Thunderstorm/Convective Watch: 2011

Su Campu

About time we started a new thread for 2011. The sun will be starting to find its feet in a month or so, and will lead us into the April Showers phase, where this year we're going to see plenty of action......right??!!

redsteveireland

With mention of Thunder in todays forecast and evidence of some convection around today I thought I would just bump this up a small bit.

Harps

Lots of hail here no no lightning as of yet, one recent strike in Fermanagh according to my local weather station

http://193.1.80.111/weather/lightning/stormvue.html

BEASTERLY

The taken a few minutes ago:




Some hail doing the rounds here also.

TURRICAN

Interesting stuff. What signs would you be looking for. I notice the rise of high cloud which looks a bit odd to me

BEASTERLY

TURRICAN wrote: »

Interesting stuff. What signs would you be looking for. I notice the rise of high cloud which looks a bit odd to me

Yep, its all about rapid vertical development!:)

digme

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Yep, its all about rapid vertical development!:)

the wife seems to think so too

Danno

A little clump of thundershowers are in the front off our SW coast at the moment and my Boltek has picked up some strikes, a rate of 1 or 2 per minute - so nothing spectacular. Similarly CIDK's Cork detector is picking them up also.

http://live.laoisweather.com/lightning

http://www.corklightning.com

ian_m

Do you reckon that rain over the southwest will weaken overland?

je55ie

Couple of strikes of Thunder and lightening here in South Kerry, knocked off power for a minute..

ch750536

Same here just now

ch750536

Danno, CIDK's detector seems to be more accurate than your own, a strike just now was correctly placed to my south, 10 miles, does not show on yours, just letting you know.

ch750536

Big hailstorm passing through

Danno

Cheers CH, I am working on my Weather PC tonight, so the detector is intermittent. Please keep reporting strikes here though, and if possible, state nearest town and time of strike.

Cork will always prove more accurate in the SW due to proximity to the area.

Iancar29

Hope it makes it's way east!

chris2007

it looks like that it is making its way east

Iancar29

i think the thunder and lightning has stopped in this front.... am i right?

or is the website im looking at just not accurate?

Danno

Correct Ian, the thunder has stopped in the front. I have seen this a few times before, embedded thunderstorms in a front that die out as soon as they get inland. Not the first time I have read of SW Kerry County folk getting their power knocked off by a strike either in these kinda setups.

Iancar29

Danno wrote: »

Correct Ian, the thunder has stopped in the front. I have seen this a few times before, embedded thunderstorms in a front that die out as soon as they get inland. Not the first time I have read of SW Kerry County folk getting their power knocked off by a strike either in these kinda setups.

2 strikes near kilkenny town... i say thatll be the last of it tough, seems to be breaking up on radar now.

ah well.... next time!

Min

3 flashes of lightning with thunder - north Kilkenny.

Quite close as the thunder was very quick after the lightning.

Danno

Missed it visually - damn TV in bedroom! Switched off now... window overlooking the pleatau is opened!

Min

Danno wrote: »

Missed it visually - damn TV in bedroom! Switched off now... window overlooking the pleatau is opened!

It has been quiet for a while now, it was moving towards Carlow. The electricity went for about 30 seconds, I am awake watching a heifer calving from bed so was glad it came back.

Iancar29

Danno wrote: »

Missed it visually - damn TV in bedroom! Switched off now... window overlooking the pleatau is opened!

Ahhh Danno, for all u know u missed ur chance for the next few weeks now! haha

Heres yesterday's counts.

Danno

Good to have the Met.ie maps to compare my own to, I must say the Boltek detector here did quite well despite the low-intensity of the storms.

snowstreams

This is about the calculation of the number of thunderstorms at any given hour on the planet.
Its not as big as people thought.
But still Ireland doesnt seem get near as many thunderstorms as other countries.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12991483

Danno

Slight chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow evening along the front of the cold front pushing in from the SW.

lolie

Anyone see any lightning today? Sister at work this evening said she seen a flash and picture went of the telly for e few second's, at about 6.30 this evening.

Harps

Yep there was one rumble of thunder here around 6.45, didnt notice any lightning and it was quite distant but finally something at least

BEASTERLY

Wednesday looking very promising, esp for the west. Maybe us in the east can get a couple of imported storms from the UK

dexter647

This weekend looks good for heavy showers with thunder locally according to met eireann:):)... Lets hope it pans out that way cause i can't take anymore of this boring weather:mad:

maquiladora

dexter647 wrote: »

This weekend looks good for heavy showers with thunder locally according to met eireann:):)... Lets hope it pans out that way cause i can't take anymore of this boring weather:mad:

Had a look at the latest GFS run for the weekend and it looks kinda poor for thundery potential at the momento.

redsteveireland

Heavy showers making their way up from Kerry along the west , MT also mentions thunder potential today.