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Atlantic Storm Watch & Coastal Flooding Events: January 2014

M.T. Cranium · 2013-12-29 06:34:45

With the old thread locked and the faux thread fauxed, it would seem that a new thread is required for general serious :eek: discussion of the various risks of another significant event. On consensus of five leading models, the daily timetable looks something like this: SUN 29th DEC -- peak wind gusts 110 km/hr, borderline…

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#662 03-01-2014 2:29pm
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microsim wrote: »

Minard Castle, Lispole, Dingle, Co Kerry this morning. From http://www.broadsheet.ie/2014/01/03/stone-walls-and-the-grass-is-green/

I have visited that beach quite often, those stones have been moved a serious distance to reach the far end of the road and completely block it!

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#663 03-01-2014 2:35pm
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aboyro wrote: »

big wave surfers from all over the world are getting ready to fly into europe for monday/tuesday. get ready to see a record broken. possibly in portugal again although the wind look good for the northwest on monday tuesday. 20ft at 20 seconds with south/southeast winds. Lord have mercy!!!!!!

Yeah looks like here would be better than Portugal.

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#664 03-01-2014 2:35pm
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Some of them stones are huge, must have been some swell to cause that.

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#665 03-01-2014 2:36pm
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Takes serious power to move tons and tons of heavy rocks like that so far. Unreal.

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#666 03-01-2014 2:36pm
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Very high tide here in coastal Dublin, beach defences destroyed!

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#667 03-01-2014 2:40pm
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the irish sea must be full to the brim cos its low tide right now. whats it going to be like at 6pm high tide???

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#668 03-01-2014 2:42pm
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River Dodder Flood defence,s Held out.

A small leak at one of the barriers

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#669 03-01-2014 2:42pm
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Tonight's high tide is even bigger around Dublin!

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#670 03-01-2014 2:43pm
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aboyro wrote: »

the irish sea must be full to the brim cos its low tide right now. whats it going to be like at 6pm high tide???

This is high tide

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#671 03-01-2014 2:44pm
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aboyro wrote: »

the irish sea must be full to the brim cos its low tide right now. whats it going to be like at 6pm high tide???

High tide just passed, for Dublin anyway. Bear in mind that high tide happens at varying times around the coast, it does not happen at the same time.

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#672 03-01-2014 2:44pm
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kstand wrote: »

Some of them stones are huge, must have been some swell to cause that.

The council have lined parts of the beach with the stones to create a seawall of sorts, during a bad storm you might often hear of the stones being moved a a little bit. Never seen them be pushed right off the beach and up the hill behind it though!

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#673 03-01-2014 2:46pm
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Clontarf, Dublin about an hour ago...sorry for the poor quality

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

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#674 03-01-2014 2:47pm
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microsim wrote: »

Minard Castle, Lispole, Dingle, Co Kerry this morning. From http://www.broadsheet.ie/2014/01/03/stone-walls-and-the-grass-is-green/

Omg them rocks are HUGE bigger than the car :pac:

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#675 03-01-2014 2:47pm
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Laytown, Meath an hour ago.

Hasn't flooded our garden in 12 years.

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#676 03-01-2014 2:49pm
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RoisinD wrote: »

Hopefully they stay away. A surfer had to be assisted at Lahinch yesterday.
http://www.doolincoastguard.com/category/blog#2989

Surfers that will fly in for the waves will be very experienced in the conditions and will consult with locals and tge appropriate agencies.

They don't intend to put themselves or anyone else in danger.

The revenue will be most welcome in coastal locations where tourist income would be virtually non-existent at this time of year.

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#677 03-01-2014 2:50pm
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Hooter23 wrote: »

Omg them rocks are HUGE bigger than the car :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5kZ4uIUC0

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#678 03-01-2014 2:53pm
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Weathercheck wrote: »

Tonight's high tide is even bigger around Dublin!

