Severe Wind Storm late 26th-27th December

jamesbere

Sweet mother of God, that was some gust just now.

oi softlad

force eleven wrote: »

It's bee a decent 'un for sure, but to get my gold star ranking, there has to be a power cut here. That hasn't happened here in a wind storm since December 97' and before that December 93'. Time yet though.

Probably upgraded their pylons etc... since then, this is one serious storm, if this hit at full moon/high tide, we would be looking at serious flooding

fran38

In east Clare. I've never experienced a storm this severe. This is what id imagine the 'three days of darkness' to be. The poor oul' dog hasn't a clue what's goin on...

robclay26

This is quite scary and very violent storm and been at night makes it worse. The roof is creaking lots here, no a nice sound at all to hear.
Location west of trim, co meath

Bsal

9.3m waves off the south coast at Kinsale gas platform.

Limecube

They are turning parked planes in Dublin Airport to point "into the wind", so as not to be blown around; according to Dublin Airport Ground.

pandaboy

Mech1 wrote: »

reposting

Wow. Never knew these were online! Internet is amazing.

Cork City sounds like an airport combined with a railway right now.

zenno

Weathering wrote: »

02.00 reports in and once again highest gusts inland 50/65mp/h
Highest gust recorded 67knots Sherkin Island

The highest gusts @ Dublin airport reached 60 knots earlier, it's a gale now with some gusts but not severe at the moment.

phenomenalcat

It could be the jars on me but I'm
Sure I can see 2 aul lads chatting in the left corner of this pic on the rte story about the storm

ninebeanrows

Weathering wrote: »

Really? I have to disagree looking at met.ie lastest reports
I know its set to get worse but remains to be seen

Dublin Air took a 120 km/hr during the 1998 storm, i think we could exceed that tonight, tomororw morning.

Paruparo

If you check this animation, it shows current conditions.

Click in the eye of the storm, you'll get a slow wind speed compared to clicking on the outer edges of the storm.

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=353.04,45.02,653

refusetolose

cork taking a quare battering right now

jamesbere

refusetolose wrote: »

cork taking a quare battering right now

Tell me about it, think I might sleep downstairs

otherfrog

Wind subsides for a while and then builds up into a long howling crescendo.

Not the short gusts I'm used to.

Lights flickering occasionally here in Naas - local cables are underground, so guessing the flickering is down to the higher voltage lines being blown about, or the impact of smaller areas being knocked on/off the grid.

If this was hitting the country 25 years ago, think the impact would have been far more severe on phone/power infrastructure than it has been (thus far) - with that said, there are still thousands without power.

Stay safe folks.

Aestivalis

2 knots over the limit for the ryanair plane.
Wonder if it will calm for him.

ninebeanrows

The GFS chart at 18z is the most sever i have EVER seen for Ireland.

Everybody take shelter. Do not go outside unless 100% necessary.

Sir Arthur Daley

phenomenalcat wrote: »

It could be the jars on me but I'm
Sure I can see 2 aul lads chatting in the left corner of this pic on the rte story about the storm

It is the diesel

fran38

I do not understand some of the posters revelling in this. There are homeless people out in that, isolated elderly and people who can ill afford structural repairs. please think about that before you post.

force eleven

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Sep1961_hurricane-Debbie.pdf. Hurricane Debbie 1961 ,records set that day unlikely to be broken soon. 81 knots at Birr. 93 knots gust Shannon. That's incredible. Most wind records set that day still stand.

Sir Arthur Daley

fran38 wrote: »

I do not understand some of the posters revelling in this. There are homeless people out in that, isolated elderly and people who can ill afford structural repairs. please think about that before you post.

There is no one revelling in this.

otherfrog

fran38 wrote: »

I do not understand some of the posters revelling in this. There are homeless people out in that, isolated elderly and people who can ill afford structural repairs. please think about that before you post.

I understand why people get excited about severe weather - especially if they feel they're well prepared, I don't think they mean anything bad by it - it's the event itself that's of interest, not the consequences.

But it's sobering to think there are homeless people out on the streets tonight

Weathering

Weathercheck wrote: »

Dublin Air took a 120 km/hr during the 1998 storm, i think we could exceed that tonight, tomororw morning.

Yeah fair enough but that's looking at it from a localized view in regards to worst storm for decades
May well be for certain areas

Craigels

Just heard tiles smashing outside from my room I presume and other debris scraping the ground it's definitely getting worse in limerick

nacho libre

Winds are at their strongest here so far. This is a good storm, but it's not quite up there with the two most severe storms I've experienced.

Tae laidir

Craigels wrote: »

http://www.flightradar24.com/RYR943

Seems to have changed his mind.
I hope he has plenty of fuel

pauld

No revelling, just sheer awe at the power of Mother Nature

ninebeanrows

Weathering wrote: »

Yeah fair enough but that's looking at it from a localized view in regards to worst storm for decades
May well be for certain areas

This storm looks as if it will be the most severe storm since 1998.

Please those who have not already lost electricity. Do not drive, do not go outdoors.

Greenmachine

Sign ripped right off a shop just down the road from me. Tree across the road looks close to being uprooted with strong gusts.

pandaboy

Tae laidir wrote: »

Seems to have changed his mind.
I hope he has plenty of fuel

Yep, moving in for another descent. I've a feeling it's a lost cause though.

ninebeanrows

946.0 hPa @ 2am