Some small but potent storms kicking off around the country. Worth a separate thread as this risk for big thunder and big lightning is there until tomorrow night at least. All parts at risk this evening but east and south main focus tomorrow.
Posting for posterity.
Amazing looking clouds in cork city
Wind picked up considerably in Kanturk North Cork, few rumbles of thunder still but not much lightning
East Cork with constant rumbling and breeze just picked up with the rain.
What little thunder I'm hearing sounds like a nuclear explosion from deep under the ocean. Not very loud but unnervingly boomy.
So far all looks very localised. Some grey clouds over the Bay around Ben Bulben area in Sligo. But seems to be missing SWDonegal and indeed we may hold dry.
I would love a good blast of a thunderstorm tonight....
Persistent, if not constant rumbling here in Ballincollig. Still not optimistic about any direct effects on us here though...
It’s seems to be moving away from the north side of cork city(unscientifically based on how loud the thunder is) which is good.
Not expecting much here in Meath, as usual we will miss out. Seems Meath, Louth and Dublin are the places least likely to get a storm tonight.
It's been building tge last 20 minutes or so, loads of flashes from it
Thunder lightning and colossal amount of rain. Fenagh Leitrim.
Its so dark. More lightning.
Frequent strikes around Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo from 7.30 to 7.45, far more than what the lightning detectors picked up.
Dog getting restless here north of Knockmealdowns. A few spots of rain, dark skies to west and SW. One flash of lightning the other side of Galtees, about 25km away. Kilmallock direction.
Having suffered a direct strike to the house before, I'll probably shut off my mains isolation switch if it reaches here later!
Just brought in clothes off the line here in Kerry, smattering of raindrops starting up and can hear thunder in the distance.
Snap I took earlier on as that storm was building up over west Roscommon. It produced about 3 drops of rain here in NE Galway.
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What happened to the direct hit?
Can posters in the affected areas get a video or 2 please I've not seen yet go up
You are better placed for after midnight and throughout tomorrow.
A few grumbles in Longford and wind has suddenly picked up. Leaves everywhere
Huge rainfall here near Athenry in the last hour.
I recorded 2cm during the thunderstorm that came.
Here is a quick video that I recorded of the storm as it passed over Athenry after i moved passed me.
EDIT: thats a screenshot from met.ie radar of what I recorded on my drone. Im not sure why it doesnt show more strikes. Maybe it was mostly cloud cloud lightning over Athenry?
Great vid!
Nothing in North Offaly so far, very still, muggy, cloudy. Decent thunderstorm activity is, along with heavy snow, the holy grail of weather watching. Very difficult to get everything in place. Tonight will be the same.
Thunderstorms set to migrate across the country overnight, great opportunities for videos!
Whereas any place could get a storm tomorrow Southern counties and Munster looks primed for big storms, looks like a great convergence zone along the coasts, soundings below for Cork city. Hard to predict rainfall but certainly possibility for very heavy rain locally under one of those slow moving storms.
North Cork.... just took best dog in Ireland out for his evening walk.........got soaked through.....& NOISY ....... thunder really banging the drums there
South Tipp, dead and cloudy.
Plenty of swallows flying low at the moment. It's actually amazing to watch the air tricks they do.
Louder rumbles here in Cavan. Sky is dark on the horizon.
Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
I can confirm that another 2 drops of rain have fallen. All the showers to my S, SW, W, NW, N, NE, E, SE. What a dump.
AROME showing the potential along S, SE and parts of the E tomorrow .
I know tornedos they are rare but how likely is it with weather like this that a small to tornedo could form?
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