From this it says tonight's high tide in Dublin will be a foot lower: http://www.tidetimes.org.uk/dublin-north-wall-tide-times#axzz2pKyvlRer

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#679 03-01-2014 2:54pm
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If there is a big fall of snow tonight it would be funny, because i think then people will think the sky is falling in on us!

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#680 03-01-2014 2:56pm
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Weathercheck wrote: »

If there is a big fall of snow tonight it would be funny, because i think then people will think the sky is falling in on us!

I aint getting my hopes up but still cant stop that tingling feeling for snow!!

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More photos from Laytown an hour ago.
No cleanup starting until Tuesday!

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#682 03-01-2014 2:57pm
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How exactly are the levels of warnings decided? Is it purely based on wind speeds? Surely due to the high tides there was grounds for an even higher level warning in coastal areas? Salthill is like a bomb site. The damage caused is far worse than the previous storm and appears mostly related to the higher tide.

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#683 03-01-2014 2:58pm
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Bigcheeze wrote: »

From this it says tonight's high tide in Dublin will be a foot lower: http://www.tidetimes.org.uk/dublin-north-wall-tide-times#axzz2pKyvlRer

Correct. But if the strong southerly winds continue as they are now, there could well be a back up of water in the Irish Sea, so in effect the water level could be just as high as the high tide that has just passed.

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#684 03-01-2014 2:58pm
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Bigcheeze wrote: »

From this it says tonight's high tide in Dublin will be a foot lower: http://www.tidetimes.org.uk/dublin-north-wall-tide-times#axzz2pKyvlRer

You are correct. Was getting confused with the days and AM hours etc.

So for my local area

Today's was 4.59m, tonight's 4.30m and tomorrow 4.56m

http://www.tidetime.org/europe/ireland/portmarnock.htm

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#685 03-01-2014 2:59pm
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gordongekko wrote: »

How exactly are the levels of warnings decided? Is it purely based on wind speeds? Surely due to the high tides there was grounds for an even higher level warning in coastal areas? Salthill is like a bomb site. The damage caused is far worse than the previous storm and appears mostly related to the higher tide.

See here: http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/warnings-explained.asp

In theory, tides are nothing to do with weather. I know that's a bit of a cop out (but true). The problem was that this storm came along at the same time as very high tides (spring tides). If the storm came at the same time as very low tides (neap tides), the damage would have been negligible.

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#686 03-01-2014 3:00pm
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More photos from Laytown an hour ago.
No cleanup starting until Tuesday!

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#687 03-01-2014 3:01pm
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Speaking of snow, Hirlam has the risk of some heavy snow falling for a time over higher parts of the NW for a short time on Sunday before a warmer air mass takes hold. BBC Weather also showed potential for some snow over eastern hills tomorrow as well.

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#688 03-01-2014 3:07pm
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Tomorrows Snow Potential here ... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057116203

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#689 03-01-2014 3:08pm
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DOCARCH wrote: »

See here: http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/warnings-explained.asp

In theory, tides are nothing to do with weather. I know that's a bit of a cop out (but true). The problem was that this storm came along at the same time as very high tides (spring tides). If the storm came at the same time as very low tides (neap tides), the damage would have been negligible.

that's exactly the problem. Im sure these are a Europe wide standard but maybe we should have an extra warning during high tide. People who were not flooded during the previous storm may well have thought they were safe and got caught off guard last night.

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#690 03-01-2014 3:10pm
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Salthill this morning..20140103_122920.jpg

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#691 03-01-2014 3:17pm
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gordongekko wrote: »

that's exactly the problem. Im sure these are a Europe wide standard but maybe we should have an extra warning during high tide. People who were not flooded during the previous storm may well have thought they were safe and got caught off guard last night.

I think the OPW should have something like the EA in the the UK where you can look at a map of flood warnings and get a bit of detail about each one. The current system seems to be the OPW contact the local county councils and then the councils put up stuff on twitter/their own websites. It should be as clear and easy to find as Met Eireann's weather warning system.

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