Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Summer/Autumn 2021

dmc17 · 23-07-2021 5:38pm

I just drove down the M18 from Galway. That was an experience 😳

Storm 10 · 23-07-2021 5:44pm

Don't think I ever saw Galway so dark constant booming thumder and lightning over the Bay, the one day I could not sit on the prom and watch it

Supercell · 23-07-2021 5:45pm

Shows over here, best thunder experience for me in many years, will remember that for a long time.

baldshin · 23-07-2021 5:45pm

Ridiculous thunder and lightening at Tracht beach, Kinvara about an hour ago. Came out of nowhere. We had to leave once there was a strike beside us, could feel it hit it was that close.

fryup · 23-07-2021 5:48pm

a belter of a t-storm in east clare with a downpour😮 to match

SwissToni · 23-07-2021 5:54pm

Does Thundersnow beat regular Thunder and Lightning in weather poker?

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2021 5:56pm

A few strikes near the Limerick /Kerry border now too. Well that blew up !

storm firing away near Thurles atm.

nacho libre · 23-07-2021 5:57pm

Jealous of those getting the intense Thunderstorms, why be so selfish in keeping them to yourselves:)

Storm 10 · 23-07-2021 5:59pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117653125#Comment_117653125

Class fork lightning over Galway Bay

km79 · 23-07-2021 5:59pm

Close but no cigar for us

only a few drops of rain as well

Xenji · 23-07-2021 6:00pm

Thunder now in Castlebar, brought some strong gusts as well.

Danno · 23-07-2021 6:04pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117653107#Comment_117653107

Absolutely NOT! :D

CirrusBusiness · 23-07-2021 6:07pm

That was unreal! Wow. What a treat we've had with the weather this week. The temp dropped to 17 degrees during that storm. Temp starting to climb again slowly. Wonder if that storm over Birr or Thurles will make it across?

Danno · 23-07-2021 6:09pm

Impressive hail just north of Durrow at 3pm

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2021 6:09pm

A few from Twitter

https://twitter.com/daraghfeeney/status/1418604646655008769?s=20

https://twitter.com/SDubhslaine/status/1418595813102551045?s=20

https://twitter.com/ecip_som/status/1418580344211660807?s=20

https://twitter.com/SryanBruen/status/1418576099374780417?s=20

monty_python · 23-07-2021 6:11pm

Sorry if it's been asked already but what's the chance of this hitting dublin later tonight??

sunbeam · 23-07-2021 6:11pm

Thunder and power just gone here in Achill.

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2021 6:14pm

Intense line moving across S Limerick heading towards N Kerry, Loop head direction, some cells firing up in N Kerry.

Big Temperature drop in the W , about 9C drop down from 28C in Shannon

Danno · 23-07-2021 6:21pm

Possible tornado outside Thurles around 1hr ago, Twomileborris side! 😲😲😲

glightning · 23-07-2021 6:25pm

That's a beast of a cell that's just fired up off the NW tip of France.

glightning · 23-07-2021 6:26pm

Also, interesting tight circulation in the North Sea this afternoon

nomdeboardie · 23-07-2021 6:44pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117653199#Comment_117653199

Your username makes me think there might be a Python character who asks that question (to which the answer will always be the same - "None") 😌

For some reason, I like to torment myself by having lightningmaps.org open in the background with the sound on...somewhere in the back of my deluded mind I think that when I click back to the graphics I'll see that the hits are approaching Dublin 😬

glightning · 23-07-2021 6:46pm

Sat animation seems to be showing the latest Irish cells losing their juice. Can see orphan anvils occurring (i.e. the updrafts are disappearing just leaving the anvil behind)

The One Doctor · 23-07-2021 6:54pm

Looks like that action earlier was an MCS. Satellite shows organised supercells.

glightning · 23-07-2021 6:59pm

Certainly similar. At the least a very well organised multi-cell. Clouds tops are warming on the sat image animation now, so it appears to have lost it's energy. Probably due to rapid cooling at the surface according to reports of temps dropping to the teens.

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2021 7:02pm

After getting dark here near Tralee, some rain now with big drops, wind picked up in the last 20 mins, multi directional and cooling down to 22.7C now , was 26C a short time ago.

igCorcaigh · 23-07-2021 7:15pm

Those possible thunderstorms this evening on the South Coast, will they come in off the sea or from inland?

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2021 7:26pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117653455#Comment_117653455

Still a lot of CAPE potential tonight, looks like rain approaching the coast with the aid of convergence might produce a few sparks, probably low risk, might not amount to much.

Can hear distant thunder here, think it is from the storm off Kerry Hd

JCX BXC · 23-07-2021 7:30pm

Ah I'm dissapointed at how close I was today yet saw very little. Was in Ennis earlier and saw some flashes and heard loud thunder, but no cigar, back in West Clare for the showers that passed over and missed the majority of it, just heard a few rumbles and seen a few flashes again.

The temperature difference was crazy, dropped about 8°c in 20 minutes. High of 30.6°c (5:05pm) in West Clare today, currently 19.5°c, over 11°c in a little over 2 hours.

thecretinhop · 23-07-2021 7:37pm

i got some lovely vids of sheet lightning missed 3 or 4 forks by seconds. best day at the beach ever!

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Summer/Autumn 2021

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