Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

ZX7R

Danno wrote: »

Thursday July 25th and Friday July 26th 1985
Thursday June 25th and Friday June 26th 2020

34 years and 11 months.

Could it be?

Your post just made me realize how old I am
Definitely over due an event like 1985

highdef

Anyone remember this storm in June 1986, or is the date wrong in the RTE archive?

https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21219093-thunder-and-lightning-storm-damage/

RobertKK

highdef wrote: »

Anyone remember this storm in June 1986, or is the date wrong in the RTE archive?

https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21219093-thunder-and-lightning-storm-damage/

Yeah we had storms two years in a row, both were severe here.

Mortelaro

RobertKK wrote: »

Yeah we had storms two years in a row, both were severe here.

Yeah,I remember both.
Cows killed next door to me in a milking parlour
I remember getting the cows in here on a sunday morning and hearing the constant rolling thunder towards Gorey
When it came overhead it lasted a few hours,blew a load of ESB transformers and was very loud
The lightning was most intense and continuous
On milking the last round of cows,as the storm was fully overhead,the whole place lit up with a deafening gunshot bang and roll cutting the power
It was at that time too that the cows were killed next door
Very very dangerous

Mortelaro

highdef wrote: »

Anyone remember this storm in June 1986, or is the date wrong in the RTE archive?

https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21219093-thunder-and-lightning-storm-damage/

That one in the video I remember very well too,we were at the simple minds concert at croke park
It was a very hot day and as the concert was ending,you could see the forks of lightning from inside the stadium
We actually walked out to goatstown, a long walk with said forks everywhere but no rain and the booming
Street lights were dimming
I will always remember one fork that came down beside the tower at RTÉ with a deafening crash of noise but still no rain
We managed to get back to the house we were staying in as the heaven's opened
The storm went on most of the night,power was off even in south Dublin
The world cup final was on the next day,it rained all that day too with floods but the thunder had gone at that stage

SeaBreezes

Danno wrote: »

Thursday July 25th and Friday July 26th 1985
Thursday June 25th and Friday June 26th 2020

34 years and 11 months.

Could it be?

I keep saying its like being in a time warp, back to the eighties. Weather is similar, restrictions mean less traffic, bigger hair and if i see leg warmers that'll confirm it!! :-)

Scrabbel

Mortelaro wrote: »

That one in the video I remember very well too,we were at the simple minds concert at croke park
It was a very hot day and as the concert was ending,you could see the forks of lightning from inside the stadium
We actually walked out to goatstown, a long walk with said forks everywhere but no rain and the booming
Street lights were dimming
I will always remember one fork that came down beside the tower at RTÉ with a deafening crash of noise but still no rain
We managed to get back to the house we were staying in as the heaven's opened
The storm went on most of the night,power was off even in south Dublin
The world cup final was on the next day,it rained all that day too with floods but the thunder had gone at that stage

I was at that concert too. The lightning was even happening during “Someone, Somewhere in Summertime“. Spectacular. Seemed so apt:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/simpleminds/someonesomewhereinsummertime.html

dzsfah2xoynme9

I thought this was only a east and south east event. Didn't expect anything here in Limerick.

Mortelaro

Noemi Damaged Vigor wrote: »

I thought this was only a east and south east event. Didn't expect anything here in Limerick.

Hard to say yet,I'd expect the East and South and Midlands to be guaranteed action and I'd certainly include East limerick in that
But all we know at this stage is the cook, mother nature is at the shops ,dinner is served tomorrow and we'll know then how big a Spread she puts on for us,we should be able to peep into the kitchen tomorrow beforehand to get a fair idea

Gaoth Laidir

Danno wrote: »

Thursday July 25th and Friday July 26th 1985
Thursday June 25th and Friday June 26th 2020

34 years and 11 months.

Could it be?

I was about to post the exact same thing...

The 06Z ECM has a slight boost in CAPE tomorrow evening but similar overnight.

Larbre34

Just saying to my wife about the thunder risk for tomorrow if she wanted to get a run in early in the day and I said do you remember the storm of 85, we'd never discussed it before...

She says, "remember it? I was rinsing dishes after dinner, (age 9, southside Dublin) and lightning struck and travelled through the pipework and steel sink, blew me across the kitchen and into the hall, left me with standy up frizzy hair!"

Now she's bricking having to work on her laptop all day! Oops!

Little snowy old me

The signs are good for tomorrow. I just hope it doesn't all fizzle out and turns into a damp squib.

squarecircles

I hope the lighting isn't a damp squid either.

