Record breaking 98ft wave recorded of the west coast of Ireland this morning
A record breaking wave of 98 feet has been recorded of the west coast of Ireland this morning around 350km/hr from land at the M6 weather buoy.
The previous record for a Irish wave was recorded during storm Ophelia of 85.6 feet (26.1m) surged over a gas platform of Kinsale Energy off the Cork coast on Monday 16th October 2017.
The new record has yet to be confirmed but the latest data from the Irish buoy network shows the wave height of the west coast of Ireland at 4am of 29.883 Meters (98feet)
As mentioned last week and over the weekend there would be extremely large seas and swells over the start of this week as Ex Hurricane Epsilon moved across the Atlantic and engaged with the Jet Stream undergoing rapid cyclogenesis which is when pressure on a area low pressure system or storm falls very fast by 24hPa or more in the space of 24 hours. When pressure falls and rapid cyclogenesis occurs it means the storm is becoming much more worse and dangerous very quickly with isobars becoming more tight meaning much more severe with near its center which will also.
Lucky enough for Ireland the remnants of Epsilon stayed out to sea and tracked northward towards Iceland as I indicated would happen last week.
Even with Ireland avoiding its strong winds we still would see a impact of a storm surge with a surge of water been send towards Ireland which we are seen today and continue to see in Wednesday.
To put it in context, 98 feet is approximately the size of a seven building.
Date below shows the wave height at the M6 buoy at 4am this morning.
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