Storm Eleanor - Atlantic Storm 5

[Windchime72]

Hi I live in Western Ireland and Eleanor is really packing a punch...just lost my side gate, it was totally split in two...lights flickering now...

[Liam J]

Met office have issued an amber warning now, risk of 80-90mph gusts!

 https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/mobile/warnings/uk

 

Edited January 2, 2018 by DisruptiveGust

[toggerob]

From the MetO twitter feed

As #StormEleanor continues to move eastwards, Mace Head on the west coast of Ireland has recently reported a wind gust of 87 mph.

[toggerob]

Coastal flooding in Ireland currently all down to Storm Eleanor (source @DN77)

 

 

Edited January 2, 2018 by SNOW_JOKE

[Windchime72]

3 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Coastal flooding in Ireland currently all down to Storm Eleanor (source @DN77)

 

Im not sure where that is but im hearing Galway coast receiving coastal flooding due to high tides and hurricane force gusts...

[toggerob]

Yep that's Galway Docks, from someone who works in one of the offices close to the sea-front.

[Windchime72]

wow pretty bad it seems and Salthill getting hit hard as ever and some people leaving their vehicles in precarious places to the mercy of mother nature...

[Gray-Wolf]

The latest paper showing how low ice messes with the PV might come in useful over the rest of winter as exceptional warmth from the south runs into a displaced cold pole esp. if this keeps happening over the N.Atlantic ( just watch the eastern seaboard after we're through with this one!). The issue is not so much wind but the amounts of water vapour they bring ( up to 40kg/m2 this time!!) with them.

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mtpw2/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&prod=global2&timespan=24hrs&anim=html5

Folk who don't have this graphic might like to bookmark it and look where our atmospheric river is at the next few storms that come through!

[Mokidugway]

5 minutes ago, Gray-Wolf said:

The latest paper showing how low ice messes with the PV might come in useful over the rest of winter as exceptional warmth from the south runs into a displaced cold pole esp. if this keeps happening over the N.Atlantic ( just watch the eastern seaboard after we're through with this one!). The issue is not so much wind but the amounts of water vapour they bring ( up to 40kg/m2 this time!!) with them.

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mtpw2/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&prod=global2&timespan=24hrs&anim=html5

Folk who don't have this graphic might like to bookmark it and look where our atmospheric river is at the next few storms that come through!

40 kg per cubic metre ? Are you shure 

[Gray-Wolf]

8 minutes ago, Mokidugway said:

40 kg per cubic metre ? Are you shure 

That's what i read off this ( above).

[toggerob]

Galway City flooding

[stevofunnelcl]

6:30 BBC Weather forecast, she showed 87mph gust, west Ireland, pretty close to Galway

Then she said 'storm force gusts'

Well, Hurricane force gusts really. lol

[Mokidugway]

17 minutes ago, Gray-Wolf said:

That's what i read off this ( above).

Metre 2 must mean air column , if not I need an ark pronto 

[Tn9]

10 minutes ago, Gray-Wolf said:

That's what i read off this ( above).

Exactly.. The current sst are still above normal they have all summer maybe longer.... You notice the pv grabs them like the lows in summer grab the hurricanes (if possible) the ones that form off of Eastern seaboard are are so much more vigorous than if they get grabbed or form inland. Southern states say.. They like hybrid systems cold core but deepen rapidly.. You know hurricanes survive in exactly the same place even before baroclonic strengthening or weakening..so its a great source for the pv to grab energy.. Which is why it's hard for any northern blocking when the jet is over that stretch of water.. If you get what I mean lol ? 

[Gray-Wolf]

This was more like what i was trying to convey. the peak of the 98' super nino only managed half the potential that flooded us ( again) in 2015. This increase does mean if you get stuck under an atmospheric river for half a day you will see flooding, sit there for another half day and you'll fair as we did with an extra three feet of flooding on top of the last 'record'.

If we are to see the PV slipping south every winter then it will form systems that will drag up these 'atmospheric rivers' and position then over us like a hose from the Gods.

With a warmer world comes more energy in our weather systems and increases in the scale of events we see. 

Edited January 2, 2018 by Gray-Wolf

[mardatha]

I think we've to get snow over 200m and that means me. I'd really hate to miss a good-going blizzard during the night when I'm sleeping

[Daniel*]

Bad coastal flooding in west coast of Ireland I’d assume due to Storm Eleanor..

 

[carl1980]

97mph Connaught airport Ireland

[Daniel*]

Wow powerful storm this the general public I sense are not truly aware. 

 

[on the coast]

Red warning to come?

[Windchime72]

The wind has calmed down here somewhat but still gust stormforce in showers...between 16:30 to 18:30 the winds were violent...a real short sharp shock to come for you folk in Britain, stay safe...

[Lowestoft Weather]

97mph - Now we are talking serious and dangerous wind gusts!! 

Edited January 2, 2018 by Lowestoft Tiler

[Windchime72]

@Gray-Wolf was it an atmospheric river we received in December 2015? If memory serves me well, didnt we get 3 days of non stop rain dragged up from a moist jet stream... Winter of 2013/14 was incredible for storms being picked up on a powerful jet stream from new foundland, i remember the flooding being bad that winter...

[Liam J]

Wind speeds/gusts are quite a bit higher than some of the latest model guidance would’ve had you believe! 90-100mph is quite a noteworthy event. 

[weirpig]

Before the storm hit. Does anyone know what the projected wind gusts were for Connaught?  I suspect not 97 mph