Severe Wind Storm late 26th-27th December

Clamball

Met Eireann @ midnight for Cork Airport was 35kn wind gusting to 57 kn

Now at 1 am reports is 32 kn wind gusting to 55 kn so it hasn't worsened in the last hour here in Cork.

EoghanIRL

Mr Cumulonimbus wrote: »

Belmullet down another 1 to 947. Lights flickered.

Where can you find out the pressure ?

rebeve

Lights flickering on the southside of Cork City .

Oneiric 3

Shannon first non-coastal station to report a full gale at 37 kt (mean). Near contenders: Gurteen 31, Athenry 32, Claremorris 33.

200motels

I haven't experienced this wind since 1998, anyway try to get some sleep, some hope.

pandaboy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

A lot of the esb faults in cork dont have an estimated time of restore or else they say 15:00 to 16:00 27/12/2013. Is that a sign that the ESB don't know or are they waiting till morning.

Lights just flickered in the kitchen.

Probably expecting more to go out. I heard that the Tower and Blarney area lost power a couple of hours back. Unsafe to work now, so they'll wait til the morning.

joes girls

Lights flickering down here in Tomhaggard wexford, winds are defo picking up more and more.

sunbabe08

i'm half expecting to hear a window break. absolutely howling

JAMM222

Went to a few pints in o Connor's was going to walk home but had to phone for a lift....its howling like never before
Salthill car park is flooded completely... Reckon we are in the eye of the storm ATM

wretcheddomain

What has the highest speed reached so far, I think Met Eireann predicted 120-150 km/h, has it managed to exceed the upper limit and if not, is the worst over yet?

weathermaiden

Just had a massive gust in Bray.... the dogs were unusually anxious to get back in after their wee!

Lumi

Stormy Salthill
Via Galway Advertiser
Galway Harbour have also just reported 'ferocious conditions' and a 73knot gust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcCs5AJWsLo

Sir Arthur Daley

Things are calmish in cork city.

Weathering

Latest reports from Met.ie @ 01.00 confirms severe gusts at coastal stations.
Gusts overland generally 50 to 65mp/h nothing exceptional but it set to get worse

sunbabe08

Clamball wrote: »

Met Eireann @ midnight for Cork Airport was 35kn wind gusting to 57 kn

Now at 1 am reports is 32 kn wind gusting to 55 kn so it hasn't worsened in the last hour here in Cork.

ha!!!!! sure feels like it

LadyMayBelle

JAMM222 wrote: »

Went to a few pints in o Connor's was going to walk home but had to phone for a lift....its howling like never before
Salthill car park is flooded completely... Reckon we are in the eye of the storm ATM

I reckon there's more to come.
Power holding up here east of city, amazing!

aurora 527

Night boardsies... stay safe..

cherryghost

At least 25k homes without power at this point, and the strong winds are just coming in now.

yellowlabrador

still no power here and lots of people out near the square. It's pretty bad out there, it remiknds me of 1997. I'm worried someone could get hurt out there.
drink and storms don't mix

hellboy99

Lights still flickering here, gusts gaining in strength again, 50 - 70kph at present

The tax man

liliq wrote: »

First visit to weather! busy thread!
How do I find my local info?
I'm in dundrum. Thanks!

What you're experiencing now is pretty much what's going to continue for most of the night. Probably won't start easing off till sometime tomorrow morning\afternoon. That's according to the weather Pro app on my phone for Rathfarnham.
This is a nation wide event so local weather won't be forthcoming.
Hope that helps somewhat.:)

Mr Cumulonimbus

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Where can you find out the pressure ?

Met Eireann hourly reports.

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

Updated at roughly quarter past the hour.

JONJO THE MISER

The house is actually shaking.

Tenger

cdb wrote: »

Blowy as fook tonight in Limerick

I love those Limerick ladieez.....

Oscar Bravo

A lovely gust of 72 kts at Sherkin on the 0100 reports. has been the windiest place for the past few hours. 947hpa at Belmullet, wont drop any lower than that.

JAMM222

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

I reckon there's more to come.
Power holding up here east of city, amazing!

Completely shocked that we haven't lost power

Tactical

Currently measuring sustained winds in the mid-30km/hr range.

Gusting 50km/hr.

Recorded a 57km/hr gust.

Still a starry night here in West Limerick with horizontally driven rain.

Wind shifted to South Westerly.

Although I live in a sparsely populated and exposed location, there are a lot of vehicles travelling the various roads I can see from my elevated location including the local road. Vehicles on the local road travelling far too fast it they come across a tree or utility pole in the road.

liliq

The tax man wrote: »

What you're experiencing now is pretty much what's going to continue for most of the night. Probably won't start easing off till sometime tomorrow morning\afternoon. That's according to the weather Pro app on my phone for Rathfarnham.
This is a nation wide event so local weather won't be forthcoming.
Hope that helps somewhat.:)

Thank you

cherryghost

I should be in bed at this point but I'm just sitting here waiting for the power to go off... or the Steam flash sale to update at 2am, whichever comes first!

Sir Arthur Daley

Tactical wrote: »

Currently meaduring sudysinef winds in theid-30km/hr range.

Gusting 50km/hr.

Recorded a 57km/hr gust.

Still a starry night here in West Limerick with horizontally driven rain.

Wind shifted to South Westerly.

Although I live in a sparsely populated and exposed location, there are a lot of vehicles travelling the varipus roafs I can see from my elevated location inclufing the local road. Vehicles on the local road travelling far too fast it they come across a tree or utility pole in the road.

Have you flooding if they are travelling on the roofs?