Convection /Thunderstorm discussion Spring /Summer 2026

Thunder87 · 02-06-2026 03:05AM

Bloody hell, some massive cracks of thunder here in D13, loudest I've heard in a long time! I think June 2023 is the last time I've experienced anything more than distant rumbles so nice to finally get a bit of a show

Elmer Blooker · 02-06-2026 03:06AM

yes me too, it’s a sleepless night on the north side,

Saganist · 02-06-2026 03:06AM

Thunder woke me. Seen at least 3 lightning flashes. Pouring.

Tom1991 · 02-06-2026 03:07AM

Nearly took me off the smokes in Dublin , sent me out of the bed with the fright

Artane2002 · 02-06-2026 03:11AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124517542#Comment_124517542

Nothing ever wakes me up, but this has, very very loud. Fair few flashes too.

sparrowcar · 02-06-2026 03:11AM

Wide awake Swords... best TS here for years.

antimatterx · 02-06-2026 03:13AM

North Dublin here. Absolutely wild. Had my window open and it was like a bomb went off.

paulhac · 02-06-2026 03:16AM

moving away now from glasnevin but another cell brewing north of Carlow , this might wake the other half of Dublin if it fires

Squeaksoutloud · 02-06-2026 03:18AM

Constant flashes and rumbling now on Donabate peninsula. Best I've ever seen here.

dublincc2 · 02-06-2026 03:19AM

Never seen/heard as much thunder and lightning as I have in Dublin tonight in over 50 years.

dublincc2 · 02-06-2026 03:21AM

Just thinking this must be what it’s like going through night air raids in Ukraine/Middle East but of course much less serious and damaging.

sparrowcar · 02-06-2026 03:24AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124517552#Comment_124517552

Have to agree, I dont recall anything close to this for decades in Swords.

Needmoretea · 02-06-2026 03:27AM

Surprise pop up storm in Dublin 9. Woke me with everyone else!, A good few long loud rumbles and flashes. Have not had anything like this in a while!

PukkaStukka · 02-06-2026 03:28AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124517551#Comment_124517551

Ditto here in Portrane. Almost continental style thunderstorm with constant lightning and rolling thunder. A most pleasant surprise and one not forecast either 😆. Seems to be trailing off now

lordleitrim · 02-06-2026 03:29AM

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Mother of all thunderstorms here in Donabate right now. Never experienced thunder and lightning as dramatic as this in Ireland before!!

RiceCrispy · 02-06-2026 03:30AM

The thunder rolls in north county Dublin, never heard or seen anything like it. Incredible show.

RiceCrispy · 02-06-2026 03:33AM

Didn't know purple lightning was a thing ?

Kermit.de.frog · 02-06-2026 03:42AM

Back to sleep. Probably be woken again within an hour.

DOCARCH · 02-06-2026 05:12AM

Just woken by thunder in Greystones.

Captain_Crash · 02-06-2026 07:12AM

In D18, was woken by a downpour and heard a good few rumbles overnight. A rare occasion for me not to get up and go watch, this time I just lay there enjoying the serenity of it.

Bargain_Hound · 02-06-2026 07:14AM

cannot believe I slept through all of that (Dublin), even with the windows open. The missus said to me this morning that she thought she heard a rumble of thunder. Sounds and looks like it was a lot more than that. I’d have gotten up to watch it from the attic windows.

tomcosgrave · 02-06-2026 09:35AM

Got woken up at 2.50 by the thunder, it was right overhead (D13/D17) according to the Netweather radar map! I thought there had been an explosion or a plane crash or something as I was asleep with my face buried in the pillow so didn't see the lightning. Took a minute to realise it was thunder! Some more loud bangs as it moved away, it was done by about 3.15.

Very unusual to have a cell come north like that, usually the mountains break them up and they die before hitting the northside!

Elmer Blooker · 02-06-2026 09:51AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124517530#Comment_124517530

It wasn’t this storm that gave the intense storm in N Dublin, this one seems to have died out and a second storm developed over the north of the city and became very active over north Co Dublin.

Hotblack Desiato · 02-06-2026 10:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124517552#Comment_124517552

There was a far worse(better?) one in about 1986, constant lightning went on for hours

leprechauntimmer123 · 02-06-2026 11:27AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124517859#Comment_124517859

Sometimes, storms are mature enough that they essentially feed themselves their own environment, and can persist thru the Wicklow Mountains. It's funny enough, last night before I went to sleep at 1am, I said to myself "whens the last time D12 had a good nighttime storm?" and just like that, i couldn't sleep but when I did, i totally missed that storm...somethings telling me those two things were a sign to stay up for it lmao

dsmythy · 02-06-2026 11:51AM

Can't believe i slept through it reading the descriptions. Had I suspected it was likely I'd have stayed awake.

sryanbruen · 02-06-2026 01:02PM

My clip of one of the loud rumbles and bright flashes from Donaghmede, Dublin. It woke me up as well and as is typical it died off as soon as I tried to get a good picture 😏

https://twitter.com/SnowbieWx/status/2061639960709534187

leprechauntimmer123 · 02-06-2026 01:25PM

Many sporadic showers ccapable of pproducing the odd strike or two/maybe even a funnel too in the East. CAPE should nto really leave until 6pm so maybe a few rounds of it

Elmer Blooker · 02-06-2026 01:38PM

definitely thunder later in East Leinster ?
looking west now.

Lucylou35 · 02-06-2026 01:46PM

Lashing rain and two loud claps of thunder in Naas.

Convection /Thunderstorm discussion Spring /Summer 2026

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