Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 07-05-2012 4:50pm

Belting down hail in Sallins

Harps · 07-05-2012 4:56pm

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Hey Su, do you know if it is possible to get those forecast soundings for my region? Have checked Meteociel countless times but can't figure out how to find them (if they exist on the site in the first place that is)

Can't find one that shows the whole country but if you click the very top left it should be close enough to you

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/sondage_gfs.php

Agent J · 07-05-2012 5:02pm

Lightning & Rain in Maynoot approx 10 mins ago. Very close.

Passed now.

Penname · 07-05-2012 5:02pm

Beautiful storm just passed almost overhead, mostly east of us (north Kildare). Best storm I've seen in a few years. Raging I didn't have camera handy but saw an amazing looking fork. Other than that, just 9 or ten flashes. My 6 yr old just said its the best weather day ever.

Nabber · 07-05-2012 5:06pm

Any of these cells rotating?

Deep Easterly · 07-05-2012 5:11pm

Harps wrote: »

Can't find one that shows the whole country but if you click the very top left it should be close enough to you

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/sondage_gfs.php

Nice one Harps.

As I suspected, A sw'ly all the way up to the heavens :rolleyes:
http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/sondagegfs/sondagegfs_0_8_3_0.png

As purdy as the Burren is (or so I am led to believe) I really wish it would collapse into Galway Bay and fill it up, because that Bay is a true storm killer for my region under these WSW set ups. :mad:

jimmynokia · 07-05-2012 5:18pm

wind and rain picking up now in DN 22

Su Campu · 07-05-2012 5:27pm

That north Kildare cell was amazing, watched it from my upstairs as it passed a couple of miles away. Some lovely lightning, which I caught on video. A lovely double rainbow too. Will post it in a bit.

Deep, you can get a similar GFS sounding for any latitude/longitude here.

http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/READYcmet.php

Min · 07-05-2012 5:30pm

We had a lot of thunder and lightening in north Kilkenny, heavy hail and at one stage near constant thunder.

Su Campu · 07-05-2012 5:40pm

Great, I've just fried my camcorder. Put the wrong power adaptor into it!

I'm afraid we won't be seeing that lightning lads! :mad:

jimmynokia · 07-05-2012 5:43pm

Su Campu wrote: »

Great, I've just fried my camcorder. Put the wrong power adaptor into it!

I'm afraid we won't be seeing that lightning lads! :mad:

Whooops leg it down to DID electric lol..

ninebeanrows · 07-05-2012 5:46pm

very turbulent sky just to my north.

And looking onomous to the south over the mountains.

Rougies · 07-05-2012 5:48pm

Su Campu wrote: »

Great, I've just fried my camcorder. Put the wrong power adaptor into it!

I'm afraid we won't be seeing that lightning lads! :mad:

You can still salvage the data though right! Right!?

Su Campu · 07-05-2012 5:49pm

I'm &%*£$% raging over that camcorder!!! :mad:

Anyway, these are the strikes so far today.....a nice big cluster alright.

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eigrod · 07-05-2012 5:51pm

Dark and hail shower in Greystones now.

DOCARCH · 07-05-2012 5:51pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

And looking onomous to the south over the mountains.

Nothing exciting to report here....just rain!

Rougies · 07-05-2012 5:52pm

Su Campu wrote: »

I'm &%*£$% raging over that camcorder!!! :mad:

Anyway, these are the strikes so far today.....a nice big cluster alright.

I'm surprised at how little action Wales and England got compared to us.
The Estofex threat Level 1 area in Wales didn't even get a sferic today, a few just outside that zone.

Trogdor · 07-05-2012 6:02pm

Lightning strike fairly close by here just now, thunder quickly followed. Been raining and hailing for the last while.

Su Campu · 07-05-2012 6:03pm

Rougies wrote: »

You can still salvage the data though right! Right!?

I hope so! :mad:

Darwin · 07-05-2012 6:04pm

More rumbles from another cell to my west, heading in the Offaly/Kildare direction.

cocoshovel · 07-05-2012 6:04pm

South Kilkenny, and we have absolutely nothing, I cant even see any thundery looking clouds. The only thunder I have heard this year was in Waterford city last month, and that was just 1 clap.

Su Campu · 07-05-2012 6:06pm

No more SIGMETs have been issued.

The 1700Z Casement TAF continues with rain / hail showers and thunderstorms until 8 pm.

Dublin's only gives a slight PROB30 chance of same. Similarly Sligo, Galway and Waterford airports'.

Mars Bar · 07-05-2012 6:14pm

I'm on the m6 at the tolls leaving Galway. Just after leaving the blue skies and into heavy rain and black skies. It's bananas!

Harps · 07-05-2012 6:16pm

Su Campu wrote: »

I hope so! :mad:

If you're lucky it might just be the battery that's fried, I did the same with my phone a few years back and it still worked with a new battery

Just opened the door here to have a look at an incoming shower and a slice of bread randomly fell from the sky, I'm guessing a bird dropped it but quite an odd moment :pac:

dexter647 · 07-05-2012 6:19pm

Watching a huge cell off to my west here with plenty of distant flashes... Seemed to have missed all the big ones here today:mad:

Su Campu · 07-05-2012 6:20pm

Harps wrote: »

If you're lucky it might just be the battery that's fried, I did the same with my phone a few years back and it still worked with a new battery

Just opened the door here to have a look at an incoming shower and a slice of bread randomly fell from the sky, I'm guessing a bird dropped it but quite an odd moment :pac:

Nah, I need to take the battery out in order to insert the adaptor. It's fried!

