Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Summer 2022

Kermit.de.frog · 14-08-2022 06:45PM

Not counting chickens but this is going beautifully so far...

14-08-2022 06:46PM

I know its very obvious but don't forget to charge phones etc up fully because some of us could be without electricity for quite a while. There would be nothing as bad as to have the phone on 1 percent charge with the show beginning and the electricity cuts out

PokeHerKing · 14-08-2022 06:48PM

Met Eireanns radar has Dublins window from midnight to 2am and not as intense looking as earlier today

igCorcaigh · 14-08-2022 06:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472791#Comment_119472791

We were not so risk adverse. Our house is the highest point in the Northeast of the city. We stood next to a big electric pole right outside to watch the display.

pad199207 · 14-08-2022 06:48PM

Nowcast now

Meteorite58 · 14-08-2022 06:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472706#Comment_119472706

Just landed in Kerry Airport before 18.00 and had thunder and lightning, small bit of rain , could see heavy rain shafts in the distance, getting increasingly dull and could cut the air. Luckily turbulence not too bad on approach, didn't tell my wife till we landed about the warnings 😀, would have been a nervy flight If I had told her earlier!

jackrussel · 14-08-2022 06:49PM

Can hear thunder in cork city, sounds like it’s to the west

Gonzo · 14-08-2022 06:50PM

My friends live right where that storm cell in Roscommon and they are saying it's a really good storm, loads of lightning and thunder. I'm jealous.

sunbabe08 · 14-08-2022 06:50PM

I’m not sure if I’m imaging things, but I’m hearing rumbles in on the north side of cork city

Rougies · 14-08-2022 06:52PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472677#Comment_119472677

Yes it would be an epic thunderstorm for Dublin if it verified, but it's almost impossible to predict where exactly thunderstorms will form.

thomil · 14-08-2022 06:53PM

Some light gusts here in Ballincollig now but still absolutely sweltering here at 27.4C.

Oh and I can already see the gap in the forming rainfall line that is likely going to hit Ballincollig, so it looks like I'm in for another disappointment...

Kermit.de.frog · 14-08-2022 06:55PM

My prediction is we'll see ever more cells pop up through the evening, then we'll get back-building and merging of these cells.

This will be an amazing spectacle for some, maybe most.

JanuarySnowstor · 14-08-2022 06:55PM

Constant rumbling now in Cork, but still a bit away

dacogawa · 14-08-2022 06:55PM

Ah, Castlerea. It was nice knowing you 😉😂

Dazler97 · 14-08-2022 06:56PM

That's 1 thundery sky

AMKC · 14-08-2022 06:56PM

Well I normally leave my dogs outside but definitely bringing them in tonight in case of Thunder Storms.

hunted-forreal · 14-08-2022 06:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472802#Comment_119472802

Good advice!! I’ve already charged the power bank in antici…….pation of a 2022 version of 1985. I was only 6, and remember 1985 like yesterday, the constant lightning, feeling terrified but excited by the reassurance of my father being so excited. Would love to see it one more time……..

greenpilot · 14-08-2022 06:56PM

Two freeze frames from a vid shot out the window towards Castlerea. It's been almost 1 hour of continuous rolling crashes. 5km from knock airport.

Gonzo · 14-08-2022 06:57PM

I can hear very low distance rumbling here in Meath, but hard to tell is it distance thunder or the rumbles from planes near Dublin airport as the east wind travels the sounds of jets towards this area.

However the sky above me totally reminds me of how it looked on that wonderful day back in July 1985. There is definitely something big brewing.

Scuid Mhór · 14-08-2022 06:58PM

How fair are the comments likening this to the 1980s storm? I have no recollection of a thunderstorm warning in my lifetime. Granted I was born in the nineties.

jackrussel · 14-08-2022 07:00PM

Cork City

snowstorm445 · 14-08-2022 07:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472827#Comment_119472827

The heat has been absolutely oppressive here in Rochestown all day. The definition of muggy. The sky definitely looks inclement at the moment but not so sure about our chances later, let's see.

Best thunderstorm I can remember down here was probably the one at the end of May 2018, felt like it went on for hours. I think it was the night after the 8th amendment referendum so it felt like some sort of divine retribution. 😅

Captain Snow · 14-08-2022 07:02PM

Jesus Christmas ......Castlerea ....is gone...

bodhrandude · 14-08-2022 07:03PM

Hearing rumblings over Galway city, I'm in Henry Street just up from Beirhaus bar, there's been no lightening at all yet.

Cork2021 · 14-08-2022 07:03PM

Clouds near kanturk cork

Kermit.de.frog · 14-08-2022 07:04PM

The cells in the southwest increasing in lightning frequency and intensifying at the moment.

greenpilot · 14-08-2022 07:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472863#Comment_119472863

Ah no. I remember it very well. It was I e if the most frightening experiences of my life. It genuinely shocked people with its severity. Imagine hundreds of lightning strikes in an hour, with continuous, window-ratteling blasts, at night, with no Internet, mobile phones, 2 channels on the TV and everyone scared out of their wits. I was 12. I remember it really well.

thomil · 14-08-2022 07:05PM

What in blazes is going on with the Castlerea cell? That thing looks like the townspeople angered some ancient eldritch being!

Captain Snow · 14-08-2022 07:06PM

Epic Night of Storms... been a long time since 85...

Kermit.de.frog · 14-08-2022 07:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472888#Comment_119472888

Looks good!

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Summer 2022

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