Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Winter 2020/Spring 2021

Storm 10

Not a mention on that forecast after the news of the thunder showers in the West and Midlands

Storm 10

Storm 10 wrote: »

MT called this today with showers moving South into Connacht from a front over Scotland fair play, it's disappointing when they don't happen

The only weather forecaster that is relevant to me is MT Cranium. He is head and shoulders above Met Eireann. Always excited when I read his weather analysis for the day and the coming weeks every morning, like a child eagerly anticipating Christmas Day. Terrific stuff.

Storm 10

Pretty active storm moving towards Ennis

Storm 10

Storm 10 wrote: »

Pretty active storm moving towards Ennis

I live in Ennis and its pretty dark out there very ominous clouds gathering and just starting to rain now. No rumbles of thunder or flashes of lightening just yet.

Storm 10

Golf Crazy Guy wrote: »

I live in Ennis and its pretty dark out there very ominous clouds gathering and just starting to rain now. No rumbles of thunder or flashes of lightening just yet.

It looks like it might miss you

Meteorite58

Not much showed up in Kerry Cork after all. Some heavy showers in Tralee but even about 14 km NW there was little rain. The second feature producing more sferics, looks like it powered up from more diurnal heating later in the day. The occluded front looked quite stationary probably too messy a profile and never got enough heating going ?









Great capture by Nightskyhunter


https://twitter.com/martinastro2005/status/1392562085775749120?s=20

Drexel_3

Got some very heavy rain in Shannon a few minutes ago. Small clap of thunder

redsteveireland

In contrast, some nice lenticulars to close the evening.

Chris_5339762

Sadly, it was just too cold and not humid and sticky enough for any decent storms. Cells were never going to form today, I don't know my ME issued such a wide scale yellow alert, but there you go.

Only got to 13C here in Cork, but once the rain kicked off it stayed below 11c.

Meteorite58

Still under cold air aloft and showers breaking out again tomorrow with isolated TS possible more so in the Northern half of the country . The East might feature or N Leinster, again lots of areas of convergence aiding lift. Lapse rates good but shear is low so again pulse type storms again .

Storm 10

Heavy showers moving from the North along the West Coast any chance of sparks from them

A lot of convection over the Wicklow mountains
Building and rumbling to the west of me too,on its southern edge in the south of the county only a few kms inland and tailing into north wexford

DOCARCH

Marine Layer wrote: »

A lot of convection over the Wicklow mountains
Building and rumbling to the west of me too,on its southern edge in the south of the county only a few kms inland and tailing into north wexford

Was just popping in to post similar. A lot of dark and building cloud over Dublin Mountains.

View from here

https://twitter.com/Arklowweather/status/1392822815116640257?s=20

DOCARCH

Looks like convergence over Dublin/Wicklow Mountains.

Supercell

DOCARCH wrote: »

Looks like convergence over Dublin/Wicklow Mountains.

Been looking at that all morning from my bedroom office window. Has been building all the time, wouldnt be surprised to see sparks from it later.

Meteorite58

Yesterday afternoon's line of convection from Clare to the NE ( wrap around occlusion ??) into the evening showing up well on Sat24. Good lesson on how a feature moving into relatively clear air and afternoon heating can produce thunderstorms. I remember thinking that the DP was quite low for sparks but not so.

Storm 10

DOCARCH wrote: »

Looks like convergence over Dublin/Wicklow Mountains.

Hi DOCARCH any chance of sparks from the showers building off the West

Meteorite58

Storm 10 wrote: »

Hi DOCARCH any chance of sparks from the showers building off the West

Converging winds showing up well, more chance over land then off the coast I would think, nothing sparking yet in the West, could still do this afternoon, wonder will the convection build over Clare and produce a few sparks ??

DOCARCH

Activity has decayed over the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains (without a spark).

esposito

DOCARCH wrote: »

Activity has decayed over the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains (without a spark).

Typical lol. Hopefully over the summer months we get some T-storms coming up from the Bay of Biscay during a warm and humid spell

Supercell

DOCARCH wrote: »

Activity has decayed over the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains (without a spark).

Yep, dissapointing, at least the sun held out here, I was expecting a dull evening.

Oscar Bravo

Status Yellow - Thunderstorm warning for Donegal

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with a risk of localised flooding.

Valid: 15:25 Thursday 13/05/2021 to 22:00 Thursday 13/05/2021

pauldry

Lightning strikes showing up over Donegal now

DOCARCH

DOCARCH wrote: »

Activity has decayed over the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains (without a spark).

There was a Rumble around lunchtime on the south end
Showed an orange X on met Eireann radar for a while

Jpmarn

We had some threatening clouds near Limerick earlier this afternoon. But the activity has now died down to spotty showers at the time of writing. I had a video camcorder rolling with the hope of capturing any lightning for a time.

Donegal Storm

Big crash of thunder around 3:30pm during a hail downpour in Letterkenny

Meteorite58

pad199207

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Really petty efforts that last couple of days

Meteorite58

Risk of thunderstorms in Northern Counties tomorrow. Lapse rates decent there.

A bit more shear available, maybe a few funnel clouds again.