Atlantic Storm Watch & Coastal Flooding Events: January 2014

jo06555

What can we expect this evening ? Same as before?

Steopo

jo06555 wrote: »

What can we expect this evening ? Same as before?

Not as bad I would think, tides are not as high & swell not as powerful

Conmaicne Mara

Some photos from Connemara

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/sets/72157639472452646/

RoisinD

Thought this would have been posted already but cannot see it. Another stunner from George. Lahinch 7.30am this morning.

jo06555

What can we expect this evening ? Same as before?

Tenger

jo06555 wrote: »

What can we expect this evening ? Same as before?

Answer to this question is the same as before....:rolleyes:

partay pooper

Bright clear day in Portlaoise. the winds have slackened

Conmaicne Mara

Some video from much the same area as previous photos. I was late for high tide by at least an hour, some of the videos are up to three hours after HT.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/sets/72157639479673994/

Cantona's Collars

North Cornwall in the Summer,it was nicknamed the Giant Doughnut in Porthcothan Bay.



And here it is today.

RuthieRose

I just heared that another storm is expected Wednesday... Is that true?

weisses

RuthieRose wrote: »

I just heared that another storm is expected Wednesday... Is that true?

No

Check met.ie

RuthieRose

I did. But apparently one of the big radio stations said it was due for Wednesday night and into Thursday! I think I've been scare mongered!!!!! Thanks

Blingy

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Some photos from Connemara

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/sets/72157639472452646/

Are some of these pics roundstone and gurteen beach?

weisses

RuthieRose wrote: »

I did. But apparently one of the big radio stations said it was due for Wednesday night and into Thursday! I think I've been scare mongered!!!!! Thanks

You got me scared for a sec though

delthedriver

Any good news?

Conmaicne Mara

Blingy wrote: »

Are some of these pics roundstone and gurteen beach?

That they are.

billie1b

weisses wrote: »

No

Check met.ie

I heard for Friday, Sat and Sunday this weekend

handbagmad

Torrential down pour there now in kilkenny mixed with hail. Blustery out but not too bad wind wise.

SpaceTime

I was driving along the South Ring (N40) in Cork about 45 mins ago and the rain coming down was the heaviest I've experienced in years. It was like someone constantly throwing buckets of water at your window rather than individual droplets!

Traffic dropped back to about 50km/h

SpaceTime

RuthieRose wrote: »

I did. But apparently one of the big radio stations said it was due for Wednesday night and into Thursday! I think I've been scare mongered!!!!! Thanks

Oh great! I'm flying that day.

Birtles

billie1b wrote: »

I heard for Friday, Sat and Sunday this weekend

latest MET.IE forecast...... Someone is pulling your.....

Friday will be milder with outbreaks of rain in western counties, but amounts will be small and many places further east will remain dry. Winds will remain light.

Next weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) will be mild and mainly dry with moderate south or southeast breezes. Slight night time frosts may occur inland.

Clonmel1000

Was this storm over hyped or what do people think? Radio DJs I find to be shameless in their bad and mid reporting of weather conditions.

Trogdor

Some flooding on Bray seafront this afternoon, seems the beach nourishment from 2001 is getting thinned out..these are about an hour and a half after high tide. Was a quite a bit worse earlier on apparently

Conmaicne Mara

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Was this storm over hyped or what do people think? Radio DJs I find to be shameless in their bad and mid reporting of weather conditions.

I wouldn't listen to a radio DJ for anything more than the name of a song.

The high sea accompanying the high tide did damage in a lot of coastal areas. Not sure anyone reasonable was ever predicting much more than that.

blankAs

tramore is in bits! one of the slips to the beach, the ladies slip has been broke up(thanks to the lady engineer who had no coastal experience and wrecked the place the last time she 'fixed it') . The sink hole (that the current 2 weeks ago and cracking the wall) has now been dealt with by poring concrete into it, sure cant wait for tonights high tide or have they perfected quick drying cement yet?! the lake is at its highest poin in over 20 years with the island almost completly under water. the other end of the prom the tide broke up paths and came in over the road but thank fully the businesses down there have miraculously survived and not been flooded tho all the outdoor furniture and flowerpots are at the other side of the road. i have never seen so many confused looking council workers as today and there is plenty of them down there, they have no idea what they are at, they admitted cause i had to ask, they are all just making themselfs look busy cause they know its going to happen again in a few hours so whats the point!
However, the surf out along the headland is epic, there is 25-30 ft clean waves peaking off the guillamene but you know you do not want to be there when they break, the churning going on out there is ridiculous and i almost feel sorry for the sealife!
serious damage has been done here in tramore although not all is storm caused as allways man (or woman) had a great part in the destruction. once again as i type it is begining to gust again and theres the rain, we have had beautiful blue skys for large parts of the day not this morning when i ran down to the beach and the spray hurt my face so much i had to hide behind cars and question myself what i was doing but with gusts hitting 70 km /hr, sure ya' have to go have a look !

billie1b

Birtles wrote: »

latest MET.IE forecast...... Someone is pulling your.....

Friday will be milder with outbreaks of rain in western counties, but amounts will be small and many places further east will remain dry. Winds will remain light.

Next weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) will be mild and mainly dry with moderate south or southeast breezes. Slight night time frosts may occur inland.

I think I just took it up wrong, I was told we were supposed to be getting some of this Hercules storm but I think thats what this weekend just gone was supposed to be, cant read the charts and what not and don't trust Met Eireann so just thought id throw it out there to see if its true

aurora 527

Tim the Enchanter wrote: »

Tramore tourisim FB page has some great pictures of the storm -

https://www.facebook.com/tramoretourism

Should just add that pier storm wall is 30 ft high...

BorneTobyWilde

Things are really picking up now

fletch

Anyone in Howth/Malahide...is the sea still rough? I'm thinking of taking a spin over for a look. Obviously I won't be putting myself in any danger but I'd like to see the sea in all its anger.

Cogsy88

Tides out man. Wouldn't be great.