Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Autumn2022

Kutebride

The squall line the morning in Navan left intense rain for at least 15-20 mins at 0845. Most darkest of days. Pretty much raining since. It did ease for a short period but its picked up again this afternoon.

The rain is hopping off the ground now (just in time for the school rush traffic). Havent heard any thunder yet.

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119765730#Comment_119765730

It's pepped up again in South Meath. Moderate to heavy thundery rain in Trim with sporadic flashes of lightning.

Lip Out

Another cell heading towards the Wicklow coast. Can hear rumbles again.

Dazler97

Lots of sparks off the arklow coast

Mundo7976

Drove from Ashbourne to swords, haven't experienced an electrical storm like that in 30 or so years. Almost nighttime dark too. Fantastic show. Irked that I was driving though

dacogawa

Got a few shots of the lightning out at Poolbeg earlier

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119766017#Comment_119766017

It's mad, I recently drove from Kilcock to Trim. There was heavy, sometimes torrential rain on the way but there was a good 30 seconds to a minute between visible flashes of lightning. Or was just like driving through a standard heavy shower but occasional flashes but in no way severe or anything.

Having said that, the flashes that I could make out were almost all to my right, in other words out in the direction of where you are. It's mad the difference 20km can make.

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119766017#Comment_119766017

Seemed the storm died a death just as it was getting to me in Dunshaughlin. Still we had about 20 or 30 rumbles in the distance and some faint lightning.

Rikand

One lovely big boom over athlone.

30 seconds later, a downpour of rain

BigMoose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119765882#Comment_119765882

I took the lad out to Sportsdirect in wicklow during that, it went completely bonkers with rain, but not as long lasting thunder as earlier.

Danno

Just after the M1 toll at 2pm and this fork came down and frightened the absolute *** out of me!

Home in Laois now, some clearish sky to the south and can see convection coming up from the SE.

Storm 10

Met Eireann were so late in the upgrade for thunder storms its laughable posters here were calling it hours before it happened I guess the thunder woke them from their slumber

Wanderer78

distant rumbles, waterford city

boardlady

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119765730#Comment_119765730

Where are you seeing this? Waiting hopefully in the SW!

Iwastimthe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119766153#Comment_119766153

Just kicking off the coast now.

igCorcaigh

I wonder will that active band though Cork make it to the city?

Captain_Crash

Looks like the storm that was off the coast of Wicklow half hour or so ago has continued heading Northwards and isn’t making landfall! Well not in Dublin anyway

spookwoman

Getting closer to the city

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119766172#Comment_119766172

The weather radar on the Met Éireann app shows the progress of the cells of rain and thunder very well

Meteorite58

Gone very dark in Tralee, very mild and humid, low cloud base with scud trailing very low ,I see storms breaking out overland heading towards us. That's a big storm around Waterford.

OldRio

Oh dear, wife stuck in Dublin Airport. Flight to Vienna delayed.

First holiday in 4 years.

typhoony

The one near Gort south galway popped out of knowwhere, few loud chap from it as it heads North towards galway city

Straight Talker

From looking at lightning maps there seems to be some intense activity around Galway bay right now.

squarecircles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119766346#Comment_119766346

yes galway should be in the warning also.

Timistry

Lightning in Clonmel now

Storm 10

Thunder and lightning now in Galway

eagerv

West Co Wexford getting another blast, not much rain, but loads of flashes and rumbles coming up from the south. Seems to die quickly when gets over the land, except over Waterford estuary..

KanyeSouthEast

Big storm now over clonmel

squarecircles

so rare to see ireland frequently crackling away on the blitzortung app.

redsteveireland

Getting closer.

I hope we don't get the usual idiocy on the motorway, every time a heavy downpour like this hits that's section of the M6 out of Galway there is a pile up.