See the light show out the window?

darkman2

Boardsies in Dublin Wicklow and Wexford look East to see the sky light up......thunderstorm incoming....:D

scousedrake

Isn't it cool!... by my reckoning it's 12 miles from Killiney Hill

dsmythy

Hope it comes right on in before i fall asleep. Come to north Dublin.

Call Me Jimmy

I'm looking directly at where the sun sets and I can't see ****.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I'm in south Dublin, can't see anything yet!

dsmythy

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

Can't possibly miss us surely.

MSTRKRFT

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

I'm looking directly at where the sun sets and I can't see ****.

Sun rises in the east, sets in the west.

Davidius

Sorry folks, it's just aliens. Nothing to see here.

ixoy

Thunder's started out this way, just in the last couple of minutes.

Terry

dsmythy wrote: »

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

Can't possibly miss us surely.

Interesting site.

Time to get the boat. http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

mollydolly271

yeah it was great i think it was the first time i saw a thunder storm without rain!!!!!!! but sure enough the rain is here now:(

dsmythy

I'm sitting here in Swords and nothing. Quit hogging the weather.

Abi

dsmythy wrote: »

I'm sitting here in Swords and nothing. Quit hogging the weather.

Raining here. heard a few rumbles here and there. Fairly close together too

Call Me Jimmy

What's that counting thing you do to estimate how far away it is? I counted 14 seconds between lightning and a bang? It's a bit of a putty-tat of a storm - a few flashes, a few mumblings, much a-do about nothing.

Down in mayo once, in my cousinses house they were all **** scared of thunderstorms (bless the muckers, they don't understand) and my cousins woke me up to tell me there's a storm (I was on my own on the couch) and they were all getting up to go sleep in the same room... I was 18 at the time. One of them was 17.

Wishbone Ash

dsmythy wrote: »

I'm sitting here in Swords and nothing

Plenty out here in Rush!

IRISH RAIL

rain getting heavy in lucan but no sign of a flash or bang

SnuggaponyKelly

fab

dsmythy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Plenty out here in Rush!

hmph. It's raining now. I think i might hear some muffled thunder. Must be sitting in a nice weather corridor or something.

Wishbone Ash

dsmythy wrote: »

hmph. It's raining now. I think i might hear some muffled thunder. Must be sitting in a nice weather corridor or something.

I'm just yards from the coast so perhaps that's why.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

What's that counting thing you do to estimate how far away it is? I counted 14 seconds between lightning and a bang? It's a bit of a putty-tat of a storm - a few flashes, a few mumblings, much a-do about nothing.

Down in mayo once, in my cousinses house they were all **** scared of thunderstorms (bless the muckers, they don't understand) and my cousins woke me up to tell me there's a storm (I was on my own on the couch) and they were all getting up to go sleep in the same room... I was 18 at the time. One of them was 17.

They're wise. You fart in Mayo and someone's house falls down.

Lady

Just had an unreal storm out here in north Dublin.

I'm right on the Irish Sea and the lightning is amazing, fork and all, lighting up the sea!!

Rain was fierce, thunder came for a while too, but the lightning is every minute non stop
for ages it!!

darkman2

errrr

Caco

Wincestette wrote: »

Just had an unreal storm out here in north Dublin.

I'm right on the Irish Sea and the lightning is amazing, fork and all, lighting up the sea!!

Rain was fierce, thunder came for a while too, but the lightning is every minute non stop
for ages it!!

Awesome! Just a heavy shower in D6...

When I heard the rain start I thought it was gonna be a big storm... and maybe rid us of this damn humidity!

Clare Bear

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Down in mayo once, in my cousinses house they were all **** scared of thunderstorms (bless the muckers, they don't understand) and my cousins woke me up to tell me there's a storm (I was on my own on the couch) and they were all getting up to go sleep in the same room... I was 18 at the time. One of them was 17.

I'm a mucker and I'm effin terrified of it! To be fair if you're out in a field (as us muckers do sometimes be) it's pretty fecking scary!

Was in Malahide the last hour or so but think it's gone, I've never run from my car so fast. Scaredy cat.

OPENROAD

All quite now Dublin West, poured rain about 15 mins ago, one clap of thunder and flash of lightning, thats it.

Abi

We've just got our electrics back. Was pretty bad here for a while, every minute or so we'd see a flash. Was watching the action on Stormvue for a while before, so I knew what was on the way! :pac:

Corruptedmorals

Clare Bear wrote: »

I've never run from my car so fast. Scaredy cat.

The safest place to be in a storm! There was lightning, then an epic roll of thunder here..another flash of lightning, pretty far away, and that was it.

Zaph

One roll of thunder a while back in D15 and what appears to have been a light shower that's drying up now. Strange seeing as it's so bad elsewhere.

SunnyP

I still prefer the sun!! The poor doggies are terrified

Krsnik87

Was stuck in a field for an hour, lovely weather for it!

Cazlou

Abigayle wrote: »

Raining here. heard a few rumbles here and there. Fairly close together too

Ooh you editted your post - but you were in my homevillage - well, where I grew up!:D

Clare Bear wrote: »

Was in Malahide the last hour or so but think it's gone, I've never run from my car so fast. Scaredy cat.

I was sooooo jealous of your view! Can't believe I missed it - I saw ONE measly flash of lightening:( my mam came in from doing the shopping said it was mental out there!:eek:

darkman2

It was a bit mental at one stage. Flashes every few seconds. I was outside for a bit and wished I was not!

Abi

Cazlou wrote: »

you were in my homevillage - well, where I grew up!:D

Cool


Was very bad there for a while! I'd say the electricity killed there too, Im a few miles out. Theres mostleh fields around my place so I got a great view of all the action :pac:

Wishbone Ash

Cazlou wrote: »

my mam came in from doing the shopping

....at 1am?

Methinks yore ma is telling fibs!

Cazlou

Abigayle wrote: »

Cool


Was very bad there for a while! I'd say the electricity killed there too, Im a few miles out. Theres mostleh fields around my place so I got a great view of all the action :pac:

Ah no, sure I remember what it used to be like out there when I was small. There was one electrical storm when I was in school and all the kids were under the desks crying, I was in my seat baffled - couldn't for the life of me figure out what was wrong with them!:pac:

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

....at 1am?

Methinks yore ma is telling fibs!

Noooo! At 11! Pay attention!!!:p

the drifter

bad down here in limerick too...up since 6am nature kindly fired 7 cows in the field behind my house..and someone drove through my wall..then drove off..feckers...but im kinda freaked about the cows...never seen lightening like that before and ive been through some mad storms in the states as well

Zzippy

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

What's that counting thing you do to estimate how far away it is? I counted 14 seconds between lightning and a bang? It's a bit of a putty-tat of a storm - a few flashes, a few mumblings, much a-do about nothing.

Down in mayo once, in my cousinses house they were all **** scared of thunderstorms (bless the muckers, they don't understand) and my cousins woke me up to tell me there's a storm (I was on my own on the couch) and they were all getting up to go sleep in the same room... I was 18 at the time. One of them was 17.

Divide the time in seconds by 3 and that's the distance in kilometres to the storm. So 14 seconds = just under 5km