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Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

Iancar29 · 2012-03-13 12:59:56

Thought i'd get this one started off. :) Current model runs showing some slight potential for a view rumblies on Sunday [ MOTHER'S DAY ! ] .. Fairly far out yet still but will be interesting to see how it unfolds :) Cape values varie with some models showing up some tasty 400j/kg ! But Then some more lower values too ..…

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#542 20-04-2012 9:57pm
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took some photos of serious clouds in wexford earlier, ill upload when i get a chance

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#543 20-04-2012 11:01pm
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this is my shower cloud photo today

really heavy hail in geevagh

shudda taken that was 11.1c in sligo but only 4c in geevagh during shower

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#544 20-04-2012 11:13pm
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taken earlier today between gorey and oilgate in wexford. apologies for the quality. they were taken on the mobile

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#545 21-04-2012 12:41am
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hope these are taken from the passenger side

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#546 21-04-2012 7:29am
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Wild Bill wrote: »

Showers to the left of me,
hailstones to the right,
here I am,
stuck in the middle with DOCARCH :rolleyes:

I did manage a lame 0.4mm from a shower yesterday. :rolleyes: No cigar.

Someday.......

.......maybe today will be our day? I'll take down the sheild and order up some monster hail.

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#547 21-04-2012 10:28am
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mickger844posts wrote: »

The video of my Lightning Capture in Tramore, County Waterford this afternoon.
As you can tell by my reaction i was delighted to get this on video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyeccRHJLE

WHAT ABOUT THE THUNDER?! ...

Good luck to all today!...looks alright again but .... im in work unfortunately from 12-8 . . ....

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#548 21-04-2012 11:30am
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The bulk of the convection bypassed Ashford yesterday, but still worth sharing this time lapse despite the dirty window .
Also time is an hour out.

One brief shower with hail, no more than a "trace"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og6K16ABMOU

There is a bit of convection happening today. Time Lapse on again, perhaps it'll capture something good.

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#549 21-04-2012 11:39am
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Iancar29 wrote: »

WHAT ABOUT THE THUNDER?! ...

Good luck to all today!...looks alright again but .... im in work unfortunately from 12-8 . . ....

Yeah it was a pity i didn't catch the Thunder too but maybe my shout of excitement drowned it out There was a loud clap and lightning about 2 mins after i parked the car but when the car stops the DVR stops recording unfortunately.

The showers are starting early here today but they seem to be more normal showers. Hopefully they will beef up a bit this afternoon.

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#550 21-04-2012 12:39pm
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Mothman wrote: »

The bulk of the convection bypassed Ashford yesterday, but still worth sharing this time lapse despite the dirty window .
Also time is an hour out.

One brief shower with hail, no more than a "trace"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og6K16ABMOU

There is a bit of convection happening today. Time Lapse on again, perhaps it'll capture something good.

Great vid. Such a shame you missed any head on showers! Very good low light on that camera. I can see a star quite vividly as dusk set it.

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#551 21-04-2012 12:57pm
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highdef wrote: »

Great vid. Such a shame you missed any head on showers! Very good low light on that camera. I can see a star quite vividly as dusk set it.

That would be The planet Jupiter. The planet Venus would have been much brighter but would have been out of frame at the top left.

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#552 21-04-2012 1:53pm
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A couple of sferics on the Waterford coast. http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html

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#553 21-04-2012 3:09pm
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Cb passed to my south and produced a sferic over the Wicklow Mountains.

Mostly clear and sunny here but starting to see a bit of more convection to my north west - looking at radar, looks like a few showers developing in that direction.

The day is not lost!

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#554 21-04-2012 3:20pm
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Oh to be on the west coast of Denmark

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#555 21-04-2012 6:07pm
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DOCARCH wrote: »

A couple of sferics on the Waterford coast. http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html

that looks around youghal direction damn it.

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#556 21-04-2012 8:40pm
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78259569#post78259569

From today, 21st April 2012

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#557 21-04-2012 8:54pm
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Another day - another miss. After a sunny day with lots of distant Cb visible, some mehish shower around 6pm and another just now have given an accumulation of 0.8mm.

Nice dampness for the slugs and snails tonight.

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#558 21-04-2012 11:45pm
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Calibos wrote: »

That would be The planet Jupiter. The planet Venus would have been much brighter but would have been out of frame at the top left.

It was Venus, got it again tonight. The stars in general can be seen on the higher quality version on my home pc.

Today's time lapse is uploading. Some really interesting scenes. Again scarcely got hit with one shower remnants and a side swipe. A shower train passed to SW for couple hours and through the rain curtain, the towers in Carlow could be seen. The camera was pointed in that direction but its a bit small to pick out the detail.

I'll post a link in morning, still 2 hours of upload left

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#559 22-04-2012 12:37am
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Just watched your one from this morning now, great video! Interesting around 1:45 where the shower seemed to move 90 degrees to the upper cloud direction

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#560 22-04-2012 12:40am
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Harps wrote: »

Just watched your one from this morning now, great video! Interesting around 1:45 where the shower seemed to move 90 degrees to the upper cloud direction

I noticed that too :rolleyes:

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#561 22-04-2012 9:23am
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Window is clean
The first 2 minutes is near enough the same, so if short on time skip this bit, and practically nothing after 4.20.
3.30 onwards is really interesting. Can just see a bit of mammatus in this period. Unfortunately, the youtube processing had reduced the quality.
I only got the one direct hit from a shower, but it had mostly decayed. A shower train followed to my SW and it was hail/rain curtains. At one stage a tower building near Carlow could be seen through this curtain, but it looks quite small in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsOZ71xpwhg

Have camera running again today. Have been moving it around trying to catch some lenticulars. Some cumulus is starting to build, so may get some decent convection later

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#562 22-04-2012 11:13am
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Convection getting going early today and radar shows showers starting to get going now country wide.

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#563 22-04-2012 11:37am
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DOCARCH wrote: »

Convection getting going early today and radar shows showers starting to get going now country wide.

Yes i think we will see a few real crackers today.

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#564 22-04-2012 11:44am
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If all showers heading in the Dublin direction could kindly hold off till 2pm
I'll be greatly appreciated . Stuck slaving away at " every little helps" till then .

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#565 22-04-2012 1:58pm
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WOOHOO! Finally a flash and a rumble in Belfield.

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#566 22-04-2012 2:02pm
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Two flashes and a rumble.
Plenty of hail. Watching it from Sandymount strand.

Today could be a nice day.

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#567 22-04-2012 2:03pm
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rumbles and some rain in Dublin 9. Nothing massive but enough already to clear the air a little. Hope it goes on for another while.

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#568 22-04-2012 2:18pm
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See folks... im actually a storm Magnet... As i asked the clouds nicely , to wait till 2pm... i literally walked out of the shop and BAM!!... THUNDER! ha

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#569 22-04-2012 2:35pm
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Thunderstorm, hail clearing south from me - now over Clara I guess, nice forked lightning right above. Didn't even get a second on the counting for the first one.

Still rumbling away south now.

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#570 22-04-2012 2:47pm
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Dublin ATC is down Today

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#571 22-04-2012 3:05pm
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Nothing in the west again.

Nasty looking on the radar heading from tullamore to newbridge.
http://www.raintoday.co.uk/
Damn westerly!

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