Heavy Showers/Thunderstorms - Friday June 8th

Jpmarn

No rain has fallen on any published station on Met.ie as of 1500 today. Lightening maps are showing strikes in North Clare ATM. No serious development down Limerick area yet although some of the small cumulus clouds are inclined to merge into larger clumps. Weather just outside Limerick city is fair and warm. Hoping to dodge the rain as I have a field of grass cut for baled silage.

DOCARCH

pad199207 wrote: »

cell west of Kilkenny looks intense and discreet

A private thunderstorm?

I am jealous too! Thank God I am off to the US on Monday week....5 days in New York, and better still, 10 days in Florida.

pad199207

Looks to be some organisation of cells from Monaghan to Galway moving SE wards. Could be an interesting evening for west and central leinster

Oneiric 3

Dank Janniels wrote: »

Em is that a tornado?

I wish, though there was some rotation in that thinner streak of cloud next to the bigger one. Didn't last long though.

19.6mm. Rain becoming more 'gentle'.

pad199207

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

I wish, though there was some rotation in that thinner streak of cloud next to the bigger one. Didn't last long though.

19.6mm. Rain becoming more 'gentle'.

Whats the highest rain rate from it?

Oneiric 3

OK, big thunderbolt. somewhere or some house nearby just got hit.

dacogawa

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Not a great photo Dac but took this shortly before the rain arrived:



11.2mm so far.

Looks amazing! I'd swap my ice cream right now!

pad199207

Id say the sky north of Athlone is amazing

km79

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

OK, big thunderbolt. somewhere or some house nearby just got hit.

See that’s just not cool
It looks like it might just go north of us
I’m praying it does

km79

Still holding strong

Oneiric 3

pad199207 wrote: »

Whats the highest rain rate from it?

139.4mm/ph. Surprisingly low from such a big shower like this. 22.6mm now with rate 11.2mm. Thunder less frequent now but some of the 'aftershock' booms rattle the soul.

Rikand

pad199207 wrote: »

Id say the sky north of Athlone is amazing

Even in Athlone I'm almost too close to see the full scope of the cloud. You'd probably need to be in Birr to see the full breadth of it.

Its definitely massive though!

Rikand

pad199207 wrote: »

Id say the sky north of Athlone is amazing

Hope those pictures show up.

Picture 1 is west of Athlone

Picture 2 is north of Athlone


Too close to really see the magnificence

Colonel Claptrap

Apologies for bursting in with the kurt question.

Is heavy rain likely to reach Dublin this evening? I am at an outdoors gig.

Thank you.

redsteveireland

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

139.4mm/ph. Surprisingly low from such a big shower like this. 22.6mm now with rate 11.2mm. Thunder less frequent now but some of the 'aftershock' booms rattle the soul.

Jealous here. Just the one strike as I arrived home, dsshcam was unplugged to charge my phone :mad:
I am just that little bit too far south.

realdanbreen

jacksie66 wrote: »

Hoping it drifts down here to Limerick city..

? It's a beautiful day in Limerick city and you want to replace it with a thunderstorm!:rolleyes:

km79

redsteveireland wrote: »

Jealous here. Just the one strike as I arrived home, dsshcam was unplugged to charge my phone :mad:
I am just that little bit too far south.

The poor auld plants id left out are thirsty though

SleetAndSnow

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1005105203081809921

Dank Janniels

North east galway afew min ago,
(Sorry if the image size is massive!)

cyclops999

Thunder starting in Athlone now ominous looking sky.

km79

Number of power outages growing

km79

Depsite no rain or lightning the air has cleared nicely
Feels much fresher
Win win for me

Akrasia

Bit of rain and couple of rumbles of thunder outside Ennis now

Rikand

2 big flashes west of Athlone.

Just got properly dark here in the last 10 minutes. Big drops of rain too

PukkaStukka

Are the sparks pushing further eastwards I wonder...?

https://en.sat24.com/en/gb

RobertKK

Got a total of 0.4mm here in north east Kilkenny today from one shower
Currently the temperature is building rather than the clouds... 24.7C, the warmest so far here this year.

DOCARCH

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Are the sparks pushing further eastwards I wonder...?

https://en.sat24.com/en/gb

They are, but very unlikely to make it anywhere near Dublin.

Seems to be a bit of a convergence set up with west wind to the west coast and east wind to the east coast....meeting in the middle.

Oneiric 3

km79 wrote: »

Left with a clammy overhang here now with just a very light rain. Temp is down to 15.5c but with 96% rh, it feels no less uncomfortable than the mid 20s we had earlier today. Not a puff of wind.

km79

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Left with a clammy overhang here now with just a very light rain. Temp is down to 15.5c but with 96% rh, it feels no less uncomfortable than the mid 20s we had earlier today. Not a puff of wind.

Absolutely incredible that all of that missed me today
It moved in south and west of us first
Then your storm moved north of us

Oneiric 3

realdanbreen wrote: »

? It's a beautiful day in Limerick city and you want to replace it with a thunderstorm!:rolleyes:

I'll answer on behalf of Jacksie66...

YES!