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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion Spring/Summer 2024

  • 01-03-2024 07:23AM
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    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    New thread for the new season(s).

    Quite a bit of activity/sferics just off the SW coast this morning.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


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    Lots of mammatus around today and this beauty just passed over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭emo72


    Mammatus on a windy day, you sure?

    For reference, these yokes


    https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1svies/one_of_the_rarest_weather_phenomena_mammatus/



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Yes, I know my clouds, maybe not well defined but still evident on the back of some big hail showers.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭emo72


    Ah deadly, I love a good mammatus cloud, only ever seen them once.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Weds the 528dam line is over part of the country as the upper low and associated cold pool spreads in over the country introducing a bit of instability. Along with clear spells it looks like there will be plenty of big convective showers with a good few hail showers with the chance of thunderstorms, sleet also and could be seeing a few white caps. A cold day especially near the windier coasts . In the S and SW a bit of mountain snow possible .



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,534 ✭✭✭highdef


    Several strikes not too long ago in west Offaly, from a shower that turned thundery.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Interesting skies again, heavy shower with a sleety mixture followed by a nice mammatus display. Picture doesn't do it justice, my son was equally as excited, "looks like an aero bar"!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,978 ✭✭✭Heighway61


    Whose map is that? Don't see Netweather or Blitzortung reporting those strikes.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,534 ✭✭✭highdef


    It's on a website called lightningmaps.org

    I see there were several recent strikes over an area of higher ground north of Macroom. I wonder if orographic lift aided this. Possible thundersnow involved too. Apologies for the portrait format, am currently on the phone rather than on the computer, as is not commonly the case with me.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,978 ✭✭✭Heighway61


    Cheers. Interesting that they all produce different results, presume it's differing tech. Will go googling.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    Big rumble of thunder just now in Letterkenny.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Plenty of lightning in that storm

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Upper cold pool and trough spreading over the country along with diurnal heating and a bit of DLS giving marginal lapse rates but possibly enough to kick off some thunderstorms tomorrow with heavy local showers and hail possible too.

    Will be interested to see if the additional shear compared to other days along with good spells of sunshine will aid convection leading to some lightning maybe a bit longer lasting and heftier than previous days?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    It snowed today have to love the Donegal weather.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭bazlers




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 383 ✭✭Weather BOFH


    Hail and thunder here in South Kildare.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,664 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


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    Looking across lough ree at that heavy shower in Longford/north Westmeath. Clouds are just going up and up!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Only a few sferics in the end in Cork and near Omagh, the lightning in South Kildare wasn't picked up.

    Fantastic day here around Tralee, no huge drying I'd say but very welcome sunshine nonetheless.

    Some fine clouds late afternoon but not able to transition into thunderstorms, a few drops this evening and cooling down now. cpould see the large CB's up along the coast

    Pic over Tralee about 16.10.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭pad199207


    massive flashes of lightning to my north in Kildare



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭robclay26


    4 big flashes here in Delvin Co Westmeath.



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    A few isolated thunderstorms possible tomorrow with good sunny spells, bit breezier in parts. Scattered locally heavy and blustery showers possible, some of hail but a lot of areas could stay dry. Deep layer shear arrives a bit late in the afternoon up from the SE but could aid some convection to spark up. No great stand out parameters yet but no doubt the proper April showers will get going soon enough.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,764 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    Thunder in cavan

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    A few short lived thunderstorms today.

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Chance of a few sparks this evening especially in the SW ( maybe coastal areas ) or along the S or SE later maybe owing to Orographic lift with an nice overlap of DLS over LLS, could get a few blustery or squally showers with hail possible. Tomorrow more chance of thunderstorms more over a wider area inland but isolated and perhaps short lived in nature.

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Big blustery convective showers going through here near Tralee this evening, feeling a bit cooler at 9.3C, some recent sferics showed up in the West.

    Pic: convection over Ardfert Cathedral short time ago.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Loud Thunder here in Castlebar now



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Will the storm clip the SE??

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Should see that from the coast, I wonder has spookwoman got the camera out .

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭SweetCaliber


    just woke me bloody up ! Right ol bang (Tramore)



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    I guess this belongs here too, athlone today. Beautiful Mammatus.

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