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Severe Wind Storm late 26th-27th December

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    #452
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,946 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Lightning strike in Donegal Airport has caused damage closing it!


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    #453
    transylman
    Registered Users Posts: 602 ✭✭✭transylman


    Flight into Shannon supposed to land at 4.40 this evening. Severe see-sawing while coming in to land on both attempts so diverted to Dublin.

    No planes will be landing in Shannon anytime soon.


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    #454
    snowstorm2013
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭snowstorm2013


    Strong gusts now hitting north sligo with a near gale force sustained wind. Rain started about an hour ago. This could be a rough night. I was surprised how quickly the wind speeds picked up...


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    #455
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    A station record gust of 93km/h at my Waterford City station in the last half hour :eek:

    www.waterfordcityweather.com


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    Villain
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    mickger844posts wrote: »
    A station record gust of 93km/h at my Waterford City station in the last half hour :eek:

    www.waterfordcityweather.com

    I hope your power and annometer survive Mick :)


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    #457
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    And so it begins... getting windy here in Dundalk now, just had a gust of 40kph


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    #458
    wretcheddomain
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    Can aircraft fly over this storm in the Atlantic? The reason I ask is because a BOS5 jet is flying directly into it right now.


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    #459
    aurora 527
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭aurora 527


    Villain wrote: »
    I hope your power and annometer survive Mick :)

    So do i, i'm glued to it..


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    #460
    Pangea
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    Getting windy in Donegal now.


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    #461
    Flan_Da_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭Flan_Da_Man


    Just drove into Cork city. Things really starting to pick up already. A lot of spot flooding around the city so be careful if your out driving.

    Winds on the carrigrohane road by lee fields are already very strong. Difficult driving conditions.

    Glad to be home. :D


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    #462
    [-0-]
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    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    Can aircraft fly over this storm in the Atlantic? The reason I ask is because a BOS5 jet is flying directly into it right now.

    Yes. They can fly over it with little to no impact.


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    #463
    wretcheddomain
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    [-0-] wrote: »
    Yes. They can fly over it with little to no impact.

    I was of the impression that aircraft had to avoid storms...


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    #464
    maquiladora
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    mickger844posts wrote: »
    A station record gust of 93km/h at my Waterford City station in the last half hour :eek:

    www.waterfordcityweather.com

    And even before the initial blast of strong winds.


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    Red Nissan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭Red Nissan


    munsterlegend wrote: »
    You think it's ahead of schedule?

    Not yet, but we'll see.


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    [-0-]
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    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    I was of the impression that aircraft had to avoid storms...

    They do, but at 36,000 ft which that aircraft is at, they can safely fly above the storm.


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    #467
    whiteandlight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭whiteandlight


    Donegal airport shut due to lightening strike. Some ferries cancelled, RTE advising to keep up to date on travel plans. If you have to leave the house/drive do so very carefully. Also the map on the RTE news had the red warning wider spread on the country not just the counties on met.ie
    Perhaps an update coming from them.


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    fr336
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    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    I was of the impression that aircraft had to avoid storms...

    That are at the height they're on, yes.


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    nkay1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭nkay1985


    mickger844posts wrote: »
    A station record gust of 93km/h at my Waterford City station in the last half hour :eek:

    www.waterfordcityweather.com

    It's definitely blowing out there alright!


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    Applause
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭Applause


    Very strong wind here in south Limerick with sporadic rain mixed in. The trees are swaying like mad.


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    #471
    yllw.ldbttr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭yllw.ldbttr


    Watergrasshill just north of Cork City.
    Heavy rain and strong winds at this point.

    Hope we avoid at least building damage. Left a stray dog in for the night. He looked like he was about to take off.


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    #472
    [-0-]
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    Flights into Shannon now cancelled after three diverted flights to Dublin and one to Cork.

    I'm not surprised, the wind is still picking up. The sound hitting my house from the estuary is impressive.


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    #473
    Villain
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    Good forecast by Met Eireann, she stressed the risk pretty well.


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    #474
    pad199207
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    Gust of 50kmh here now


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    #475
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,160 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    We'll done to Siobhan Ryan with that forecast. Delivered perfectly.


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    #476
    maquiladora
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    Have there actually been any coastal flooding alerts/warnings issued for anywhere apart from the general threat of it mentioned in the forecast?

    I surprised how windy it is here in the southeast already.


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    #477
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    What were the highest gusts reached in a storm in Ireland? Just for comparative purposes.


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    #478
    Sarah Michelle Ryan
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Sarah Michelle Ryan


    Wind is 53km/hr in west Clare at the moment


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    #479
    patneve2
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    Already very gusty here


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    #480
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    What were the highest gusts reached in a storm in Ireland? Just for comparative purposes.

    181 km/h at Malin Head in 1961.


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    #481
    Harps
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    Have there actually been any coastal flooding alerts/warnings issued for anywhere apart from the general threat of it mentioned in the forecast?

    Salthill seafront in Galway has been closed off apparently so I'd assume there's been an alert issued there.

    Starting to pick up here, heavy driving rain and wind getting stronger, sustained force 6 now. Haven't heard and thunder though a lot of interference on tv and radio which would be explained by the reports of lightning at the airport.


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