Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

Gonzo

a horrible, damp, windy and dark day here in Meath, thankfully the rain hasn't been that heavy but feeling chilly despite the increase in temperatures.

Donegal Storm

Horrible dark day in Letterkenny as well, barely seemed like the sun rose above the horizon all day

Emme

There doesn't seem to have been much warning about Storm Elsa. By the sounds of things outside it's every bit as bad as Ophelia. Here's a link from earlier today but there were very few warnings and very little advance notice of this storm.

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4901819/irish-weather-forecast-storm-elsa-met-eireann-orange-warning/

leahyl

Emme wrote: »

There doesn't seem to have been much warning about Storm Elsa. By the sounds of things outside it's every bit as bad as Ophelia. Here's a link from earlier today but there were very few warnings and very little advance notice of this storm.

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4901819/irish-weather-forecast-storm-elsa-met-eireann-orange-warning/

Ah now, hardly as bad as Ophelia! That was a red warning!

Rock Lesnar

Just got seriously windy here in meath this evening, sky has cleared after a shower of rain, only just noticed it has been named a storm

Carol25

Emme wrote: »

There doesn't seem to have been much warning about Storm Elsa. By the sounds of things outside it's every bit as bad as Ophelia. Here's a link from earlier today but there were very few warnings and very little advance notice of this storm.

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4901819/irish-weather-forecast-storm-elsa-met-eireann-orange-warning/

People give out when warnings are given, Met Eireann issued as appropriate and are correct with this one. This is a small depression that brings windy conditions briefly and is not nearly as bad as Ophelia. Maybe just download the Met app, and sign up to warning notifications of all colours on it for your area. They did put out a yellow, and alerted people to the possibility of strong winds at least a day or two ago.
P.S. The Sun isn’t Met Éireann. It’s a tabloid newspaper who wants you to click on its articles.

comfort

Conditions will possibly get worse for the West, North West and North of the country tomorrow

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The highest gusts are expected across the western, northwestern Ireland and western Scotland overnight. A broad area of severe winds is expected across from the Bay of Biscay across SW England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

giveitholly

A lot of trees down in tipperary,worst "storm" of the year so far around here anyway

Graces7

Blessedly quiet out here this morning. Went a short walk as the light was starting to reveal the land. Pier lights and harbour lights and house lights.. Dramatic and almost sinister cloudscapes. Seems to take a while to settle after a gale.

The drive and lane are waterlogged. Mud and puddles.

Bitterly chilly, but that is fine too. Glad to get back inside

West mayo offshore island

Rock Lesnar

Quiet, cloudy and dry in meath today, just had a look at ME website and seems to be plenty of rain about to move in from the irish sea

pad199207

Heavens have opened in City centre

Mortelaro

Monsoonal conditions here in Wicklow atm

Mortelaro

Mortelaro wrote: »

Monsoonal conditions here in Wicklow atm

Interesting dynamic in off the Irish sea with the rain again
I was in Wicklow town an hour ago for the above post and roads were like rivers
Back in Arklow, while its wet,I'd say only half the rain
Max rain rate at my station was 20mm/hr
I'd guess over a 100 from experience in Wicklow town
The station at Ashford is at 6.4mm
But again there is no station that I know of in Wicklow town, so can only guess

Gonzo

pouring at Dunshaughlin too and very dark. Water already running down both sides of the road.

Oscar Bravo

Dry and calm here in Castlebar this afternoon. 7 degrees and feeling milder than of late.

Emme

Carol25 wrote: »

People give out when warnings are given, Met Eireann issued as appropriate and are correct with this one. This is a small depression that brings windy conditions briefly and is not nearly as bad as Ophelia. Maybe just download the Met app, and sign up to warning notifications of all colours on it for your area. They did put out a yellow, and alerted people to the possibility of strong winds at least a day or two ago.
P.S. The Sun isn’t Met Éireann. It’s a tabloid newspaper who wants you to click on its articles.

