Despite some localised damage and disruption, Ophelia let Central Scotland off lightly. Ireland was always pined for worst impacts given track.
Lucky escape in Kinsale as corrugated roof is ripped off #ophelia pic.twitter.com/s544XW4eSI
— Stephen Murphy (@SMurphyTV) October 16, 2017
Ophelia full tide at Tramore (taken out window) @barrabest @StormHour @MetAlertIreland @metofficestorms pic.twitter.com/5otiQi4Okd
— muddyboots (@muddybootsguide) October 16, 2017
Quick overview of #Ophelia's track over the eastern Atlantic. pic.twitter.com/8XdfPvG9F7
— Brenden Moses (@Cyclonebiskit) October 17, 2017
Kilkeel harbour tonight. #Ophelia @barrabest @WeatherCee @angie_weather @newslineweather @bbcweather @StormHour pic.twitter.com/WJiSa2O2mx
— Stephen Rooney (@ArtistRooney) October 16, 2017
Heavy seas on board an italian tanker in Cork Harbour, Ireland yesterday under the effects of Ophelia. Video: Cataldo Gianluca pic.twitter.com/5EyzPsqR3Z
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) October 17, 2017
Plot of all tropical systems that tracked over/near Ireland. All but 1 had transitioned to post/extra-tropical. Hurricane Debbie in 1961. pic.twitter.com/L4riDRWqI3
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) October 14, 2017
BYE BYE Ophelia.
The remains of Ex-Ophelia are moving away from the UK towards Scandinavia, weakening as they do so. Winds in northeast UK are easing pic.twitter.com/FwQkfjpgmH
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 17, 2017
While we said hello to Ophelia as we started this week, it looks like we may end the week saying hello to Storm Brian.
Tue AM update
Aer Lingus #EI491 Airbus A321 from Faro landing at Dublin in strong crosswind by #Ophelia, yesterday. Video: https://t.co/4TRvqAYVs6 pic.twitter.com/rQE2jsdouZ
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) October 17, 2017
Original Post from Monday 16th
Ex-Hurricane Ophelia Generates 118 mph Gusts, 43ft Waves off Ireland, 3 Dead
Tightly wound Ex-Hurricane Ophelia continues to progress northwards over Ireland this evening bringing hurricane-force wind gusts to many. The worst of Ophelia departs southern Ireland and arrives across northeast Northern Ireland, southern and central Scotland tonight and overnight.
Gusts are likely to continue exceeding hurricane-force (75 mph) throughout tonight. Will be interesting to see how strong the gusts are over the Cairngorm Mountains.
Wind gusts earlier today exceeded 100 mph on far southern mainland and thankfully all schools, multinational businesses including M & S, Dunns Stores, Sainsbury as well as the transport network has shut down.
My parents are over in Newry, Co Down visiting family and they’ve said wind gusts have been severe as SSE winds funnelled their way up Carlingford Lough into Warrenpoint and Newry. Little wind here in Edinburgh currently.
Latest Tweets
Still wind gusts currently up to 31kt at Cork Airport. Track the 2 flights on https://t.co/uRxxFancNT https://t.co/zMy5i4d6sk
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) October 16, 2017
Thick smoke from fires in N Spain and Portugal nearly turned night into day in parts of UK and France today! Check: https://t.co/YLudg0xC7t pic.twitter.com/TyDCAUwYBD
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) October 16, 2017
#Ophelia battering the coast Wales with intense storm force winds this afternoon. Report: Cyclone of Rhodes pic.twitter.com/Xfvdn9aRZM
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) October 16, 2017
Waterford Airport 137 km/h
Sherkin Island 135 (before loss of power)
Cork Airport 126 (before loss of power)
Shannon Airport 122#Ophelia— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 16, 2017
Orange glow over the #London skyline thanks to dust from north Africa being whipped northward by X #Ophelia pic.twitter.com/Gmyxn8lqrI
— Ed Piotrowski (@EdPiotrowski) October 16, 2017
Drôle d'ambiance avant l'atterrissage a #Nantes Dans les particules de sable #Ophelia #SansFiltre pic.twitter.com/7rfUq62wTV
— Yann TALON (@YannTALON) October 16, 2017
Highest winds gusts so far today in #Wales from #StormOphelia pic.twitter.com/JP9vvsyfKw
— Derek Brockway (@DerekTheWeather) October 16, 2017
Fairly sad walking around the marina there #Ophelia pic.twitter.com/7DwQedBFlR
— Sophie (@Finding_Sophie) October 16, 2017
Latest wave heights from just south of Ireland. M5 weather buoy reporting waves of over 13 metres as storm centre passes County Sligo. pic.twitter.com/69coN4C2LA
— Sean Batty (@SeanBattySTV) October 16, 2017
Coastal defences completely breached at Salthill, Galway. The Atlantic now extends to the promenade. #Ophelia pic.twitter.com/qF9B47Ty3i
— David Blevins (@skydavidblevins) October 16, 2017
Post-Tropical Cyclone #Ophelia battered the coast of Ireland Monday with large waves and powerful wind gusts. pic.twitter.com/5Peu2sOdrl
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) October 16, 2017
NASA Modis shot of #Ophelia on Monday Notice the "dirty" clouds over the UK southward. Saharan dust and wildfire smoke? pic.twitter.com/PWj8kzATgp
— Chris Dolce (@chrisdolcewx) October 16, 2017
Just received this photo of Centre Park Road #OPHELIA pic.twitter.com/S4CuGXwwiE
— Peter Horgan (@horganp) October 16, 2017
#London is looking SPECTACULARLY SEPIA, mega eerie, never seen it like this ???? #SaharanDust #FireParticles #Opheila #RedSun Tomasz S pic.twitter.com/soyR5ANKXs
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) October 16, 2017
The eye of the storm passed over Valentia Observatory in Co. Kerry.
