Lightning,Torrential Rain & Gale Force Winds for Wednesday Night/Thursday Morning

Pangea

Rain today radar showing heavy rain here but no rain to be seen.

Pleasuredeath

Will Waterford get any of this lightning and rain ?

leahyl

Wind is howling here in Cork City :-D

sunbeam

Massive thunderstorm here on the Mayo coast now.

Bsal

Thunder risk for 3z and 6z, really defines the cold front line, probably squally thundery showers.





This is now

howlinwolf

with all the lightning and intense rain forecast for some is there any chance of a cat 0/1 tornado to form in these intense bursts or is the setup wrong?.it certainly looks impressive on the radar

maquiladora

Plenty of lightning approaching the west coast over the last few hours. More off the southwest.

http://brunnur.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html

Solair

Green Diesel wrote: »

Weather is destroying the the Saorview signal here (north kildare), bring back analogue!

Sounds like a wobbly antenna or loose connection blowing in the wind! Might be worth getting that fixed! Analogue would get snowy, digital will glitch.

Wind & rain has no effect on terrestrial UHF signals and that's all Saorview is. Digital just tends to be all or nothing. So as the signal degrades you can't watch where as analogue would just look rubbish but it would keep working.

Heavy downpours can interfere with satellite signals tho.

Iancar29

What a nice surprise thinking that this was only gonna last earlier on in the west!

The band should move east over night , pretty much all areas at risk of seeing some sparks ! Ohhh to be out in Galway right now to chase with it east!

redsteveireland

Iancar29 wrote: »

What a nice surprise thinking that this was only gonna last earlier on in the west!

The band should move east over night , pretty much all areas at risk of seeing some sparks ! Ohhh to be out in Galway right now to chase with it east!

Guess who's not going to sleep until this passes over. Have to leave Galway city in about 20 mins. Pity it didn't come ashore earlier.

eskimocat

Absolutely beautiful night here in Dromahair... starry skies, all is calm... MUHAAAHHAAA.... bring on the storm.... Went out earlier and secured the garden furniture... didn't bother the last windy forecast and one of my garden chairs blew over... :eek: it brought Pangea's photo to mind... This event seems a bit more exciting... Driving to Dublin early in the morning... thats going to be fun me thinks...

ninebeanrows

I have an inkling the band approaching the west now will move Northeastwards, while a new band will form just ahead of it to the south over Kerry and spread northeastwards just ahead of it with thunderstorms imbedded. - (Just a guess)

Oscar Bravo

Nice big bright blue flash just to the West of Castlebar now....

maquiladora

18Z GFS showing convective gust potential up to 110 km/h at 6am.

eastmayo

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Nice big bright blue flash just to the West of Castlebar now....

Lovely...keep us updated..hope we get some over this side of mayo

Oscar Bravo

Wind picking up quickly now also.

Su Campu

2300Z TAFs

SLIGO TAF EISG 212000Z 2121/2206 16017G27KT 9999 SCT020 BKN025 BECMG 2121/2123 16022G33KT TEMPO 2123/2202 16025G39KT TEMPO 2123/2203 4000 RA BKN008 BECMG 2202/2204 20015KT TEMPO 2203/2206 5000 SHRA SCT018CB =

KNOCK TAF EIWF 212000Z 2121/2206 20022G32KT 9999 SCT010 BKN015 TEMPO 2121/2124 -SHRA SCT018CB BECMG 2121/2123 19025G39KT BKN010 BECMG 2123/2201 19028G45KT TEMPO 2202/2205 19030G50KT TEMPO 2204/2206 3000 RA BKN005=

SHANNON TAF EINN 212300Z 2200/2224 17018G30KT 9999 SCT020 BKN030 TEMPO 2200/2204 17025G43KT 4000 RA BKN007 SCT018CB PROB40 TEMPO 2200/2204 2000 +RA BKN005 SCT018CB BECMG 2202/2204 25013KT BECMG 2204/2206 22013KT PROB40 TEMPO 2204/2209 5000 -RA -SHRA BKN010 FEW018CB BECMG 2209/2211 19015KT TEMPO 2209/2220 SCT018CB PROB30 TEMPO 2209/2220 5000 SHRA BKN012 BKN018CB TEMPO 2211/2216 20017G29KT BECMG 2216/2218 24018G29KT=

CORK TAF EICK 212300Z 2200/2224 20022G34KT 9999 BKN007 BKN011 TEMPO 2200/2203 20030G47KT TEMPO 2200/2205 2000 RA BKN003 PROB30 TEMPO 2200/2205 0600 FG +RA TSRA BKN001 BECMG 2203/2205 23012KT SCT005 BKN012 TEMPO 2205/2210 5000 -RA -SHRA BKN007 FEW016CB BECMG 2209/2211 BKN018 TEMPO 2210/2218 FEW017CB BECMG 2210/2212 22014KT TEMPO 2212/2219 22017G28KT BECMG 2219/2221 25011KT=

