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Rainfall Warning : Heavy Rain and Potential Thunderstorms Thurs 8 - Fri 9 Aug 2019

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  • #272
    P.lane78
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    Kicking off in cork city now


  • #273
    pad199207
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    Judging by the reports here and observing the detectors, clearly not picking up all the flashes .


  • #274
    Itssoeasy
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    Very bright flash and a loud rumble of thunder and then a kind of secondary one(might not be the correct term for it) and this might be a stupid question but is that thing of counting the seconds between a flash of lightning and thunder based on anything solid or is it just a rough guess of how far away it was ? I've always wondered that and given we have thunder and lightning right now it's as good a time as any to ask.


  • #275
    igCorcaigh
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    Another one. The power goes off for a brief second.


  • #276
    igCorcaigh
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    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Very bright flash and a loud rumble of thunder and then a kind of secondary one(might not be the correct term for it) and this might be a stupid question but is that thing of counting the seconds between a flash of lightning and thunder based on anything solid or is it just a rough guess of how far away it was ? I've always wondered that and given we have thunder and lightning right now it's as good a time as any to ask.

    I think it's a rule of thumb


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  • #277
    Jeju
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    East cork here, thunder and lightening about a second apart. Letting it down now


  • #278
    Meteorite58
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    pad199207 wrote: »
    Judging by the reports here and observing the detectors, clearly not picking up all the flashes .

    Noticed that too, lightningMaps.Org seems to be the best atm.


  • #279
    igCorcaigh
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    Lots of flashes.
    Less thunder though.


  • #280
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    of counting the seconds between a flash of lightning and thunder based on anything solid

    Just the difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound.


  • #281
    igCorcaigh
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    All the car alarms going off.


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  • #282
    Oscar Bravo
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    Midnight @ Cork Airport reporting Thunderstorm with heavy rain

    EICK 082300Z 13018KT 1800 +TSRA SCT001 BKN002 BKN016CB 17/17 Q0993


  • #283
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Lights flickering here in North Dub at the moment funnily enough.


  • #284
    thomasj
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    Lights are flickering in Dublin 15.


  • #285
    refusetolose
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    power flashed off and on


  • #286
    Papa_Lazarou
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    Brief power cut in Douglas there.


  • #287
    Calltocall
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    Is this likely to hit Dublin? Not a drop here


  • #288
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Light flickering in KK too


  • #289
    Oscar Bravo
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    Lights flickering Castlebar


  • #290
    Papa_Lazarou
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    Car alarms buzzing around here.


  • #291
    Meteorite58
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Lights flickering here in North Dub at the moment funnily enough.

    Same here near Tralee. Really going at it now.

    b1YphRT.png


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  • #292
    newbie2
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    Calltocall wrote: »
    Is this likely to hit Dublin? Not a drop here
    lashing in Bray


    lights flickering periodically also, but no lightning that i can see


  • #293
    pad199207
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    Electricity is flickering here in Kildare

    That hasn’t happened since Ophelia


  • #294
    sdanseo
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Just the difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound.

    Gave me a giggle.

    To expand, sound travels at around 343m/s (and light at 300,000,000m/s) so for every 3 seconds between the flash and the thunder, the cloud that caused it is around 1km away. In 3 dimensions mind - could be vertical.


  • #295
    Oscar Bravo
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    Hmmm the whole grid dimmed there. its under pressure


  • #296
    marvsins
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    Papa_Lazarou wrote: »
    Brief power cut in Douglas there.

    Power flicked here too.


  • #297
    Rougies
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    Got a light flicker here in South Dublin too, must've been a strike that hit a major part of the grid for it to be so noticeable around the country.


  • #298
    pauldry
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    Yes can confirm lights flickering Castlebar

    Hope this isnt a 6 month el nino type monsoon about to begin

    August another washout.


  • #299
    Itssoeasy
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    Power went off and came back on in cork city where I am.


  • #300
    sdanseo
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    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    Hmmm the whole grid dimmed there. its under pressure
    marvsins wrote: »
    Power flicked here too.
    Rougies wrote: »
    Got a light flicker here in South Dublin too, must've been a strike that hit a major part of the grid for it to be so noticeable around the country.

    Anyone reading this now is about to go plugging in everything that charges and add to the load :pac:


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  • #301
    artanevilla
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    Lights flicker in North Tipp.


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