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Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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    #272
    SleetAndSnow
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    Awh sh**.. waiting on the bus down to west cork now so hopefully there's some show but no damage at the same time :p


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    #273
    davo2001
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    Ah FFS, i just got a new fence built last week, well i suppose this will be a good test of it :-/

    Tipp/Clare border region.


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    #274
    Bejubby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭Bejubby


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Anyone skill re tide tables please? Just been out and a very low tide; sand exposed. Patches of blue skies but massing dark clouds swarming in. Very dramatic.

    So when the tide turns? Rather lovely out but clearly not going to last.

    Here Grace,go to locations and pick the nearest to you,then scroll down.
    www.tidetimes.org.uk


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    #275
    Wild Field 1831
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    Donegal Ken wrote: »
    He over hypes every storm and drop of rain that falls. He is Irelands version of the daily express. Met Éireann have a team of fully qualified meteorologists and have much more technology than he ever will have. Putting out bogus warnings like he has done is dangerous and the day a actual proper red warning needs to be issued some will ignore because he issues them once or twice a week. I know most of the the forecasts pages have this view also.

    Amazing the amount of people I know who like his Facebook page and follow him. The comments section is 'ah Cathal you're a star', 'thanks so much Cathal you're so much better than Met Eireann'. I can't believe intelligent people I know follow this attention seeker.

    He even came up with a new colour code for a night in June when he said thunderstorms would rival July 1985. Purple for extremely extreme weather!! Needless to say nobody saw lightning that particular night.


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    #276
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
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    #277
    DOCARCH
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    Here's the full latest warning from ME.

    STATUS RED - WIND WARNING FOR CORK
    Between 9pm and midnight Storm Ellen will produce a core of very severe and destructive winds.

    Issued: 11:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020

    Valid from: 21:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020 to 23:59 Wednesday 19/08/2020


    STATUS ORANGE - WIND WARNING FOR MUNSTER, GALWAY AND MAYO
    Storm Ellen will track over Ireland this evening and tonight bringing severe and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall and storm surge will result in some flooding.

    Issued: 11:22 Wednesday 19/08/2020

    Valid from: 21:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020 to 06:00 Thursday 20/08/2020


    STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR IRELAND
    It will become very windy on Wednesday night and throughout the day on Thursday. Severe gusts are likely and there is a risk of some disruption. Due to the combination of storm surge, spring tides and onshore winds there is a potential risk of coastal flooding.

    Issued: 15:00 Tuesday 18/08/2020

    Valid from: 21:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020 to 23:59 Thursday 20/08/2020


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    #278
    Storm 10
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    IWC not too far off now given ME red warning for Cork


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    #279
    nacho libre
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    Ninthlife wrote: »
    Id like to know this too..

    Also i sit on in Sth West Kildare on the border of Carlow and Laois. Any idea if it will be yellow or orange and should I weigh the trampoline down


    In terms of intensity, i can't see the gusts being as strong as the ECM were showing. Met Eireann have a Yellow for your area. Parts of the south east could end up in orange terrority, but as MT Cranium was saying this could end up being quite localised.
    In any event it's best to secure the trampoline.


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    #280
    SeaFields
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Here's the full latest warning from ME.

    STATUS RED - WIND WARNING FOR CORK
    Between 9pm and midnight Storm Ellen will produce a core of very severe and destructive winds.

    Issued: 11:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020

    Valid from: 21:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020 to 23:59 Wednesday 19/08/2020


    STATUS ORANGE - WIND WARNING FOR MUNSTER, GALWAY AND MAYO
    Storm Ellen will track over Ireland this evening and tonight bringing severe and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall and storm surge will result in some flooding.

    Issued: 11:22 Wednesday 19/08/2020

    Valid from: 21:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020 to 06:00 Thursday 20/08/2020


    STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR IRELAND
    It will become very windy on Wednesday night and throughout the day on Thursday. Severe gusts are likely and there is a risk of some disruption. Due to the combination of storm surge, spring tides and onshore winds there is a potential risk of coastal flooding.

    Issued: 15:00 Tuesday 18/08/2020

    Valid from: 21:00 Wednesday 19/08/2020 to 23:59 Thursday 20/08/2020

    There's a status red marine warning too. That could be important given the time of year this is hitting and many people being on the coast on hols. Granted the time of day it's hitting and the forewarning should mitigate risk.


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    #281
    Wild Field 1831
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    IWC not too far off now given ME red warning for Cork

    He gives out red alerts for every event. He's bound to get it right when a severe one does come.

