Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

OldRio

Plenty of power outages in the local area. 2 trees fallen on the farm and plenty more down in the area.
Heavy rain at the moment.
Leitrim.

pauldry

Dry storm in Sligo

5.4mm of rain in total but branches n trees down in numerous locations

Darwin

lucernarian wrote: »

How was the wind?

Worst of it was last night between 1 and 2, nothing of any note this morning.
ECMWF model predicted gusts of 145Kph in the midlands at its peak, happily never came to pass.

Rebelbrowser

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Still fairly windy here in Rochestown, no power but still have mobile service. No trees down by the looks of it, we escaped clearly because there is a lot of trees up here.

There is a small tree uprooted on the main through road in Mount Oval for completeness sake!

Pretzill

Cody montana wrote: »

Pray for pansies.

In fairness, my pear tree produced its first and only pear this year.
I’m afraid to check if it’s still on the tree.

My pear tree produced a load this year and they are all still intact - pears must be hardy fruits

silverharp

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That thundery cell is making its way up the country, looks like it might skirt past Dublin to the west though.

I just looked at the radar, there were probably some heavy showers in Meath and Kildare and nothing of significance for the next couple of hours for Dublin

aidanodr

So the day after the night before ... here in cork. What are we to expect as this day rolls on? Are we over the worst OR round 2 due at some point?

Even Tornadoes ???

https://twitter.com/Netweather/status/1296402457883484168

Darwin

I'm trying to work out from that map whereabouts in Kilkenny that torndao is going to appear :pac:

SeaBreezes

aidanodr wrote: »

So the day after the night before ... here in cork. What are we to expect as this day rolls on? Are we over the worst OR round 2 due at some point?

Even Tornadoes ???

https://twitter.com/Netweather/status/1296402457883484168

2020 always upping the ante.

Mere thunderstorms are SO 2019..

aidanodr

SeaBreezes wrote: »

2020 always upping the ante.

Mere thunderstorms are SO 2019..

More on Tornadoes ..

https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1296406120031047682

jimmynokia

DOCARCH wrote: »

143kmh (...I think...) at Roches Point.

According to IWC it was 178kmh kinsale gas platform..

pad199207

jimmynokia wrote: »

According to IWC it was 178kmh kinsale gas platform..

That’s offshore. Roughly 90-100m above the sea. But sure we knew he would use Fastnet or Kinsale Energy Gusts for his trophy before the storm even happened.

The max gust of only 143kmh at Roche’s Point puts a 3 egg undercooked omelette on his face

jimmynokia

pad199207 wrote: »

That’s offshore. Roughly 90-100m above the sea. But sure we knew he would use Fastnet or Kinsale Energy Gusts for his trophy before the storm even happened.

Hopefully people and the radio stations that had him on yesterday wake up now. The people lauding him saying he was on the ball is priceless

Gaoth Laidir

The highest measured 10-minute mean speed was 111 kph (60 kt) at Roche's Point, absolutely in line with the latest Harmonie forecast yesterday afternoon.

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1296402226882240518

Here are the highest gusts. Of course, they don't include the Kinsale platform, which has its anemometer 55 metres above the surface.

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1296400489777639424

DOCARCH

jimmynokia wrote: »

According to IWC it was 178kmh kinsale gas platform..

Clown....

Always interesting to observe what's happening at Kinsale platform and Fastnet but they are not representative/wind instruments not in accordance with IMO standards.

JackieChang

Winds picking up now.

teednab-el

JackieChang wrote: »

Winds picking up now.

They have been picking up for the last 15 hours.

Doctor Jimbob

jimmynokia wrote: »

Hopefully people and the radio stations that had him on yesterday wake up now. The people lauding him saying he was on the ball is priceless

I'm tempted to comment on his page about how wrong he got it but sure what's the point? People on there just don't want to hear it. They'll slate met eireann while congratulating him on how right he was. Never mind the fact he was miles off the mark and ME actually got it spot on.

Neddyusa

Still no power in South Roscommon. Might be restored tomorrow?
Worst storm in my memory. Hundreds of trees down locally. Peak was 12.30 to 1.30am.
Noise was scary. The Christmas storms of 97/98? might have had stronger winds and lasted longer but this did more damage.
Lost a shed roof and had a heifers killed in Opelia but this was worse.
No phones. No internet. Only emergency calls possible on the mobile network til now.

