Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion 2013/14

Storm 10

Pitch dark in Galway with torrential rain no sparks yet

pad199207

Nice cell over Armagh now. Heading for Lough Neagh

snaps

Been very warm in southern poland again today, storms kicking off here again now. Just had 1 clap of thunder that made the upstairs old wooden windows rattle. Hard trying to get the kids to bed in it.

Red Nissan

Yup. Just a minute ago

keith16

snaps wrote: »

Been very warm in southern poland again today, storms kicking off here again now. Just had 1 clap of thunder that made the upstairs old wooden windows rattle. Hard trying to get the kids to bed in it.

Let them stay up and watch the show!

keith16

Storm 10 wrote: »

Why cant you say where you are we are not mind readers, you could be anywhere.

Why the attitude? No mind reading required, just a bit of common sense. That would tell you since the poster is on an Irish site, he/she is probably in Ireland. A quick glance at the radar would narrow it down a bit further. Add a bit of common courtesy, and voila, a bit more of a discussion and engagement for new users of the weather forum.

YOU might not be a mind reader, but don't speak for anyone else. I don't know who this "we" is, but it's certainly not the entire weather forum.

Aerohead

keith16 wrote: »

YOU might not be a mind reader, but don't speak for anyone else. I don't know who this "we" is, but it's certainly not the entire weather forum.

I personally think its stupid to post about something happening and not say where it is, I recall lots of posters during the recent storms posting about wind doing damage and flooding and no mention of where it was all happening, other posters were constantly asking people to say what location they were in, I am with storm 10 on this, he did come back and reply to the OP, how do you know that other members would not do the same if they saw the post about lightning and no mention of where it was.

keith16

Aerohead wrote: »

I personally think its stupid to post about something happening and not say where it is, I recall lots of posters during the recent storms posting about wind doing damage and flooding and no mention of where it was all happening, other posters were constantly asking people to say what location they were in, I am with storm 10 on this, he did come back and reply to the OP, how do you know that other members would not do the same if they saw the post about lightning and no mention of where it was.

A bit of an oversight maybe, but stupid? There are no requirements in the charter that posts about events must be accompanied by the users location. Indeed, why should users be obliged to tell you where they are? If you're that curious, PM them or ask politely. Otherwise, we all have access to the real time radar.

Honestly, a newb who has every right to come on here and ask questions. Labelling these posts as "stupid" or attacking them for our lack of mind-reading ability does the forum no favours. There a plenty of of other members who are capable of a polite "where abouts are ya?"

SnowDrifts

In fairness Keith, there is nothing more annoying than a "just had a massive rumble of thunder here" or "total whiteout right now here" and not state where "here" is. Such statements should at least by accompanied with the county where it took place. Common sense IMO.

keith16

SnowDrifts wrote: »

In fairness Keith, there is nothing more annoying than a "just had a massive rumble of thunder here" or "total whiteout right now here" and not state where "here" is. Such statements should at least by accompanied with the county where it took place. Common sense IMO.

Agreed, but common sense shouldn't be a one way street.

Chicken1

In fairness storm replied to him with the info he requested which he would have done first time had the OP said his location, I cant understand posters who don't give the location of an incident, they don't have to say where they live, a County or a nearby Town or City will do the job

Video

I wrote the post quickly and forgot to include my location, thanks for sticking up for me though keith!

Rikand

Iancar29 wrote: »

Nice cell near atlone! , sorry cant upload screengrab from my phone

It was an awesome cell! I was out golfing in it and wouldn't ya know, it was the first day I forgot my cellphone to take photos!

Really well defined ridge and the darkness was just awesome. I was a bit far away to see lightning, but the thunder was loud and clear!

Lumi

Mod Note
Back on topic please guys & no need to call out other posts on thread or indulge in a bit of backseat modding. If you have an issue with a post just report it!
Thanks

tylercollins

I got a few timelapses today and threw this together in 15 minutes!

Good load of thunder, few cloud to cloud bolts, and a couple of cloud to ground bolts.

It good to say that the 2014 Spring Storm Season has finally opened

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6eO7ftxaTE

Video

tylercollins wrote: »

I got a few timelapses today and threw this together in 15 minutes!

Good load of thunder, few cloud to cloud bolts, and a couple of cloud to ground bolts.

It good to say that the 2014 Storm Season has finally opened

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6eO7ftxaTE

Didn't we just have about 5 months of storms?

tylercollins

Video wrote: »

Didn't we just have about 5 months of storms?

I should have said spring storms... different from winter ones...

vickers209

MET HAVE ISSUED A YELLOW WARNING FOR HEAVY THUNDERY RAIN ON SOUTHERN FACING COASTS FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

STATUS YELLOW

Rainfall Warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford

Heavy/thundery rain this evening and early tonight with heavy or thundery showers following overnight and on Saturday. 25 to 40 mm rainfall expected, heaviest in coastal areas.
Issued:
Friday 25 April 2014 11:00
Valid:
Friday 25 April 2014 16:00 to Saturday 26 April 2014 16:00

Iancar29

Quick post for tomorrow.

Pulse type thunderstorms possible for midlands.

Conditions.

• Decent cape and LI values .
• Cold pool of roughly -20C at 500hpa giving rise to steep lapse rates.
• Lack of Speed and directional shear to be severe/ long lasting

So heavy rain , hail and isolated cells possible.

Estofex alert level guess? - 50% probability line ( below level 1 ) .

ENjoy .

DOCARCH

As and where predicted, a few sparks now...http://brunnur.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?

snowstreams

A lot of large hail coming with these thunder showers too. Here is my drain pipe full of hail after a shower at 3pm near athenry Galway.

monster1

Just heard a rattle of thunder in Galway city. Sky very dark in the distance

Lumi

monster1 wrote: »

Just heard a rattle of thunder in Galway city. Sky very dark in the distance

Yep! Dark skies moving in from the east over the city. Big flash of lightning and another rumble of thunder just now.

cyclops999

Plenty of thunder around Athlone

sunbabe08

clearly i should have been paying more attention. haven't heard a peep

corkeweather

Thunder/heavy downpour near Roches Point in Cork

sunbabe08

easily known there's thunder and lightening in the area. the dogs around the estate are going nuts.

Storm 10

One flash of lightning in Galway was the brightest I ever saw followed by extremely loud thunder

Oscar Bravo

Loud thunde. SE of castlebar. In the tuam direction.

jimmynokia

Sun splitting the trees in dublin.