Grins*

giveitholly

Little snowy old me wrote: »

The signs are good for tomorrow. I just hope it doesn't all fizzle out and turns into a damp squib.

No doubt you will be the first to let us know if it does turn into a damp squib

Gamma Flash

I'd say put lightning alarm app on her laptop so could go to battery and wireless if comes too close.

Gamma Flash

As an aside slightly off topic but after "lightening" and "lightning" a few weeks ago do i sense a "squib" and "squid" debate!!!

Kermit.de.frog

Careful now



This time tomorrow folks the storms will be building

Gaoth Laidir

Daily weather summaries for July 1985 at a few stations along the eastern half of the country. Although the system moved up from the south, Rosslare only reported thunder (TS) on the 26th whereas the others reported on both days (I remember hearing the first thunder at around 8 pm on the Thursday evening as I was horseriding in north Co. Dublin).

Dublin Airport
Clones
Kilkenny
Rosslare


I missed the regular Thursday evening Top of the Pops that evening. This was number 1 that week.

PukkaStukka

Mortelaro wrote: »

That one in the video I remember very well too,we were at the simple minds concert at croke park
It was a very hot day and as the concert was ending,you could see the forks of lightning from inside the stadium
We actually walked out to goatstown, a long walk with said forks everywhere but no rain and the booming
Street lights were dimming
I will always remember one fork that came down beside the tower at RTÉ with a deafening crash of noise but still no rain
We managed to get back to the house we were staying in as the heaven's opened
The storm went on most of the night,power was off even in south Dublin
The world cup final was on the next day,it rained all that day too with floods but the thunder had gone at that stage

Incredible gig, was there too. Many thought the lightning was part of the gig's light show! It a spectacular climax to one of the best gigs I've ever experienced

Scrabbel wrote: »

I was at that concert too. The lightning was even happening during “Someone, Somewhere in Summertime“. Spectacular. Seemed so apt:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/simpleminds/someonesomewhereinsummertime.html

Or Waterfront: Get in Get out of the rain

Or Big Sleep: Communication lost in the thundering rain style, A shelter from the storm in the early beginning


What I beautiful night that was.If only the memory could be framed and hung on a wall

Larbre34

Gamma Flash wrote: »

I'd say put lightning alarm app on her laptop so could go to battery and wireless if comes too close.

Ah yeah I'll be working at home myself and keeping a very keen eye on things! I'll plug her machine out from the mains and my own for that matter!

vickers209

Would it be jinxing it if someone was to set up a dedicated thread for this event?

jimmynokia

https://www.facebook.com/740149726003564/posts/3336332229718621/

Spencer Brown

Cork missing out on the fun so

Gaoth Laidir

jimmynokia wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/740149726003564/posts/3336332229718621/

Not that gob****e again. Every day is a warning day for him. Pure clickbait.

JCX BXC

He's giving out prizes!

Clearly no interest in accurate forecasts, just gaining followers.

Donegal Storm

Mortelaro wrote: »

Hard to say yet,I'd expect the East and South and Midlands to be guaranteed action and I'd certainly include East limerick in that
But all we know at this stage is the cook, mother nature is at the shops ,dinner is served tomorrow and we'll know then how big a Spread she puts on for us,we should be able to peep into the kitchen tomorrow beforehand to get a fair idea

Guaranteed and thunderstorms don't go together

I remember living in London around 6 or 7 years back during a plume, huge widespread thunderstorm were forecast and everyone on netweather was salivating at the perfect setup. There was a huge MCS in France the evening before it though and all the high cloud from it spilled across the channel overnight which blocked the sun from generating enough heat. Think we ended up with a few measly storms in the channel that died as soon as they got north of Bournemouth!

KildareP

JCX BXC wrote: »

He's giving out prizes!

Clearly no interest in accurate forecasts, just gaining followers.

All that is missing is a "This lightning forecast is proudly brought to you by Belkin - surge protection like no other".

Larbre34

vickers209 wrote: »

Would it be jinxing it if someone was to set up a dedicated thread for this event?

Let things resolve a bit first, maybe tomorrow AM?

Grandeeod

An hour of intense action will do me, preferably after dark. But a repeat of '85/'86 would be off the scale. Having witnessed both those storms, I haven't witnessed anything similar in Ireland since, only abroad.

Kermit.de.frog

Everyone remain calm

**** it, go nuts