Strong Winds/Severe Gusts January 14/15th 2015

Larbre34

Thatll be the low air pressure + the heat lads, dont do that!

RoisinD

Quick update from NW Clare. Just returned from work and the roads are very bad. The rain has passed but all the roads are like rivers with the volume of water flowing on to them from the land. Many are now flooded as well so it makes driving difficult.

For those interested here is link to webcam at Lahinch. Not too bad but high tide is not for another 3 hours. http://oceanscene.ie/lahinch-webcam/

Super-Rush

hollster2 wrote: »

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

Have you had much rain?

W1ll1s

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

European countries should really collaborate and get a system of buoys out between 25W and 15W.

Totally agree,they have been going on & off like light-bulbs for a long time,very frustrating.

Discodog

Just been for a walk by the sea West of Galway. Sea is not exceptional. Max gust on my handheld was 40 mph

Westernyelp

RoisinD wrote: »

Quick update from NW Clare. Just returned from work and the roads are very bad. The rain has passed but all the roads are like rivers with the volume of water flowing on to them from the land. Many are now flooded as well so it makes driving difficult.

For those interested here is link to webcam at Lahinch. Not too bad but high tide is not for another 3 hours. http://oceanscene.ie/lahinch-webcam/

The camera has reached it's maximum number of viewers, gas!

The Peanut

Gone remarkably calm here in West Cork. Will the winds be any worse than they were earlier - just noticed the inclusion of Cork in the Red zone.

TimeToShine

Hoping to drive from Dublin to Meath, is the M3 manageable?

hollster2

Super-Rush wrote: »

Have you had much rain?

Yes its like someones got a powerwasher at my windows

maquiladora

munsterlegend wrote: »

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

May have been retroactive due to the strong gust at Cork Airport earlier. I don't see how the low could be so far south that it puts Cork in the firing line.

JanuarySnowstor

maquiladora wrote: »

May have been retroactive due to the strong gust at Cork Airport earlier. I don't see how the low could be so far south that it puts Cork in the firing line.

Something they do a lot!
Cork calm now but sting in tail later tonight I'd say

Super-Rush

hollster2 wrote: »

Yes its like someones got a powerwasher at my windows

That's really weird. I've had very little rain.

aisling86

The Peanut wrote: »

Gone remarkably calm here in West Cork. Will the winds be any worse than they were earlier - just noticed the inclusion of Cork in the Red zone.

Wish i could say the same about macroom....its howling again after a 10min lul

hollster2

Super-Rush wrote: »

That's really weird. I've had very little rain.

Im quite high up where I am that might contribute to it maybe?

GreyRock Lass

Winds picking up again....torrential rain earlier here in North Clare, had a swimming pool out on the driveway & further down the road the river has flooded out onto the road.....schools closed tomorrow.... It's gonna be a long nite....

Ger8

Galway howling away. Startin to pick up.

The Peanut

aisling86 wrote: »

Wish i could say the same about macroom....its howling again after a 10min lul

Funny how localised it can be. I'm only about 25 mins south of Macroom and quite high up and it's calm here now.

queensinead

Wild night here in Dublin. Miserable outdoors. Got soaked walking. But nothing that exceptional. Seems a little less stormy than earlier

Calina

Dublin 9, getting really hammered atm. Wilder than I have heard most of the evening.

munsterlegend

maquiladora wrote: »

May have been retroactive due to the strong gust at Cork Airport earlier. I don't see how the low could be so far south that it puts Cork in the firing line.

To be honest I'd say some lad in met Eireann looked at every county on the west coast and added them in! Even Leitrim's tiny one.

Baggy Trousers

Went for a walk with the dog, it started off nice but then the wind really picked up and was nearly howling "Go home now!" to me.
Galway West. I think we are in for a big one.

Oneiric 3

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Think you may have meant Hurricane Debbie for the wind comparison? (1961) Well this may come fairly close but not quite that strong, Oneiric might have the map handy for Debbie, I can recall seeing max gusts in west-central counties something like 180 km/hr.

Gust recorded during Debbie, September 16th 1961.



Image from UK Met Office.

Wine Goddess

Calina wrote: »

Dublin 9, getting really hammered atm. Wilder than I have heard most of the evening.

same here in dublin 24 firhouse guess the squall line passing through now

Missyelliot2

Bit windy and rainy in Cork City.... but that's all.

Super-Rush

hollster2 wrote: »

Im quite high up where I am that might contribute to it maybe?

I'm 200m asl. You're making up for lack.of snow.

Rock Lesnar

A good bit less windier here now that the rain has passed, nothing other then a typical winters night for me....so far

Bootros Bootros

Wow. Hurricane Debbie was actually a hurricane ( unlike Charlie).

jimbis

Akrasia wrote: »

Ah, be extremely careful if your chimney is blocked, Carbon monoxide can kill you very quickly!

dollyk wrote: »

Tell your mother to look up carbon monoxide poisoning.
It can happen if a bag is sucked up the chimney.
Sorry dont know how to include a quote.


maybe open a window and let some air in.

Just to update everyone on my blocked chimney issue, we're all still alive and well;). Freezing from all the windows and doors open (and no fire) but I think that's better than the other outcome if we didn't....:eek:

A little shocked I even got pm's to make sure everything was okay, yous are all great people .

Vivienne23

In west limerick not anything major at the moment few gusts but nothing to worry about !

Is it going to be worth staying awake for ?

Oscar Bravo

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