Hurricane Ophelia

[Polar Bear]

4 minutes ago, Flipflop said:

Sure looks like an eye.......Sat24

You are kidding me.. yep that looks like an eye 

[alexisj9]

9 minutes ago, radiohead said:

Fastnet Rock just reported sustained winds of 94mph.

Wow hurricane force was right. I wish Ireland luck for this storm.

[Tempest]

7 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

Is it forming another eye!

Looks like that doesn't it! Hope someone with a lot of knowledge here can update us about that 

[Daniel*]

3 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Wow hurricane force was right. I wish Ireland luck for this storm.

Courtesy of a sting jet..

[alexisj9]

5 minutes ago, NL said:

A clear slot has not long formed near the centre of ex-hurricane Ophelia.. Almosts looks like a proper hurricane again..!!

https://en.sat24.com/en/gb/visual5

Not possible surely.

[radiohead]

 

[Eskimo]

An eye of some sorts has reformed as others have mentioned. Cannot remember if I have seen this before...

 

[SnowBear]

10 minutes ago, Flipflop said:

Sure looks like an eye.......Sat24

I don't think so, the dry air is circulating inwards at a lower level to those high cloud tops and it's giving the illusion of an eye. Bit difficult to explain without a bunch of illustrations. Essentially 2d pic doesn't always depict what is happening in 3d.

[Guest]

Long time lurker, but thought I post from the amber warning zone. Bright red sun and dirty yellow clouds here about an hour ago. Air felt thick with a smell of burning and made me feel a bit wheezy. Despite all the wind, I guess the air quality is quite poor. Now we have brilliant sunshine, scattered hazy sunshine and blue skies. The wind is quite strong, and being right on the coast, we are used to that. But for us, the real wind doesn't start until much later today. About the same time as high tide. Does anyone know if a storm surge goes ahead of the system? I mean, is it still to come and if so, when?

[Flipflop]

1 minute ago, SnowBear said:

I don't think so, the dry air is circulating inwards at a lower level to those high cloud tops and it's giving the illusion of an eye. Bit difficult to explain without a bunch of illustrations. Essentially 2d pic doesn't always depict what is happening in 3d.

Just about gone now but was cool to see for sure.

[Allseasons-Si]

It looks to have formed to the SW of the core,so nope not an eye.

[pip22]

Heres some pictures that I took a few minutes ago. 

It really is beautiful

 

[Fiona Robertson]

9 minutes ago, Staffordshire said:

The bunting!!! It must be serious to snap that! Haha sorry, but in all seriousness, it should be picking up in the next couple of hours.

I've been watching that bunting since the day before yesterday. I'd become emotionally invested in it. It was my equivalent of Hector the Palm Tree. Even in the dark, because of the street lights, you could see the bunting flap around.This morning it began doing loop-de-loops as the sky cleared over it; one minute it was hanging limply, the next it was straight up in the air, then to the left, to the right. I even heard the"SNAP!" Now that's weird... just typed Stereo MC lyrics... and I saw them in Cork supporting U2 on the Zooropa tour.

[Buzz]

7 minutes ago, Pioden said:

Long time lurker, but thought I post from the amber warning zone. Bright red sun and dirty yellow clouds here about an hour ago. Air felt thick with a smell of burning and made me feel a bit wheezy. Despite all the wind, I guess the air quality is quite poor. Now we have brilliant sunshine, scattered hazy sunshine and blue skies. The wind is quite strong, and being right on the coast, we are used to that. But for us, the real wind doesn't start until much later today. About the same time as high tide. Does anyone know if a storm surge goes ahead of the system? I mean, is it still to come and if so, when?

 

I nocied the burning smell too, I wonder what caused that?

Edit: as suggested elsewhere: forest fires in Portugal and Spain.

Edited October 16, 2017 by Buzz

[Formula_1_Fan]

I'm pretty sure the sky turning yellow is the met office trying out a new warning system after some backlash. 

[Windchime72]

Things deteriorating here in galway, drenching rain, wind blowing strong to gale force, pressure 982.2mb and bombing.

[Summer Sun]

 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Buzz said:

 

I nocied the burning smell too, I wonder what caused that?

Edit: as suggested elsewhere: forest fires in Portugal and Spain.

Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks :-)

[Mokidugway]

17 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

Courtesy of a sting jet..

You could See it on sat image 

[karlos1983]

Arrived in west wales, things getting pretty rocky here. Debris from trees everywhere on the roads. Got my kestrel 3000 with me, so will try and get some readings. 

Been out the loop for 4 hours, is west wales still due to get 70-80 mph gusts?

cheers

karl 

[Insert Name Here]

11 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:

I've been watching that bunting since the day before yesterday. I'd become emotionally invested in it. It was my equivalent of Hector the Palm Tree. Even in the dark, because of the street lights, you could see the bunting flap around.This morning it began doing loop-de-loops as the sky cleared over it; one minute it was hanging limply, the next it was straight up in the air, then to the left, to the right. I even heard the"SNAP!" Now that's weird... just typed Stereo MC lyrics... and I saw them in Cork supporting U2 on the Zooropa tour.

Awww no.... Not the bunting :'-(

[Frosty hollows]

36 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:

Bunting just snapped in Waterford!

 

Feed gone now

[tomp456]

Thought it was going to be sunny here today but the cloud has rolled in.

was very warm and sultry earlier.

wind just started to pick up in the last 30 minutes

expecting 40-50mph gusts through the afternoon and evening 

[Fiona Robertson]

Just now, Frosty hollows said:

Feed gone now

I've still got the feed

[Alpine glow]

Its really calm here in Brighton.  Not even a bloody breeze 

Ophelia has been incredible to follow.  Stay safe y'all.