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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion Spring/Summer 2024

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  • #872
    AllForIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    A solid hour or more of it in Castlebar but seems to be fading away now. Was very intense. Would have to go back to 2016 to recall something comparable.



  • #873
    OrangeBadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭OrangeBadger


    South Sligo continuous lightening/thunder for the last 3 hours



  • #874
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭obi604


    East Galway stopped about 2 hours ago and it’s started again.



  • #875
    leprechauntimmer123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭leprechauntimmer123


    New here. Have a passion for severe weather so I am here. Quite the night in the West (still going as i speak), very active



  • #876
    Duvet Day
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Duvet Day


    Lightning to the west of Cork city.



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  • #877
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    Nothing so far here in carrick since earlier ,think the main band is further west than anticipated



  • #878
    leprechauntimmer123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭leprechauntimmer123


    Seems like all the energy is wasted from now on, it doesn't seem like any other events will occur up the line. This has been a pretty decent outbreak, that's for sure. Was hoping for something at least in my area, hit or miss and i was on the miss end



  • #879
    Storm 10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Some lightning and thunder in Galway for the past few hours never saw as many flashes like daylight seems to be dying off at the moment.

    Did ME issue any warnings for this thunder it's pretty severe around the place .



  • #880
    monster1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 780 ✭✭✭monster1


    An almighty bang woke up up a few minutes ago mid west roscommon..

    It wasn't a dream anyway, pissing rain, power gone. Distant rumbles now.



  • #881
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,095 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    A massive bang and then a lightning strike out of nowhere that temporarily knocked out the electricity. I say out of nowhere because all was quiet for the last couple of hours.



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  • #882
    leprechauntimmer123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭leprechauntimmer123


    Definitely not as much activity as the event is gradually beginning to hinder. CAPE values still 400+, nearly 500 at areas currently so should decrease in 2 hours



  • #883
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,249 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122493205#Comment_122493205

    Storm has been ongoing here since about 11pn. Dies down a little then seems to come back again. Some really impressive forks out there again now

    New Moon



  • #884
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,095 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122493208#Comment_122493208

    It maybe be winding down but as oneiric3 says still some impressive forks about at the moment. It's the best event I have experienced in 24 years.



  • #885
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    Purple lightning 🌩 here in carrick with extremely heavy rain



  • #886
    Hippo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭Hippo


    Non-stop in Ballaghadereen for hours now though it's been ten minutes since the last flash. I can't remember the last time a show lasted this long



  • #887
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,249 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    What a show. Last 8 hour sferic animation.

    blitze_20240812_0325_animation.gif

    New Moon



  • #888
    .Donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,229 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    Torrential rain , plenty of thunder and lightning

    image.gif


  • #889
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122493225#Comment_122493225

    We don't get that often :) what a site



  • #890
    sudocremegg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭sudocremegg


    Is it unusual for the west to have such long and intense lightning storms? Even living in the South East I haven't seen things like that.



  • #891
    ascophyllum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 365 ✭✭ascophyllum


    Became very intense in coastal West Mayo at midnight, flashes every 30 seconds or so, not much thunder, hard to make oit the forks through the rain but intensely bright, like a camera flash in your face. The last spectacle like this was 2 years ago almost to the day I think.

    Kudos to @Meteorite58 for calling this as a big event a few days ago - it certainly delivered for many!



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  • #892
    Storm 10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Thousands without out power in Galway City and County due lightning damage ,

    Well done we Meteorite58 great call way ahead of ME.



  • #893
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,154 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Had a few more rumbles through the night, fair play to ESB getting the power back on so quickly. I think I can mark that one as the best thunderstorm from recent memory in the west.



  • #894
    OldRio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,962 ✭✭✭OldRio


    We were awoken at about 4.20am. Torrential rain bouncing off the roof and then the bedroom lit up with the flash of lightning. This was followed by loud thunder echoing across the sky.

    The storm lasted for about 15 minutes. Then utter stillness. The power of nature is really very humbling.

    Leitrim



  • #895
    owen3371
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭owen3371


    strongʻ SSE wind pushed the squall lines further west



  • #896
    greenpilot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,818 ✭✭✭greenpilot


    https://x.com/HiramAbiff1000/status/1822906463964086752

    Hi. I have a fantastic video from last night that I want to share with you, but I'm getting this error ( it's on x).

    " Sites 'X.com' robots.txt did not allow access to the url"

    Any suggestions on how to get around this?

    Thanks.



  • #897
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,886 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    That was a crazy night. Power went twice but not for too long. Amazing display of lightning. When the rain eventually came, it was epic. A night to remember. The power of nature indeed.

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  • #898
    Storm 10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,171 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Sadly house badly damaged by lightning in Cork, found this posted on facebook scary

    https://www.facebook.com/CarlowWeather/videos/video-from-earlier-this-evening-near-ballineen-in-west-cork-with-electrical-pole/481938747872285/?_rdr



  • #899
    highdef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,623 ✭✭✭highdef


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122493519#Comment_122493519

    Put it on youtube and use the attach link button (shown below) to add it here. Assuming it's in landscape orientation, it'll look normal when I view it on the telly :-)

    image.png


  • #900
    LambshankRedemption
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,467 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122493260#Comment_122493260

    Very unusual.



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  • #901
    LambshankRedemption
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,467 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122493519#Comment_122493519

    Just paste the link and we can follow it.



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