The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

Corruptedmorals

Possibly less hazardous to cross the N4 at Liffey Valley at road level rather than the overhead bridge :O Made it.

So strange to hear wind like this during the day.

thecretinhop

Hueston to Galway train delayed now damaged lines and trees on track

Conmaicne Mara

Squalls up to 170km, now that's proper wind.

Supercell

Seriously impressive winds here, anemometer on house roof just recorded 96.6 km/h which is about 15km/h higher than previous record. Its not at standard height, would guess gusts at official height are probably in excess of 120km/h currently.

Neighbours brick garden wall has blown down onto the street behind. What a mess! Would say the gusts of Dun Laoghaire pier are impressive.

username123

Wine Goddess wrote: »

Howling winds in Firhouse/Tallaght ATM

Debris (and Denis!) flying all over the place.

Went out at 3pm to collect something, was a grand day. Home by 3.30pm, and Armageddon kicked in bout a half hour later. Denis flying all over the place now, and winds as strong as I ever remember around here.

Star Rise

Just back from walking dogs. Gusty but within comfort levels. Murphy's farm has few trees down but that's all, incredibly. Could do with clarification on continued red alert for Munster. I thought it had passed us in cork city.

ninebeanrows

Gust to 66 knots @ Dublin Airport now.

SnowDrifts

N11 closed both directions at Newcastle, Wicklow. Double bad because it will force drivers to use tree lined back roads as alternatives.

Donkey Oaty

It's called Storm Darwin, according to RTE Radio One.

loubian

Getting fairly strong in Dublin 13. Kinda scary!

partay pooper

username123 wrote: »

Went out at 3pm to collect something, was a grand day. Home by 3.30pm, and Armageddon kicked in bout a half hour later. Denis flying all over the place now, and winds as strong as I ever remember around here.

poor Denis

sundula

Why don't we name our storms ?

mrtom

Any links to real time web cam showing landings at dublin Airport? No departs and loads in holding pattern pre devert.

Larbre34

Soft day thank deity.

I couldnt recommend @aaroadwatch on twitter highly enough tonight, their website is down and they know about it, but the twitter updates are comprehensive

In short:

N11 blocked at Kilcroney due to downed power lines

No rail between Arklow and Gorey

No rail out of Heuston

Fallen trees on M9, N25, N71, N20, N10, N81

Donkey Oaty

SnowDrifts wrote: »

N11 closed both directions at Newcastle, Wicklow. Double bad because it will force drivers to use tree lined back roads as alternatives.

Heard that - odd one, because the N11 doesn't go through Newcastle. Any idea where they are sending the traffic?

Larbre34

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Heard that - odd one, because the N11 doesn't go through Newcastle. Any idea where they are sending the traffic?

I think they mean in the vicinity of Newcastle and Kilcroney but on the N11 itself

Traffic could divert off at Newtownmountkennedy and follow the old road to Ashford...

awec

What's the deal with Dublin - when can we expect this to die down a bit? Does the 7pm time given before still apply?

ninebeanrows

Lights beginning to flicker.

Jaxxy

A 30 ft pole from next door's roof just fell on ours. It's a huge thing, it's level now, bridging the gap between our two houses. Few tiles gone, should be okay if it doesn't get blown off the roof. Dublin West/Clonee area, it's bad out here.

gordongekko

Itsdacraic wrote: »

No. Things like trees and buildings don't care if it's night or day. Way more damage done today than anytime in recent memory.

not in Galway there wasn't. Far more damage done during the last oranage warning than during this one. In fact the weather in general excluding the gusts was worse yesterday than today.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Larbre34 wrote: »

Soft day thank deity.

I couldnt recommend @aaroadwatch on twitter highly enough tonight, their website is down and they know about it, but the twitter updates are comprehensive

In short:

N11 blocked at Kilcroney due to downed power lines

No rail between Arklow and Gorey

No rail out of Heuston

Fallen trees on M9, N25, N71, N20, N10, N81

Limited rail out of heuston. I'm on a Waterford train now, will be in sallins in about 10 mins

SnowDrifts

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Heard that - odd one, because the N11 doesn't go through Newcastle. Any idea where they are sending the traffic?

I think they mean where it bypasses Newcastle. Not sure on the re-route but would imagine it would be the coast road which not be ideal considering it's lined with trees.

Popoutman

YFlyer wrote: »

Most of the yew tree down now? Was in canteen at lunch time to see part of it blown away.

Better information on the state of that section of UL (the people I was talking to weren't quite right..:

The Pheasant2

My friend is supposed to be flying into Dublin from London tonight - flight departs at 18:50...what are the chances that they'll be allowed fly?

stooge

where is snowstorm2013? Wonder what he has to say for himself now that Dublin is getting battered! some vicious gusts now, so lucky this didnt occur later in the evening

paperclipgrad

I nominate this storm to be callled Storm Denis.

miss no stars

METARs at 1700 from airports:

Cork: Direction 270 wind 25KT
Shannon: Direction 250 wind 30 Gust 41KT
Baldonnell: Direction 250 wind 45 Gust 65KT
Dublin: Direction 250 wind 44 Gust 61KT
Belfast: Direction 240 wind 11KT

http://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/metars/?station_ids=EICK+EINN+EIME+EIDW+EGAA&std_trans=standard&chk_metars=on&hoursStr=most+recent+only&chk_tafs=on&submitmet=Submit

Bummer1234

mrtom wrote: »

Any links to real time web cam showing landings at dublin Airport? No departs and loads in holding pattern pre devert.

No webcam available but keep on eye on here

http://www.flightradar24.com/53.51,-5.98/9

Larbre34

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

My friend is supposed to be flying into Dublin from London tonight - flight departs at 18:50...what are the chances that they'll be allowed fly?

Less than 50/50. The Airport is posting that their schedule may be impacted. Probable divert to Belfast...

jds0ur

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

My friend is supposed to be flying into Dublin from London tonight - flight departs at 18:50...what are the chances that they'll be allowed fly?

Unlikely, delayed for sure if not cancelled, whats the flight number?