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Storm Franklin - Sunday 20th/Monday 21st Feb 2022

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    #62
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ya Donegal should surely go red by teatime, maybe mayo & sligo too?



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    #63
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    This is far worse than Eunice. Eunice had half an hour of standard gales here in Meath. Franklin has been going since yesterday evening with strong gales all through the night combined with Christmas Day 2021 style rain. Another 24 hour of gales to go with wind speeds increasing as the day goes on.



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    #64
    Speak Now
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Miserable day out now in Waterford, wet and wild. Obviously nowhere near Eunice gusts but rotten day all the same.



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    #65
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    they'll be floods galore after this - get out the sandbags and read the small print of your home insurance policy if you're living in flood-risk areas



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    #66
    Chana Acidic Ringer
    Posts: 0 ✭ Chana Acidic Ringer


    Wild here in D4, balcony sliding doors taking direct gusts from the west. They are vibrating away. Definitly feels worse than Eunice but that was coming from a different direction. (gusts coming around and up the Irish sea).



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    #67
    Donegal Ken
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭Donegal Ken


    I wouldn't be surprised if Donegal, North Sligo and North Leitrim are put under a red warning for wind for a time later tonight and early tomorrow morning.



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    #68
    corsav6
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662687#Comment_118662687

    Less of that talk now, we're happy to stay orange here in Mayo.



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    #69
    Donegal Ken
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭Donegal Ken


    Mayo should stay under a orange. A good few models showing higher wind across Donegal, North Sligo and North Leitrim. Met Éireanns Ensembles also showing this.

    web17_IREPS_WindProb_202202210200_202202210200_09.png




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    #70
    Pangea
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    Ferocious gusts and hailstones banging the window right now, if this is a taste of what's to come tonight should be fun. (SW Donegal)



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    #71
    sryanbruen
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    Just a pig's ear of a day in my part of Dublin so far with persistent light to moderate rain and blustery winds. Certainly not as windy as Eunice 'til now, conversely to what many others are experiencing. Eunice had a max gust of 100 km/h and sustained winds of 69 km/h, Franklin is only 67 km/h max gust and 31 km/h sustained to midday at Dublin Airport in comparison.

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    #72
    Duggie2012
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Duggie2012


    There was no word of this on the weather bulletins in the last few days or did i miss it? Has it come out of nowhere all of a sudden?



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    #73
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,746 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662256#Comment_118662256

    Window for snow is later today and only really the first half of the night before snow level rises again. I'll take anything I can get at this stage!



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    #74
    brilou23
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    Wexford is getting battered. Is this to last till tomorrow at this strength.



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    #75
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662591#Comment_118662591

    ".... and behold, thy windows shall vibrate, and the water will fall from the heavens in a general horizontal manner, this is the word of the Lord.."



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    #76
    Furze99
    Registered Users Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭Furze99


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662843#Comment_118662843

    'Battered' might be a bit strong now. It's just a standard miserable wet winters day.



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    #77
    Cork2021
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    squally shower here a few minutes ago near Kanturk North Cork! Gone now but rain very persistent.. my walk to the pub in half an hour is going to be a wet one!



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    #78
    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 25,268 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662833#Comment_118662833

    A series of depressions/storms was mentioned. More incoming

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    #79
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    That was some squall that passed through there an hour ago. I got stuck in Lidl for 3 minutes and couldn't walk out to my car! Surely that warranted a Red?! :-)

    A really rotten day so far, but still nice to see some energy in the atmosphere. My driveway needed to be cleaned but I think that job's been done for me.

    Here's the radar animation of the well-defined linear feature over the past few hours. Seems to be getting its act together now over the Irish Sea.

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    #80
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662836#Comment_118662836

    I'm finding it odd with the GFS and it's ensemble members how much snow is being shown for tonight. Out of 31 GFS members, 29 of them are going for lying snow in Meath which I find very unbelievable, and some of them as much as 18cm. The only 2 not showing lying snow is the operational and P26. Even compared to Eunice, the GFS ensemble run seems far more confident of snow tonight, the sort of confidence you would see from the ensemble run during an easterly. Has to be some sort of error.

    The GFS operational seems much more realistic, some wintry showers but nothing actually sticking. The ECM/GEM etc are also very similar to the GFS operational so I don't know what the GFS ensemble members are smoking. Tonights snow window is going to be very narrow and it will be mild by morning. Best chance of snow definitely appears to be Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon, we may even get 24 hours out of the cold which would probably be the record for this winter!



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    #81
    lolie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭lolie


    Estofex have issued a level 3 for the far North today for possible severe wind gusts.

    Cant say I've seen them issue a level 3 over Ireland before.

    2022022106_202202192207_3_stormforecast.xml.png
    https://www.estofex.org/cgi-bin/polygon/showforecast.cgi?text=yes&fcstfile=2022022106_202202192207_3_stormforecast.xml




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    #82
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    The fields are very waterlogged now. Increases chances of trees falling.

    Getting wild in Galway.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #83
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,158 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Mace head gusting 62 knots(115km/h)



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    #84
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,607 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Limerick was orange for Eunice....very mild, harmless day....

    Limerick is yellow today.....very wild, gusty and dangerous day....

    Met Eireann must be taking a leaf out of RTEs book and taking Sunday off....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #85
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662952#Comment_118662952

    Sympathies.


    You may have seen the despairing husband meme.

    Not homeless, wife in Target for 2 hours. Please help!

    https://images.app.goo.gl/kGohpitTz7hpvLuX8



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    #86
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 9,399 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118663094#Comment_118663094

    Yeah that was a big jump. It was getting approx 80 km/h gusts since midnight.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #87
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058233823/storm-franklin-sunday-20th-monday-21st-feb-2022

    Met Éireann must be lurking lads.



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    #88
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662701#Comment_118662701


    You speak for me. Here, on the shores of Bantry Bay this is far, far nastier than Eunice was. And yet we're only yellow. 😕



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    #89
    Redsercurran
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Redsercurran


    4 reports of trees down on roads here in kildare but it doesn't feel that windy. Presume that huge rain squall earlier was a contributing factor.



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    #90
    corsav6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Fairly gusty here in Swinford at the moment. Heading back to Newport soon so I'm sure it'll be worse there. I can see the trees blowing when I check the camera and the sheep next door are all sheltering.



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    #91
    [Deleted User]
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    Mace Head hitting 122kmh gusts 1400



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