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Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Very could setup for organised storms this afternoon in the west and NW. Estofex hav it highlighted nicely though I think its more of a 50% lightning risk instead of 20% . Can't post charts as I'm off to work but hi res has some nice cells popping up from midday :) *shakes fist at the west! * :)


    http://www.estofex.org/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,665 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Very could setup for organised storms this afternoon in the west and NW. Estofex hav it highlighted nicely though I think its more of a 50% lightning risk instead of 20% . Can't post charts as I'm off to work but hi res has some nice cells popping up from midday :) *shakes fist at the west! * :)


    http://www.estofex.org/

    Out in the middle of nowhere/roscommon and we just had a distant rumble of thunder out towards castlerea direction. Hopefully get some more closer


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


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Very could setup for organised storms this afternoon in the west and NW. Estofex hav it highlighted nicely though I think its more of a 50% lightning risk instead of 20% . Can't post charts as I'm off to work but hi res has some nice cells popping up from midday :) *shakes fist at the west! * :)


    http://www.estofex.org/

    There doesn't seem to be much heat around here today for good convection Ian, overcast all morning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Out in the middle of nowhere/roscommon and we just had a distant rumble of thunder out towards castlerea direction. Hopefully get some more closer

    Nothing registered on the radar ATM .... But England .... A train of a storm rolling into london! LOADS of sparks from it!! :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,665 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Out in the middle of nowhere/roscommon and we just had a distant rumble of thunder out towards castlerea direction. Hopefully get some more closer

    Nothing registered on the radar ATM .... But England .... A train of a storm rolling into london! LOADS of sparks from it!! :(

    yeah we only had the one and we had a real heavy shower after it. But blue skies agsin now. And very dark stuff in the distance


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,310 ✭✭✭Trogdor


    I'm out in West Galway at the moment and it's absolutely belting down, can hardly see in front of you it's so heavy!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭Chicken1


    Just had the mother of all rain storm here in Galway City, floods all over the place you could hardly see on front of you, sadly no sparks I was sure there would have been as it got very dark.


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


    Some heavy returns in the west on the raintoday.co.uk radar. No sign of any sparks apart from up around Mayo/Sligo area.217583.png


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭eskimocat


    There have been some amazing cloud bursts here today, didn't hear/see any thunder or lightning :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭tylercollins


    few rumbles here in the last 30 minutes with heavy rain.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    Like EskimoKat some pretty big showers here today but no thunder. An earlier shower brought a 126mm/hr rain rate and one just gone gave a 228mm/hr rain rate, the 2nd time this month that I have recorded a 200mm/hr + rain rate.

    Hourly rain reports from my Davis station for this afternoon:

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    A total of 19.6mm so far today, 13.0mm of which fell in the hour up 6.30pm.

    PS, please ignore date stamp, my Davis is lagging a day behind regarding this for some reason and haven't got around to setting it to the right date yet.




    Edit: and the heavens have just opened up again..bring it on!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭tylercollins


    Some torrential rain that fell there now outside my house!

    My WH1080 was showing the rain rate to be 32.44 mm/hr



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Welsh Wizard


    Nice looking car in the back ground


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Ye nice car, what make is that? That video could sum up our entire summer so far!

    Btw I dunno if my geography is off but I thought the county was called simply "Derry" rather than Londonderry (as the title of your video says)? The latter I thought is only officially used for the name of the city which was built by the "London" companies during the plantations - obviously the county itself wasn't built by them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    rc28 wrote: »
    Ye nice car, what make is that? That video could sum up our entire summer so far!

    Btw I dunno if my geography is off but I thought the county was called simply "Derry" rather than Londonderry (as the title of your video says)? The latter I thought is only officially used for the name of the city which was built by the "London" companies during the plantations - obviously the county itself wasn't built by them?

    Different people call things different things. Lets not make this into a political argument. Case closed. No further posts on the matter in here please. :);) Cheers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Different people call things different things. Lets not make this into a political argument. Case closed. No further posts on the matter in here please. :);) Cheers

    Apologies, I *genuinely* wasn't trying to be political (I'm really not that kind of person).

    Google doesn't have any straight answers either :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭tylercollins


    rc28 wrote: »
    Ye nice car, what make is that? That video could sum up our entire summer so far!

    Btw I dunno if my geography is off but I thought the county was called simply "Derry" rather than Londonderry (as the title of your video says)? The latter I thought is only officially used for the name of the city which was built by the "London" companies during the plantations - obviously the county itself wasn't built by them?

    I've no idea what kind of car it is, all I know is that it's really old as it has pop out things for indicators LOL! It barely moved as well in a few years, thing should really be garaged as well, just going to rot away sitting there in this weather!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    Some torrential rain that fell there now outside my house!

    My WH1080 was showing the rain rate to be 32.44 mm/hr

    Nice video TC. What is that strange sound from about 2.45 mins onwards? It's kinda weird and scary sounding!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭tylercollins


    I'm would be pretty certain that it's cars/40 footers driving on the road behind that row of houses where that ole car is.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    rc28 wrote: »
    Ye nice car, what make is that?

    It's an Austin Sheerline from the late 40's.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    A nice broad area of instability for tomorrow . It sure looks like pulse type storms could pop up anywhere . I'd guess the best place though would be anywhere right up the east coast and in the NW too . Hoping i get something out of this, something photogenic , Too much to ask for??????? :o


    217744.png


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 340 ✭✭tomcosgrave


    Given the disappointment so far this summer in terms of thunderstorms around the east coast, I'll believe it when I hear it / see it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Given the disappointment so far this summer in terms of thunderstorms around the east coast, I'll believe it when I hear it / see it!

    Indeed!.... More of this would be NICE!!!! :)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    GFS Forecasted Skew - T for Dublin tommorrow at 1500 :)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,466 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    Whopper shower just seemed to come out of the blue in DN 20


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,266 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    jimmynokia wrote: »
    Whopper shower just seemed to come out of the blue in DN 20

    Can see the clouds tops from that shower here. Heavy looking shower alright.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Nabber


    Can see some nice clouds over towards the west of dublin. Sunny and warm here in Dublin 4


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,411 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Mother of all downpours here in Naas atm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,466 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    pad199207 wrote: »
    Mother of all downpours here in Naas atm

    thats heading my way right now


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,411 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Theres a good deal with it too

    Naas a few mins ago

    [tweet https://twitter.com/LiveNaasWeather/status/237620715556311041]


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