Storm Erik : Friday 8th February 2019

Bobeagleburger · 08-02-2019 7:06am

Gusts in Galway very powerful the past few hours

igCorcaigh · 08-02-2019 7:07am

Pops_20 wrote: »

Torrential rain and strong gusts here in Cork City.

Just about to say, some incredible rain there...

smurph6 · 08-02-2019 7:08am

Pops_20 wrote: »

Torrential rain and strong gusts here in Cork City.

It's absolutely miserable here this morning

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 7:11am

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

a rough few hours for Grace going on them Meteorite!

For that kind thought thank you

Erik arrived out here after a noisy enough night around 1/4 to four am and now I am sitting abed wincing at the gust s involuntarily

Far far rather be overwarned than it be played down and not warned.

People yelled about Callum as it was a west coast event. Said it was a normal winter storm for the west. We don';t usually get roads smashed as they did in Belmullet that night and record breaking gusts off Achill island .

It was the worst storm I have seen in this place so far, and watching Erik?

Respect the weather. All safe here because of the warnings. Thank you met.ie and boards. ie!

stay safe out there... I thanked westnet, my server, as in all these storms the dish, on the gable end facing north, has never flickered and we rarely get power cuts.

Gaoth Laidir · 08-02-2019 7:11am

Highest gusts so far (up to 6 am):

59 kts: Belmullet
57 kts: Newport, Mace Head

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 7:12am

Timfy wrote: »

Started a bit earlier than expected here in the West on the Galway/Mayo border. Quietened down a little now but still blowing well.

same out here but still ferocious. Loud and fierce

Gaoth Laidir · 08-02-2019 7:20am

It looks like a sting jet occured a few hours ago but the satellite signature is not as clear now as the centre nears the northwest. We'll know in the next couple of hours.

The pressure difference between Belmullet and Newport (~50 km) was 4 hPa at 5 am.

sparrowcar · 08-02-2019 7:22am

TAF for Dublin airport shows a sting in Erik's tail Fri night into Sat morning. Gusting 55kts between 0000-0500.

It was discussed here in previous posts.

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 7:27am

Lights are flickering and server slowed right down... non stop tirade

west mayo offshore.. terrifying power in the gale now.. sustained not gusts

Mc Love · 08-02-2019 7:33am

Ok to cycle?

Fitzo123 · 08-02-2019 7:36am

Looking at these charts, Sligo should definitely be considered for Orange. Wind is already fairly phenomenal here.

Gonna be a disaster getting to school (Work!) in an hour or two.

uck51js9zml2yt · 08-02-2019 7:36am

Mc Love wrote: »

Ok to cycle?

Sure...knock yourself out;)

redsteveireland · 08-02-2019 7:47am

All quiet here so far, the odd gust here and there, nothing spectacular.

Villain · 08-02-2019 7:49am

That second wave of winds tonight looks rather nasty, will be interesting to see if Met Eireann update warnings.

He looks impressive on sat images!

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/1093760862576394240?s=21

White_hills · 08-02-2019 7:50am

Mc Love wrote: »

Ok to cycle?

Few folk out on their bikes but I saw two people get off and walk as they were being blown about too much in Dublin 8.

Mc Love · 08-02-2019 8:03am

White_hills wrote: »

Few folk out on their bikes but I saw two people get off and walk as they were being blown about too much in Dublin 8.

Thanks for the useful info White Hills!

NewMrs2b · 08-02-2019 8:08am

White_hills wrote: »

Few folk out on their bikes but I saw two people get off and walk as they were being blown about too much in Dublin 8.

Just showed hubby this. He was gonna cycle
D24 to D4 but thankfully decided against.

Gaoth Laidir · 08-02-2019 8:11am

7 am.

Mace Head 45 gust 65 kts, pressure 973 hPa.

Belmullet 45 gust 61 kts, pressure 967 hPa.

Newport 30 gust 52 kts, pressure 971 hPa.

degsie · 08-02-2019 8:12am

redsteveireland wrote: »

All quiet here so far, the odd gust here and there, nothing spectacular.

Would make sense if we knew where 'here' is.

KingdomRushed · 08-02-2019 8:12am

The 0z Hirlam doesn’t make as much of it as the other models with the second wave of winds this evening/tonight looking less intense than on other models.

Mc Love · 08-02-2019 8:13am

29/30 km/h winds in Limerick at the moment

km79 · 08-02-2019 8:14am

degsie wrote: »

redsteveireland wrote: »

All quiet here so far, the odd gust here and there, nothing spectacular.

Would make sense if we knew where 'here' is.

East Galway

KingdomRushed · 08-02-2019 8:15am

While the winds may not top into ‘orange’ territory across much of Ireland, the wind field looks notably strong inland, so genuine ‘yellow’ level winds in inland counties which are rarer than you’d think given how often yellow warnings are issued may result in people thinking this has been played down. Expect a lot of power cuts

Graces7 · 08-02-2019 8:16am

power on and off and will not last if this continues at this ferocity.. my letterbox just flew off and hit the window!

west mayo offshore island

Oneiric 3 · 08-02-2019 8:17am

Rough model estimation of where the strongest gusts will occur up 12 pm.

08-02-2019 8:20am

Strange to me how this is a yellow warning and last week was also yellow. Last week was a non event but the car was getting chucked around the motorway today. Dublin/Navan