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Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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    #902
    Denny61
    Registered Users Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Denny61


    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel


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    #903
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Suddenly the rain is coming from the south west in west cork and very heavy... EDIT:....VERY. Opened the window and im soaked


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    #904
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel

    I'd die if I was on that,I'm getting anxious even reading about it.☺️


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    #905
    Oglaigh84
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Oglaigh84


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel

    They wont, they will land shortly or divert


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    #906
    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Some really string gusts now again in Rochestown. Would not like to be on a plane coming into Cork Airport now. It's calm for a good while then really strong gusts. Back to clam again now.


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    #907
    Cork_red
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Cork_red


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel

    It’s not trying to land for the 4th time. They’re holding at 8,000ft.


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    #908
    March11
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭March11


    We are up high between Youghal and Dungarvan, townland at 52° 1' 56" N, 7° 45' 42" W. Alot of forestry around this area. Ophelia knocked hundreds of trees like skittles around here. It has become very windy, with strong gusts. Going to be a long night.


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    #909
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    Wind at Kinsale Platform has just gusted 85 knots,

    wind has veered to the southwest.

    People on the south coast, this is the real deal

    Knots??
    Source??


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    #910
    lcasey90
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭lcasey90


    sdanseo wrote: »
    The Ryanair approaching Cork, reporting wind 84kt at 6,000 feet. Very high wind for that low altitude.

    In holding pattern not far from ****** hill


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    #911
    namloc1980
    Registered Users Posts: 18,222 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Would hate to be on that flight circling at Cork.


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    #912
    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Hes trying to land for the 4th time..hope it doesn't run out of fuel

    He is just circling. Hasn't attempted to land yet from looks of it.


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    #913
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Cork_red wrote: »
    It’s not trying to land for the 4th time. They’re holding at 8,000ft.

    They also have fuel gauges believe it or not :pac:


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    #914
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Knots??
    Source??

    Down to 71knot gusts now, saw it above 85knots for a time

    https://www.fugroweather.com/WeatherMonitor.Net/Displays/KinsaleEnergy/C20236/heli_ops.aspx


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    #915
    smellyoldboot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭smellyoldboot


    Getting a bit saucy out there now. Few nice gusts. Waterford City.


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    #916
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    sdanseo wrote: »
    They also have fuel gauges believe it or not :pac:

    I thought they just guessed it.


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    #917
    Denny61
    Registered Users Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Denny61


    Cork_red wrote: »
    It’s not trying to land for the 4th time. They’re holding at 8,000ft.

    Why is he holding..sure the weather isn't going to get better..would he not divert to Shannon


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    #918
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,929 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    last 10 mins or so def increase in gusts Waterford city


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    #919
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    No idea where these gusts in west cork came from 10 minutes ago I was commenting how its dead, wind direction change and all tot he SW. House getting hit. Opened the door and i came in like I was in a shower. Wish I had a wind speed measure down here. Rain died a bit now but still raining, that was a mad few minutes. Still strong gusts though


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    #920
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,177 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Graph from Kinsale. Gust over 90knots? :O

    1-E38-B128-AF96-4-BF8-B66-A-9-DE2-CCC1-E4-A1.png


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    #921
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,170 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Denny61 wrote: »
    Why is he holding..sure the weather isn't going to get better..would he not divert to Shannon

    Wind direction is very bad for the runway, as it moves southerly they may be able to land.

    A tip, if the aircraft isn't below 3000ft it's not trying to land.


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    #922
    Cork_red
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Cork_red


    sdanseo wrote: »
    They also have fuel gauges believe it or not :pac:

    And well trained professionals at the controls. Unbelievable the overreaction of some people.


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    #923
    Shadylou
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭Shadylou


    Still very quiet cork city


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    #924
    mossie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭mossie


    North Cork, near Newmarket, wind picking up now some rain but nothing major yet.


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    #925
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    Down to 71knot gusts now, saw it above 85knots for a time

    https://www.fugroweather.com/WeatherMonitor.Net/Displays/KinsaleEnergy/C20236/heli_ops.aspx

    Have we any other source for this, to verify

    76kt mean wind is very close to Ophelia peak and 87kt gust is already matching (exceeding?) the maximum forecast gusts on any model today.

    That sustained wind is assuredly equivalent to a strong Category 1 hurricane for comparison.


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    #926
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    I would not take those aircraft windspeeds reported on Flightradar24 too seriously. Sometimes they're correct but many times not. However the 106 knots at 14,000 ft reported earlier seems legit.

    Latest aviation forecasts

    Cork Airport warning, valid to 3 am. Max winds 50-55 kts between 11 pm and 1 am.
    EICK AD WRNG 01 VALID 192200/200200 WIND SFC ESE 25-30KT MAX 35-40 BECMG 1922/1924 SW 30-35KT MAX 50-55 FCST=

    Waterford Airport TAF similar, gusts 55 knots between 10 pm and midnight.
    TAF EIWF 192000Z 1921/2006 13015KT 9999 BKN015
    BECMG 1921/1923 22035G55KT
    TEMPO 1921/1924 5000 RA BKN005
    BECMG 2001/2003 22025G42KT=

    General pressure setting warning
    EISN PR WRNG 01 VALID 192000/200200 EISN SURFACE PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE VALUES 0988 HPA AND 0972 HPA IN SHANNON FIR DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD E of W01000 FCST=


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    #927
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,177 ✭✭✭pad199207


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Have we any other source for this, to verify

    76kt mean wind is very close to Ophelia peak and 87kt gust is already exceeding the maximum forecast gusts on any model today.

    That sustained wind is assuredly equivalent to a strong Category 1 hurricane for comparison.

    Yeah but you’ve also got to take into account that it’s an offshore rig


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    #928
    Denny61
    Registered Users Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Denny61


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Wind direction is very bad for the runway, as it moves southerly they may be able to land.

    A tip, if the aircraft isn't below 3000ft it's not trying to land.
    Oh right..thanks...looking at flight radar. Could not make out wat height


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    #929
    JCX BXC
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    The radar image looks so strange, here in West Clare I'm going to just miss the heavy rainfall, which has a distinct line all the way from the loop head peninsula all the way down to Clonakilty!


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    #930
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Wind direction is very bad for the runway, as it moves southerly they may be able to land.

    A tip, if the aircraft isn't below 3000ft it's not trying to land.

    On their 5th or 6th lap now... :eek:

    523532.png


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    #931
    kyomi
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭kyomi


    sdanseo wrote: »
    Think the Fastnet Lighthouse might be broken.

    https://twitter.com/FastnetLHouse/status/1296183490082414593?s=20

    I'm on the end of the Mizen peninsula and it's been really quiet here wind-wise - just a lot of rain. May be starting to pick up now but really only in the last 4 mins or so. I went out to the conservatory to check as I was surprised I couldn't hear any wind.


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