CASEMENT TAF EIME 212000Z 2121/2206 19023G35KT 9999 SCT020 BKN040 TEMPO 2121/2123 -SHRA SCT018CB BECMG 2122/2124 18024G38KT TEMPO 2201/2205 19028G45KT TEMPO 2204/2206 3000 RA BKN008=

DUBLIN TAF EIDW 212300Z 2200/2224 16015G26KT 9999 SCT020 BKN040 BECMG 2200/2202 16018G30KT TEMPO 2202/2206 16025G43KT TEMPO 2204/2208 3000 RA BKN008 FEW020CB PROB30 TEMPO 2205/2207 2000 +RA BKN007 SCT018CB BECMG 2205/2207 24018G30KT BECMG 2207/2209 21013KT TEMPO 2208/2218 FEW018CB PROB30 TEMPO 2208/2211 5000 SHRA BECMG 2219/2221 24018G29KT=

WATERFORD TAF EIWF 212000Z 2121/2206 20022G32KT 9999 SCT010 BKN015 TEMPO 2121/2124 -SHRA SCT018CB BECMG 2121/2123 19025G39KT BKN010 BECMG 2123/2201 19028G45KT TEMPO 2202/2205 19030G50KT TEMPO 2204/2206 3000 RA BKN005=

Hogzy

Alot of wind and rain in Cork City (South) at the moment but not lightning.

Will it bypass Cork City do ye think?

dloob

Went for a quick walk in Renmore in Galway overlooking Galway Bay.
Nice Night at the moment mild and breezy with the moon appearing now and again and the sea roaring.
I did see the clouds on the western horizon light up once so there is something out there.

sunbabe08

Hogzy wrote: »

Alot of wind and rain in Cork City (South) at the moment but not lightening.

Will it bypass Cork City do ye think?

yeah would like to know this as well. do not want to miss that

H2UMrsRobinson

Hopefully my internal alarm clock will wake me around 4am - that's what time I'm setting it for anyways.

Oscar Bravo

MOD/HEAVY SLEET reported at Belmullet on the 2300hr reports along with a Gust of 34kts. I suspect poor visibility rather than Mod/Heavy Sleet is the problem or mabey intense rain.

maquiladora

From the Netweather Storm & Convective Forecast.

... IRELAND/N IRELAND, ENGLAND, WALES and S SCOTLAND ...

Very active cold front moving in from the west will drive a narrow squall line across Eire overnight and in across Scotland, northern England and Wales by midday Thursday, before continuing E/SE across SW England and The Midlands during the afternoon before arriving across SE England and E Anglia in the evening. A narrow band of intense rainfall will form the squall line, which will likely lead to flash flooding. Also lightning and some hail may occur. Although strong synoptic-scale wind gusts (60-70mph) in tightening pressure gradient are likely ahead of the squall line, strong convective gusts are possible within the squall line itself - with isolated damaging straightline wind gusts of 70-80mph not out the question.

Also, strong deep layer shear and extreme low-level shear (40-50 knts) is indicated just ahead of the squall line, which may allow for a Line Echo Wave Pattern (LEWP) to develop, which may have favourable conditions embedded for brief rain-wrapped EF0-EF1 tornadoes, though lack of low-level instability indicated so far suggests this is a low risk - but not to be ruled out completely.

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=convective;sess=

pauldry

Sligo winds really picking up 30 to 40knot gusts I would say

Rain not really here yet and no lightning but a lively night nonetheless.

Have to hit the sack unfortunately but might be up for the Dublin tornados:)

rhonin

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

MOD/HEAVY SLEET reported at Belmullet on the 2300hr reports along with a Gust of 34kts. I suspect poor visibility rather than Mod/Heavy Sleet is the problem or mabey intense rain.

Thunder and lightning in Belmullet over the last half hour. Just been speaking to one of my friends there.

Deep Easterly

Pressure falling at an increasingly rapid rate here. 9 kt mean SSE

Latest strikes: (live image so will update automatically)

monster1

Just at the small beach in renmore. There are a good few flashes out to sea. Will wait and see

Su Campu

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

MOD/HEAVY SLEET reported at Belmullet on the 2300hr reports along with a Gust of 34kts. I suspect poor visibility rather than Mod/Heavy Sleet is the problem or mabey intense rain.

Visibility 4600 m, Temp/Dewp +7/+6 so likely to be an error.

CB19Kevo

Wind speed of 19.4 with far stronger gusts which are increasing by the minute.
pressure dropping and 13.2mm of rain so far today.
S. Kerry

eskimocat

You'd know that there was something up, the gang that's on at this hour, on a school night!