Severe Wind Storm late 26th-27th December

squonk

Red Pepper wrote: »

We just stepped up a gear in West Galway, finally.

Yeah, just ramping up a new notch again in North Clare here in the last few minutes as well.

royalflush2003

Lashing in south killiney and viloent gusts - time to burrow in!!!!!!

Tenger

Pacing Mule wrote: »

Will stick that in the till - might have enough for a 10c bar later.

God I miss 10c bars (well it was 10p in my day.....)

pad199207

Oh lord were off again here now. Internet still down

rameire

Kippure wrote: »

Have we any current weather pictures in yet? Downed tree,s flooding etc

Mushy

Now probably the strongest I remember hearing the wind in Cork city.

Red Pepper

scrubber72 wrote: »

What kind of wind speeds would be needed to lift roof off?

Don't be worrying, only a badly constructed or secured roof would be "lifted off". Very rare unless some other underlying cause (e.g. wood rot).

hawkwind23

scrubber72 wrote: »

Usually love the sound of rain lashing against the window but this is scary. In a dormer house and can feel slight movement in the floor. Baby will be in our bed very soon. What kind of wind speeds would be needed to lift roof off?
In kilcolgan co galway.

try the 12th floor of a high rise
im getting quite scared now

Cantona's Collars

microsim wrote: »

AA's Twitter feed is interesting.. fallen trees all over the place..

WEXFORD: Lots of reports of fallen trees around Wexford/New Ross/Enniscorthy. Gardaí are urging people to stay off the roads.

Had an interesting drive home earlier,part of it on rural back roads as bits of trees landed everywhere,got to the main road & one gust tried to push the car sideways into the ditch.Glad to be in out of it.

xXxkorixXx

whitebriar wrote: »

No it hasn't lol,I'm south of the town and its gusting to 50 MPH still

its quiet here in woodlands just the odd gust

JanuarySnowstor

The Met should pbly extend the red alert nationwide
Already lots of damage and the main course is going hours away yet

Fitzo

Relatively calm in Sligo. What's the forecast like for here?

bottlebrush

Stepping up a notch now again in Craughwell galway. Just moved my car away from under a tree

Jamie2k9

120km'h gusts have being recorded at Waterford Airport in the last while, earlier highest was 107.

To sum up from AA

WATERFORD: Reports of a trampoline "loose" near the Airport Rd roundabout due to the windy weather

Also believe city centre recorded the highest guest of wind ever. Think it was 93

My weather station is in a sheltered location so won't show ant extremes, but still high enough, fairly quiet right now.

lolli

I live in Wexford, its crazy here at the moment. tree has just fell down on the lane I live on.

loubian

Just had to skip 15 pages of reading to get up to date! I'm between Sutton and howth and it's still breezy but seems to have calmed a bit? The rain pounded the window a few minutes ago!

Bsal

The wind has veered SW now in Dublin, its going to make it a bit more difficult landing at Dublin airport.

Villain

Flights to Shannon and Cork from Heathrow have been cancelled

Hooter23

Very sustained winds now in Galway with frequent violent gusts .....And this is only the beginning OMG:eek::eek:

Sully

Here in Tramore its much quieter. It seems to come in little bursts. Its quiet a while now but to be honest, it doesn't seem to have been that bad so far. Maybe its just because I am used to it.

Xenji

Got a gust of 64.4 Km/h there in Castlebar, first time it has gotten over 60 km/h since about 18.00, getting very wild out now.

CptMackey

munsterlegend wrote: »

Cork city or county?! Yeah gusty where I am as well in north cork though it did get quiet for about 30 mins.

West cork. About 30mins drive from city. Gusts are really strong. Goes quiet for a few mins then ramps up to crazy

munsterlegend

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

The Met should pbly extend the red alert nationwide
Already lots of damage and the main course is going hours away yet

Can't imagine it getting much worse! Just to clarify worst time for cork is..? Sorry imby but don't want to miss it!

MidMan25

May not be the snow that a lot of us are seeking but by god is it interesting!

funnights74

Reports of several accidents here in cork, mostly caused by fallen trees, plenty of localised flooding as well. It's going to be an interesting night.

Aestivalis

Well, I survived anyway.

For the first 20 minutes of driving the rain was so bad, I almost decided to turn back and give up. But luckily it subsided. After that, it wasnt so bad actually.

Driving conditions on the motorway are fine, and so are they in Kilkenny town. Backroads and national roads are a bit dodgy alright. If the wind and rain picks up again, you can forget it.

Came across a downed tree and powerlines all over the road near mullinavat backroads. Gardai were already notified so I just took a detour.

Saw the Fire Brigade were heading out the Bennetsbridge road from the town, so something must have happened out there. Possibly another tree down.

nedsgarden

Local Met Station in Derry

Rough night here last 3 hours.



1900 Light Rain Showers 4.5 °C SE 22 mph 33 mph 13 km 978 hPa, Falling
2000 Light Rain 4.8 °C SE 38 mph 54 mph 5 km 972 hPa, Falling
2100 Heavy Rain 4.3 °C SE 46 mph 61 mph 3.3 km 965 hPa, Falling
2200 Heavy Rain 4.5 °C SE 45 mph 68 mph 3.7 km 962 hPa, Falling

yllw.ldbttr

Lived on the top of this exposed hill in North Cork for nearly 10 years and this is by far the strongest wind I've ever experienced.

No rain right now but strong strong wind.
I can hear the neighbour trying to hammer some of his fences back in place, no idea why he doesn't just leave them until the morning.

Watergrasshill, Cork.

The stray dog I took in is curled up under the rad and looks like he could be difficult to displace tomorrow once the storm passes. I might have a new lodger.

fred funk }{

Incredible wind in Arklow. The dog is terrified and hiding under the Christmas tree.