Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

nacho libre

A friend of mine from Wexford was telling me the Thunderstorm they had last night was like something you see in the Med'.

Meteorite58

Heavy showers here near Tralee since early morning, 15.2C with RH 90%

The air is steamy after the showers, sun breaking through now.

Storm off the W coast out of juice, looks like it is starting to come alive now though inland, cluster of sferics around Baltimore.

redsteveireland

Clouds have cleared here, nice heat and some convection kicking off, day time storms not as exciting though.

ZX7R

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Heavy showers here near Tralee since early morning, 15.2C with RH 90%

The air is steamy after the showers, sun breaking through now.

Storm off the W coast out of juice, looks like it is starting to come alive now though inland, cluster of sferics around Baltimore.

Meteorite 58
I see orange wind warnings for parts could there be a chance of funnel formation due to thunder Storm activity

esposito

nacho libre wrote: »

A friend of mine from Wexford was telling me the Thunderstorm they had last night was like something you see in the Med'.

After viewing the footage from last night, it’s like a typical thunderstorm in the US or one you’d see in a movie. So rare to get them like that here. But last night that’s what happened in the south!

Meteorite58

ZX7R wrote: »

Meteorite 58
I see orange wind warnings for parts could there be a chance of funnel formation due to thunder Storm activity

Cant see the warnings on Met Eireann, must be amending them. There is not a lot of shear associated with these storms but Low level convergence yes. Get the right amount of inflow and a big enough cell maybe over some higher ground and could well be chance of funnels I reckon

Nice convergence down along Atlantic coasts.

Comhrá

Towers going up now, 11.50am over Counties Clare and Limerick.

nacho libre

esposito wrote: »

After viewing the footage from last night, it’s like a typical thunderstorm in the US or one you’d see in a movie. So rare to get them like that here. But last night that’s what happened in the south!

All too rare as you say.
The last time I recall having a intense thunderstorm, like the one seen in the footage, was way back in May 2001. It was brilliant.

Xenji

A repeat of the 16th of July 2016 in the W/NW would be nice today, a shame it will be during daylight hours but beggars can't be choosers.

dmc17

ZX7R wrote: »

Meteorite 58
I see orange wind warnings for parts could there be a chance of funnel formation due to thunder Storm activity

I saw those too but the dates are all over the place on them. Seem to be gone again.

ZX7R

dmc17 wrote: »

I saw those too but the dates are all over the place on them. Seem to be gone again.

My reading glasses are broke I wasn't able to read the small print

fryup

any funnel clouds about?

JCX BXC

Shannon weather radar down! Come on Met Éireann!

eastmayo

JCX BXC wrote: »

Shannon weather radar down! Come on Met Éireann!

Such a time to go down

Discodog

eastmayo wrote: »

Such a time to go down

Isn't the rain/thunder coming in from the East ?

Storm 10

Discodog wrote: »

Isn't the rain/thunder coming in from the East ?

From the South I understand

Comhrá

Discodog wrote: »

Isn't the rain/thunder coming in from the East ?

It is but presently most of the activity is to the Southwest.

Comhrá

During the two recent months of drought of course it didn't miss a single beat. :mad:

Humberto Salazar

Co Offaly here, a fine warm humid day. Plenty of bubbly cumulus about but does not look to have the energy to form big thunder clouds. If not much has changed by 3 or 4, that will be it for this location today, and we do need some rain here. 8mm since June 1st, and a dry previous two months isn't going to cut it.

redsteveireland

What a day for the Shannon radar to go down, FFS.

squarecircles

Bubble bubble toil and trouble...

redsteveireland

Discodog wrote: »

Isn't the rain/thunder coming in from the East ?

The showers are convective, they don't necessarily "come" from any direction, they can form and build based on the conditions in an area, my basic explanation of the situation, by no means scientific in any way.

squarecircles

Bubble bubble toil and trouble...

DumbBrunette

Thunder heard just south of Westport

Edit: Good deep rumbles every minute or two

squarecircles

... Clouds bubbling

Meteorite58

Thunder here near Tralee, towers going up and gone very dark inland, saw some small mammatus type clouds .



light N'ly here in off the sea

squarecircles

Just herd a rumble in louisburgh

squarecircles

Big booms west mayo

Shorty69664

squarecircles wrote: »

Just herd a rumble in louisburgh

Yes, heard it in South Mayo as well.

Xenji

Loud thunder now in Castlebar.