Good Friday Low Pressure System

Su Campu

Having said that we are getting some overshooting tops in that cell over Connemara at the moment, so all may not be lost! There's another cell intensifying just to the east of Galway city, is that where you are DE?

Deep Easterly

I am NNE of Galway City Su, oddly, the skies are intensifing to my NE rather than SE. I think that shower bubbling up will slip by me as in general the showers look to be weakening, at least from the ground.

Su Campu

Ah ye might get somethin yit!

Deep Easterly

Su Campu wrote: »

Ah ye might get somethin yit!

Looking very dark and threatening alright now to my SE . 7.9mm so far today.

Edit: Slight NNE breeze springing up, minor inflow taking place once again, although blackest part of the shower seems to slipping south.

Deep Easterly

Some big fat rain drops now, but not many of them. Getting quite eerie looking. :eek:

Edit: Dark shaft of rain breaking out just about 1/4 mile to my east. Head this way please!!!

Dite Edit! Downpour1!!!!!!

Edit Edit Edit: easing up again. Cloudls look mad!

Edit*4 Major hail burst!

edit*5 Back to steady heavish rain.

Edit* easing up again. shower is very mean looking now to my south and southwest. No thunder to report!

Edit*6/ Rain intensifying once againm. Not a breathe of breeze. Chilly as hell outside!

Su Campu

And that little circulation along the trough axis from earlier has made its way up the Irish Sea and radar shows it to be moving more NW now towards the Dublin and Wicklow coasts. Activity is diminishing in the last 30 minutes, so won't amount to much, but could give a nice sunset photo opportunity for someone in a coastal location.

Deep Easterly

Despite the fastly approaching dusk, the shower is clearly taking on a sinister, almost tornadic look to my east. I would say the Barnaderg area approx is beginning to bear the brunt. Suprisingly clear to my NW and North.

Deep Easterly

Om my god, some slight rotation taking place right over my head!"!!!!!!!

Deep Easterly

Downpour once again. telly flicking.

Mamma clouds developing to my W

Edit: still no thunder or lightening. Rain eased to a steady 8mmm/ph

Edit*2. Scud beginning to move rapidly southwards.

Su Campu

WTF, it's all happening down there now! Good man, you pulled it out of the bag right at the end!

Deep Easterly

Ok, what is left of daylight is showing a big shaft of something bearing down on me :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:



jOh my god. Severe hail storm!!!!!!

jEdit: becoming violent!!!!!!!

Everythinh is white outside! Yay!!

Su Campu

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Ok, what is left of daylight is showing a big shaft of something bearing down on me :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:



jOh my god. Severe hail storm!!!!!!

jEdit: becoming violent!!!!!!!

Everythinh is white outside! Yay!!

If this were yesterday I wudda said "yeah right"!

Nice one, any pics?

Discodog

Storm Porn !. DE you need a cold shower !

Deep Easterly

Su Campu wrote: »

If this were yesterday I wudda said "yeah right"!

Nice one, any pics?

got a couple of crap dark pics of shafts I will post them up later . Still raining quite heavy but worst seem to be over.

Deep Easterly

Discodog wrote: »

Storm Porn !. DE you need a cold shower !

Ha ha true! Ain't no real storm without thunder though, which just did not happen. Roll on some real summer biggies!!!:)

Su Campu

Hey, there's always tomorrow! Should see some more action, with the east probably seeing the best of it this time.

Deep Easterly

Su Campu wrote: »

Hey, there's always tomorrow! Should see some more action, with the east probably seeing the best of it this time.

Indeed! I'd not be surprised to hear a few reports of thunder tomorrow from the Leinster/Ulster Members in particular.

Still a few light showers passing by here. Temp a dank and unpleasant 3.9c. Flat calm.

adamski8

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Om my god, some slight rotation taking place right over my head!"!!!!!!!

What you mean by this?

goat2

adamski8 wrote: »

What you mean by this?

today was most unusual
the sun shining and at the same time huge haisltones pelting down that was at 12 midday, right now look up at sky and see all those beautiful stars, how different

thecretinhop

yep can confirm very weird clouds in sky for last few hours sunset was stunning, small fact of me getting married in a few weeks so i could not say to other half picture of raincloud over connemara mountain was more important than wedding:D hence no evidence a lovely day for weather anoraks:cool:

snow ghost

thecretinhop wrote: »

small fact of me getting married in a few weeks

Congrats... and best of luck with your wedding day cretinhop!

Hope the weather gods shine down for you that day.:)

Deep Easterly

adamski8 wrote: »

What you mean by this?

Clouds that spin. Quite common to see clouds rotating violently during strong convective showers, which can lead to funnels forming and a very occasional touch down.

17.6mm was the final Good Friday total here. First interesting weather day of 2010!

Discodog

I am about 10 miles West of Galway. We had the intense cloud, the flow etc but very little precipitation.

MayoForSam

Deep Easterly wrote: »

got a couple of crap dark pics of shafts I will post them up later . Still raining quite heavy but worst seem to be over.

I am 4 miles east of Tuam and I can tell you the hailstorm we had yesterday evening was very intense - in fact, it brought down my newly constructed polytunnel :mad:. Left over an inch of hail lying. Very isolated incident according to the radar.

Iancar29

Small clap of thunder here in Finglas.
Heavy rain with some hail.

Deep Easterly

MayoForSam wrote: »

I am 4 miles east of Tuam and I can tell you the hailstorm we had yesterday evening was very intense - in fact, it brought down my newly constructed polytunnel :mad:. Left over an inch of hail lying. Very isolated incident according to the radar.

Very sorry to hear that Mayo . I am not surprised at all with all the hail you got considering how crazy the sky looked to the east of the town yesterday evening.

Trogdor

Some fairly hefty cells around here, almost continuous feed of them at the moment. Not even enough of a break in the cloud between them to see what the structures are like

Su Campu

Yes the east has done better (or worse!) today, with some real proper Cb incus and spectacular rainshafts. That one that produced thunder in Finglas looked a real beast!

Here are some photos I took from the roof of Trim Castle!

snaps

Amount of rain we have had the last 48hrs is getting to november levels when we had major flooding. All the major flooding areas around town are rising. Sheep have already had to be rescued from a field with severe rising water just outside the town. Looking at the radar as well its not going to stop for some time yet tonight!