Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Autumn2022

obi604

East Galway - I can see lots of flashes of lightning, but can’t real hear any thunder at all. What does this mean in weather terms? (Or maybe I have the tv volume too high;))

Oscar Bravo

Some show here in Castlebar. its so white the lightning!

Oneiric 3

Not even a single sferic being picked up over south Mayo on the Met Eireann radar:

Yet an American site has them all over the gaff, which ties in with my own observations:

road_high

Lighting up in Kilkenny. Storms look to be pushing up from the St. George’s channel/Irish Sea intensely

CruelSummer

Wow this is unexpected - serious action all over the place!

pad199207

Flashes visible in Kildare now

Weather BOFH

Torrential rain and thunder & lightning here in South Kildare.

DOCARCH

Seeing flashes to my south from Greystones.

chris2007

Will this reach dublin im hoping?

dexter647

Flashes and distant thunder here in Laois now

Captain_Crash

Got an alert from the lightning app of a strike close by here in Dublin 18. Have the curtains open here now with a whiskey in hand!

Supercell

Hearing distant rumbles on Loughlinstown, round two !

laugh

lots of big flashes and deep rumbling thunder here in West Wicklow

Oscar Bravo

7.5mm of rain at Johnstown Castle on 9pm reports. lashing down

DOCARCH

Lots of lightning to the south of me in Greystones and starting to hear thunder now.

Working class heroes

Here in Rathdrum. Better than any fireworks!

Bargain_Hound

I haven't seen lightning maps this active around Ireland ever before. Hoping it pushing further up north towards Dublin.

amor3

Loads of flashes the last 20 minutes here in d24.. starting to hear distant thunder now..

Captain_Crash

Big flash here in D18 now, just over the Kippure Hill. Timing the thunder it’s still a few miles away!

Danno

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119767075#Comment_119767075

Was speaking to a local man and he was in Dublin's Blackrock working on a crane that got struck. Nobody hurt thankfully - one of his team got a buzz of some nylon coated stuff though! Close one.

DOCARCH

Right over Greystones now. Lightning and immediate thunder. Torrential rain.

Trebor176

Typically, I was out of Dublin earlier, so missed all the fun and games. In Naas, apart from heavy rain, there was no thunder.

It sounds like it could be an eventful night for Dublin, but certainly is elsewhere so far.

I haven't seen to much lightning symbols over Ireland before, but have screenshotted a few.

While different, I remember October 2003 well. The thunder seemed to last a couple of days, but this event seems to be on another level.

Captain_Crash

Another flash but not as big this time!

It’s definitely approaching

kildare is shaking with the thunder!

Danno

Some mad lightning but well spaced out timewise over this part of southern Laois and visible in all directions.

It's very high up, only heard two claps of thunder and it wasn't overly loud.

Windy, and these storms are whizzing on by.

Captain_Crash

Pissing here now with lightning getting more frequent and near constant rolls of thunder

pnott

Incredible lighting and thunder in Greystones. Was looking out the back door and there was a gorgeous flash. Pinky purple in colour. Such a beautiful thing to see. It just keeps going and going too.

Rougies

A few flashes and thunder now in D.16. What a day!

Trebor176

Thunder in D22. Just looked out my window and saw a flash to my south

Rumbling now over D4.

Was in Stephens Green SC today at 2pm and some of the flashes were incredible. Lit up the inside.