Thunderstorms

It was like that time I was on the phone to you mothman here last summer only this time it was recording.

110.7mm/hr and believe me it looked like it! It's not often I see the garden go under water here and the front drive and a river down the lane.

ch750536

Couple of rumbles in Abbeyfeale, looking to the south over catleisland.

ch750536

odd thing is, does not show on either

http://www.isleofwightweather.com/lightning.html

http://www.irelandlivelightning.info/
or
http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/weather/light0900.htm

Thought this was a reasonably exact science.

sirpsycho

A few blips appearing on http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/weather/light0900.htm now. Although, the other 2 sites dont show anything

Snowbie

My detector not on and be down for awhile while a relocate it from the garden to a different part of my house,the attic for example.Have to start by drilling holes in walls and stuff etc etc also have to get a 100' of cat5 cable at the right price.

Trying to raise the height of the detector so i can detect the storms over Tristrames area.Have a problem with the signal being sponged by the dublin wicklow mountains when he gets a storm there.

lucernarian

There were a few claps of thunder and lightning to the near west of us, one was almost overhead, sometime between 9 and 10 last night. Heavy rain also for much of it and it looked like there were gale force winds. Unusual to see such a strong breeze from the east. It was pretty noisy.

SpitfireIV

Boards is finally back...:rolleyes:, anyway, we had a pretty heavy thunder shower earlier in Carlow town, and what I could have sworn was a rumble of thunder.

mike2084

Big Storm here around 5pm. Put power out until about 20 minutes ago here.

Supercell

The action seems to be in the west today. I know someone on a camping trip in Kerry at the moment with the family, bet he's having an interesting holiday!

Snowbie

On the radar loop you can see the low level circulation wrapping those showers around moving back up N and W and around the primary low still off the SW coast.Showers want to push east but moving back up NW.

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

Takeshi_Kovacs

Michael Walsh wrote:

Big Storm here around 5pm. Put power out until about 20 minutes ago here.

Yeah same here in Tralee, very close ground strikes of which knocked out the power over most of North Kerry, and West Limerick. Some extremely heavy rainfall as i was cycling in to town, thank feck i brought the oilskins.The power is only after coming on a short while ago, and i can already hear the odd rumble out there.

Wertz

Very intense squall line headed over clare/limerick area currently...

arctictree

Absolutely bucketing down in Wicklow ATM...

Supercell

arctictree wrote:

Absolutely bucketing down in Wicklow ATM...

Must be localised, nothing here, what rain rate are you seeing?

Anyone see todays indo.
The brook pub in lower main st in Arklow yesterday evening LoL

It certainly saw the effects of the 110.7mm/hr downpour!!

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/torrential-downpours-bring-floods-705151.html

Supercell

Btw, the webcam is back on for the moment

Supercell

Tristrame wrote:

Anyone see todays indo.
The brook pub in lower main st in Arklow yesterday evening LoL

It certainly saw the effects of the 110.7mm/hr downpour!!

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/torrential-downpours-bring-floods-705151.html

Yep, was reading that in work alright. Is such flooding widespread in Arklow or is that pub in a hollow?

Thats lower main st,it's prone to flooding as it just runs right down from the top of the coolgreaney road a mile or more away.
The drains were popping up too.

Trogdor

Anyone see the weather forecast after the news thet highlighted this area of heavy rain
http://www.brayweather.com/images/sat/sat_20-06-07_1945.jpg
pushing up from the South into Southern and South-Eastern areas by morning. Any thundery potenial? A repeat of yesterday evening maybe, although it's looking like it will end up further West than yesterdays rainfall

arctictree

Longfield wrote:

Must be localised, nothing here, what rain rate are you seeing?

Hmm - dont have a measurement for the rain rate but it was really heavy.

In fact I think there is a yellow dot on the latest radar directly over my house!

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

A

ch750536

Power is back on.

Easily the most rain we have had in the 3 years I have been here.

Supercell

trogdor wrote:

Anyone see the weather forecast after the news thet highlighted this area of heavy rain
http://www.brayweather.com/images/sat/sat_20-06-07_1945.jpg
pushing up from the South into Southern and South-Eastern areas by morning. Any thundery potenial? A repeat of yesterday evening maybe, although it's looking like it will end up further West than yesterdays rainfall

Looking at today's radar charts , it would seem likely that the west will get pummelled again.
Its not fair!!, even with easterlies we get denied the exciting stuff this summer!!

mike2084

Longfield wrote:

Looking at today's radar charts , it would seem likely that the west will get pummelled again.
Its not fair!!, even with easterlies we get denied the exciting stuff this summer!!

I would love to send it over to you as lightning scares the life out of me :eek:

Snowbie

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