Severe Winds this Evening/Overnight gusting to 130km/hr in parts

Rock Lesnar

snaps wrote: »

Was so wild earlier here, not a breath now. So calm. Strange. Mayo.

as the auld saying goes, ''its the calm before the storm''

redsteveireland

snaps wrote: »

Was so wild earlier here, not a breath now. So calm. Strange Mayo.

Still a few strong gusts here. Rain easing now.

lods

great drying all the same

Harps

Nothing too noteworthy in Galway, just breezy with moderate gusts, driving rain is making for poor conditions but the wind isn't all that strong

Dazza

very bad here in east cork. Electricity went down around 7:30 and just came back up there. Trees being unrooted here also

StompToWork

West Cork getting a hammering too. I'm near Dunmanway. Parts of our fence have blown down. It's so bad, small pebbles of gravel are blowing off the drive and hitting our glass patio door!! That's a new one on me.

fred funk }{

Incredible wind in Arklow. Roof tiles are lifting on the roof.

sunbabe08

this is crazy crazy wind here on the north side of cork. this is feckin april like

eastmayo

Hows the wind at dublin airport.seems to be good few flights holding.

mud

Bad gusts here in East Co. Limerick. The garage doors are banging like crazy.

ninebeanrows

Helicopter in the air now here, hope nothings gone wrong.

Helicopter went in the direction of the airport.

JazzyJ

Flights (to Dublin) looking like they're getting diverted... flight from Birmingham made it almost all the way across the Irish Sea and is now heading back towards Liverpool, another on its way to Shannon.

airman737

eastmayo wrote: »

Hows the wind at dublin airport.seems to be good few flights holding.

looks like there will be a good few diversions in the next hour or two. Already a few gone to shannon.

shamwari

Conditions outside are utterly foul and I'm not in the least bit surprised that flights are being diverted. Wind sheer would be lethal....

eastmayo

Ya looks like shannon will be busy.flights from cork going to shannon as well.

ninebeanrows

EIN179 just flew over the Airport, thought it was going in for a landing but has past it, wonder where it is off to!

airman737

Weathercheck wrote: »

EIN179 just flew over the Airport, thought it was going in for a landing but has past it, wonder where it is off to!

He's at 20,000 feet so he has no intentions of landing at EIDW. My guess would be that due to the traffic on its way to shannon he'll bank left shortly and head to EINN, Even though recent reports show gusts of 50kts at shannon

ninebeanrows

Looks like EIN179 has a preference for Belfast over Shannon!

Around 6 planes now circling in the Irish sea awaiting instructions.

airman737

airman737 wrote: »

He's at 20,000 feet so he has no intentions of landing at EIDW. My guess would be that due to the traffic on its way to shannon he'll bank left shortly and head to EINN, Even though recent reports show gusts of 50kts at shannon

Looking at FR24, EIN65T looks like he's diverting to aldergrove, also looks like 179 is on his way to aldergrove also.

eastmayo

Weathercheck wrote: »

EIN179 just flew over the Airport, thought it was going in for a landing but has past it, wonder where it is off to!

I would say belfast

ninebeanrows

Looks like EIN639 has had enough of circling and is heading to the UK, maybe Liverpool Airport!

shamwari

Looking at DAA arrivals site, the last confirmed landing was 90 mins ago :eek:

SK76

Very windy in Cork also. My sky is not liking it. Was out in car and blown around a lot - few trees down

Chabals Beard

Just had a complete blackout in our town for about 45 mins . It was very spooky driving through was seemed like a ghost town

Wicklow Weather

I was expecting peak winds from around 10pm ot 11pm onwards but it seems winds are decreasing here in Wicklow.

sunbabe08

i'm trying to finish off an assignment, and have another 4 or 5 pages to go. slightly worried in case my electricity goes off. so saving every 2 minutes.

Outkast_IRE

Was cycling home in this in cork at 5pm, the gusts were the strongest i have felt while cycling , at they seemed to be coming from all directions.
It was a bit of a work out cycling home.

pad199207

Some very strong gusts here now with station recording 58KMH winds

Assassin saphir

Getting worse here at Cork airport

Ramette

I was supposed to land in Dublin airport an hour ago... We circled for ages and have just landed in Shannon. Apparently Fublin and Cork airports are closed

DubOnHoliday

Take care on the roads. Just drove from Tinahealy to Kilcoole in County Wicklow. A lot of debris and a few trees on the roads.

blackbird99

just heard on atc shannon now full, taking no more diversions, was around 10 planes circling at one stage,

airman737

blackbird99 wrote: »

just heard on atc shannon now full, taking no more diversions, was around 10 planes circling at one stage,

Ryanair 557 attempting to land now at dublin. Glued toFR24

Assassin saphir

2 planes just landed in Cork. Very rocky landing over my house.

Chicken Run

Balls.

currently in the UK at a funeral and ferry back tomorrow has been cancelled..... will I fight my way home to Clare and find me house blown away ???

aboyro

probably the worst night i've had here all winter, still blowin' like the bejaysus!!!!!!!!!!! not sure of windspeed yet apparently a 96km gust earlier for waterford airport but not sure. any deise boys or girls got any more accurate info??????

Kintarō Hattori

In Balbriggan and the gusts are amazing. Our house is timber framed and the amount of creaking coming from the roof/walls is quite unreal.

blackbird99

1 plane landed, they seemed to have up waiting to land in dublin, remaining flights heading for prestwick as shannon and aldergrove are now full

maulikdesai1

Ahh the winds are deadly here in dublin 1, just near I.F.S.C.. Banging on the windows.

Geomy

Chicken Run wrote: »

Balls.

currently in the UK at a funeral and ferry back tomorrow has been cancelled..... will I fight my way home to Clare and find me house blown away ???

Holding out here in North Clare,house creaking but safe enough

Small Branches all over the roads though :S

tomcosgrave

Wife was on EI179 - said it was horrible. No notice in airport of the diversion that they had - they have ended up in Glasgow - Cork and Shannon too windy, Belfast is closed for runway maintenance so the only option was Glasgow - there for the night and back in the morning.

ninebeanrows

2 missed approaches as Dublin Airport, say they might shut up shop for the evening.

snaps

you listening to dublin airport on scanners or via internet?

Jpmarn

I see some Dublin bound flights heading cross channel to land there. Shannon was able to take diversions during the high winds due that it's runway runs from south west to north east. Crosswinds is not an issue there.

Solair

The gust seem to be picking up again here in Cork City they were a little gentler for a time.

blackbird99

internet was listening to cork and shannon, dublin is down http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=ork,
enter einn for shannon

blackbird99

2 more ryanair flights coming from bristol and heathrow, will be interesting to see how they get on.

ben.schlomo

blackbird99 wrote: »

2 more ryanair flights coming from bristol and heathrow, will be interesting to see how they get on.

1 Ryanair and 1 B.A. Cant see them landing surely.

shamwari

Unless I'm mistaken, the wind seems to have tapered off just a little in the past while. They might make a run or two each and head to their alternate if there's no joy

Edit: looks like the BA one is going to give it a go....

homolumo

Strongest winds where I am in Co. Waterford for a few yrs. Electricity gone for a couple of hrs and some tiles off the roof. Anyone know a good roof repairer ?