Atlantic Storm Watch & Coastal Flooding Events: January 2014

ninebeanrows

Wow Kinsale Energy gusting 76 knots

cyclops999

Getting serious with River Shannon water level in Athlone.

Athlone Town Council has just issued the following statement: Water levels in the River Shannon are continuing to rise and are being monitored by Athlone Town Council. At this stage, a short section of roadway at McQuadesBridge on Deerpark Road has been closed but there is a risk of further flooding. The Council is in receipt of data from the ESB which predicts that water levels will continue to rise for the next 5 days, at least. This predictive model indicates that flooding of the lowest houses in Athlone could occur by the middle of next week. However, this is by no means certain and the situation is being closely monitored. Athlone Town Council has activated its Flood Emergency Response Plan. As part of this plan, a range of precautionary measures are being implemented to reduce the risk of flooding and to provide assistance in the areas at most risk. The public are advised to be aware of the current risks associated with the River Shannon and to take whatever precautions you can if you live in a vulnerable area.

MrFrisp

sunbabe08 wrote: »

i'm seriously tempted to go for a spin to have a look.

Any chance you could get some pics?
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mumo3

sunbabe08 wrote: »

i'm seriously tempted to go for a spin to have a look.

I'm dying to get to the coast all day

irish1967

Taken an an hour and 40mins after high tide this morning in Donegal Town.

http://youtu.be/ubEncJ7uVMg

DOCARCH

irish1967 wrote: »

Taken an an hour and 40mins after high tide this morning in Donegal Town.

http://youtu.be/ubEncJ7uVMg

Would remind you of scenes from the Japanese Tsunami!

angelfire9

irish1967 wrote: »

Taken an an hour and 40mins after high tide this morning in Donegal Town.

http://youtu.be/ubEncJ7uVMg

Why are idiots parking their cars there?

Conmaicne Mara

angelfire9 wrote: »

Why are idiots parking their cars there?

Probably relations of the same idiots keep parking in Salthill.

NegativeCreep

People seriously need to start turning their smartphones sideways when taking a video. Holy god. It's like watching it through a welding mask.

Golfwidow

Drogheda - North Quay this afternoon

ednwireland

angelfire9 wrote: »

Why are idiots parking their cars there?

Seemed to be non local cars mainly when i saw people trying to clean them out at lunchtime. Guessing a good few rentals lost their excess. Certainly as few northern reg cars.

Golfwidow

The Haymarket, Drogheda

maquiladora

Huge Atlantic seas on Sunday.

Spanish Eyes

angelfire9 wrote: »

Lahinch prom today, and 6 months ago!
Some contrast
Pic courtesy of The Clare People on FB

Wild alright, and thanks for the pics.

And here...I know people have to park their cars somewhere, but OMG that place looks like a supermarket car park! It's awful.

Pay per hour for the Council?

M.T. Cranium

There is still perhaps a 20% chance of a severe wind storm event Sunday night into Monday morning as not all guidance weakens the monster mid-ocean storm fast enough to avoid that outcome. Most model depictions in the 12z suite would give winds in the 70-110 km/hr range, with the coastal tide issues being much more of concern.

The low has given 30-50 cm snowfalls in much of New England and parts of eastern Canada and is rapidly deepening now south of Newfoundland. If it reaches the predicted 930s around 30W by Saturday afternoon/evening it will be one of the deepest Atlantic cyclones on record that far south of Iceland (around 50-52N). The GME model has the most worrying of the various scenarios with the low only marginally weaker and coming much closer to Ireland than some other models. The GEM is perhaps second strongest and has been performing well on storms recently.

I don't think the situation yet merits a level 2 for wind but the ongoing tidal issues justify keeping a level 2 up here for the time being, I would say.

Dramatic weather events in North America as severe cold in the northeast tonight interacts with a complex storm forming in the plains states and the polar vortex forms a second lobe (the first one being over the Atlantic storm) over the Great Lakes. Suspicion is mounting that there could be a much more intense storm forming there over the weekend but it's already locked in that severe cold is returning after a brief break when a strong arctic high drops south from very high latitudes today towards the northern plains states. Wind chill values of -50 C or lower are being predicted for the Midwest by Monday-Tuesday and lake effect snowfalls of several feet (up to one metre or more) are possible as well as a more widespread 15-30 cm snowfall in the Ohio valley and Great Lakes regions.

Mentioning this mostly to illustrate that the hemispheric circulation is in a very extreme state and models may struggle to get fast-changing details fully resolved in the 4-7 day time frame, more so than usual perhaps. Once this deep Atlantic storm fills, the circulation over Europe could change considerably, depending on how the details of the eastern Canadian low play out -- it seems likely to swirl around for several days trapped by the polar vortex in the northern Quebec region. Models are having difficulty resolving how much if any of that energy will break away for action over the north Atlantic and a void could open up for weak northern blocking next week.

angelfire9

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Wild alright, and thanks for the pics.

