Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

Meteorite58

Heavy rain earlier here in Tralee, more moderate now, the AWS is blocked I reckon , must take a look at the manual gauge soon

974.1 hPa Falling Rapidly

Netweather

HeyV

Wind rising a bit here, wasn’t a sound 15 minutes ago but can definitely hear something now even though bedroom window is closed.
East Galway.

ACitizenErased

The ESB are going to be busy tonight. Massive amount of outages across Cork.

mikep

Very strong gusts in Thurles now... Seriously worried about the trees near the house..time for bed though.
Stay safe everyone...

Sundew

Just heard a really strong gust of wind above the noisy TV programme I was watching. I was outside around 10.15 with the dog, and it was just a normal breezy eve.
Don't mind wind or storms.....just concerned about large trees right beside my house! ( Sth Galway)
Enjoying the "mostly" informative posts and updates....always my go to forum when a storm is a brewing!

irishfeen

munsterlegend wrote: »

Yeah heavy enough rain now too.

Wind and rain after really picking up last 15 min.

Hawthorn Tree

Trees in full leaf and the soil/ground is relatively damp. Plenty will topple tonight.

Little snowy old me

dexter647 wrote: »

Christ this already sounds a lot worse than a yellow warning here in south Laois...Surely a few more counties should be orange..:eek:

Wind always sounds louder at night. No station on land is reporting sustained yellow level winds.

Oneiric 3

Where the UK Met have the center of the low at 1am tonight:



Strongest of the winds should only last a couple of hours as the low pushes rapidly north.

spookwoman

https://twitter.com/WaterfordCounci/status/1296205998659641348?s=20

Goldstein

Sonics2k wrote: »

I strongly suspect I won't have a shed in the morning, so if anyone around the Carrigaline area see's it, do let me know yeah.

I spent much of Ophelia watching my shed bow and deform in the face of those winds. This is very windy alright but it's still a world apart from those sustained intense winds (so far). Gusts seem to have dropped a little in peak intensity now compared to the previous 45 mins. I've not been tempted to start shedwatch yet.

munsterlegend

irishfeen wrote: »

Wind and rain after really picking up last 15 min.

Don’t know how the power is lasting.

pnpweirdo

Been calm in limerick city until now. Not a drop of rain yet.

Santy2015

Spoke too soon. Heavy rain and strong gusts kanturk

spookwoman

munsterlegend wrote: »

Don’t know how the power is lasting.

Just made sure candles etc all ready

anacc

Some reports here of lightning but none of apps I use to track lightning are showing anything. Anybody know why that is?

Burts Bee

Holy moly. North Cork, near Mallow, just gone MENTAL!

ChikiChiki

Looks to be a very dangerous event. Stay safe folks.

willier

Power gone here in Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipp.
Gusts are really starting to pick up.

padohaodha

Limerick /Cork border...nothing unusual happening here.Dry and a bit of a breeze but harmless.So far.

morgana

Yup just now - heavy rain and wind just started up near Mallow

revelman

Goldstein wrote: »

I spent much of Ophelia watching my shed bow and deform in the face of those winds. This is very windy alright but it's still a world apart from those sustained intense winds (so far). Gusts seem to have dropped a little in peak intensity now compared to the previous 45 mins. I've not been tempted to start shedwatch yet.

I’d agree that this is not at Ophelia level but some of the gusts are still quite extreme. Can cause damage nonetheless, as evidenced by the number of houses without power now.

Bsal

(Roches Point) PsMETAR ROCH 192200Z AUTO 21046G77KT //// // FEW006/// SCT009/// BKN023/// 14/// 0976 MSL=

Wine Goddess

Winds still coming from the east here in Firhouse Dublin 24, so the really strong ones from the SW not yet arrived...... raining a bit but still quite warm......

mossie

Very heavy rain now and the wind is picking up again. North Cork near Newmarket

Shakey_jake

Picking up in d13 now

mcburns07

143km/h gust recorded at Roches Point

ChikiChiki

Picking up in D3

ACitizenErased

The rain is battering down in rochestown now

Oscar Bravo

11pm

Roaches point gusting 77 knots
Cork airport 58 knots
Sherkin 53 knots