Storm Isha - Sunday 21/Monday 22 January 2024

Wine Goddess

Gusting fiercely here in Firhouse D24.

Normally we are fairly unscathed by wind events as Dublin mountains are somewhat of a shield but I only ever saw this level of gusts during storm Ophelia.

However the storm hasn't even begun yet and already I'm seeing high level gusts which we haven't experienced in a long time.

I hope Storm Isha won't be as bad as forecast but I fear it might.

.Donegal.

Amber - Wind Warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry

Warning updated and wind speeds upgraded.

Winds are likely to gust to 60 to 70 mph quite widely in inland areas, and 70 to 80 mph around coasts. However there is the possibility of a narrower swathe of even stronger winds crossing parts of the warning area, with gusts of 70 to 80 mph possible inland and perhaps peaking around 90 mph in exposed coastal and hilly areas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121647123#Comment_121647123

Too late there's people on the road.

Alex86Eire

Cork vs Limerick hurling game has been postponed.

Very strong wind in Cork city at the moment.

munsterlegend

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121647182#Comment_121647182

The pitch in Rathkeake was waterlogged.

McGrath5

Went out for a quick walk and ended up turning back early, wild out there, Rathfarnham.

FastFullBack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121647182#Comment_121647182

It's not too late though. Call it off and tell em turn around.

Madness going ahead with this game. Galway folk will be driving back into a red warning storm area. Derry/Roscommon folk driving in the high of dangerous orange warning conditions.

Cluedo Monopoly

We're lucky in Galway that the next 2 high tides (2pm & 2:40am) are relatively low - both around 4m mark. Next weekend would have been closer to 5m high tide for example. That 1m can make a huge difference in flooding/overtopping terms. We'll still see some flooding in Salthill roads and car parks as per usual. The Corrib river is also running relatively low thanks to the cold spell which will help a lot.

sparrowcar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121647179#Comment_121647179

I hope the GAA's lack of due care doesn't have a bad outcome.

DOCARCH

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Neddyusa

Very poor form from the GAA on this.

I agree fully with you.

However I'm sure the logic from Gaa decision makers is that.....

I genuinely started typing that they were informed by Met eireann guidance....but that doesn't even stack up now 🙈

gugsy

There seems to be a hook or sting the tail. Wonder will this will be there when it crosses the country

hangar18_

Strong winds and a constant wall off rain all morning in knock Co mayo. Not looking forward to later.

M.T. Cranium

There is a more active looking area of this storm about to move inland over the southwest by noon to 2 pm. Ship report in that zone earlier today was SSW 50 kt, unfortunately, one of the key buoys for this storm drifted away in an earlier storm and has been recovered but not yet operational. There are signs of a frontal zone curving ahead of the centre that will be over the western counties later afternoon, let's say 4 to 6 pm. That could be focus for strong gusts inland west, but parallel squall features ahead of it would be a concern for inland south. The Donegal wind warning is not directly related, it's going to develop from a separate part of the storm rotating around the low. So timing of damaging wind gusts may not follow a simple west to east progression, as these different features evolve.

_Whimsical_

Sounds absolutely wild in galway, the wind has just woken me. Sounds worse than anything I've heard in the last twelve months.

aido76

2 aerlingus regional flights diverted to Belfast already, Leeds and Bristol.

Tom Thumbless

No. Test is in North Cork

eastmayo

Gusting to 44 knots now at Knock.

Cork2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121647234#Comment_121647234

How do MÈ deal with that then? Are we looking at 130kph plus gusts in those counties??

Larbre34

I'm in south Dublin myself and can confirm that the sustained winds currently are very unusual for this part of the World, and I'm genuinely concerned about greater strength later.

On the call from the GAA, whatever about the travel scenarios, it is INSANE to be gathering people in Croke Park in wind that is already this bad and getting worse as the day progresses. The risk of debris or any sort of structure getting lose and hitting a crowd is not worth it.

Put it this way I'm in an early 20th Century house with foot thick solid block walls and I can feel a slight shimmy in them when the gusts come in.

Hippodrome Song Owl

It's already quite gusty in Dublin considering it hasn't started yet. Hopefully nothing worse materialises as I have to get my elderly mother into hospital this evening in the middle of it. Her appointments really are bad timing - we had the same the morning of Debi! I hope there's nothing worse than power outages across the country.

Storm 10

Has Isha arrived early currently gusting up to 60 mph on my station in Galway

Dow99

Please take the GAA talk to the GAA forum. Thank you

ArraMusha

Status red for Galway on Met Eireann.

The western coast will likely take a heavy battering.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IRwRVFtxcdc

RiseToMe

Met Office have upgraded the whole of the UK to amber for wind.

highdef

Heading to longford from Trim shortly, to move items to a more secure location as there's a fair chance of a large section of a three bay hay barn collapsing this evening, when the strong winds arrive.

Regular breezy day in Trim at the moment and quite mild, with a few spots of rain. I aim to arrive back to Trim before nightfall, for obvious reasons.

weisses

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121647230#Comment_121647230

No.... Sting jets have a relatively short life span ..