Heads up, Ireland

Overheal

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/144417.shtml?tswind120#contents

Hurricane Bill.

Now, he won't be hurricane strength when he hits, but just know, you'll be looking at some still fiercely shyte windy storm weather, oh, about by weekend-next.

**Update**

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl

Heading directly for you at this stage. Storm system will land Wednesday morning ~7AM GMT. Probably be a tropical depression at that point. At this point im just curious to see how nasty it will be by the time it reaches you: when it hit bermuda today it was huuuge.

Random

OMG that looks like a great big ...

Schism

Random wrote: »

OMG that looks like a great big ...

...Johnson, come take a look at this hurricane.

hatetherain!

thanks for the heads up!.....I'd do anything for a bit of sun!!!

anniehoo

So are we just gonna get the green bits then?

Oh and which is worse..the purple or red bit? Poor portugal!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Looks like the corss sectionf of the profile view of a womb.

MagicMarker

Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?

jumpguy

"Tropical Storm Force Wind Speed Probabilities"
Even at it's closest distance to Ireland it's 5%. But it's about 20 Degrees of longitude away.
Am I missing something?

phasers

feck, I'd better go tie down the cows

ChocolateSauce

And this is different from our normal weather how?

Edit: It might be slightly warmer rain.

Diabhal Beag

It might bring in a few Yanks :pac:

TPD

ChocolateSauce wrote: »

Edit: It might be slightly warmer rain.

Wooo!

Niall09

anniehoo wrote: »

So are we just gonna get the green bits then?

Oh and which is worse..the purple or red bit? Poor portugal!

ehh, it's going west..

SV

Nice one!
I work on a building site full of random debris..when it gets windy it gets exciting. Never know what's gonna kill you.

Overheal

hatetherain! wrote: »

thanks for the heads up!.....I'd do anything for a bit of sun!!!

You're understanding this wrong...

jumpguy wrote: »

"Tropical Storm Force Wind Speed Probabilities"
Even at it's closest distance to Ireland it's 5%. But it's about 20 Degrees of longitude away.
Am I missing something?

It means, by the time it passes under greenland it will be downgraded from a tropical storm, but by Irish weather standards, still pretty effing mean.

Riamfada

Our weather is so boring. What I wouldnt give for a mental storm

anniehoo

Grimes wrote: »

Our weather is so boring

Are ye serious? Today alone, i went from umbrella and jumper to sunglasses and sleeveless top every half hour...it was nuts. Irish weather is anythin but boring.

El Guapo!

I don't mind as long as I'm not killed by flying debris. Especially by a storm called BILL:mad:. If I'm going out it should be by a hurricane with a tough name.

Possible newspaper headline:

Dean09 was ripped to shreads and splattered everywhere by Hurricane Chuck Norris. :cool:

An Fear Aniar

I love storms. I love it when the wind blows so fiercely that you're not sure if the roof is going to stay on.

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Danbo!

We best take the roads in so.

yank_in_eire

You guys are getting all worked up over nothing. I lived smack in the middle of the US East coast for the first 29 years of my life and I can remember a handful of tropical storms/hurricanes that affected us and 1 we had to evacuate the house for (Hurricane Gloria - 1985).

Nobody bats an eye when you get 100mph winds in this country, and as for rain, if you're not used to that by now........:rolleyes:

So sit back in your nice, block-constructed houses (unlike our stick-built ones that blow over in a gentle breeze) and have a nice cup of tea. Watch some videos with your friend or significant other. Do a load of laundry. Paint your toenails. Bake a cake. Do something but don't sit in expecting the weather equivalent of Armageddon.:P

Overheal

yank_in_eire wrote: »

You guys are getting all worked up over nothing. I lived smack in the middle of the US East coast for the first 29 years of my life and I can remember a handful of tropical storms/hurricanes that affected us and 1 we had to evacuate the house for (Hurricane Gloria - 1985).