Shannon Airport reported a light thunderstorm at 17:30.

cyclops999 · 07-05-2012 6:20pm

5 car accident on the outskirts of Athlone on the M6 hailstones like marbles & super lightening display. Roads are lethal so caution is advised.

Iancar29 · 07-05-2012 6:25pm

Harps wrote: »

If you're lucky it might just be the battery that's fried, I did the same with my phone a few years back and it still worked with a new battery

Just opened the door here to have a look at an incoming shower and a slice of bread randomly fell from the sky, I'm guessing a bird dropped it but quite an odd moment DEBRIS!!! :pac:

Fixed that for ya

Photos and timelapse... the usual stuffs from moi , all being sorted now. Shall post this evening.

EDIT: report from friend of a funnel cloud west of Portlaoise!

Deep Easterly · 07-05-2012 6:40pm

Have a nice view of those showers in the midlands at the moment. One very large anvil is really expanding at the moment. Top of anvil as viewed from here roughly 40 degrees above horizon.

aidan_dunne · 07-05-2012 6:42pm

Horrible looking sky to the west and northwest of Portlaoise right now, some ominous sounding distant rumblings too.

Iancar29 · 07-05-2012 6:43pm

aidan_dunne wrote: »

Horrible looking sky to the west and northwest of Portlaoise right now, some ominous sounding distant rumblings too.

PHOtos photos photos!!... lovely hook on it on radar! Wish i was there!

John.Icy · 07-05-2012 6:52pm

Lovely cell just passed directly over me. South Kildare. I see it developed a nice blue core on ME radar, almost directly above my area. Serious hail fell followed by copious rain. Water was streaming out of gutters and drains. Sky looked ominous too on approach, very dark. Cell has dissapeared behind some lingering cloud. Several claps of thunder too.

gbee · 07-05-2012 6:59pm

Was an interesting day, I observed a few cells and chased one to Fermoy [my chase limit] and it was producing bigtime.

Lovely to hear the reports of cells producing later up the country. Obviously can't really say, but I think the one's I backed worked, by all the other reports.

lostinashford · 07-05-2012 7:05pm

Serious looking cell showing on radar over Portarlington heading north of Newbridge - wish I was there:mad:

Rougies · 07-05-2012 7:09pm

lostinashford wrote: »

Serious looking cell showing on radar over Portarlington heading north of Newbridge - wish I was there:mad:

http://www.sat24.com/en/gb
It's a monster, and it seems to be growing :eek:

ninebeanrows · 07-05-2012 7:12pm

Rougies wrote: »

http://www.sat24.com/en/gb
It's a monster, and it seems to be growing :eek:

Yea been watching it, looks impressive.

Lets hope it stays as active as it approaches Dublin

thebigbiffo · 07-05-2012 7:12pm

first serious thunder in years right now in Ballybrittas

Harps · 07-05-2012 7:13pm

Netweather radar has over 100mm/hr at its core and what must be about 100 strikes

highdef · 07-05-2012 7:15pm

I would pay to be in Portalington right now!!! Looks like it will pass to the south of me. Prosperous and Clane could be in the firing line again if it keeps up it's pace....can't see it continuing to grow like this, as much as I would love it to!! The view out of my office window facing SW is epic. Camera is till rolling :-)

efb · 07-05-2012 7:20pm

In north Offaly- is say you guys would have loved it. Turning my stuff back on now - damned power surges!

ninebeanrows · 07-05-2012 7:20pm

the new high res metoffice radar shows it well

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observations/?tab=map&map=Rainfall

lostinashford · 07-05-2012 7:20pm

highdef wrote: »

I would pay to be in Portalington right now!!! Looks like it will pass to the south of me. Prosperous and Clane could be in the firing line again if it keeps up it's pace....can't see it continuing to grow like this, as much as I would love it to!! The view out of my office window facing SW is epic. Camera is till rolling :-)

Yet it is growing, massively over the last 15 minutes

To Alcohol · 07-05-2012 7:20pm

I'm in Sallins. Storm is just to my west. A weird blueish thing to it. Looks a nasty one.

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 07-05-2012 7:22pm

To Alcohol wrote: »

I'm in Sallins. Storm is just to my west. A weird blueish thing to it. Looks a nasty one.

Same here, looks like a beast from here !

lostinashford · 07-05-2012 7:22pm

To Alcohol wrote: »

I'm in Sallins. Storm is just to my west. A weird blueish thing to it. Looks a nasty one.

Lucky you, I'd say its coming your way, quickly put the kids to bed, lock the wife in the hotpress - sit back and enjoy and then tell us about it

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 07-05-2012 7:24pm

Camera at the ready if it hits here !

John.Icy · 07-05-2012 7:24pm

Saw a serious bolt from that cell heading into N.Kildare. Nice to see more than sheet lightning for once

highdef · 07-05-2012 7:28pm

Can see frequent lightning now from that storm. Can also hear the thunder despite it being quite a long way off!

harr · 07-05-2012 7:29pm

just passed Monasterevin,wow what a show and the garden is white with hail stones,its heading roughly east i think:D

H2UMrsRobinson · 07-05-2012 7:32pm

just hope it can hold up until N-Dub...!

We're losing the light and the heat but who knows. Just a couple of bangs is all it'll take to make me happy

Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

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