Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

highdef · 10-08-2020 10:40PM

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Checking out some Stateside live rail cams and seeing some nice bolts on this one in Missouri on the back end of a storm currently:

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

If you scroll back about 90 mins, or 14.20 CDT time on the cam clock, you can watch this train station getting a direct hit from the storm.

14:22:46, not 14:20, unless I started the video too late @ 14:20:01

thomasj · 10-08-2020 11:19PM

Activity over the last while

pad199207 · 10-08-2020 11:20PM

Serious amount of strikes just across the water . I wonder could the flashes be seen from Dublin coast?

adocholiday · 10-08-2020 11:34PM

I was wondering what all the flashes were I was seeing in the sky near the Wicklow coast. Looked like lightning but the sky is crystal clear here. Then I saw all the activity over Wales it has to be the flashes from the lightning over the Irish Sea.

PukkaStukka · 10-08-2020 11:37PM

pad199207 wrote: »

Serious amount of strikes just across the water . I wonder could the flashes be seen from Dublin coast?

Was out in an elevated part of Skerries earlier with a clear view over the sea. Saw nothing despite most of north Wales was lighting up on the map.

Gonzo · 10-08-2020 11:38PM

saw a few very faint flashes to my east here at Dunshaughlin, those flashes are probably well beyond our coast. Big flashes of lightning can be seen up to 120km away.

pad199207 · 10-08-2020 11:40PM

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Was out in an elevated part of Skerries earlier with a clear view over the sea. Saw nothing despite most of north Wales was lighting up on the map.

Shame. It would be some light snow. Friend is reporting constant lightning over Liverpool.

pad199207 · 10-08-2020 11:40PM

Gonzo wrote: »

saw a few very faint flashes to my east here at Dunshaughlin, those flashes are probably well beyond our coast. Big flashes of lightning can be seen up to 120km away.

When?

pad199207 · 10-08-2020 11:43PM

Just seen flashes here from Naas :O

Gonzo · 10-08-2020 11:44PM

pad199207 wrote: »

When?

about 5 minutes ago, i'm in a country area with no light pollution so that helps alot. They are very faint flashes, similar to when Wexford coast had that storm about 2 months ago I could see the faint flashes from that too. My distance from the Wexford storms back in June and tonights Welsh storms would be roughly similar except that the Welsh storms are probably much more intense.

happyoutscan · 10-08-2020 11:47PM

West Mayo, thought I seen one to the south about 15 minutes ago.

Sammy2012 · 10-08-2020 11:55PM

Star gazing just now and there is constant flashing almost. Thought I was imaging it first. We are about 10 miles from the coast as the crow flies in North wexford. Is there a storm in Wales?

Gonzo · 11-08-2020 12:04AM

Sammy2012 wrote: »

Star gazing just now and there is constant flashing almost. Thought I was imaging it first. We are about 10 miles from the coast as the crow flies in North wexford. Is there a storm in Wales?

yep a massive one. It stretches from central Wales almost as far as the Scottish border and takes in much of Liverpool/Blackpool areas on towards Cumbria.

Oscar Bravo · 11-08-2020 12:09AM

happyoutscan wrote: »

West Mayo, thought I seen one to the south about 15 minutes ago.

Indeed you did, one strike showing south of your location.

Sammy2012 · 11-08-2020 12:10AM

Gonzo wrote: »

yep a massive one. It stretches from central Wales almost as far as the Scottish border and takes in much of Liverpool/Blackpool areas on towards Cumbria.

Have seen lots of flashes. Some very bright for it being so far away. Jealous. And no luck on the meteors for now either.

Storm 10 · 11-08-2020 12:11AM

Check out this webcam at lake Windermere great lightning

https://www.fba.org.uk/ferry-cam

This one at Blackpool

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-kingdom/england/blackpool/blackpool.html

pad199207 · 11-08-2020 01:01AM

A remarkable sight for the distance that the storms are. But the anvil is huge.

Danno · 11-08-2020 01:17AM

Seen a few looking east from here in South Laois around midnight

Very little light pollution here to my east.

Moon and fog now, no further flashes.

pad199207 · 11-08-2020 01:29AM

It looks like it’s grown into an MCS. If they can form that close to Ireland like that, there is no reason for example to see one come out of Wales and into Ireland in a SEly sometime in the future.

spookwoman · 11-08-2020 04:17AM

its not far off 150km across that red blob

sweet_trip · 11-08-2020 09:32AM

Hows today looking?
You got any of those fancy charts? :pac:

pad199207 · 11-08-2020 09:34AM

Today looks F all for us while the UK looks to light up again.

However different story from tomorrow night. It looks like we have good chances for thundery showers.

Storm 10 · 11-08-2020 09:39AM

Looking at the Windermere webcam last night in bed and no joke the lightning flashes on the phone were lighting up the room it was so bright and close, really spectacular.

Storm 10 · 11-08-2020 10:02AM

Was pretty bad in Wales last night

Flash flooding has affected parts of Wales as the country braces itself for days of
"severe" thunderstorms. Wales is covered by a severe weather warning for thunderstorms from Monday until the end of Thursday, with the Met Office warning of flash flooding, lightning strikes and large hail. More than a dozen homes were reportedly struck by lightning at Penrhyn Madoc and hailstones the size of golf balls set off car alarms in Capel Curig. There were 50,000 lightning strikes recorded across the UK on Monday

typhoony · 11-08-2020 02:17PM

nothing else happening until Thursday, Cork and Kerry looks to be in the firing line, from mid-day Thursday. maybe other parts of Waterford also on the coast

Storm 10 · 11-08-2020 02:53PM

typhoony wrote: »

nothing else happening until Thursday, Cork and Kerry looks to be in the firing line, from mid-day Thursday. maybe other parts of Waterford also on the coast

Any chance Galway will get sparks, I have antennas on the roof and will take them down if it looks likely to happen

Hal1 · 11-08-2020 04:25PM

https://twitter.com/Liam_Ball92/status/1292893954099286016

Storm clouds over Birmingham yesterday. Not jelous at all

Storm 10 · 11-08-2020 06:49PM

South of the UK going to get hammered later worth checking out Skyline webcam for sparks

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-kingdom/england.html

spookwoman · 11-08-2020 08:59PM

https://twitter.com/ollyewers/status/1293269227806298112?s=20

Meteorite58 · 11-08-2020 09:37PM

Well we all saw what a non event Monday was with the trough staying over the UK and not sending anything but bits of rain our way.

Later Weds or early Thurs into Thurs and possibly into Fri looks like a better set up for thunderstorms breaking out and charts already showing heavy rain potential in the South. Looking like relatively high temperatures Weds , ARPEGE showing up to 26C in the Southern half of the country but widespread 23 to 25C with very high DP's, showing temps of 19C at 03.00 Thurs and DP's in the high teens. Thurs best Temps in the Northern half of the country getting up around 23C and the Southern half getting up to the high teens and warmer in the SE possibly up to 22C or so, again Dp's in the high teens so very humid and sticky. Charts showing troughs transiting the country, common trend at the moment is for the best potential for thunderstorm activity is in the Southern half of the country and especially so along Southern coasts and would think the SE could be the sweet spot if storms break out going by the present runs, only my thoughts and as has been seen by the warnings from Met Eireann and The Met Office for last Monday it doesn't always go to plan. This looks different though, much more chance of storms I reckon, plenty of model watching tomorrow !

We might be seeing more great pictures from spookwoman

Some energy over in the UK.

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

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