    He'll get a decade out of it then saying he saw it coming a day before Met Eireann.


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    #282
    mmc2010
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    Marty Bird wrote: »
    Joking aside will it be that bad ?wife is considering cancelling our hotel.

    I would think the views will be amazing, depending on if you're into storm watching. If you're staying in the Walter Raleigh or Redbarn, you're looking right over the sea.


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    #283
    Doctor Jimbob
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    IWC not too far off now given ME red warning for Cork

    Ah yeah, he's given a red alert for the southern half of the country and is going on about 200km/h winds. Sure that's close enough to what ME are saying.


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    #284
    Thewife
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    Is a red alert for Waterford likely ?


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    #285
    redsteveireland
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    Storm 10 wrote: »
    IWC not too far off now given ME red warning for Cork

    Over-hypes every event, so he's bound to get something near enough right every now and again. A stopped clock and all that. As this is the boards.ie forum I would rather people didn't discuss his antics here, its not what I come here to read.


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    #286
    m17
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    Mourne mountains this morning
    m4OSToW.jpg


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    #287
    Wild Field 1831
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    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Ah yeah, he's given a red alert for the southern half of the country and is going on about 200km/h winds. Sure that's close enough to what ME are saying.

    I actually think in old parlance 'he's not all there'.


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    #288
    pad199207
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    I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen Met Eireann not mention wind speeds in a wind warning.


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    #289
    munsterlegend
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    pad199207 wrote: »
    I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen Met Eireann not mention wind speeds in a wind warning.

    Yep very unusual. I wonder is it the sting jet that was referred to earlier is the danger for cork. Wording is quite severe as you would expect for a red warning.


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    #290
    Graces7
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    pad199207 wrote: »
    I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen Met Eireann not mention wind speeds in a wind warning.

    Yes I noticed that too. Someone said that they were not sure how strong they would be?


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    #291
    Wild Field 1831
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    I think more than Cork will go red. Every 2 hours Met Eireann are incrementally increasing warnings. It's measured, cagey and we've seen it before. Darwin 2014 especially.


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    #292
    froog
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    am i missing something here? the ICON on ventusky from 9pm to midnight looks very tame.


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    #293
    spookwoman
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    Thewife wrote: »
    Is a red alert for Waterford likely ?

    I wouldnt be surprised. Will just have to watch how it goes.


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    #294
    Drumpot
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    So it’s not gonna be too bad for the east I’m presuming?

    Was just out running on the beach and in Bettystown and it was windy enough.

    Thanks for the updates , always enjoy reading these threads.


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    #295
    Meteorite58
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    HARMONIE 06Z out now and showing strongest winds come ashore around Cork and run straight up through the country, keeping the strongest winds in the Eastern half of the country from what I can make out, 160km + at landfall, 120 to130+ at its strongest moving inland up through the country, more like 100km/h towards the E.

    ????


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    #296
    markjbloggs
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    As sure as night follows day, when a major storm approaches - Shannon radar goes down with "technical faults".


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    #297
    aisling86
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    Meteorite58 wrote: »
    HARMONIE 06Z out now and showing strongest winds come ashore around Cork and run straight up through the country, keeping the strongest winds in the Eastern half of the country from what I can make out, 160km + at landfall, 120 to130+ at its strongest moving inland up through the country, more like 100km/h towards the E.

    ????

    I reckon direct into city & worst winds east cork. Cant imagine I'll see full impact in macroom..


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    #298
    munsterlegend
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    aisling86 wrote: »
    I reckon direct into city & worst winds east cork. Cant imagine I'll see full impact in macroom..

    Afternoon models will be interesting.


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    #299
    m17
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    Storm Ellen out in the Atlantic
    V1Zx9in.jpg


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    #300
    Oscar Bravo
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    A mention of 75 knot gusts on the Cork TAF , albeit a small chance. Rare though!

    BECMG 1920/1922 20035G60KT TEMPO 1920/1924 5000 RA BKN008
    PROB40 TEMPO 1921/1923 22040G75KT
    BECMG 1923/2001 21025G45KT


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    #301
    RobertKK
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    Wild Field 1831 wrote: »
    I think more than Cork will go red. Every 2 hours Met Eireann are incrementally increasing warnings. It's measured, cagey and we've seen it before. Darwin 2014 especially.

    Yep, I mean Kilkenny went red warning during Darwin, when all hell was breaking lose, it was too late but warranted.

    I know they have to be really sure before issuing red.


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