Hurricane Ophelia

[Fiona Robertson]

1 minute ago, Mokidugway said:

Anyone noticed how ridiculously dark out it is 

Yup and here it's yellow and pouring with rain. Why is it yellow?

[Frosty hollows]

What contrasts we're observing this morning.Eerily calm first thing...but most noticeable thing was how the temperature rose overnight. It's currently 17C with a light breeze and broken cloud

Edited October 16, 2017 by Frosty hollows

[Windchime72]

Winds picking up here to moderate to fresh with strong gusts...pressure 992mb.

[stratty]

1 minute ago, Fiona Robertson said:

Yup and here it's yellow and pouring with rain. Why is it yellow?

Saharan dust?

[Windchime72]

not sure if this can be verified, but ive been told cork has lost power.

[radiohead]

The most recent gust of 107 km/h on the Irish south coast seems to line up  with model expectations for this timeframe.

 

But within the next 2 hours there should be a dramatic increase in winds there. Will see if the model verifies.

 

 

[Methuselah]

According to NW, Trawsgoed is already on 22C!

[Weegaz]

Its very eerie approx 2 miles from Belfast International Airport this morning. Heavy rain and windy to start now dry and winds eased. I took a photo of the clouds to upload but it doesn't do it justice to what it actually looks like and how it feels. Once in a lifetime event for us today in Ireland....excitement is mounting.....but also is the fear

[pip22]

6 minutes ago, Mokidugway said:

Anyone noticed how ridiculously dark out it is 

Maybe Saharan sand have anything to do with it?

[Barbmac]

2 minutes ago, Windchime72 said:

not sure if this can be verified, but ive been told cork has lost power.

Perhaps this map/site might help?

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

[matty40s]

Moving a boat through the Midlands this week, was heavy raindrop showers to start with and no wind, too warm to put coat on though. 

Suddenly gusts of wind and leaves coming down everywhere at 8am.

Now back to non wind and very warm with rain visible to south. (Near burton)

..and there's millions of flies about.

Edited October 16, 2017 by matty40s

[Windchime72]

1 minute ago, Barbmac said:

Perhaps this map/site might help?

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

ta very much

[Frosty hollows]

Some tasty gusts coming into Cornwall now

[Summer Sun]

Cork City Council‏ have opened an emergency freephone helpline

 

[Summer Sun]

5 minutes ago, Windchime72 said:

not sure if this can be verified, but ive been told cork has lost power.

The following residents are without power

Ballincollig 754

Bishopstown 530

Riverstown 620

Douglas 990

[Mokidugway]

Dust was my reckoning 

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

The following residents are without power

Ballincollig 754

Bishopstown 530

Riverstown 620

Douglas 990

And the worst isn't even here yet! This is bad...

Woke up at about 9:15am and thought it was about 7am because of how dark it is! That Saharan dust is playing its part, along with the cloud and rain. 

[FetchCB]

 

 

[Windchime72]

Just now, Ross Andrew Hemphill said:

And the worst isn't even here yet! This is bad...

Woke up at about 9:15am and thought it was about 7am because of how dark it is! That Saharan dust is playing its part, along with the cloud and rain. 

Yes it was very dark this morning...

[Fiona Robertson]

Just now, Mokidugway said:

Dust was my reckoning 

We get this odd yellow hue during really bad summer downpours, always worries me.

[Boro Snow]

I cannot believe how dark it is here 

[Fiona Robertson]

Now have sound as well on the Waterford webcam.

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

Gust of 67mph in the Isles of Scilly, Roches Point and Saint Mary's 

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/observations

Edited October 16, 2017 by Ross Andrew Hemphill

[Windchime72]

Clouds are now pushing from a south easterly direction and getting darker and darker from the south. Pressure 990.1mb.

[Darandio]

2 minutes ago, Boro Snow said:

I cannot believe how dark it is here 

As I said a few minutes ago, it's so eerie. It feels almost like the last moments before an eclipse, I cannot find any other way to describe it.