Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion - Summer 2023

CirrusBusiness

Chance of a few Welsh imports later tonight along the East/SE but the best potential was always tomorrow to Thurs.

spookwoman

If you refresh lightning.org after a few moments those strikes off wexford disappear

highdef

Another big storm about to arrive at Heathrow Airport - Live stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJpY2FR8lk

.Donegal.

On WOW One of the stations in east Donegal that was under torrential rain recorded 36mm today

glightning

The storm south of Ayr is pretty impressive in itself! Look at the density of not just the current sferics, but also the cluster of older red ones to the SE

glightning

Just walking from train station here and I can actually see the tops of the storm over Scotland from here. They must be tall! I’m inland near Lough Neagh so they are far away from here!

AnFearCeart

Some sunshine getting going in the south midlands albeit very milky sunshine. Feeling very balmy.

Wanderer78

is lighting maps always this inaccurate? tis popping mad all afternoon!

AnFearCeart

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706153#Comment_120706153

It often puts strikes quite a bit away from storm centres, but usually removes them after a few minutes.

glightning

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706153#Comment_120706153

Its data comes from amateur detectors. So it’s susceptible to poor setups and tuning I guess

glightning

Scottish storm immediately losing its juice as it goes out over water

Cluster of storms over the Lake District are tracking towards eastern NI, but I’m sure they’ll die too once they get over the sea.

glightning

Look at this strike density over Wales

Alun

My wife is sitting on a plane at Dublin airport waiting for a take off slot to Poland. Restrictions over the UK bring cited as the reason. Looking at the lightning maps I'm not surprised.

glightning

Fair play to the Arome Sat IR animation. It seems to get things pretty bang on. It predicted yesterdays storms very well. Showed the anvil dissipating and tracking NW over Ireland to give us today's muck. Has predicted todays storms really well too (see below) and predicts the anvil to dissipate and track over Ireland tomorrow again (further below). So tomorrow looks like repeat of today with wasted sun, heat, and storm potential.

glightning

At this point, I think our best weather and storm chances will come on Thur and Fri when the weather over England has hopefully become drier and more stable.

glightning

Can see some towering cumulus to the east of me through gaps in the cloud

glightning

The Lake District storms actually have my interest right now even though they are essentially dead. There is new cumulus develop taking place in the Irish Sea from it. And it's tracking this direction.

Jpmarn

There are showers developing over us near Limerick City. It is getting very dark under the clouds. It is only giving outbreaks of light to moderate rainfall. No thunder or lightning yet.

glightning

There is a faster NW motion to the storms from Wales / England, etc this evening. And the Lake District born storms appear to be growing over the Irish Sea again. They have become electrified again. The storm that died over the west coast of Scotland has also decided to light up again.

glightning

Going absolutely mad across NW England right now. Isle of Man maybe get a good show soon

typhoony

I could be wrong but the remnants of the clouds from the UK storms appeard to be heading for northern ireland, hopefully that will give us a clearer skies tomorrow from midlands southwards, west look best to me.

chris2007

whats the chances for the east later on tonight

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706562#Comment_120706562

Perhaps a distant showers. The showers you speak of are surface based so they lose all their mojo as soon as they move from land to sea.

pad199207

New sferics in Irish Sea with renewed convection off Anglesey

glightning

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706876#Comment_120706876

I think a good bit of the east will be getting the remnants from about 9am onwards,. It has a tendency to fan out as it spreads westwards. We need the thunderstorm activity to end in England.

spookwoman

lightning detected off Hollyhead

glightning

Arome Sat animation doesn't have it clearing the east coast until about 4pm tomorrow

AnFearCeart

Cell brewing on the Wexford coast. Looking SE from here and the sky is very heavy

AnFearCeart

Growing on the latest radar return.

AnFearCeart

Two strikes just east of Wicklow hd.