Storm Éowyn

[dunedin]

The Met Buoy data is well worth looking at

Buoy Locations - Met Éireann - The Irish Meteorological Service

Wow, M4 showing wind of 101mph and 10.7m wave height this morning - and that is coming our way. B. Nora indeed !

 

[Stemar]

Wow, M4 showing 10.7m wave height this morning

I know they're behind on road repairs, but I didn't realise it was that bad!

 

[Boathook]

Barometer at 28.18"Hg at 07:30, falling slowly. High tide 07:50. Heavy spray coming over the garden wall faster than it can drain away. Never seen the Gareloch so wild. Gareloch

Should have posted a picture.

 

[Bodach na mara]

Should have posted a picture.

He did. He posted a video in post #49 earlier in this thread. Impressive too!

 

[Boathook]

He did. He posted a video in post #49 earlier in this thread. Impressive too!

I missed that earlier but I can't open it due to a cookie issue on my tablet !

Main pc to be turned on.

 

[Boathook]

He did. He posted a video in post #49 earlier in this thread. Impressive too!

Somewhat rough and windy !

 

[dombuckley]

Barometer at 28.18"Hg at 07:30, falling slowly. High tide 07:50. Heavy spray coming over the garden wall faster than it can drain away. Never seen the Gareloch so wild. Gareloch

Glad someone's enjoying the spectacle!!

 

[dunedin]

Ooo, err. CMAL site showing gust of 76 knots (87mph) a few minutes ago at Largs, in the usually well sheltered Clyde - this is a very serious storm, certainly the forecasters didn’t over egg the red warnings, as some on here suggested.
Almost everything currently stopped in most of Scotland - and lots of reports of damage. Not nice

 

[Bodach na mara]

I haven't had much from CMAL Largs since about 9am and the Largs marina webcams seem to have gone down. CMAL weather is back but camera offline. Not surprising in this weather.

 

[The Q]

Only 57mph, here in Norfolk at the moment..
Nothing compared to the 126 mph recorded at Benbecula met office, in about 82, when I lived in a barrack room that looked down on it..
Building was swaying, water sloshing in the toilets.
Fair amount of damage to the radar that night..

 

[yotter]

8 sails shredded at Kip so far, keeping the sail-makers busy. Unthinkable to attempt to take them down at the moment. Gusting 70 knots at Wemyss Bay, hopefully it keeps some south in it

 

[yotter]

Oh Wow, the Western ferries are off, must be windy!

 

[franksingleton]

(2) Late 80’s Michael Fish “there is no storm”, storm, above 100 kts.

I am sure that those with good memories will know that Mile Fish said that there will not be a hurricane.He said that winds would be very strong, a serious understatement as it happened. The BBC always used to stop the clip after the word hurricane - why spoil a good story. He was, of course, quite correct even though, in the event, it was an injudicious comment.

I am sure that most sailors will well know that Beaufort defined F12 as Hurricane Force, That which no canvas can withstand. Commander Beaufort knew full well that a hurricane is a tropical storm of great strength. In view of the definition, he saw no reason to define winds > F12. As some posts have noted, there are additional forces, sometimes used.

Some have commented on the word phenomenal. This has long been used to describe waves with F12.

This storm and others in recent years have shown that forecasting has improve vastly in the past 40 years. It will never be totally perfect. The atmosphere is not precise. Nor can forecasts ever be precise several days, even several hours ahead.

 

[Wansworth]

Wind gradually building here in Galicia although inland it’s never as bad as it is on the coast around A Coruna

 

[bergie]

Some have commented on the word phenomenal. This has long been used to describe waves with F12.

"Phenomenal" is from the Douglas Sea Scale, also used by WMO. Also conveniently supported for observations in my digital logbook:

 

[dunedin]

"Phenomenal" is from the Douglas Sea Scale, also used by WMO. Also conveniently supported for observations in my digital logbook:
View attachment 188581

Can you use a touch screen to tap on the right wave height button in 15m waves?

 

[SaltIre]

Barometer at 28.18"Hg at 07:30, falling slowly. High tide 07:50. Heavy spray coming over the garden wall faster than it can drain away. Never seen the Gareloch so wild. Gareloch

A bit windy ...
Watch HELENSBURGH FOR LOOP 2 | Streamable

 

[capnsensible]

It's 3 days shy of 51 years since a big storm sank the 'sugar ship' off Helensburgh.

It's still there......

 

[Gurrig]

The Spanish Met Authority has named Storm Herminia track uncertain but hopefully not a major impact on areas already suffering damage, due on Sunday

 

[veshengro]

" It's 3 days shy of 51 years since a big storm sank the 'sugar ship' off Helensburgh."

Blimey! That's made me feel old. She wasn't there on the shoal when I first ran up to Finart Oil Terminal with crude from Mena al Ahmadi, Kuwait.