Nobody bats an eye when you get 100mph winds in this country, and as for rain, if you're not used to that by now........:rolleyes:

So sit back in your nice, block-constructed houses (unlike our stick-built ones that blow over in a gentle breeze) and have a nice cup of tea. Watch some videos with your friend or significant other. Do a load of laundry. Paint your toenails. Bake a cake. Do something but don't sit in expecting the weather equivalent of Armageddon.:P

That and the Weather Channel sensationalises... Well, everything. Not that I can blame them. Hurricanes aren't your typical irish evening gusts, either. Average cost of damages and Death Tolls being what they are ^_^

Hazys

WE DIDN'T LISTEN!!!

Blowfish

yank_in_eire wrote: »

So sit back in your nice, block-constructed houses (unlike our stick-built ones that blow over in a gentle breeze) and have a nice cup of tea.

Yeah I never quite understood that bit. Why in the world do they build timber frame houses in places affected by hurricane season?

AckwelFoley

Oh noes! Wind and rain is on its way to our shores?!??!!!


Im putting a cover over the BBQ, right after i stockpile on suitable clothing

Overheal

Blowfish wrote: »

Yeah I never quite understood that bit. Why in the world do they build timber frame houses in places affected by hurricane season?

They build cheap houses everywhere.

Nodin

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

It might bring in a few Yanks :pac:

...probably just a few of their various cheese laden snacks...

dsmythy

It's not unusual for old hurricanes to end up over north western Europe. Only time it might actually be interestingly windy is if it's an old hurricane late in the season. Might bring some heavier rain than usual perhaps if it came over us but it wouldn't last long.

Riamfada

And some massive waves for my teenage pastime.


Wavedodgin!

greendom

SV wrote: »

Nice one!
I work on a building site

Congratulations

df1985

ill be on my holliers.enjoy the breeze.

Monkey_Pirate

MagicMarker wrote: »

Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?

We need clearance, Clarence!

Riamfada

Monkey_Pirate wrote: »

We need clearance, Clarence!

Shirley you cant be serious

redorblack

Blowfish wrote: »

Yeah I never quite understood that bit. Why in the world do they build timber frame houses in places affected by hurricane season?

Obviously before they grew up to be builders (jobseekers now) the parents never read them the Three little pigs at bedtime.

Captain Chaos

Grimes wrote: »

Shirley you cant be serious

I am serious and stop calling my Shirley, we need to get this man to a hospital.

Carsinian Thau

Oh Good Lord!

We're all going to die.


/sobs hysterically for a few hours

Overheal

Update in OP.

TPD

I'm looking forward to this. Might wake up early on wednesday to appreciate lying in bed all the more.

Flying Abruptly

Hah, my graduation ceremony is due to take place in Limerick Wednesay morning, this should make things exciting, even if it is just windy there'll be caps and gowns blowing all over the place!!:D

Mimikyu

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phasers

Ah shyte, I jsut remembered that my roof leaks when it rains really heavily

murfie

This tracking has it coming into the coast of Ireland at 2am Wednesday morning as a tropical depression. 39-73 mph winds. Rough enough.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200903_5day.html#a_topad

Euro_Kraut

murfie wrote: »

This tracking has it coming into the coast of Ireland at 2am Wednesday morning as a tropical depression. 39-73 mph winds. Rough enough.

I thought tropical stuff was meant to be fun. Like starbusts and reggae.

Overheal

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

I thought tropical stuff was meant to be fun. Like starbusts and reggae.

More like Castaway when Wilson dies.

dceire

"I thought the hurricane season was over!"

Dartz

I'm going to climb up on my house roof and watch the lightning.

Yes it's a metal ladder and I'm aware of the dangers, but I'm shooting probabilities here. If I do get zapped, it's not a Darwin award because the chances of being struck by lightning are still infinitessimally small as to be inconsiderable. 10 times a really small number is still near enough zero to make no odds at all.

ScumLord

WTF, I thought this had already passed us over the weekend? There's still that to come?

I couldn't sleep most of the weekend with the rain belting off the metal shed roof that's outside my window.