And here...I know people have to park their cars somewhere, but OMG that place looks like a supermarket car park! It's awful.

Pay per hour for the Council?

Yep
But that's only one car park there are several more.. All under water now of course!

DOCARCH

Any one notice the latest radar?



Dublin about to be taken by the hand of rain! :eek::D

acassells80

DOCARCH wrote: »

Any one notice the latest radar?



Dublin about to be taken by the hand of rain! :eek::D

Just a pity it's not snow

RidleyRider

Anyone know how Blackrock in Dublin is? Will be travelling from Tipperary there Monday.

acassells80

RidleyRider wrote: »

Anyone know how Blackrock in Dublin is? Will be travelling from Tipperary there Monday.

Absolutely fine this evening here

snowstorm2013

Anyone else on here in west Dublin? Winds have increased dramatically in last half hour with some severe gusts. It was near calm earlier in the evening.

billie1b

snowstorm2013 wrote: »

Anyone else on here in west Dublin? Winds have increased dramatically in last half hour with some severe gusts. It was near calm earlier in the evening.

Was just thinking same to myself, wondering if it was forecast

Duff

Main St. Blackrock, Dundalk earlier today.

Hooter23

I know winds have to be above 130km/hr for a level 3 warning but met eireann should have taken the highest tides of the year into consideration alot more and it probably should have got a level 3 cause of that at least for coastal areas hopefully they learn from their mistakes.

Sandwlch

See the title and heared it several times on radio today : whats the difference between a 'flood' and a 'flood event' ?

tfromkerry

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

There is still perhaps a 20% chance of a severe wind storm event Sunday night into Monday morning as not all guidance weakens the monster mid-ocean storm fast enough to avoid that outcome. Most model depictions in the 12z suite would give winds in the 70-110 km/hr range, with the coastal tide issues being much more of concern.

The low has given 30-50 cm snowfalls in much of New England and parts of eastern Canada and is rapidly deepening now south of Newfoundland. If it reaches the predicted 930s around 30W by Saturday afternoon/evening it will be one of the deepest Atlantic cyclones on record that far south of Iceland (around 50-52N). The GME model has the most worrying of the various scenarios with the low only marginally weaker and coming much closer to Ireland than some other models. The GEM is perhaps second strongest and has been performing well on storms recently.

I don't think the situation yet merits a level 2 for wind but the ongoing tidal issues justify keeping a level 2 up here for the time being, I would say.

Dramatic weather events in North America as severe cold in the northeast tonight interacts with a complex storm forming in the plains states and the polar vortex forms a second lobe (the first one being over the Atlantic storm) over the Great Lakes. Suspicion is mounting that there could be a much more intense storm forming there over the weekend but it's already locked in that severe cold is returning after a brief break when a strong arctic high drops south from very high latitudes today towards the northern plains states. Wind chill values of -50 C or lower are being predicted for the Midwest by Monday-Tuesday and lake effect snowfalls of several feet (up to one metre or more) are possible as well as a more widespread 15-30 cm snowfall in the Ohio valley and Great Lakes regions.

Mentioning this mostly to illustrate that the hemispheric circulation is in a very extreme state and models may struggle to get fast-changing details fully resolved in the 4-7 day time frame, more so than usual perhaps. Once this deep Atlantic storm fills, the circulation over Europe could change considerably, depending on how the details of the eastern Canadian low play out -- it seems likely to swirl around for several days trapped by the polar vortex in the northern Quebec region. Models are having difficulty resolving how much if any of that energy will break away for action over the north Atlantic and a void could open up for weak northern blocking next week.

Hi OP er , So in a nutshell the big tidal swell will miss us and the expected bad weather for Monday wont be as bad .

Oscar Bravo

well wasn't expecting this, wind has picked up in Castlebar along with heavy rain. very gusty now!

maquiladora

tfromkerry wrote: »

Hi OP er , So in a nutshell the big tidal swell will miss us and the expected bad weather for Monday wont be as bad .

It will take quite a feat for something half the size of the North Atlantic to miss us while at the same time heading straight towards us. :pac:



Very unlikely the winds will be as strong as last night, it's the possibility of more coastal flooding thats the main issue.

Tactical

Sandwlch wrote: »

See the title and heared it several times on radio today : whats the difference between a 'flood' and a 'flood event' ?

A flood event is what boardsies call a flood!

aboyro

what site is that animation from Maq? larger swell now has new colours i see??