Storm Henry - February 1st, 2016

Pangea

It was a Turbulent night, so an Orange warning remains in place by Met Eireann, I am not sure I agree with independent sites issuing their own colour coded warnings, of course they are free to do so if they feel a stronger storm will come, but it does add confusion

Lumi

Latest satellite image of Storm Henry

monkeynuz

Graces7 wrote: »

Indeed yes. There is a man missing off the coast just down the road from me. They had to abandon the search last night....

Started the search at seven again this morning, wondered why we could hear the helicopter yesterday evening then heard about the boat capsizing hope they find him soon.

Aerohead

Rescue 115 due to resume the search again this morning, Coastguard team already searching hopefully he will be found safe, conditions with this storm will make the search very difficult

shmaupel

Pangea wrote: »

It was a Turbulent night, so an Orange warning remains in place by Met Eireann, I am not sure I agree with independent sites issuing their own colour coded warnings, of course they are free to do so if they feel a stronger storm will come, but it does add confusion

I agree.

Edited to clarify: I agree that issuing personal colour coded warnings adds to the confusion........
In creating my own confusion now ðŸ˜

Meteorite58

Gusts in the last hour ( Scotland 186 / 171 kph ??? )

Lumi

Gusting up 42 kts in Galway city in the last hour

Highest gusts along the west coast in the 0800hr reports from Met Eireann:-

Malin Head 59 kts
Mace Head 56 kts
Shannon 52 kts

DOCARCH

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Gusts in the last hour ( Scotland 186 / 171 kph ??? )

Those high(er) winds/gusts would be to high ground/mountain tops, like Cairngorm.

Bongalongherb

Very gusty here in North Co. Dublin. The clouds at 8:15am had a nice rainbow colour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzLSvHJ081k

Villain

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Very gusty here in North Co. Dublin. The clouds at 8:15am had a nice rainbow colour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzLSvHJ081k

Polar stratospheric clouds, lots of reports of them over Dublin this morning, rare event.

Pangea

Bad storm here in Donegal so far, very rough.

Graces7

Dear Henry! We are NOT DEAF so please STOP SHOUTING! Bright sun now and the very air looks different.. hard to describe but you can see the air the wind is moving.. apart that is from the fact that the reeds at the back are almost horizontal.

weisses

Just a nice drying windy day in west Kerry ... Nothing to extreme so far

fraxinus1

Some very severe gusts here in Lucan in West Dublin. I'm surprised the wind is so strong already in Dublin. Alarms going off and apparently there's a large tree down by Ballyowen Park.

Graces7

weisses wrote: »

Just a nice drying windy day in west Kerry ... Nothing to extreme so far

it is fierce up here, South Kerry mountains 400 asl. Would not dare to put washing out!

fraxinus1

The very strong winds have dropped off now in Lucan. Just a F4 breeze now

Hooter23

Squally kind of a wind in Galway

tylercollins

Tis windy up here in Derry, nothing exceptional as of yet. Heading to North Coast early afternoon.

@foylebuoy 2 minutes ago
Avg Wind:33kts, Gust:57kts, Wind Dir:248 °(W), Gust Dir:244 °(SW), Wave Height:1.7m, Water Temp:8.4 °C at 01/02/2016 11:26:00

weatherfiend

Out walking the dogs this morning in south county Dublin there were very, very strong gusts that had us leaning forwards to avoid being pushed backwards (if you know what I mean).

Now in Sandyford, the gusts are really strong - some quite scary. Hope my lovely ceanothus tree survives

Rock Lesnar

Out walking and while its very windy, i love this weather, Dry, Sunny, Fresh, and no rain, i'll take this any day

corsav6

Some strong gusts here on the Mayo coast. Nothing spectacular yet but they certainly pack a punch.
The back patio door is bending inwards so I expect the windows to start next.

horsefarm

Looking at met.ie latest report, Dublin airport is up there is the top 4 windiest stations (just saying... Before all the anti Dublin comments begin)

squarecircles

Kicking off proper now in Mayo.
Huge waves coming in off the atlantic.

corsav6

squarecircles wrote: »

Kicking off proper now in Mayo.
Huge waves coming in off the atlantic.

Can you see the sea from your house?
I'm about 3 miles from the coast and can only see Clare island from the top of our driveway.

Pangea

Kicking up a higher notch now Donegal, hail in the mix.

squarecircles

corsav6 wrote: »

Can you see the sea from your house?
I'm about 3 miles from the coast and can only see Clare island from the top of our driveway.

