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Storm Fionn: PM Tues 16th/AM Weds 17th, Jan 2018

sryanbruen · 2018-01-16 10:57:39

STATUS ORANGE Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork and Kerry This evening and for a time tonight, storm Fionn will bring very strong westerly winds to Atlantic coastal counties with mean wind speeds of 65 to 80 km/h and gusts of up to 120 km/hr, strongest near coasts with a risk of flooding.…

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#32 16-01-2018 7:12pm
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Oneiric 3 wrote: »

It is during events like this that Maq is missed from this forum. Seems to be gone for a couple of years now.

Yep, I joined in August 2015 and only got to see a handful of his posts until he disappeared in February 2016.... great poster! Would love to see him again.

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#33 16-01-2018 7:14pm
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Nothing happening down here in Waterford so far.

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#34 16-01-2018 7:18pm
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Have to suspect there are power outages in Kerry and possibly other areas because of lack of posts from regular contributors in those areas. Checking 18z reports to see how gusts are doing.

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#35 16-01-2018 7:18pm
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sryanbruen wrote: »

Yep, I joined in August 2015 and only got to see a handful of his posts until he disappeared in February 2016.... great poster! Would love to see him again.

His last post:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=98589166&postcount=669

Seems he was having trouble login in to the forum and that he was getting just a little peed off about it.

A real shame.

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#36 16-01-2018 7:19pm
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Oneiric 3 wrote: »

His last post:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=98589166&postcount=669

Seems he was having trouble login in to the forum and that he was getting just a little peed off about it.

A real shame.

That was after the DDOS attack to Boards.ie near the end of January.

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#37 16-01-2018 7:24pm
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M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Have to suspect there are power outages in Kerry and possibly other areas because of lack of posts from regular contributors in those areas. Checking 18z reports to see how gusts are doing.

Check out

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

Appears to be a number of Power outages along the western seaboard including Kilarney area ...

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#38 16-01-2018 7:27pm
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Aldi in Ennis closed about 2 hours ago due to weather conditions!

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#39 16-01-2018 7:28pm
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10 min avg winds of 45 km/h , gust 84 km/h ( readings from 7m approx ) here near Tralee. Lights flickering hope the electricity holds up. Massive wintry showers and even getting snow in the mix now.

Laughing at RoisinD's post, good on ye! Certainly a wicked night out there.

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#40 16-01-2018 7:29pm
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Violent gusts now west mayo,power flickering.

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#41 16-01-2018 7:34pm
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Power on+off in N.E Galway

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#42 16-01-2018 7:36pm
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https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/953325183963713536

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#43 16-01-2018 7:41pm
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Some land stations saw slightly reduced gusts at 18z compared to 17z but the M6 buoy appears steady state at 64 knots this hour.

These fast flow windstorms are pretty much nowcasting situations as there's nothing much to track, the model guidance makes it appear that these strong winds should peak soon and diminish a bit by midnight, but I suspect that this energy will link up very rapidly with the next low and these very strong winds may only back off slightly before ramping up again tomorrow evening.

Missed most of last night's planned sleep (no particular reason, couldn't fall asleep) so having to down tools now, back when I can concentrate.

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#44 16-01-2018 7:42pm
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RoisinD wrote: »

I think this has brought the worst winds of the winter so far around here. Bushes etc round here (don't do trees very well) uprooted, fencing looking dodgy. Tried to go out to car a few minutes ago (it is in what I would class as in a sheltered spot) and had to give up. Liam Dutton can stick his opinions where the sun don't shine.
NW Clare

Fair play. A professional meteorologist who can't see the wind strengths meet criteria and then finishes with 'they'll be naming raindrops yet'. It's not much above Paddywhackery and made my blood boil.

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#45 16-01-2018 7:44pm
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Very rough weather up the esturary in West Limerick here since about 2pm. Power out in a few places around. Had pretty constant thunder and lightning for a couple of hours as well earlier. The Limerick to Listowel coast road(N69) is also impassible due to the large swell and high winds.

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#46 16-01-2018 7:46pm
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As a matter of interest I think the GFS and especially the WRF under called this and the ARPEGE, ECM and ICON did quite well.

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#47 16-01-2018 7:48pm
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nagdefy wrote: »

Fair play. A professional meteorologist who can't see the wind strengths meet criteria and then finishes with 'they'll be naming raindrops yet'. It's not much above Paddywhackery and made my blood boil.

I love him because of his rants about the media and newspapers.

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#48 16-01-2018 7:52pm
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M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Have to suspect there are power outages in Kerry and possibly other areas because of lack of posts from regular contributors in those areas. Checking 18z reports to see how gusts are doing.

Very Gusty here in West Clare. No damage visible though. The sudden Gusty periods followed by some quiet is what sets this apart from normal storms.

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#49 16-01-2018 8:00pm
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JCX BXC wrote: »

Very Gusty here in West Clare. No damage visible though. The sudden Gusty periods followed by some quiet is what sets this apart from normal storms.

Yes the big gusts seem to be very convective in nature accompanied by hail / wintry mix.

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#50 16-01-2018 8:21pm
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Meteorite58 wrote: »

As a matter of interest I think the GFS and especially the WRF under called this and the ARPEGE, ECM and ICON did quite well.

ARPEGE has been a pretty reliable performer for the season in general.

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#51 16-01-2018 8:28pm
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As others have said, it's a very squally event. Bouts of intense gusts and hail/rain coming sideways but separated by lulls when it falls back to just a breeze.
South Connemara.

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#52 16-01-2018 8:34pm
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10 min avg 42 km/h gust 85 km/h near Tralee

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#53 16-01-2018 9:21pm
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JCX BXC wrote: »

Very Gusty here in West Clare. No damage visible though. The sudden Gusty periods followed by some quiet is what sets this apart from normal storms.

Same here in West Limerick. Some fierce gusts with plenty of lightening and squally showers. Power still on thankfully.

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#54 16-01-2018 9:26pm
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#55 16-01-2018 9:47pm
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I have to be honest I was little surprised myself to see this named notwithstanding potential impacts.

Anyway I think Liam Dutton expressed his opinion in the wrong way.

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#56 16-01-2018 10:09pm
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Wind strenght rising rapidly here with strong gusts. Feels very very cold in the wind.

That's about as technical as I am going to get! Now sitting in front of the fire and definitly not bothered to take another look outside. :eek:

130 m asl

North Cork / Limerick Tipperary border

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#57 16-01-2018 10:10pm
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Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I have to be honest I was little surprised myself to see this named notwithstanding potential impacts.

Anyway I think Liam Dutton expressed his opinion in the wrong way.

Its very windy in Sligo during the showers almost every 10 minutes. 50knots id say

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#58 16-01-2018 10:12pm
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Not too bad here outside Newport, Mayo. Had a few strong gusts earlier and lights flickered but nothing major.

Keeping a close eye on tomorrow's event as that may turn out to be nasty.

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#59 16-01-2018 10:19pm
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9pm met reports, Mace Head gusting 68 Knots!

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#60 16-01-2018 10:21pm
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Lights flickering here, near Doneraile, north cork.

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#61 16-01-2018 10:22pm
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Anyone know what altitude Kinsale's anemometer is at?

56kt - 103km/h gust at 9PM
66kt - 122km/h at M6, miles out to the west

Nothing particularly remarkable

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