Storm Henry - February 1st, 2016

P.lane78

very very windy outside Cork city ...no rain yet so its actually a very nice mild day

Xenji

P.lane78 wrote: »

very very windy outside Cork city ...no rain yet so its actually a very nice mild day

We have that horrible fine misty rain, would be nice otherwise, its around 12C.

P.lane78

Xenji wrote: »

We have that horrible fine misty rain, would be nice otherwise, its around 12C.

The worst type of rain ever

Padster90s

Sounds like it'll be like Desmond, without the downpours. That storm gave us gusts of 60k upwards for nearly 36 hours. Winds have increased here in the last few hours, few noticeable gusts the last hour. Limerick

NMB

Henry the 8th storm of the season.

electrobanana

NMB wrote: »

Henry the 8th storm of the season.

I see what you did there;)

Graces7

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Can't see why cork is on orange alert.
Looks to me to be more a northwest event

Hope you don;t come to regret saying that! Sounds like tempting fate..;)

Graces7

NMB wrote: »

Henry the 8th storm of the season.

Wonder if they did that deliberately!

Meteorite58

Wouldent have to go far to experince hurricane force winds. Looks like the Isle of Harris and North and South Uist right in the firing line of such winds.

Graces7

Wish we could switch off the weather for a while; life seems to consist of storms and getting over storms and preparing for storms..Maybe I am too old for weather! No wind in heaven they say

andrew

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Wouldent have to go far to experince hurricane force winds. Looks like the Isle of Harris and North and South Uist right in the firing line of such winds.

Does that chart show maximum gusts, or sustained speeds?

power pants

seems a huge anticlimax so far. found it quite warm in dublin,well mild compared to yesterday which was a normal day with no name assigned to it

Meteorite58

andrew wrote: »

Does that chart show maximum gusts, or sustained speeds?

Gusts

squarecircles

power pants wrote: »

seems a huge anticlimax so far. found it quite warm in dublin,well mild compared to yesterday which was a normal day with no name assigned to it

The warning is for tonight and tomorrow,for wind,not temperature.

Xenji

power pants wrote: »

seems a huge anticlimax so far. found it quite warm in dublin,well mild compared to yesterday which was a normal day with no name assigned to it

It is not due till 10 pm tonight with the strongest winds tomorrow, forecasts for a few days now had mentioned today was going to be mild for the whole country.

Meteorite58

Mean wind speeds

Hooter23

Horrid Henry looks even worse on the latest model forecast especially for Scotland

sparrowcar

power pants wrote: »

seems a huge anticlimax so far. found it quite warm in dublin,well mild compared to yesterday which was a normal day with no name assigned to it

Can I guess it in 3...

1) Troll
2) Hungover and bored
3) the thing on a door handle or common saying for a small measurement of butter

Hooter23

Not expecting it to be too bad here in Galway nothing more than what we usually get Scotland is where the proper Storm will be...

P.lane78

when is Imogen arriving ....Wednesday at the rate we are going :eek::eek:

Lumi

sparrowcar wrote: »

Can I guess it in 3...

1) Troll
2) Hungover and bored
3) the thing on a door handle or common saying for a small measurement of butter

Calling other contributors Trolls etc. on-thread is not on.
Play the ball & not the man please

Harry Palmr

Pretty good chance of Storm Zebedee at this rate!

sparrowcar

Lumi wrote: »

Calling other contributors Trolls etc. on-thread is not on.
Play the ball & not the man please

I'm here long enough I should know better, just frustrating.

howlinwolf

Think it might be a good idea to modify the thread title and go along with met.ie warning, level 2 for west and north and level 1 for the rest of the country. We have enough people cribbing and moaning about a non event already. just a thought:rolleyes:

JCX BXC

howlinwolf wrote: »

Think it might be a good idea to modify the thread title and go along with met.ie warning, level 2 for west and north and level 1 for the rest of the country. We have enough people cribbing and moaning about a non event already. just a thought:rolleyes:

Hmm, that's an idea although I don't think the site has that ability. Maybe just put it in the OP.

It happens every event though, here in West Clare the bins would be blown over, items missing from the garden and noises like the roof was going to come off, when someone from the midlands who didn't get the same wind as Loop Head comes in and screams that it was a non-event. Anyway we have to deal with it :P The issue has lessened since last year so lets be happy with that.

howlinwolf

Carnacalla wrote: »

Hmm, that's an idea although I don't think the site has that ability. Maybe just put it in the OP.

It happens every event though, here in West Clare the bins would be blown over, items missing from the garden and noises like the roof was going to come off, when someone from the midlands who didn't get the same wind as Loop Head comes in and screams that it was a non-event. Anyway we have to deal with it :P The issue has lessened since last year so lets be happy with that.

