Storm Jorge : February 29th

Peatys

km79 wrote: »

Even though we live in mayo that’s a red for us
Border is at the bottom of the town

No. Galway is Galway. You made your choice.
Picnic out the back garden for ye tomorrow afternoon.

km79

Peatys wrote: »

No. Galway is Galway. You made your choice.
Picnic out the back garden for ye tomorrow afternoon.

rickis tache

Literally on Galway Clare border by the sea. Fields around me are filling up nicely for the last month. I swear if we don't get a decent spring summer and autumn I will win the lotto and move..... To wexford.

endainoz

Itll be a wild morning in North Clare tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if I wake up to a power cut. Will keep a close eye to see if this red is extended beyond 4pm. Have to work in Ennis tomorrow night from 6pm, looks like no night off for me!

I really wish they would base these warning areas on geographical locations and areas rather than political boundaries as these make a mockery of the system.
Red for example should be less than say 20km from the west coast between Limerick & Westport, not the counties of Clare & Galway.

woohoo!!!

rickis tache wrote: »

Literally on Galway Clare border by the sea. Fields around me are filling up nicely for the last month. I swear if we don't get a decent spring summer and autumn I will win the lotto and move..... To wexford.

Been pretty rotten down here too, though not as bad as other places.

GhostyMcGhost

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Not my call but I would say unlikely to go orange anywhere not already orange except possibly Cork, Limerick and Roscommon, and for Cork and Limerick that might be only because some parts could get into that level of gusts, would not expect all of those counties to be in. However, if they were to go red for the west coast, I have the feeling they would perhaps go orange almost everywhere in part to avoid complexity that might not serve any useful purpose?

I would say if the current model trend continues and there is no last-minute downgrade, a red alert is quite likely for at least Mayo, Galway, Clare and Kerry.

Jaysus, fair play that’s almost bang on the money

LRNM

As someone who's main hobbies involve the outdoors, I'm borderline gone insane at this stage.
I am so sick to the teeth of these weekend storms.



Going to try get out for a walk early tomorrow morning at the very least to avoid cracking up.

Oneiric 3

Looking at the UK Met Office app, and it has me down (in Galway) for top gusts of 45 knots tomorrow afternoon with mean speeds barely above 20 knots, which is nothing I haven't seen multiple times this winter so far. This app has proved to be spot on the last few times when all the other GFS/ECM/Harmonie based apps were doing the drama, so will be interesting to see how it performs again this time around.

Graces7

LRNM wrote: »

As someone who's main hobbies involve the outdoors, I'm borderline gone insane at this stage.
I am so sick to the teeth of these weekend storms.


Going to try get out for a walk early tomorrow morning at the very least to avoid cracking up.

We need a refuge for the meteorologically challenged/ stressed.

I coped with bad gales until the big tsunami. we lost nearly 100 of our "faith family"; vanished without trace, and it left me with a horror of extreme weather. And what the survivors went through. Knowing that does not help. So we.... weather the weather.

Oneiric 3

Peatys wrote: »

No. Galway is Galway. You made your choice.

Exactly, he's a treasonous traitor. Moves into enemy territory but still wants our red warnings!

JCX BXC

Graces7 wrote: »

We need a refuge for the meteorologically challenged/ stressed.

The "meteorologically challenged"! Love it.

Kutebride

Currently so calm in Meath.
Debating early start for trip West tomorrow to arrive before 12. I'll see Met Eireann at 9pm. Then must re-read Sundays forecast for return journey.

Peatys

Kutebride wrote: »

Currently so calm in Meath.
Debating early start for trip West tomorrow to arrive before 12. I'll see Met Eireann at 9pm. Then must re-read Sundays forecast for return journey.

West is a big place.. which county?

Bobeagleburger

Somebody please think of the BREAD!

DOCARCH

My Netatmo app is giving max gust of 119 km/h for Dublin tomorrow. We'll see...

Donegal Ken

Kerry is likely to see a red warning issued by Saturday morning and possibly Limerick also.

bazlers

So is there much scope for jorge to change direction or strength or are we pretty much nailed down now?

cherryghost

DOCARCH wrote: »

My Netatmo app is giving max gust of 119 km/h for Dublin tomorrow. We'll see...

Could happen based on this PMs charts

munsterlegend

Donegal Ken wrote: »

Kerry is likely to see a red warning issued by Saturday morning and possibly Limerick also.

Based on what?

Kutebride

Peatys wrote: »

West is a big place.. which county?

NE Galway

pad199207

DOCARCH wrote: »

My Netatmo app is giving max gust of 119 km/h for Dublin tomorrow. We'll see...

Oh ya may bring in that weather station so

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I really wish they would base these warning areas on geographical locations and areas rather than political boundaries as these make a mockery of the system.
Red for example should be less than say 20km from the west coast between Limerick & Westport, not the counties of Clare & Galway.

Couldn't agree more, I live in Clare - well inland from the coast. To suggest we are red, and a townload a few km away (and technically closer to the coast) is orange raises my suspicions. Shane Ross having one last laugh?

Oneiric 3

Kutebride wrote: »

NE Galway

You'll be grand then. Winds will be nothing like they would be along the extreme coastal margins, which is really what this red county wide warning is referring too. We just get lumped in for reasons that are beyond my understanding.

Graces7

And the heavy rain has started... ah well, it was a lovely day...

pad199207

George Lee on RTE saying red for Galway and Mayo

pad199207

pad199207 wrote: »

George Lee on RTE saying red for Galway and Mayo

George Lee talking through his posterior, as per usual. The alarmist supreme.

Hooter23

Very wet ground at this stage wont take much wind to bring down more trees than usual

watlantic

Oh George, oh George ( or Jorge in Spanish), what'll I do with my chainsaw now after all the 'advice' you just gave on the RTE news ? :eek:

Little snowy old me

I havent seen any Met Eireann reports this evening but there is a very noticeable mild feeling to this evening compared to recent days. Lovely evening here but cloud is thickening out over the sea. Blackbirds are making great singing in the scrub. OK so that's mother's house secured and extra weights (stones from the ditch) placed on the turf shed roof. The roof is due to be replaced in May so I'm hoping it goes nowhere tomorrow.