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Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

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  • #122
    patneve2
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    That was some shower alright, heaviest hail I've seen in quite some time...still moderate/heavy rain now but brightening up (Dalkey)


  • #123
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭highdef


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Its really annoying aint it!?... i bet that cell looked sweet!
    Im just back from walking the dog down the park and went up on the overpass bridge with a great view to the mountains... one CB cloud exploding straight up , looked class... not soo much on my phone though... ha

    Timelapse still running here ... should get about 4 hours of motion altogether in the end result :) ... hopefully it works out!

    Look forward to it :)


  • #124
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Some more strikes from a cell that just went out into the Irish sea off the coast of Wexford... These storms are " Landests!! " ha


  • #125
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    15 min video speeded up 800% shot on my old point and shoot..



  • #126
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭highdef


    Tis set to private :mad:


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  • #127
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    highdef wrote: »
    Tis set to private :mad:

    EDITED>..... try again ... might take a few mins to take effect. :)


  • #128
    blackius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭blackius


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Some more strikes from a cell that just went out into the Irish sea off the coast of Wexford... These storms are " Landests!! " ha
    Definitely heard thunder here earlier south of arklow, not sure what time it was.
    Quite a few hail showers.


  • #129
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Some AMazing Anvils being lit up by the sunset now over dublin.. Get out and look up if u want to see some Mammatus!! :D:D


  • #130
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    Every single goddam shower missed us! Unreal - and the plants need a sup. :mad:

    (We got 0.4mm in two separate one-minute hail/rain drops from the edge of showers passing, I'd guess, over the city centre)


  • #131
    Jim_Kiy
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    Didnt see much mammatus but was certainly marvelling at the anvil like structures on my way down the N7..They look CB but are relatively weak.Fairly intense short hail shower earlier was the highlight of my day.Hows tomorrow looking, A repeat of today?


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  • #132
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


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    And thats only the first card! ... :)


  • #133
    Wild Bill
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    Looking north (at 3.30pm), this is about as close as it got.....

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  • #134
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    My Favourite shots off the oul iphone from today :)

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    Though there was no thunder showers around here im still happy how today has turned out... hopefully 2moro will be as good ,if not better :)


  • #135
    BEASTERLY
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    The pics are a bit big, sorry. Just press (Ctrl and -) a few times to zoom out to view them.

    Here's some of my pics from today. No thunder but interesting all the same! Cheers to Iancar for the advice on HDR a while back!

    We had some hail and a couple of downpours. By far the most interesting part of today's weather was the cloudscapes it presented. Hoping for more of the same tomorrow.
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  • #136
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    BEASTERLY wrote: »
    The pics are a bit big, sorry. Just press (Ctrl and -) a few times to zoom out to view them.

    Here's some of my pics from today. No thunder but interesting all the same! Cheers to Iancar for the advice on HDR a while back!


    You'll be hooked to HDR from now on! haha :D .. great shots man... Surprised i didnt see a decent rainbow or 2 around here today only partial ones.


  • #137
    BEASTERLY
    Registered Users Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭BEASTERLY


    Iancar29 wrote: »

    You'll be hooked to HDR from now on! haha :D .. great shots man... Surprised i didnt see a decent rainbow or 2 around here today only partial ones.

    Cheers, today was actually the first time I tried it. Just thought I'd give it a go for one shot, ended up doing them all day. :D


  • #138
    BEASTERLY
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    Just saw some of my pics didn't upload properly, will throw them up tomorrow.


  • #139
    Wild Bill
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    BEASTERLY wrote: »
    The pics are a bit big, sorry. Just press (Ctrl and -) a few times to zoom out to view them.

    199954.jpg

    This is a (very large) beaut! What is HDR? - I want some. :)

    Huge Dramatic Results?


  • #140
    gbee
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    Wild Bill wrote: »
    What is HDR?

    Take three or more pictures in rapid succession with varying exposures so one captures details in the brightest parts and has shadow details in the darkest parts and then blend them.


  • #141
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Storm & Convective Forecast - Issued 10/04/2012 23:00
    Forecast Summary Map


    Valid: 11/04/2012 00:00 - 12/04/2011 00:00
    Headline: ... THERE IS A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST...
    Synopsis
    Upper trough has now become established across the UK which will create an unstable and showery airmass across much of the UK on Wednesday.
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    EIRE, WALES, S SCOTLAND and ENGLAND

    Upper trough across the UK (with sub -30C 500mb temps) will lend to steep lapse rates and a readily unstable airmass across much of the UK and Eire on Wednesday.

    Surface heating will build a few 100 j/kg CAPE by the afternoon - which will allow widely scattered t-storms to develop. Thunderstorms are possible almost anywhere inland accompanied by hail and thunder, but are likely to be most concentrated and slow-moving across central and eastern areas of Britain, bringing a heightened risk here of localised flooding. Also, with a rather slack synoptic flow, sea breezes look to develop inland from the east coast, as pressure falls inland with diurnal heating, which will likely lead to convergence from eatsern Scotland down to Kent with the possibility of a few funnels developing and perhaps an isolated weak tornado with more buoyant updrafts.

    Issued by: Nick F - Forecaster for Netweather

    :cool::cool::cool:


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  • #142
    ninebeanrows
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    Yep looks good for eastern areas from 3 onwards, particularly north Leinster would you say Ian?


  • #143
    darkman2
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    Hi all, normally not too pushed on storms this time of year but places with the longest catchment of land based off shore winds look good for storms this afternoon. Being North of Northwesterly in direction i'd fancy the Wicklow/South Dublin coast but high res models indicate maybe North Leinster could be the place to be - propped up by indicators like the Lifted Index and CAPE variables - if you want to get drenched:p

    On the down side no convergence zones in terms of the wind so maybe nothing too spectacular.

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  • #144
    Iancar29
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    Weathercheck wrote: »
    Yep looks good for eastern areas from 3 onwards, particularly north Leinster would you say Ian?


    3pm Skew t chart for dublin - Cape 480 j , LI -2
    * Set up chair at window ... Grabs popcorn....* "BRING IT ON!! " *
    :D:cool::cool::D

    Ps anyone chasing in DUblin though give us a shout , will gladly put money towards petrol. :)


  • #145
    Iancar29
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    FINALLY Got my timelapse done from Yesterday.
    Watch , enjoy... comment , share.... like... all that jazz :)


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yap1IpB5JWg


  • #146
    lolie
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    Some nice pics ian and beasterly. A lot of pink/red dots appearing on the radar the past hour.
    Some nice cloud build up here to.


  • #147
    dsmythy
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    Heavy hail shower just passed through Swords. Short lived.


  • #148
    Wild Bill
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    Nothing yet in SE Dub, still mainly sunny but they are bubbling up and the wind is changing direction all the time :eek:

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  • #149
    darkman2
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    FINALLY Got my timelapse done from Yesterday.
    Watch , enjoy... comment , share.... like... all that jazz :)


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yap1IpB5JWg

    Superb!:cool:


  • #150
    Wild Bill
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    It's definitely changing......:eek:

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    (OK - I'll stop doing this right now :o)


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  • #151
    Iancar29
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    Thanks folks!! :)

    Just out walking Ye doggy now and the cell that's heading out towards howth now has the perfect charactistics of a developing anvil CB fibras top at the moment but looks great!
    Pity it'll probably go thundery out at sea ... Next cell please!! :D


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