Hat tip to Mt Cranium who specifically mentioned Ros/E Galway in the firing line.

TheDenialTwist

eastie17 wrote: »

East Cork very bad, local radio wasn’t even doing it justice. Trees down everywhere, most R and L roads blocked into Midleton

Yes, what a night and morning. Very high winds, rain, thunder and lightning.

Trees felled in Cobh and on the Fota Road this morning. Some power outages in Cobh. Cross River Ferry was out of service this morning until around 09:50. Still very gusty and raining currently.

Danzy

TheRiverman wrote: »

Roadside trees,a huge issue ignored and neglected by Government, County Councils and landowners for decades.They should be all cut down,everytime there is a storm,you can write the same script about roads blocked.Thankfully I haven't heard about any fatalities.

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Neddyusa

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I'm tempted to comment on his page about how wrong he got it but sure what's the point? People on there just don't want to hear it. They'll slate met eireann while congratulating him on how right he was. Never mind the fact he was miles off the mark and ME actually got it spot on.

No idea about the other lad but ME certainly didn't get it "spot on".

They had Roscommon - and neighbouring severely affected counties in a "yellow" warning - totally wrong.

Gonzo

back online now after an entire night without power or broadband. Winds didn't seem too bad here at first and then the power went around 11.30pm, about 15 minutes afterwards the winds became much worse. Power only restored this morning.

John O.Groats

Gonzo wrote: »

back online now after an entire night without power or broadband. Winds didn't seem too bad here at first and then the power went around 11.30pm, about 15 minutes afterwards the winds became much worse. Power only restored this morning.

Was much damage done in your area?

JanuarySnowstor

Still no power here estimated 7pm

John.Icy

I'm not too fussed over the IWC or similar people trying to put their 2 cents in - sensationalist forecasts are part and parcel of the hobby, though maybe in this case the large following is a little more dangerous. Agree with Oneric too, the media does this every day, and they actually phrase their articles as if its directly coming from Met Eireann - it's always ''Met Eireann predict massive heatwave'' despite the official forecast being 18-22 degree weather or that. At least IWC pushes himself as something separate and kind of, I am better than MetE.

Laughable though how his feed was full of praise this morning. General public hasn't a scooby doo. Whatever about Cork, and at a push Limerick/Clare, we had gusts elsewhere of 90-110 km/h. Just an absolute world away from 150-160 km/h gusts over a widespread area and supposed imminent red warning upgrades. IWC was bang on the money though apparently. These people in his comments praising him right now are the same folk who bash MetE for predicting winds of 120 km/h and the max gust only ends up being 119km/h. I could write a thesis how baffled I am how some people in inland Leinster for e.g. on his page have woke up this morning convinced they have just lived through a red warning historic storm with 150 km/h gusts. Christ.

Gonzo

John O.Groats wrote: »

Was much damage done in your area?

I'm unsure of that but i'll be heading to the shops soon and will take a look. It was certainly the loudest wind I have heard here since probably Storm Darwin. It's also the first wind storm to knock our power since Storm Darwin.

Oneiric 3

'Ellen' brought nothing more than the bog standard, not out of the ordinary wet and windy stuff here in 'orange' Galway. These colour warnings have become the equivalent of the boy who cried wolf for these parts.

TheRiverman

TheRiverman wrote: »

Roadside trees,a huge issue ignored and neglected by Government, County Councils and landowners for decades.They should be all cut down,everytime there is a storm,you can write the same script about roads blocked.Thankfully I haven't heard about any fatalities.

Don't stop at the roads. All trees anywhere near houses, footpaths and in public parks need to go. The safety of the human is paramount here.
Also, dangerous lakes need to be drained and backfilled with gravel.

The Undecided One

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Don't stop at the roads. All trees anywhere near houses, footpaths and in public parks need to go. The safety of the human is paramount here.
Also, dangerous lakes need to be drained and backfilled with gravel.

Just the lakes? What about the ocean? How many people die in the ocean each year?

Mix it with concrete all the way to New York!