Storm Ellen - Wednesday and Thursday

[matty40s]

http://onitsurf.com/surf-cameras/cork-coolmain-beach.html

[matty40s]

Try this one near Waterford before it goes too dark.....the sea is piling inn at te an alarming rate.

http://axis-78tramore.axiscam.net/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=14850

[Jamie M]

Stingjet developing on Storm Ellen.

Nasty gusts expected.

[BornFromTheVoid]

The winds look ferocious in the animation, highlighted by the cloud movement

[Jamie M]

 

[matty40s]

[Jo Farrow]

Water Vapour (WV) imagery is used to help identify conditions favourable for a sting jet (Visible Vis and InfraRed IR seen more often as satellite imagery)

A feature of rapid/explosive cyclogenesis is a dark slot, "the dry intrusion" where descending stratospheric air wraps into a low pressure and the pressure plummets. Just seeing this dark area doesn't mean there is a sting jet reaching the surface/Ireland though. 

https://eumetview.eumetsat.int/mapviewer/  chose top option MEteosat 41.5 /IMagery  / WV 6.2 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/wind/sting-jet 

[Daniel*]

Deeper than expected.......

 

[Jamie M]

 

[matty40s]

https://earth.nullschool.net/

[Gael_Force]

Not the sort of picture expected in high summer.

Looks impressive on half disk view.

Edited August 19, 2020 by Gael_Force

[booferking]

Radar resembles a sting jet over Cork

[booferking]

Roches Point just after recording a top gust of 143kmh..

[booferking]

 

[benb]

Blowing an absolute hoolie in Tenby right now. Dread to think what’s happening on the campsites in the area: would have thought there will be a lot of folks with trashed tents sleeping in their cars...

Feels like a proper winter storm.

[Mapantz]

An increase in winds here now. Whilst nowhere near that of what's in ROI, it does feel weird in August.

43.2mm of rain here today as well.

[alexisj9]

5 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

An increase in winds here now. Whilst nowhere near that of what's in ROI, it does feel weird in August.

43.2mm of rain here today as well.

Worse than that, those hot dps are back, and it just feels yuk, again. 

[Jamie M]

BUOY 62023 has recorded an 180km/h (111.8 mph) gust & is located to the SSE of Cork

[Frosty hollows]

7 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

An increase in winds here now. Whilst nowhere near that of what's in ROI, it does feel weird in August.

43.2mm of rain here today as well.

Very bizarre tropical storm feel again. But we're on the very edge of this. More worried about my dad and brother who will cop that developing sting jet full on

[booferking]

[booferking]

 

[matt111]

Jump scare  

 

[Jo Farrow]

Plenty of trees down over night for southern Ireland and a few reported in the north too. Power outages too https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/ 

 

[BornFromTheVoid]

My father in south Tipperary just checked in after getting to work (north Cork). No power, internet or phone signal at home and trees down everywhere. Seems to be the case for much of southern Ireland.

[Jo Farrow]

Nick's convective forecast for today. https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/uk/convective

"Risk of severe weather, including damaging wind gusts and tornadoes, across Ireland and SW UK today/tonight. "

High spring tides around this time for Isle of Man and SW Scotland