sofiztikated · 06-09-2017 9:32pm

Gavlor wrote: »

Webcam footage from maho beach in st marteen.

Wow.

http://www.mahobeachcam.com/

:eek:

My sister in law works in Dominica, but is on holiday in Brazil at the moment.

06-09-2017 9:34pm

Awful devastation

http://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guadeloupe/paysage-desolation-saint-martin-apres-passage-ouragan-irma-508993.html

Gavlor · 06-09-2017 9:36pm

^^^^

I was actually there last year. This is the same beach....

06-09-2017 9:49pm

Image from approx 30 mins ago. Looking like the eyewall section of the storm will stay offshore of Puerto Rico.

Water John · 06-09-2017 9:57pm

Jose just upgraded to Hurricane 1. It's on a similar path.

Oneiric 3 · 06-09-2017 10:05pm

Water John wrote: »

Jose just upgraded to Hurricane 1. It's on a similar path.

Hearing unconfirmed reports that TS Katia has just been upgraded to a Cat 1 storm now too. IF true, that will be 3 Atlantic hurricanes on the go at the same time.

JCX BXC · 06-09-2017 10:08pm

Don't worry, we may have Gale Aileen to worry about, possibly upgraded to Strong Gale Aileen

star gazer · 06-09-2017 10:17pm

Minimum Central Pressure down to 914mb, max sustained winds still 295km/h 185mph (remaining a Category five storm for this length is remarkable) moving WNW at 26km/h about 85km ENE of San Juan.
NHC advisory 31
Still forecast to weaken, it just hasn't done that yet.
Miami is a serious potential concern now. Potentially starting Saturday with impacts with forecast for Hurricane Irma to be close to it Sunday.

Oneiric 3 · 06-09-2017 10:18pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

Don't worry, we may have Gale Aileen to worry about, possibly upgraded to Strong Gale Aileen

When I think of the name 'Aileen', the first thing that comes into my head is a nice sweet cup of tea in a small white cup and two plain digestive biscuits.

PhoenixParker · 06-09-2017 10:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Image from approx 30 mins ago. Looking like the eyewall section of the storm will stay offshore of Puerto Rico.

It's right over Richard Branson's private island.

Gaoth Laidir · 06-09-2017 10:24pm

Look at how the moisture has wrapped around the system in the past two days, excluding the dry intrusions (green) and increasing precipitable water to around 75 mm. That plus OCH now above 100 kJ/cm² from now to Florida. Savage.

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/products/tc_realtime/loop.asp?product=16kmtpwp&storm_identifier=AL112017&starting_image=2017AL11_16KMTPWP_201708301341.GIF&ending_image=2017AL11_16KMTPWP_201709061346.GIF

BillyBobBS · 06-09-2017 10:26pm

PhoenixParker wrote: »

It's right over Richard Branson's private island.

So not a total disaster then.

Oneiric 3 · 06-09-2017 10:27pm

Hurricane Katia now confirmed:

"The NHC said that tropical storm Katia in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico had also become a Category One hurricane.
It said a hurricane watch was in effect for the coast of the Mexican state of Veracruz where heavy rainfall could be expected"

https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/36991819/tropical-storms-jose-katia-upgraded-to-hurricane-status/

Oneiric 3 · 06-09-2017 10:30pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Look at how the moisture has wrapped around the system in the past two days, excluding the dry intrusions (green) and increasing precipitable water to around 75 mm. That plus OCH now above 100 kJ/cm² from now to Florida. Savage.

Latest ECM going for a Cat 4, poss Cat 5 hit for Florida later this coming weekend.

traco · 06-09-2017 10:44pm

Update from weather channel after NHC update at 1700 US or 2200 Irish.
No major changes, still heading towards US and anticipated to impact as a 4 if not a 5. Once it hits Florida it will speed up or so it seems.

Sorry about the interrupt at the end of the first vid, too much competition for the WiFi at home with the kids

Stheno · 06-09-2017 10:45pm

90% of the structures in barbuda have been destroyed

Meteorite58 · 06-09-2017 10:45pm

https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/905144773643816960

https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/905544326851252227

Meteorite58 · 06-09-2017 10:50pm

https://twitter.com/NASA_SPoRT/status/905539907938082816

https://twitter.com/jonathanfalwell/status/905509620709343236

https://twitter.com/EUStormMap/status/905532695991681024

The sound on the next one is the scariest I have ever heard !

https://twitter.com/AshleyANjax/status/905521576577257480

Meteorite58 · 06-09-2017 11:02pm

https://twitter.com/MJVentrice/status/905547083528196096

James74 · 06-09-2017 11:17pm

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/905554976256221184

Itssoeasy · 06-09-2017 11:38pm

Jesus this hurricane has done some damage. Sorry if this has been asked but what category hurricane is it predicted to be when it gets to Florida ?

JCX BXC · 06-09-2017 11:46pm

Looking at all suggestions now this could be something we'll remember for years with the damage it's caused.

The poor Carribbean nations won't deal with this well, they may need some significant assistance.

Donegal Storm · 06-09-2017 11:54pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Jesus this hurricane has done some damage. Sorry if this has been asked but what category hurricane is it predicted to be when it gets to Florida ?

Either 4 or 5, not expected to weaken much at all over the coming days

uck51js9zml2yt · 06-09-2017 11:59pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Jesus this hurricane has done some damage. Sorry if this has been asked but what category hurricane is it predicted to be when it gets to Florida ?

From what I've heard, they are expecting C5.

If Jose hits as expected, I'm not sure how the Carribbean nations will ever recover.
Even if they rebuild, tourism is finished.

Itssoeasy · 07-09-2017 12:00am

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Either 4 or 5, not expected to weaken much at all over the coming days

So basically Florida could be in for a serious shunt the weekend coming ?

Major Hurricane Irma

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