Storm Eleanor : Tuesday 02nd PM / Weds 03rd Jan 2108

Xenji

munsterlegend wrote: »

Mayo wasn't even in the warning last night! Just shows how these storms can develop.

Got a gust of 102 km/hr there wsw, taken out some branches, I take back what I said far worse than Dylan, power went in Mayo General Hospital as well.

I know this was a nowcast event, but the storm must of tracked quite a bit further north, worst storm in years here currently in Castlebar.

JCX BXC

Xenji wrote: »

Power outage in Westport, 2526 homes affected.

Even larger one now, 10130 properties affected!

Oneiric 3

nacho libre wrote: »

Gusting to 38 mph at the moment here in Mayo. Power went out momentarily also.

The demons are dancing a very loud and merry dance here in hell Nacho, you should come join us, we'd love to see you...

Reati

Still chilled in Wicklow

Current Conditions
8.6 °C
14.3km/h
Wind from SW
Gusts 19.8 km/h
Dew Point: 8 °C
Humidity: 95%
Precip Rate: 0 mm/hr
Precip Accum: 9.91 mm
Pressure: 980.92 hPa

Oscar Bravo

Power on and off here in castlebar. Very bad out !!

PukkaStukka

MJohnston wrote: »

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Same here in Dublin City. Calm and damp.

Why are you confused? It's been stated several times on this thread with words and images that the winds would calm down significantly before the storm arrived, with a very rapid increase around 6pm in the East. All forecast.

Well unlike some others, I don't have the luxury of following every post verbatim. My "confused" emoji is to do with reconciling the forecast storm with the very clear calm there was then beforehand as they were poles apart

Sorry if this you

RoisinD

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/storm-eleanor-to-bring-strong-winds-and-heavy-thundery-rain-this-evening-821010.html

Some pictures here of Lahinch earier

my3cents

LOL I was on the beach around lunch time nr Dungarvan and was talking to an English guy with his girlfriend who were staying in a holiday cottage. Until I told him about the weather forecast he was going to go out fishing in a canoe :eek:

Lumi

Westerly wind gusting between 78 - 83 km/h in Galway City
Barometer 983.17 hPa Falling very rapidly

DOCARCH

Wind picking up now in Dublin 16.

boxer.fan

Nothing but boring rain here in NW Donegal. feeling kinda left out for a change......

The Nutty M

Howling wind in Claremorris, lifting a few tiles. She's a rough one.

noah45

Strong gusts in Athlone now

franklyon

Wind is really picking up here. Saorview gone and lights flickered once or twice. Wind much more noticeable than red warning from before

munsterlegend

franklyon wrote: »

Wind is really picking up here. Saorview gone and lights flickered once or twice. Wind much more noticeable than red warning from before

Where are you frank?

80s Child

Power just gone in Westport.

Howling outside

Oneiric 3

Met analysis at 5pm. Low less defined, but defo further north, than predicted by Hirlam at least.

JCX BXC

Few more outages being picked up now, over 2k in Carraigaline, over 1k in Castlebar.

ninebeanrows

With the wrap-around's current track it is likely to go north of Dublin which may reduce the potential for damage somewhat here.

kod87

Quite an alarming and sudden increase in wind in Tipp ( last 15 min )

Jimbob1977

Beginning to blow a gale in Limerick

Not as strong as Ophelia, but stronger than Dylan.

franklyon

Wind is really picking up here. Saorview gone and lights flickered once or twice. Wind much more noticeable than red warning from before. In Mayo

nagdefy

Nuala Carey very bland forecast on the European Forecast. Usually if there's a serious weather alert in Ireland it takes precedence but she just said we have an orange wind warning for much of Ireland this evening..

taylor3

All of a sudden here in Roscommon it's gone real stormy. Winds just seemed to come out of nowhere. Ran out to the shef to lock away the bin. Howling sounds from the trees. Scary. Hate this weather.

sryanbruen

https://twitter.com/StormchaserUKEU/status/948250398560800768

KingdomRushed

So we see a track further north, what does this mean in actuality? 50km? More?

Oneiric 3

franklyon wrote: »

Wind is really picking up here. Saorview gone and lights flickered once or twice. Wind much more noticeable than red warning from before. In Mayo

May I ask what region of Mayo you are in (rough idea will do)just to get an idea what is happening where wind wise.

ninebeanrows

Storm not mentioned on 6.1 headlines.

Escapees

Situation bad in Salthill. Usual car parks flooded and people trapped in cars earlier. Still no emergency services in sight despite calls from different people half an hour ago. Absolute disgrace. Locals eventually resorted to rescuing trapped people themselves when their cars started shifting with the water. Galway Coco should have been more prepared for this, as should the emergency services. All they've done so far is block the prom road near the city.

aisling86

I've seen a few "I didn't know/hear anything about this storm" comments on social media & people genuinely shocked....what do they think an orange warning means.....🙄