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Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

Iancar29 · 2012-03-13 12:59:56

Thought i'd get this one started off. :) Current model runs showing some slight potential for a view rumblies on Sunday [ MOTHER'S DAY ! ] .. Fairly far out yet still but will be interesting to see how it unfolds :) Cape values varie with some models showing up some tasty 400j/kg ! But Then some more lower values too ..…

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#782 07-05-2012 03:00PM

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Just had a heavy hail shower in Celbridge and heard one rumble.

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#783 07-05-2012 03:02PM

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A few minutes of light hail here with one clap of thunder, just light rain in the breeze now. Feels like we got the glancing blow of something more?

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#784 07-05-2012 03:08PM

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The Sky to the South of Galway Bay is very black but is not showing up on Met Radar, how could that be???????

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#785 07-05-2012 03:18PM

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2 heavy downpours with hail in the last 30 minutes (dalkey)...wasn't expecting so much today

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#786 07-05-2012 03:18PM

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http://brunnur.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?:mad:

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#787 07-05-2012 03:23PM

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Major rumbling going on here (Clonmel) at the moment. Sky getting increasingly black and the dog is going crazy!

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#788 07-05-2012 03:26PM

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Ridiculous amounts of thunder in North Louth with little rain exactly where I am. Parents were caught in 20 seconds of hail that scuffed the car though.

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#789 07-05-2012 03:37PM

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Pretty epic cell passed to our west about 20 minutes ago, could clearly see CG lightning strikes (really needed a video to capture the strikes). Some pics here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78546641#post78546641

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#790 07-05-2012 03:43PM

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Latest thunderstorm SIGMET issued for Shannon FIR:

EISN SIGMET 01 VALID 071410/071600 EINN- EISN SHANNON FIR/UIR FRQ TS FCST WI 40NM OF LINE N5420 W00900 - N5340 W00700 TOP FL280 MOV NE AT 20KT NC=

"Valid 1410 - 1600 Z. Frequent thunderstorms forecast within 40 nautical miles of a line N5420 W00900 - N5340 W0700, tops 28,000 ft, noving northeastwards at 20 knots. No change"

Casement's short TAF, issued at 3 pm, gives moderate rain / hail showers and thunderstorms up to 7 pm.

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#791 07-05-2012 04:03PM

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GFS sounding for around Kildare area now at 4 pm, showing good instability but saturated mid levels and only weakish shear, so we can expect that convection will not intensify further through the evening. Cells should start to die out fairly quickly after around 6 - 7 pm.

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#792 07-05-2012 04:10PM

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No rain here after the main band passed through earlier this morning. The South Westerly killing our chances. Its actually been a nice day with plenty of sunshine.

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#793 07-05-2012 04:11PM

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Weather's starting to become an issue now for aircraft off the Dublin coast. Listen live here

http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?mount=eidw2&icao=eidw

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#794 07-05-2012 04:13PM

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few vicious looking cells in the midlands at the moment.

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

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#795 07-05-2012 04:16PM

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Thunder and Lightning in Carlow right now.

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#796 07-05-2012 04:28PM

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You carlow cell looks to be heading dblin way, me hopes it grows

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#797 07-05-2012 04:33PM

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big rumbles of thunder here now in naas

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#798 07-05-2012 04:33PM

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Su Campu wrote: »

GFS sounding for around Kildare area now at 4 pm, showing good instability but saturated mid levels and only weakish shear, so we can expect that convection will not intensify further through the evening. Cells should start to die out fairly quickly after around 6 - 7 pm.

Hey Su, do you know if it is possible to get those forecast soundings for my region? Have checked Meteociel countless times but can't figure out how to find them (if they exist on the site in the first place that is)

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#799 07-05-2012 04:37PM

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Torrential rain and hail here atm... Waiting for a boom any sec:D

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#800 07-05-2012 04:41PM

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looks like some action heading for Dublin now.

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#801 07-05-2012 04:50PM

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Nothing yet, waiting with camera:D

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#802 07-05-2012 04:50PM

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Belting down hail in Sallins

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#803 07-05-2012 04:56PM

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Deep Easterly wrote: »

Hey Su, do you know if it is possible to get those forecast soundings for my region? Have checked Meteociel countless times but can't figure out how to find them (if they exist on the site in the first place that is)

Can't find one that shows the whole country but if you click the very top left it should be close enough to you

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/sondage_gfs.php

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#804 07-05-2012 05:02PM

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Lightning & Rain in Maynoot approx 10 mins ago. Very close.

Passed now.

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#805 07-05-2012 05:02PM

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Beautiful storm just passed almost overhead, mostly east of us (north Kildare). Best storm I've seen in a few years. Raging I didn't have camera handy but saw an amazing looking fork. Other than that, just 9 or ten flashes. My 6 yr old just said its the best weather day ever.

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#806 07-05-2012 05:06PM

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Any of these cells rotating?

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#807 07-05-2012 05:11PM

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Harps wrote: »

Can't find one that shows the whole country but if you click the very top left it should be close enough to you

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/sondage_gfs.php

Nice one Harps.

As I suspected, A sw'ly all the way up to the heavens :rolleyes:
http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/sondagegfs/sondagegfs_0_8_3_0.png

As purdy as the Burren is (or so I am led to believe) I really wish it would collapse into Galway Bay and fill it up, because that Bay is a true storm killer for my region under these WSW set ups. :mad:

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#808 07-05-2012 05:18PM

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wind and rain picking up now in DN 22

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#809 07-05-2012 05:27PM

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That north Kildare cell was amazing, watched it from my upstairs as it passed a couple of miles away. Some lovely lightning, which I caught on video. A lovely double rainbow too. Will post it in a bit.

Deep, you can get a similar GFS sounding for any latitude/longitude here.

http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/READYcmet.php

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#810 07-05-2012 05:30PM

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We had a lot of thunder and lightening in north Kilkenny, heavy hail and at one stage near constant thunder.

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#811 07-05-2012 05:40PM

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Great, I've just fried my camcorder. Put the wrong power adaptor into it!

I'm afraid we won't be seeing that lightning lads! :mad:

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