The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

northgirl

its seriously wild in Cork now, sounds quite menacing tbh

jkforde

breezy in Galway city but we're not due to get going fully until the afternoon.... stay safe ye in the south.

Cork Lass

Seriously getting worried about driving to work in an hour. Wind is scary here.

CB19Kevo

Gusts have really got going here in south East Kerry.
Was up around 4am checking here and there was barely a puff of wind.
As much as i love a good storm i am worried about this and rightfully so.

sunbabe08

yikes, that's some strong winds

SnowY32

my god it sounds more dangerous then is has ever been outside, is this storm still to get worse? we will be lucky if there isn't serious structural damage done,dreading getting up for work!

Padraig Mor

Nasty enough in Cork harbour. Guesstimate about 70-80% of other winter storms at their peak - and we ain't even started yet.

leahyl

Maybe I should take a lift from my dad....

Pa ElGrande

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

MyStubbleItches

aisling86 wrote: »

Just got this.....macroom cork

In Kilmurry near Macroom. Very strong wind and rain for the past hour. Water blowing in under the front door. Already as bad as anything we've seen here this winter.

sunbabe08

leahyl wrote: »

Maybe I should take a lift from my dad....

lmao already way ahead of you, asked my dad last night. he has a jeep, i will be safe in that

maquiladora

CB19Kevo wrote: »

Gusts have really got going here in south East Kerry.
Was up around 4am checking here and there was barely a puff of wind.
As much as i love a good storm i am worried about this and rightfully so.

Are you exposed to westerly winds there?

leahyl

sunbabe08 wrote: »

lmao already way ahead of you, asked my dad last night. he has a jeep, i will be safe in that

I said it to him there and he said he would...woohoo! Might take him up on it

Cork Lass

leahyl wrote: »

Maybe I should take a lift from my dad....

Could I get one too

sunbabe08

leahyl wrote: »

I said it to him there and he said he would...woohoo! Might take him up on it

Dads=safety that's scary weather out there

Tom Cruises Left Nut

What mystical material is this jeep made of ?

Would a jeep not be more high sided and so more chance of it being blown all over the place ?

CB19Kevo

maquiladora wrote: »

Are you exposed to westerly winds there?

Well inland,But yes.
Our only cover is East and North.
Fairly exposed from the west given the elevation.

Bandito909

Any idea how long this bombardment will last for the poor souls in kerry?! You reckon it will be over in a day or two?

Clamball

Just drove from Cork City to Fermoy. While there is a lot of heavy rain and a lot of surface water it did not feel very gusty. But I am guessing the wind was behind me rather than from the side. No cross winds when I crossed over the flyover in Fermoy which is very exposed. If I were you all I would go to school/work earlier rather than later.

I did however take it very easy and drove way lower than my normal speed.

Ludo

Lovely drive to work in Cork these in bucketing rain and wind.

Why did the thread title day Dublin by the way... Nowhere else getting the storm?

Ludo

Lovely drive to work in Cork these in bucketing rain and wind.

Why did the thread title day Dublin by the way... Nowhere else getting the storm?

leahyl

Ok wind is CRAZY here now

Agree Ludo, and it's not really violent storm potential at this stage either! It's going to happen!

aboyro

it'll be over in hours i think, bt 6pm tonight there should be a big difference

SnowY32

aboyro wrote: »

it'll be over in hours i think, bt 6pm tonight there should be a big difference

as in a couple of hours? or will it get worse first?

Bandito909

I hope so, Jaysus this one is shaping up to be awful.

Can't believe I booked a hotel for the misses and me this weekend! Typical.
Feel sorry for you guys down the south, hopefully it passes without too much misery!

Pacing Mule

Ludo wrote: »

Lovely drive to work in Cork these in bucketing rain and wind.

Why did the thread title day Dublin by the way... Nowhere else getting the storm?

Thread is prefaced with a level 3 warning. Clarified in title that Dublin is level 2 not 3.

Pacing Mule

Bandito909 wrote: »

I hope so, Jaysus this one is shaping up to be awful.

Can't believe I booked a hotel for the misses and me this weekend! Typical.
Feel sorry for you guys down the south, hopefully it passes without too much misery!

Sure you weren't planning on going outside anyway !

maquiladora

Wow, EURO4 showing wedge of 85-90mph sustained winds off the coast at 9am.



80-85 mph sustained winds along the southwest coast....



Very strong inland winds.

ThaitaniumM

Fairly windy and raining heavily here. The winds should ease here at noon and around afternoon should start picking up dramatically according to the latest HIRLAM forcecast.

Clamball

http://86.43.106.118/cobh-spike.html



This is a great site, showing the wind sharply increasing in the last hour or so.