Thunderstorms Thread Only

Snowbie

DM2 im driving up to howth head to see this,must get a good viewing of it from there.Report later,may not need too seen very distant flash.

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

DM2 im driving up to howth head to see this,must get a good viewing of it from there.Report later,may not need too seen very distant flash.

Youve seen a flash, better go check myself:D

Snowbie

Starting to rain here now a bit heavy too.

Hal1

heh, half tempted to drive out to howth meself. im in west dub, nothing sighted here yet.

Snowbie

Just got a flash to my south west of me now,bright enough,detector picked it up in south dublin somewhere,anybody see it.

No Thunder

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

Starting to rain here now a bit heavy too.

It must be a different shower, any lightning I dont see any yet.

billy the squid

has anyone got an accurate live spherics site ?

Snowbie

its not live yet billy but workin on that,when i get my broadband back and get rid of this dial up i will be shown live,but bere with me for now.

Here is a snapshot,moving towards Dublin but i think will hang out at sea myself.

billy the squid

looks like wexford is getting a night light show according to your chart. the meteorologica one shows me underneath a tropical storm even though the sky is clear.

Snowbie

Trust me billy mine is accurate,cost enough i tell you.
Lots of strikes in wicklow now.Can see them out my window.
Another interesting development is a cell has become active over tipperary area with a couple of strikes anybody there can confirm.

Heyes

think some flashes in south dublin now

Gonzo

thunder here now in meath, surprising coz it was a cool day all day, wore a jacket into town:)

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

its not live yet billy but workin on that,when i get my broadband back and get rid of this dial up i will be shown live,but bere with me for now.

Here is a snapshot,moving towards Dublin but i think will hang out at sea myself.

I agree, I dont see it hitting Dublin, too much of a Northeast pull on it, that said we may see the flashes or hear a rumble or two of thunder.

billy the squid

http://www.meteorologica.info/freedata_lightning.htm
how inaccurate is that one.

jd

was fishing the quays in wexford then the sferics started. I had enough stupid accidents in my time so that was the end of the fishing..!

http://www.calligrafont.com/john/stormjuly2/

Snowbie

Must be over EM ceann now.Can see strikes south of me clearly with no thunder as yet.
Here is the shot of strikes over wicklow and tipp.

thunderone

Hey All!

Thunderstorm kicking off here in Laois (central) now also 0000hrs. Some cloud claps of thunder(3 in 3 minutes). Will keep you posted.

This is no surprise really with the muggy air at present


edit at 0005hrs...Guys I think this may be a big 'un!Standby!

Heyes

defo some flashes in s dublin.. no thunder or rain yet though

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote:

I agree, I dont see it hitting Dublin, too much of a Northeast pull on it, that said we may see the flashes or hear a rumble or two of thunder.

You must of seen flashes by now DM

billy the squid

There is one that looks like it was south west of me, however I have seen nor heard nothing

Snowbie

Defo over north wicklow now

Astro1996

few very loud rumbles here in south dublin just now

*tallaght

Snowbie

Lads post your locations please.

highdef

Had a quick look out of my bedroom windown in D13, not too far from Snowbie and saw a very distant flash to my east northeast. My bedroom faces mortheast and I can see the aircraft warning light at the top of Howth hill to my east south east but nothing in that direction.......YET

darkman2

billy the squid wrote:

http://www.meteorologica.info/freedata_lightning.htm
how inaccurate is that one.

We got lightning now:D

Gonzo

light thunderstorm here in meath, nothing special tho, just rumbles and the odd flash of lightning

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote:

We got lightning now:D

Hooray DM,i thought you were looking in the wrong direction. LOL:D
Another interesting one over laois has dublin wrote all over it too.
What you think look at radar and my shot.;)

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

Hooray DM,i thought you were looking in the wrong direction. LOL:D
Another interesting one over laois has dublin wrote all over it too.
What you think look at radar and my shot.;)

LOL so did I:D Im goin off to enjoy this, will report back:D

YeAh!

We never get thunderstorms down her in Kerry . The last time I saw a good thunder and lightning storm was in France. I was speaking with a person from Estonia and she said whenever there is bad weather there is always thunder and lightning. Why don't we get any here?

Gonzo

thunderstorms normally only effect the UK and eastern half of Ireland in warm summertime conditions afaik, I cud be completely wrong tho