Tell that to people in Salthill. It should have been an orange alert countrywide and red alert in Salthill. Houses flooded and cars under water.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/met-eireann-defends-weather-warning-notice-after-storm-elsa-wreaked-havoc-in-galway-38798836.html

Carol25

Emme wrote: »

Tell that to people in Salthill. It should have been an orange alert countrywide and red alert in Salthill. Houses flooded and cars under water.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/met-eireann-defends-weather-warning-notice-after-storm-elsa-wreaked-havoc-in-galway-38798836.html

Salthill floods every other week, Galway County Council should be listening to the weather and prepare accordingly. People shouldn't rely on media/tabloids for weather warnings. That's not Met Eireann's fault. A yellow wind warning in the upper band is very windy. Perhaps Met Eireann should switch to impact based warning systems, but who then decides what impact and where as some of these depressions & directions they take are very hard to predict.
Look at the chart for this storm that Syranbruen did comparing it to other storms on the storm thread. Based on the warning system, it should have been mostly yellow & with some coastal orange zones.

Finally, and this is just a general statement not connected to the above response to the post - this event has me wondering just where the brain cells of our modern day population are... Met Eireann cannot stop trees falling, damage to property, etc., they're just a forecasting service who do their best, relying on weather models to predict when and how Ireland will be impacted by Mother Nature...so it's not actually them that is causing a tree to fall on the road...

pad199207

Emme wrote: »

Tell that to people in Salthill. It should have been an orange alert countrywide and red alert in Salthill. Houses flooded and cars under water.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/met-eireann-defends-weather-warning-notice-after-storm-elsa-wreaked-havoc-in-galway-38798836.html

A yellow weather warning was in place before all those people decided to park up beside a raging Atlantic Ocean and off to the cinema they went.

I certainly wouldn't leave my car beside an angry sea especially when you would know that this particularly area nearly always floods even in yellow weather warnings.

Rock Lesnar

Hammering down now here to, dark is closing in rapidly, birds have retreated into the hedges, dog is flat out on the couch, its a bad day out there

Graces7

I thought I was on the wrong forum or the wrong page reading some of the last messages...

An idyllic afternoon here. Blue skies, sunshine, just quite lovely.. Bitterly cold of course but a fine winter afternoon.. .Ocean silent and flat, reflecting the cerulean heavens.. the ferry fairly flew across and back with a special passenger

And totally... silent,, can hear the birds breathing! All is so hushed.. A time to move past the storm and leave it all behind and rest in the peace.,

The world has peacened. Stilled.

West Mayo offshore

SleetAndSnow

Rotten afternoon in cork city, lashing rain

Donegal Storm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Horrible dark day in Letterkenny as well, barely seemed like the sun rose above the horizon all day

In Dundalk. Miserable day here. In relation to the sun, was just looking at the sunrise/sunset times for here. The earliest sunset was 16:02 on the 14th. From the 15th to the 19th it's 16:03. But from the 20th to the 31st it goes from 16:04 to 16:12. Show how quick it comes back once one passes the mid winter period. In contrast the latest sunrise will be 08:44 from 25th December to the 3rd January.

km79

Nice day and lovely sunset in the west
Was bright going to work too which was a pleasant suprise
Also helped me spot a tree blocking half the road

Oneiric 3

km79 wrote: »

Nice day and lovely sunset in the west

It was a weird looking sunset alright.

Gonzo

still hammering down rain here, an absolute deluge over the past 2 hours. Roads is partially flooded again and our driveway is also flooded.

Kutebride

Snap Gonzo. Awful pm of rain in Meath

glwaymiko

Pouring rain! last 3 hrs surface weather all over the place, (east Galway)

Squeaksoutloud

Crikey was this rain forecast at all. Wasn't expecting it. Even MTs forecast didn't make much of it. Just pulled into shops instead of crawling on M50. Mayhem this evening.

km79

glwaymiko wrote: »

Pouring rain! last 3 hrs surface weather all over the place, (east Galway)

I must have just missed that ! Started spitting when I was leaving work and radar looks nasty now

ongarite

Pouring down in D15 with no electricity too.
Horrible evening.