Graphic of MSLP (pressure) below.
Central pressure was 959hPa#Ophelia pic.twitter.com/MTUIGKvsa8— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 16, 2017
There goes the roof of Douglas Community School ?#ophelia via @breffnih pic.twitter.com/aVwBLc1GTC
— Nadine O'Regan (@NadineORegan) October 16, 2017
Unbelievable footage of the roof of the #Douglas #community school being torn off. Source; Twitter; #StormOphelia pic.twitter.com/YP7HPAfLMf
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) October 16, 2017
No flights will depart @CorkAirport for the remainder of today. Please check arriving flight status with your airline in advance of travel pic.twitter.com/bzezFyJIHE
— Cork Airport (@CorkAirport) October 16, 2017
Pilots reporting smell of smoke on board some planes, orange sky & dark eerie clouds. Here's an explanation – https://t.co/J3OwMQ578u
— Sean Batty (@SeanBattySTV) October 16, 2017
Sting jet likely developed on #Ophelia! 191 km/h gusts already at Fastnet Lighthouse, SW Ireland! This is a very dangerous situation! pic.twitter.com/WzTNABKmuG
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) October 16, 2017
Graphic of the max wind gusts to 10am.
Highest gusts since 10am:
Cork Airport 124km/h
Fastnet Rock (6.5km offshore) 176km/h#Ophelia pic.twitter.com/xbiGhh2OFE— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 16, 2017
Strong winds associated with #Ophelia whipped wildfires into a frenzy across #Portugal and #Spain; at least 2 dead https://t.co/yBzWDiFkEY
— Brenden Moses (@Cyclonebiskit) October 16, 2017
Mixture of Saharan dust and wildfire smoke from Portugal! https://t.co/BPEicYB9f5
— MarkVoganWeather.com (@MarkVogan) October 16, 2017
Red skies over parts of England this morning likely down to smoky air drawn up from Portugal. #Ophelia pic.twitter.com/IsSM8RdgBm
— MarkVoganWeather.com (@MarkVogan) October 16, 2017
09:00 UTC — Personal wx station on exposed portion of Sheep's Head Peninsula reports max gust (so far) of 103 MPH. https://t.co/PQKKURjpmP
— Alex Lamers (@AlexJLamers) October 16, 2017
#Ophelia is drawing warm air northwards from Spain and N Africa. Currently 22°C in Capel Curig. 23°C in Llanfairfechan!? pic.twitter.com/2U29rvk9gG
— Derek Brockway (@DerekTheWeather) October 16, 2017
92mph gusts recorded at Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast as ex-Hurricane #Ophelia heads to British Isles
Updates: https://t.co/Eb1l8BnrhE pic.twitter.com/eFWDh9YPCs
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 16, 2017
All NI schools to close after storm warning https://t.co/436kGbPkcp
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) October 15, 2017
Possible hallmarks of a sting jet on south side of #Ophelia to the SW of Ireland on Eumetsat airmass imagery pic.twitter.com/RJ03yrOXIW
— Nick F's WeatherEye (@NickJF75) October 16, 2017
#Ophelia's extratropical transition (#ET) nearly complete. Dramatic evolution as upper-level trough captures #TC. Classic warm seclusion. pic.twitter.com/ckxlJpwyuq
— Philippe Papin (@pppapin) October 16, 2017
It's rare & scary to use, but predicting "phenomenal seas" at times for tomorrow from #Ophelia for the Celtic Sea & Irish Sea. pic.twitter.com/wuSK7omcsd
— Tyler B. Roys (@Tylertheweather) October 15, 2017
Meteosat-9 Air Mass RGB shows #Ophelia going extratropical in a hurry. But NOT 'weakening' – wind field will expand, powerful sting jet. pic.twitter.com/fO8jnOd6EZ
— Alex Lamers (@AlexJLamers) October 15, 2017
Right at centre of the storm here in co kerry,Tralee is locked down,lucky here so far as in nothing uprooted or broken yet anyway,red alert certainly the right call!