The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

leahyl

Rain has eased off now and it's much calmer

patneve2

appalling conditions outside, very heavy rain and gusty winds. Gusts approaching 50 kt here right by the sea I'd say

D2D

Wind is still strong but there's now blue skies over Cork, lot of clouds coming behind it though

maquiladora

munsterlegend wrote: »

Which direction are those winds coming from>

You can see the direction on the forecast map. Winds will vary depending on your local geography. Places that are exposed to the strongest winds or on high ground should see very strong gusts.

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/short-range.asp

greysides

Dickerty wrote: »

I dunno, would expect the weather to show it's mussels...

I've heard of 'cats and dogs' but you know it's bad when it starts raining shellfish.




Thanks for the early warning of this storm folks. Fortunately I'm in a position to be able to cancel my outside work today. Not sensible or safe.

DOCARCH

Eight Ball wrote: »

Well that was the heaviest most intense rain fall I've ever seen in Ireland here for about 5 minutes Dublin 14 area.

Bucketing down alright. Rain rate of 24.4mm/hr atm. 8.4mm of rain so far this morning.

northgirl

leahyl wrote: »

Rain has eased off now and it's much calmer

wind's picking up again now.. at least where i am, on the hilly north side

maquiladora

Winds dropping rapidly in Cobh at the moment.

Elmer Blooker

Dickerty wrote: »

I dunno, would expect the weather to show it's mussels...

Torrential rain here - as bad as anything I've seen in this awful winter.
We badly need a big stationary limpet high to dry the place out!

IT-Guy

Very windy and blustery here and that's only under my sheets! Seriously though, the wind outside has woken me twice this morning and this storm hasn't peaked yet. I've to drive to Youghal for 12pm, seriously thinking of giving it a miss! I'm in Rathcormac

whitebriar

Weathercheck wrote: »

Hirlam placing sustained winds to around 45 knots over Dublin @ 5pm.

near Arklow here I'm directly exposed to the south ,there's nothing between me and the sea and nothing but sea in a straight line to near France.I'm expecting mad gusts later and more damage.
lost several trees on the farm since December.
what a day for my weather station wind vain to be out of action.
Too busy today to fix it

Colonialboy

This thread is very large , its got great info but .

Could anyone synopsise the current state of affairs and the forecast for the next 12 hoours.
Is there a phase 1 and phase 2 due?
Are we in phase 1?
Whats the track of the storms ?
Are we looking at 1997 ?

thanks in advance

JustplainNUTS

Here in Eyeries, Beara (extreme West Cork) its gusting then lulling - nearly set out for Cork during a lull. Glad I didn't. (Ta for the heads up Cork City folks) . Force 11+ expected over house around midday... Just hope I have a house left by 3pm!

chipsdave

northgirl wrote: »

wind's picking up again now.. at least where i am, on the hilly north side

Yeah we're sending it up to you from West Cork :P , has picked up quite a bit again ,although dry and bright ,strong swirling wind from SW direction out Galley Head way.

pad199207

Looking good

weisses

Will keep you updated as much as possible .... worst to come around noon

Just blustery with showers atm

mickger844posts

Max sustained wind of 60km/h. Max gust 85km/h


www.waterfordcityweather.com

patneve2

and roches point ahead so far with a gust of 73 kt

patneve2

Also funny to see Belmullet @ 1 deg and light sleet

maquiladora

Gust of 73 knots at Roches Point

Kerrydude1981

Was the storm we last during last Xmas status red as well?

snowbabe

Some big gusts on east coast,and its not meant to hit here till later!! Not nice at all out there

Iancar29

Sting Jet possible for Kerry and cork in the "Tail " of the low !

Strangegravy

DarkJager wrote: »

Question for the posters here - are funnel clouds possible with this system? Pretty certain I just spotted one off the Cork side of M7 in Limerick

From estofex - "Tornadoes are not ruled out either, given the intense low level shear..."

So yep, you could have seen one..

leahyl

Iancar29 wrote: »

Sting Jet possible for Kerry and cork in the "Tail " of the low !

What's this sting jet I keep hearing about Iancar?

munsterlegend

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Was the storm we last during last Xmas status red as well?

No just an orange alert.

maquiladora

On visible satellite now.

http://sat24.com/en/eu

MiNdGaM3

Ridiculous squally hail shower passed by 10 minutes ago, gave the house a right battering. Don't think cycling to the gym is an option today!

patneve2

snowbabe wrote: »

Some big gusts on east coast,and its not meant to hit here till later!! Not nice at all out there

yep some very nasty gusts out there!

dave1982

They're sending kids home from some schools in Cobh.

Sky is still working here anyway, wheelie bins flying down estate :pac: