Strong Winds/Severe Gusts January 14/15th 2015

Poochie05

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Strongest winds of the night so far here in Wexford last hour or so.

Yes, just went out to turn a rattling wheelie bin on its side so it wouldn't blow over and I nearly got blown over here in Wexford Town.

legomaniac

Not to bad yet in South Donegal. Some severe gusts but nothing that we don't get several times per winter. I believe it's later tonight it will hit hard.

Itsdacraic

Red Alert is gone from ME site?

Steopo

Expect there'll be a bit of reaction on here when that squall line passes over Dublin in next 30 to 45 mins. Do love those squalls before the lull before the storm

caustic 1

Is Donegal going to escape the worst of it, only mentioned yellow alert for rainfall now?

signostic

Satt pic @ 1815z

irishgeo

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Red Alert is gone from ME site?

no its not,

STATUS RED

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick
Mean speeds in excess of 80 km/h with gusts of 130 to 150km/h possible. The strongest winds will be along exposed coasts and mountainous areas.

Issued:Wednesday 14 January 2015 20:00
Valid:Wednesday 14 January 2015 20:00 to Thursday 15 January 2015 14:00

ThaitaniumM

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Red Alert is gone from ME site?

Probably just updating

Ark rose glenn

Most of dublin15 had a power cut but the other half was grand tank god... Let's see how the rest of the evening pans out 😱😱😂

dublinjen

Mother has to drive to work in town (from Howth) at 10pm, would it be safer to leave now before squall hits?

Gonzo

seems to be calming down here, temps now also at their mildest at 10C. The air is already starting to cool down in the west.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Red Alert is gone from ME site?

No it isn't !

Oscar Bravo

2000 update
National Weather Warnings



STATUS RED

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick

Mean speeds in excess of 80 km/h with gusts of 130 to 150km/h possible. The strongest winds will be along exposed coasts and mountainous areas.
Issued:
Wednesday 14 January 2015 20:00
Valid:
Wednesday 14 January 2015 20:00 to Thursday 15 January 2015 14:00

savj2

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Red Alert is gone from ME site?

Still there.

sjb25

Poochie05 wrote: »

Yes, just went out to turn a rattling wheelie bin on its side so it wouldn't blow over and I nearly got blown over here in Wexford Town.

Lights flickering in ferns now

leahyl

Cork now part of red alert? M.E. obv updated it

RoisinD

jimbis wrote: »

It's was just our luck that for the first time ever our chimney sucked up a plastic bag that was thrown on the fire (blame the mother), got caught in the chimney guard and blocked it up. House full of smoke and no fire now if the power goes

Be at least a few days till I can get up and clear it.

But by all means everyone else get ther fires going! I was looking forward to making tea on the fire if the power went

You were lucky! Not wanting to scare monger but it could have been much worse. Never, ever just throw bags on a fire.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crisp-bag-in-chimney-blamed-for-fumes-that-killed-dad-and-children-26806224.html

ninebeanrows

gusting 57kt at Dublin Airport

ThaitaniumM

They added in Cork :P

Aiel

The lull in Galway city has ended in the last while,picking up again and battering my south facing windows right now.Its expected to turn more to westerly winds later so maybe I wont hear it as much later.
On the met.ie website where is the station that measures wind speeds for Galway? Is it in the city(NUIG) or out at Mace Head?

munsterlegend

Cork has now been added to the warning! That 79 knot gust got us upgraded.

Itsdacraic

savj2 wrote: »

Still there.

It's back!

It was definitely gone for a couple of minutes.

caustic 1

Red back up again on ME

jkforde

Aiel wrote: »

On the met.ie website where is the station that measures wind speeds for Galway? Is it in the city(NUIG) or out at Mace Head?

that one referenced by MÉ is on Mace Head but there is one in NUIG... weather.nuigalway.ie/
there's 12-hour trends on the left

squarecircles

Lights flickering...

Hooter23

jimbis wrote: »

It's was just our luck that for the first time ever our chimney sucked up a plastic bag that was thrown on the fire (blame the mother), got caught in the chimney guard and blocked it up. House full of smoke and no fire now if the power goes

Same thing just happened to me just there I didnt win the lotto:mad: so i threw it in anger at the fire and it flew up the chimney.....now im going to die from carbon monoxide poison what good luck i have:pac:

Lucky it fell back down there a minute ago:o

munsterlegend

Bit strange cork added at this late stage. Is this storm further south than envisaged?

Super-Rush

Waited for the squall (Carlow)but the winds didn't seem to gain any force from earlier.

Also the wind seems to be very high up.

Brianmeath

Brianmeath wrote: »

Think its strange here, the met ie radar has rain over me but not much rain all evening. Some savage wind here. I think the roads will be a mess by morning.

Now it's raining. Lashing

hollster2

Super-Rush wrote: »

Waited for the squall (Carlow)but the winds didn't seem to gain any force from earlier.

Also the wind seems to be very high up.

Its been very bad here in Tinahely gusts feel like the roof was going to come off!