Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

OhToBeByTheSea

Dunmore East

Lights flickering.

Ludo

Ludo wrote: »

Ok in this part of Rochestown so far. Wind gone absolutely mental in last 5 mins though. Incredible out there,

Its sounds like constant thunder, I'm shaking here that was so sudden.

sunbabe08

ahhh here it is. well that came out of now where

revelman

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

This is without a doubt one of the strongest windstorms i have seen down here in west cork (wasn't here for ophelia unfortunately was in the city!)

Trees bending over in the wind, basically violent gusts. Dont know how it can get a lot worse in the east

So far for us here on the coast near Kinsale, it isn’t as bad as Ophelia. But this is a serious storm.

greedygoblin

About 15 miles west of cork city & it's gone really calm for the last 10 minutes. Power went before 10, but haven't seen any severe wind here yet.

Covid19

Starting to get blustery here near Knock Airport.

Cody montana

Holy ****, this is mental.

mcburns07

Lights flickering in East Cork, Ellen has arrived

Speak Now

Waterford airport 22:30

Ditection 200⁰

Mean 32kts

Gust 52Kts (96kph)

Vinta81

Jesus it’s howling here and battering! Thankfully my bedroom isn’t south facing !

CZ 453

Mad wind out of nowhere in Cork City South. Lights flickering. Quite sudden. It was dead about 10 minutes previous.

thomil

Well, Ellen is definitely here now. SOme pretty impressive southerly gusts just hit here in Ballincollig, strong enough to trigger car alarms. Air pressure 966.9mb and falling, albeit slowly. Also, I could have sworn I saw some lightning...

Frostybrew

Cork city centre. Went from zero to a gale in the space of a minute. You could actually hear the sound of the wind approaching from the distance. Very ominous.

fleet_admiral

chris2007 wrote: »

when will the yellow warning kick in dublin

Lashing rain and very windy where I am (Terenure). I went to tesco just before 10 and it was calm and mild. Still mild, but I took in the wind chimes from my garden because of the racket

quartz1

North of Cork City just appeared out of nowhere

pad199207

Gust 47 knots at Fastnet net

munsterlegend

leahyl wrote: »

Thar she blows!

aye aye Captain.

Lights just flickered here in north cork.

The One Doctor

ffarrell7 wrote: »

We are such a sad nation.

Rest of Europe with lovely weather and decent temperatures and we are getting hammered by rain and wind....(as per usual).

Hibernia is right....... Land of depression😢😢😢😢

Actually Hibernia means Winterland, but your point is valid. That said, we're the first port of call for bad weather travelling east in the Atlantic, so...

Andrew00

Plastic Sheeting, RTE news, Cobh

lulublue22

Wind really picking up in cork city now.

leahyl

Ok I’ve have never seen the weather change so quickly - mad gusts

poconnor16

Lights flicking, north Cork...dead as a door nail here which is so bizarre, no wind at all...

Is it the calm before??

The anticipation is unreal :eek:

Ludo

It actually feels worse than Ophelia now, but that is probably just because it is dark and it makes it feel more intense and "stormy" for want of a better word. Ophelia was during day so didn't feel that bad.

flexcon

Yikes!!!

Here we go! That is one constant blast of wind!!! I’m guessing the eye passed over last 15mins and the big moment has arrived!

Jim Gazebo

"it's overkill" "it was supposed to be here at 9"

Hate to say I told you so. Some wind that.

irishfeen

Lights flickering now in North Cork (10km South of Mallow) :rolleyes:

Lia_lia

In Cork city, gone a bit windy alright! Off go the car alarms.

igCorcaigh

Frostybrew wrote: »

Cork city centre. Went from zero to a gale in the space of a minute. You could actually hear the sound of the wind approaching from the distance. Very ominous.

Same experience, City centre. Like an oncoming train.

Sephiroth_dude

Wind has gotten very bad all of a sudden in Ballincollig.

ffarrell7

WesternZulu wrote: »

We've a great climate, few extremes and very mild for our latitude.

Great climate???? In the driving wind and rain???

Yeah... depressing dank and drap climate..... Bad for one's health....

I am off to Italy on Sunday.. Yippee.... For two weeks of sun and Pizza...

Away from the Swamp!!