Severe Wind Storm late 26th-27th December

LadyMayBelle

Gonna pop my phone on charge in case power goes so no updates from me from Galway for a bit.
Stay safe everyone and please don't take foolish risks.

imitation

Thanks for all the posts here, reassuring in a strange kinda way.

Be careful and don't put yourself in harms way to save things, that's what insurance is for !

axe2grind

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

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

Both Casement and Dublin AP had full gale earlier
Gale = 34kt = 39mph

Mint Aero

Sucking diesel now in Wesht Limerick. Winds is howling and screeching out there. I'm amazed at the electricity staying on, normally a fart in donegal would have me in darkness.

Tactical

WikiHow wrote: »

Have you flooding if they are travelling on the roofs?

No. Cold fingers typing on a mobile phone.

Poor spelling corrected in my post.

Rikand

i live in a 2-storey house and the contrast in conditions between the front of the house and the back is unreal.

Terrifying out the front!

but out the back is just like any other night, not a breath out there! I'm just after letting the dogs out for a run around the garden and not a bother to them.

There's not a hope in hell of me opening the front door!


(athlone)

maquiladora

So far nothing here has matched the gusts from the front passing over earlier this evening.

Sir Arthur Daley

Tactical wrote: »

No. Cold fingers typing on a mobile phone.

Poor spelling corrected in my post.

OK, i guess the could be major flooding though?

Tactical

Mint Aero wrote: »

Sucking diesel now in Wesht Limerick. Winds is howling and screeching out there. I'm amazed at the electricity staying on, normally a fart in donegal would have me in darkness.

Esb Networks have undertaken a lot of upgrade work locally in West Limerick.

We took 4 brief hits earlier in the evening but have been stable since.

whitebriar

Lightning here near Arklow

thecretinhop

Where is mt and maq? Superb as usual is it fair to say wind direction has changed in last hour seems worse now for my house in claregalway yet no damage since...

Tactical

WikiHow wrote: »

OK, i guess the could be major flooding though?

Not here at the moment.

Starry night. Seriously.

Some rain coming in horizontally from the South West but barely enough to wet you.

cherryghost

thecretinhop wrote: »

Where is mt and maq? Superb as usual is it fair to say wind direction has changed in last hour seems worse now for my house in claregalway yet no damage since...

4 posts above you bro

DukeIE

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.:)

cheers, not too far from there ( in friends ). Will it get much worse or just continue as is ? ( not driving anywhere anyway ).

awec

Windy here in north armagh but nothing spectacular.

Are we likely get the business end of this storm away up here at any point?

Hooter23

There is absolutly no let up / lull since this monster storm started here in Galway so violent anyone know whens the peak?

Vego

Strong gusts here in navan ...looking at some roof damage by the sound of it

EdwardCastle

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 thought the eye of a storm is always calm like those moments in 'The Perfect STorm' movie or is that BS?

missfemale

Hooter23 wrote: »

There is absolutly no let up / lull since this monster storm started here in Galway so violent anyone know whens the peak?

Between 12-3am is the worst part of it they are saying.. Electricity is still here in castlegar just heard car alarms going off and all

keith16

Airplane is on RTE 1. Also, I found a bottle of JD. Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up booze.

Bsal

Hooter23 wrote: »

There is absolutly no let up / lull since this monster storm started here in Galway so violent anyone know whens the peak?

Between now and 9am will be the worst of it in the Galway area.

Tactical

maquiladora wrote: »

So far nothing here has matched the gusts from the front passing over earlier this evening.

I've recorded a 57km/hr gust here. But generally spart from gusts, the sustained wind speeds are not exceptional or notably worse than earlier.

The shift in wind direction brings about new noises for me.

irish1967

Just home from work here in Donegal Town. It's CALM. People standing chatting on the streets outside pubs and clubs. Hardly a drop of wind. Are we expecting anything at all here as the night goes on ??

wonder88

The two Trawlers are just passing Aranmore now, maybe they will shelter in towards Greencastle

Seany81

tornado like conditions here in kerry no let up

DukeIE

missfemale wrote: »

Between 12-3am is the worst part of it they are saying.. Electricity is still here in castlegar just heard car alarms going off and all

is that countrywide ?

tks

RobertKK

maquiladora wrote: »

So far nothing here has matched the gusts from the front passing over earlier this evening.

At 1.34am we matched the earlier gusts, over 90km/hr on both occasions, suppose if the anemometer was 20ft higher it would be 100km/hr plus.
Average wind speed of 50km/hr also the same.

Craigels

Getting very strong in limerick

Itssoeasy

Alright that's nice to hear. Something metal just went flying here in north side of cork city.

Sir Arthur Daley

Be no bother to get it up tonight.