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Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

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  • #452
    drdeadlift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,189 ✭✭✭drdeadlift


    A few shots of clouds above Camden street Dublin at about 1830 today.
    Noticed one SAS md80 flying an odd vector to avoid this weather above Georges street a little after,nice seeing planes over the inner city.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948556276/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948556302/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948551090/in/photostream

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948551098/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948551104/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948551110/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948551120/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948551128/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweedjacketandapipe/6948556318/in/photostream/


  • #453
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Posted by Wonton over in Cool Vids and pics - brilliant -

    18867538.jpg


  • #454
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    Grabbed a couple of light showers here today with any heavier ones managing to either disintegrate to shredded nothings by they time they reached me or skirt lively off to either my east or west. Doubtlessly this wil happen again tomorrow and the next day as well. Bring it on hang%20loose.jpg


  • #455
    sunbabe08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    Su Campu wrote: »
    Yes, tomorrow could be the best day of the week, especially in the south.

    woot!!!!:D


  • #456
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    Bugger all here again - as usual :(

    Could see mega showers in all directions, more or less, from time to time.

    Anyway......

    What the heck are "sferics" :confused:


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  • #457
    sunbabe08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    Wild Bill wrote: »
    Bugger all here again - as usual :(

    Could see mega showers in all directions, more or less, from time to time.

    Anyway......

    What the heck are "sferics" :confused:

    force field up around sandyford then. much like cork city. tomorrow might be a better day, pity i'm in college most of the day


  • #458
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    Wild Bill wrote: »
    .

    What the heck are "sferics" :confused:
    Detected lightning strikes via specialist radio equipment. Often shown as an X or an + on maps such as the one Su posted earlier.


  • #459
    Rougies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Rougies


    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    Grabbed a couple of light showers here today with any heavier ones managing to either disintegrate to shredded nothings by they time they reached me or skirt lively off to either my east or west. Doubtlessly this wil happen again tomorrow and the next day as well. Bring it on hang%20loose.jpg

    :D I love your pessimistic optimism, if there's no glass at all it wont be able to fall off the table and smash into your foot! Or something like that.

    Wild Bill and Docarch, I share your frustrations. Our area is overdue some action.

    I just wrote a poem for us...

    Sferics all around, with thunder distant sound, tomorrow will be found, the lightning on our ground.
    :)


  • #460
    odyboody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭odyboody


    Rougies wrote: »
    :D I love your pessimistic optimism, if there's no glass at all it wont be able to fall off the table and smash into your foot! Or something like that.

    Wild Bill and Docarch, I share your frustrations. Our area is overdue some action.

    I just wrote a poem for us...

    Sferics all around, with thunder distant sound, tomorrow will be found, the lightning on our ground.
    :)
    Good god, President Mikey D posts on here


  • #461
    Harps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Harps


    I've only heard thunder on two days since last May so you're not alone, badly overdue something here

    Some great convection again today, impressive clouds visibly building all around. Again there'll be nothing here but should be some fun in the south and east later


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  • #462
    MiNdGaM3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭MiNdGaM3


    Brief, moderate, pea-size hail shower in Cork city.


  • #463
    ninebeanrows
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    Just saw plane doing strangest manoeuvre overhead, old school Aer Lingus!


  • #464
    MiNdGaM3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭MiNdGaM3


    Showers really beefing up now. Lots of red specs on the ME radar heading for the south east!


  • #465
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,138 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    Wexford surely in line for some action today


  • #466
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,232 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Rougies wrote: »
    Wild Bill and Docarch, I share your frustrations. Our area is overdue some action.

    Should do a lot better today with wind from NW.

    Lots of towers all round here now with 'showers in the vicinity'.


  • #467
    Rougies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Rougies


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Should do a lot better today with wind from NW.

    Lots of towers all round here now with 'showers in the vicinity'.

    Fingers crossed.

    First strike of the day just picked up in Tipperary
    http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html


  • #468
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Nice hail shower just passed overhead. Lasted about 6 or 7 minutes.

    Only one small rumble though and no lightening.


  • #469
    MiNdGaM3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭MiNdGaM3


    Some very nice mammatus clouds just passed over Cork!

    P1000959.jpg

    P1000962.jpg

    I really have to get into my studying soon. Damn interesting weather!


  • #470
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,232 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Strikes starting to spread http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html

    Hope the map looks like a Christmas tree soon! :)


  • #471
    MiNdGaM3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭MiNdGaM3


    Very large scale mammatus clouds passing over Cork now. Not as clear as the one earlier though


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  • #472
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Strikes starting to spread http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html

    Hope the map looks like a Christmas tree soon! :)

    Jealous.:(


  • #473
    Redsunset
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭Redsunset


    Feel like a storm chaser, was caught in amazing fork and sheet lightning coming out of Portlaoise around 13.45, ground completely covered in hail.I was driving and traffic had to crawl. Very memorable experience with the light show dancing all round me.


  • #474
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    The Icelandic lightning map is hilarious at the moment. It's like there's a forcefield around South Dublin at the moment. Though there is a promising Cb which looks like it's heading my way.
    The annoying thing is that I can't hear any distant rumbles because of the noise from the feckin UCD ball.


  • #475
    pistolpetes11
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 7,148 Mod ✭✭✭✭pistolpetes11


    redsunset wrote: »
    Feel like a storm chaser, was caught in amazing fork and sheet lightning coming out of Portlaoise around 13.45, ground completely covered in hail.I was driving and traffic had to crawl. Very memorable experience with the light show dancing all round me.

    I think its on its way towards me in Newbridge ,

    Just had a rumble of thunder and the sun is now starting to disappear.

    Pic is massive just going to resize

    Shud be ok now

    201302.jpg


  • #476
    To Alcohol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭To Alcohol


    Just had a rumble of thunder here in Sallins as well. Worst of it looks to be heading to the south west of me. Another rumble as I type.


  • #477
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,232 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    South Dublin storm sheild up....yet again. :o Have to keep looking up to Meath for some (hopeful) future action here.


  • #478
    To Alcohol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭To Alcohol


    A lightning strike now just to the south west of Sallins.


  • #479
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Nice looking cell to my north over estuary. Just gonna tick by


  • #480
    demakinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭demakinz


    Thunder and lightning in Portlaoise about an hour ago. Seen 2 or 3 anvils driving back to Edenderry along with heavy hail. Hopefully some more action later.


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  • #481
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    We have a strike from the cell, 3 miles away from here


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