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Katia

irish1967 · 2011-09-08 17:28:36

Just a heads up folks to keep a wee eye on the following thread http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056375333&pp=15&page=3 about (ex) Hurricane Katia which may very well smack straight into Donegal late Sunday/early Monday. Better to read up on it here before the papers start going into drama mode at the weekend…

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08-09-2011 6:28pm

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Just a heads up folks to keep a wee eye on the following thread

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056375333&pp=15&page=3

about (ex) Hurricane Katia which may very well smack straight into Donegal late Sunday/early Monday. Better to read up on it here before the papers start going into drama mode at the weekend if they haven't already.

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#2 08-09-2011 8:03pm
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From what i have seen it looks like it is just going to skirt Donegal, and we wont get the full force of it, but i suppose that prediction could change in the comming days.

Found a site that shows an updated projected track of it at
http://www.stormpulse.com

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#3 09-09-2011 9:44am
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seems hurricane debby was 50 years ago next week and to celebrate we have....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056375333&page=8

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#4 09-09-2011 10:35am
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Threads merged.

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#5 09-09-2011 12:12pm
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firemansam4 wrote: »

From what i have seen it looks like it is just going to skirt Donegal, and we wont get the full force of it, but i suppose that prediction could change in the comming days.

Found a site that shows an updated projected track of it at
http://www.stormpulse.com

That is quite possibly my new favourite site!

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#6 09-09-2011 10:14pm
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danniemcq wrote: »

That is quite possibly my new favourite site!

Yea I keep going back having a look at the latest projected path!

Guess i must be bored sometimes haha

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#7 10-09-2011 12:17am
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With most leaves still on the trees theres bound to be a lot down again, winds might not be as strong as a bad winter storm but because of the trees the damage might be worse so keep an eye out. Similar to the storm in May which caused a lot of damage even though the wind wasnt overly strong

This chart shows the predicted wind gusts, 70+ knots in Donegal which is over 130kmph

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#8 10-09-2011 12:58am
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Bollocks. Hate strong winds. Always waiting to keep something come crashing down around the house.

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#9 10-09-2011 4:54pm
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firemansam4 wrote: »

http://www.stormpulse.com

Way cool site

Indo predicting winds of 160kmph, think that's stronger than it had when it was being called a bloody hurricane in the states...

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#10 10-09-2011 11:02pm
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Dam hope it's not as bad as they are saying still haven't got the trees cleared up around the house from the last storm.
http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/09/10/wow-donegal-in-eye-of-hurricane-katia-warning/#.TmvYc_iMHlk.facebook

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#11 10-09-2011 11:15pm
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I need to drive from Dublin to Donegal tomorrow evening or Monday morning, not to sound like a drama queen but will it be safe in those kind of winds?

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#12 10-09-2011 11:31pm
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danthefan wrote: »

I need to drive from Dublin to Donegal tomorrow evening or Monday morning, not to sound like a drama queen but will it be safe in those kind of winds?

Who knows for sure. It's a forecast...they're guesstimating... Drive easy. Safe travels

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#13 11-09-2011 12:12am
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danthefan wrote: »

I need to drive from Dublin to Donegal tomorrow evening or Monday morning, not to sound like a drama queen but will it be safe in those kind of winds?

Leave before 6pm Sunday and u will be ahead of Katia. Daylight driving will be much safer and at present (could change) crazy winds are due to kick in around 9pm

Safe trip.

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#14 11-09-2011 9:27am
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irish1967 wrote: »

Leave before 6pm Sunday and u will be ahead of Katia. Daylight driving will be much safer and at present (could change) crazy winds are due to kick in around 9pm

Safe trip.

Grand stuff, thanks. Will take it handy.

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#15 11-09-2011 12:27pm
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Looking forward to this! prefer a storm to snow any day! great to be inside looking out at a big storm

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#16 11-09-2011 3:01pm
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hope its not too bad i have a shed with a opening at the front of it and have no way of closing it up , give me snow anyday

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#17 11-09-2011 3:13pm
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Not too stormy yet but extremely wet. Typical of a lot of days in Ireland really.

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#18 11-09-2011 3:45pm
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The last reports I heard was that we can expect the storm to kick in sometime later this evening.

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#19 11-09-2011 5:59pm
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storm pulse not showing katia anymore

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#20 11-09-2011 6:12pm
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danniemcq wrote: »

storm pulse not showing katia anymore

Im no expert on this but I think its taken off their website once its downgraded from hurricane status.

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#21 11-09-2011 8:20pm
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Still seems fairly calm in Letterkenny.

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#22 11-09-2011 8:46pm
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Very calm here outside letterkenny right now....lets hope its not the calm before the storm!!

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#23 11-09-2011 9:50pm
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getting very windy in youghal,cork, has been gaining in strenght over the last hour.

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#24 11-09-2011 10:23pm
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I'm in ballyshannon - I can't accurately assess wind speeds b/c our house is in a steep valley but the higher trees seem to blowing around a good bit now. Loads of heavy rain coming down.

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#25 11-09-2011 11:06pm
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Just drove Ardara to Letterkenny there now and doesn't appear too bad yet just very wet making visibility poor enough. I would imagine it will get worse during the night and morning so anyone on the roads take it easy.

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#26 11-09-2011 11:40pm
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The wind will pick up gradually over night with worst expected to be between 11am and 3pm tomorrow, its not going to be a disastrous storm as some sections of the media want to believe but still potential for fallen trees and flooding from a storm surge and heavy rain so just keep an eye on things

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#27 12-09-2011 7:57am
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If the peak is 3+ hours away is gonna be rough but if this is it now it's just a normal windy day.

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#28 12-09-2011 7:58am
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Yeah looking at the forecasts and that last night it seemed it was gonna miss us with the worst of it.

on the plus side at least with the remains of a tropical storm we're getting it nice and warm!

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#29 12-09-2011 8:17am
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Then again what we call 'kinda windy' da big city dwellers would call a hurricane.

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#30 12-09-2011 8:39am
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Its a wee bit windy down here in Keadue at the moment

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#31 12-09-2011 9:03am
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irish1967 wrote: »

Then again what we call 'kinda windy' da big city dwellers would call a hurricane.

yeah listening to the radio this morning you'd swear that Dublin was sinking and the spire had blown over

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