Yeah,I'm under a mile from the sea,huge waves crashing against Clare Island,incredible to see the waves swelling above the horizon line.

Aerohead

Really picked up now in Galway very strong wind gusts

corsav6

squarecircles wrote: »

Yeah,I'm under a mile from the sea,huge waves crashing against Clare Island,incredible to see the waves swelling above the horizon line.

You have a better view than me then. Feel free to post some vids if you like
It's more consistent here outside Newport now, it could be a rough night if things pick up through the night.

Larbre34

Gusting to over 100 km/h on Dublin Bay now, the Port approach looks very dicey for all traffic, churning surf and spray.

woody1

corsav6 wrote: »

You have a better view than me then. Feel free to post some vids if you like
It's more consistent here outside Newport now, it could be a rough night if things pick up through the night.

thought the peak of it was supposed to be late afternoon / evening between now and 6 ish .. fairly roaring here north of crossmolina blowing the car on the road as i drove home

NIMAN

Getting tight up here in North Donegal now. Big gusts.
Going to be rough later.

Bigcheeze

Power gone, North Co. Dublin

Akrasia

Getting quite breezy here in Shannon

Some squally rain just passed by so if you're east of Shannon run out and grab your washing before it gets wet

corsav6

woody1 wrote: »

thought the peak of it was supposed to be late afternoon / evening between now and 6 ish .. fairly roaring here north of crossmolina blowing the car on the road as i drove home

It's cracked up a few notches here outside Newport now. A couple of really strong gusts. Will be an interesting few hours.

Xenji

corsav6 wrote: »

It's cracked up a few notches here outside Newport now. A couple of really strong gusts. Will be an interesting few hours.

Yeah it's got a lot worse in Castlebar the last hour, gusts just below 95 km/hr now, it's been quite a stormy 24 hours so far.

irish1967

Can someone confirm time of peak gusts for Donegal ?

NIMAN

irish1967 wrote: »

Can someone confirm time of peak gusts for Donegal ?

I think I heard around teatime to evening, although that might have not been for Donegal but country overall.

Storm 10

NIMAN wrote: »

I think I heard around teatime to evening, although that might have not been for Donegal but country overall.

Looks to be at its worst until around 4am

STATUS ORANGE

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

Southwest to west winds will reach mean speeds between 65 and 80 km/h with gusts between 110 and 130 km/h today. Winds will peak during Monday afternoon and evening and will be at their strongest along the coasts.
Issued:
Sunday 31 January 2016 10:00

Valid:
Monday 01 February 2016 11:00 to Tuesday 02 February 2016 04:00

Graces7

I can still stand up outside in between gusts.. seen little enough of the outdoors but watched a fleeting rainbow that looked almost as if it were being blown across the mountains. Clear westerly now which means a little less noise as it hits the gable end but there have been a few ominous creaks from the roof and the power has flickered. Power cuts up here are blessedly rare thankfully. South Kerry mountains 400 asl

Graces7

squarecircles wrote: »

Yeah,I'm under a mile from the sea,huge waves crashing against Clare Island,incredible to see the waves swelling above the horizon line.

Would dearly love to see that.. When I went to Mizen Head last week, watching the waves break in the wind was amazing.. My next ie my last house will be by the sea

Darwin

It's certainly one of the nicer winter storms in these parts (West Laois), the sunshine and blue sky between showers is a welcome sight. Looks like the mean wind speeds have abated slightly, but the gusts are still coming strong...

Xenji

First stray gust of over 100 km/hr in Castlebar, Henry seems to be following Gertrude quite similarly, not that much rain so far at this point and just about 17 km/hr below the strongest gust we got with Gertrude

Hooter23

Bit windy in Galway few showers not bad

Xenji

So much for not having much rain, bucketing it down now with sleety showers.

Villain

Cairngorm in Scotland at a height of 1245m amsl has seen gusts in excess of 200kmh today, top gust so far of 215kmh!!!

redsteveireland

Not that bad in Galway, drove from the city along the motorway helped by a bit of a tailwind.

Storm 10

redsteveireland wrote: »

Not that bad in Galway, drove from the city along the motorway helped by a bit of a tailwind.

Of course its bad in Galway did you not hear the news on Galway Bay FM "Hurricane force winds to batter Galway" I kid you not what a load of boll..ks

http://galwaybayfm.ie/safety-warnings-as-hurricane-force-gusts-set-to-batter-galway/

Villain

Malin head hit 130kmh in past hour

Villain

https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/694199165174284288

sryanbruen

The wind blew my friend into a pole, it was so hilarious :pac: