Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

lucernarian

Parabellum9 wrote: »

Intelligent discussion doesn’t seem to be your thing - is there not a soccer forum or somewhere else you can go that might be more suited to your IQ?

Don't be hating on the soccer forum, I believe there's a child and childcare forum their parents might be interested in!

HeidiHeidi

Pangea wrote: »

Exactly , why not issue orange warning then...

Because if they did, and Sean a mile down the road didn't have his roof blown off then they were just hyping it up.

God, who'd be a forecaster these days. They really can't win.

adocholiday

So is Met Eireann's forecast for the east accurate then? This is mainly a South West/West event?

TheRiverman

Wild Field 1831 wrote: »

Siobhan and Sharon are a site for sore eyes;)

And as a previous poster said not talking Covid is refreshing.

Status red.

SleetAndSnow

Looks to be a lot worse in the city and east cork then alright, heavy rain here in west cork but just about gale force wind gusts at times.

Meteorite58

Pivoting very sharply , very quick forward motion, eye opening up. Really sense the wind is just going to plough into the coast very abruptly almost out of nowhere so to speak.

ACitizenErased

Cork Safety Alerts reporting lightning in Skibbereen

statesaver

Will this bring warm air / weather up behind it ? Could do with it.

leahyl

Just been told by a friend that the power is gone in Riverstick where his sister lives.

ACitizenErased

leahyl wrote: »

Just been told by a friend that the power is gone in Riverstick where his sister lives.

ESB have fault at Kilmoney, 1.5k customers affected

leahyl

Picking up a little on Northside of cork city

spookwoman

https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296179528058970116?s=20

redsteveireland

leahyl wrote: »

Just been told by a friend that the power is gone in Riverstick where his sister lives.

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

Drifter50

WB Yeats is currently inbound from Cherbourg to Rosslare. Left Cherbourg at 4pm and due to dock in Rosslare at 11am in the morning. Possibly was not wise to sail but if it gets really lively over the next few hours I expect it will shelter off Lands End rather than try and make it across the Georges Channel in these conditions. If it arrived in Rosslare and its too lively she would have to hove to off the port. I can imagine there is a lot of families aboard returning home for school start etc, might`nt be a pleasant trip

pauldry

Really windy in Sligo?

Not mad but earlier than I thought.

63kph highest I've seen so far.

Let's see what next 10 hours bring. Will any of Cork have power by midnight?

NIMAN

There's already an increase in winds up here in Donegal

thomil

Definitely picked up a good bit now in Ballincollig. A few pretty nice gusts, but so far nothing spectacular. Quite a bit of rain. Pressure 973.3mb and dropping rapidly now.

aisling86

My brother currently on holyhead to Dublin sailing & 4m swell. All cars on top deck & heavier trucks etc below. Surprised it went.

squarecircles

dead calm,west Mayo.

sunbabe08

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Cork Safety Alerts reporting lightning in Skibbereen

give me some lightening!!!!

munsterlegend

pauldry wrote: »

Really windy in Sligo?

Not mad but earlier than I thought.

63kph highest I've seen so far.

Let's see what next 10 hours bring. Will any of Cork have power by midnight?

It’s very rare it goes where I am!

bmc58

Wind getting a bit scarey in Clonmel area now.

M.T. Cranium

A better developed eye has shown up, track appears to be almost directly across Roches' Point, close enough to Cork-Cobh that we should assume major wind impacts possible but there may be a sharp gradient from east to west.

Noting 9 mm rainfall totals at both Valentia and Sherkin Island past hour.

Wind at Kinsale energy platform has backed from SSW to SSE indicating eyewall is approaching them. Next hourly report from there may be all-out southwest gale (I have noticed in past that Kinsale anemometer seems better exposed to W or WNW winds than SW or WSW). Onset of strongest winds likely to be around 11 p.m. in east Cork and west Waterford.

As to the Clonmel to Dungarvan drive in darkness, I would advise taking that slow enough to make a full stop as there could very well be trees down in that area.

These things are always streaky, it's due to rapid development and not enough time to form a totally organized wind field. Hit or miss so I hope it misses your location(s).

leahyl

thomil wrote: »

Definitely picked up a good bit now in Ballincollig. A few pretty nice gusts, but so far nothing spectacular. Quite a bit of rain. Pressure 973.3mb and dropping rapidly now.

Rain hasn’t really started properly on Northside yet and wind is nothing major either....not yet anyway :-D

munsterlegend

sunbabe08 wrote: »

give me some lightening!!!!

Only if you spell it right.

Tazio

leahyl wrote: »

Just been told by a friend that the power is gone in Riverstick where his sister lives.

I can confirm.. it bounced 6 times then died.. great.

ACitizenErased

Nothing mad here in Rochestown, few gusts but nothing crazy

Jim Gazebo

aisling86 wrote: »

My brother currently on holyhead to Dublin sailing & 4m swell. All cars on top deck & heavier trucks etc below. Surprised it went.

Not having a go, but it's not a 4m swell in the Irish sea yet. Overestimating.

Ludo

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Nothing mad here in Rochestown, few gusts but nothing crazy

Some crazy gusts there a second ago in Rochestown. Picking up alright.

leahyl

Tazio wrote: »

I can confirm.. it bounced 6 times then died.. great.

Is it that bad there?