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

Xenji

Gusts have moderated in Castlebar but still quite strong, it seems to be a very fast moving system, but it did enough damage in less than an hour, power cuts, branches down and trees felled.

yorlum11

Power gone in Westport area. Several severe gusts, possible sting jet, it's candle time. Reminds me of the 80s. All quiet now.

Oneiric 3

Water Vapour image at 4pm. Small 'dry slot' off west coast at the time?

up for anything

Can hear the wind all of a sudden now in Kilkenny city.

squarecircles

I think I had a direct hit from the sting jet here in west Mayo,violent gusts knocked out the power immediately just as I was posting,I've never seen the power knocked out so quickly here,couldn't open the front such was the pressure,truely terrifying and amazing to experience,now that's what a storm is like.

Still no power here in the louisburgh Westport area.
Winds have died Down but are starting to pick up again.

irishgeo

power gone in westport. 10k customers affected. mad half an hour of wind in castlebar. seems to have calmed down. lights flicked a few times

mickmackey1

Meh nothing special here - mid Limerick.

MJohnston

Looking at the Powercheck map I'd say there's currently over 20k homes without power.

Oneiric 3

Pressure now rising here. 981.48 hPa. Bottomed out at 978.94 hPa at 17.35

irishgeo

squarecircles wrote: »

I think I had a direct hit from the sting jet here in west Mayo,violent gusts knocked out the power immediately just as I was posting,I've never seen the power knocked out so quickly here,couldn't open the front such was the pressure,truely terrifying and amazing to experience,now that's what a storm is like.

Still no power here in the louisburgh Westport area.
Winds have died Down but are starting to pick up again.

powercheck says 21:00 estimated return with 2500 customers affected.

JCX BXC

Over 15,000 properties without power in Mayo at the moment.

Winds have died a bit here in West Clare, nothing special really. Was very gusty for a while but no damage.

nagdefy

If anything like the severity of the gusts in Mayo/Galway hit Dublin there may be a lot of damage.

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/948257155999727621

Gaoth Laidir

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/948257155999727621

mickger844posts

Rain eased off here in Waterford City.Max Gust of 58km/h at my station. Just a windy mucky night out there now. It looks like the strong winds are in a narrow band to the south of the core.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

DOCARCH

Newport also reporting gust of 75kn at 1800.

OldRio

Very windy in South Leitrim. Lost power for a few minutes. Surprised at the severity.

Xenji

Newport recorded a gust of 138.9 km/hr on the 18.00 report.

pad199207

UK Met were right with the northward trend.

Can’t see this bringing anything too significant to the Greater Dublin Region

Villain

Newport Mayo also hit 75knots or 139kmh Gust

Oneiric 3

68 knot gust at Claremorris. 75 at Mace Hd on met reports.

Rock Lesnar

Wind starting to pick up in north meath now, can anybody tell me how bad is it likely to get

James Bond Junior

Had to drive to kerry from Limerick very unexpectedly. Didn't seem to be more than a breezy evening.

_Whimsical_

Wow I love a good storm but this has been one of the first times I have ever felt frightened by gust strength. I hope everyone will have gotten home ok this evening. Galway city is an absolute mess.

ronnie3585

https://twitter.com/TullysBarCarlow/status/948254661580152832

https://twitter.com/msflywheel/status/948257921942671360

https://twitter.com/hashtag/galway?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash

Very bad in Galway City:(

Lumi

Flooding in Galway city centre tonight via @rtenews

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/948256345333161984

corsav6

Xenji wrote: »

Newport recorded a gust of 138.9 km/hr on the 18.00 report.

My weather station maxed out again, over 130kmh anyway at my location.
Power went about 30 mins ago, can see Westport in darkness from here too.
It's packed some strong gusts here but no records set so far. Hopefully the power comes back soon as I'm at the top of the driveway in the van for signal. Also the van is rocking

Oneiric 3

Curiously, Knock Apt on 40 knots, so strongest wind field didn't make it that far north.

nacho libre

It has gone quieter here now. We had 40 minutes of gusty conditions. The power went for a couple of minutes, then it flicked on and off a few times. We are lucky considering what happened in Westport.

Meteorite58

The 12Z ECM has shifted the biggest winds more North