Yeah I know what you mean, I'm in the southeast and we rarely get the winds that are mentioned, unlike the northwest. For a small country the weather can vary greatly.

power pants

howlinwolf wrote: »

Think it might be a good idea to modify the thread title and go along with met.ie warning, level 2 for west and north and level 1 for the rest of the country. We have enough people cribbing and moaning about a non event already. just a thought:rolleyes:

is level 1 the best or the worst?

seanin4711

lining up to be christened!

Aerohead

howlinwolf wrote: »

Think it might be a good idea to modify the thread title and go along with met.ie warning, level 2 for west and north and level 1 for the rest of the country. We have enough people cribbing and moaning about a non event already. just a thought:rolleyes:

On the weather after the news the Orange alert covered from Cork to Donegal, she showed it on the chart with the areas affected in Orange so its not just a West / North warning

JCX BXC

power pants wrote: »

is level 1 the best or the worst?

Level 1 = Yellow (Least Severe)
Level 2 = Orange
Level 3 = Red (Most Severe)

The definition of best and worst is a personal thing as to how much you like the weather :P Personally I would rate a Level 3 Snow/Ice warning as the best.:D

P.lane78

well Henry just knocked out my phone line ....and it hasn't even started yet :eek:

sorry fell for the mortal sin ....im just outside cork city ...200 asl

SeaBreezes

P.lane78 wrote: »

well Henry just knocked out my phone line ....and it hasn't even started yet :eek:

Where are you?

sryanbruen

Roll on Henry, so we can be done with you!

Lumi

howlinwolf wrote: »

Think it might be a good idea to modify the thread title

Done

mickger844posts

I'm expecting a repeat of Gerty here in the South East when the Max gust at my station was 60km/h. Wxsim forecast software on my site is predicting around the same so I'll go with that. Different story in the NW I would say with event status in that area.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

JCX BXC

The main difference between this and Gertrude is the length of time the storm will be here for.

Storm Gertrude's warning was active for 9 hours.
Storm Henry's warning will be active for 26 hours. (Starting in 1hr 40mins!)

P.lane78

what level of rain will Henry offer up...sorry if this was posted all ready

km79

P.lane78 wrote: »

what level of rain will Henry offer up...sorry if this was posted all ready

Very little thankfully

Bonniedog

We Dubs seem to escape the storms mostly even out north county. Not long back from walking the wolves and they were most reluctant to go out at all and were using my legs as shelter. Hopefully no-one gets hit too badly.

JCX BXC

P.lane78 wrote: »

what level of rain will Henry offer up...sorry if this was posted all ready

As above, very little.
Below warning level, mostly showers.

P.lane78

Carnacalla wrote: »

As above, very little.
Below warning level, mostly showers.[/QUOTE

ill take that

Xenji

Gusting nearly 90 km/hr in Castlebar already, really picked up in the last half hour.

aisling86

P.lane78 wrote:

well Henry just knocked out my phone line ....and it hasn't even started yet

Where's your exact location? I'm cork also Macroom but staying in my mom's tonight in case the weather is v bad tomorrow.

squarecircles

Wind rising in west Mayo.

P.lane78

aisling86 wrote: »

Where's your exact location? I'm cork also Macroom but staying in my mom's tonight in case the weather is v bad tomorrow.

Overlooking Glanmire....ya its supposed to get progressively worse tomorrow after noon ...Just watched BBC weather, the scots will get the brunt of this

Baggy Trousers

Meteorite58 wrote: »

To me it looks more powerfull then Gertrude judging by this run at this stage with possibly higher winds on the coasts of coastal counties in the W /NW / N. Winds look to be penetrating more inland with this storm.Looks like plenty of gusts over 100 kph and possibly getting up to 130+ kph om coasts. Massive sea swell.

Salthill should be exciting tomorrow!

Where is Teresa Mannion when you need her.

JanuarySnowstor

P.lane78 wrote: »

well Henry just knocked out my phone line ....and it hasn't even started yet :eek:

sorry fell for the mortal sin ....im just outside cork city ...200 asl

Your giving a very inaccurate picture of what's going on in Cork.
It's breezy at worst down here with nothing to note wind wise.
In general it's a northwest event though we may see gales tomorrow.
With little rainfall expected Tuesdays cold looks more interesting imo

P.lane78

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Your giving a very inaccurate picture of what's going on in Cork.
It's breezy at worst down here with nothing to note wind wise.
In general it's a northwest event though we may see gales tomorrow.
With little rainfall expected Tuesdays cold looks more interesting imo

whats inaccurate about my own experience

northgirl

Feeling very very mild north side Cork City, not a whisper of a breeze..

vicwatson

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

Salthill should be exciting tomorrow!

Where is Teresa Mannion when you need her.

She's out on an unnecessary journey !! On a treacherous road