Very Warm, Thunderstorms, Flash flooding - Friday through weekend

acassells80 · 18-07-2014 07:33AM

Looks like its moving out to sea, bit of an anti-climax

Storm 10 · 18-07-2014 07:34AM

redsteveireland wrote: »

There wasn’t anything really promised for Galway City

Met Eireann said all areas were at risk there was no where in the forecast where they excluded Galway

Cantona's Collars · 18-07-2014 07:40AM

I was afraid that I'd sleep through this last night here in Enniscorthy,I needn't have worried,about 4am I was awoken by a sound akin to somebody throwing wheelie bins around and witnessed some epic thunder and lightening accompanied by torrential rain before I dozed off again about an hour later.It was still going strong at that stage.

Chiparus · 18-07-2014 07:40AM

Storm 10 wrote: »

Met Eireann said all areas were at risk there was no where in the forecast where they excluded Galway

Very brave not to predict rain for Galway.

DellyBelly · 18-07-2014 07:59AM

Some decent lightning here now...but not as bad as expected

Rikand · 18-07-2014 08:00AM

In fairness Galway has done pretty well this year for thunder and lightning displays. Not a lot of room for complaints.

R.F. · 18-07-2014 08:01AM

Woken up at 4am in Gorey for the most spectacular thunder storm I have seen. My poor dogs were terrified. Lasted well over an hour and was constant

Rock Lesnar · 18-07-2014 08:10AM

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

According to met eireann and raintoday, it should be bucketing down, there is nothing

We got 2mm since this post, the grass is crying

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 18-07-2014 08:14AM

Some decent fork lightning in Sallins this morning and heavy heavy rain

Jpmarn · 18-07-2014 08:17AM

Ryan Turbridy coming on air on rte 2fm mentioned he likes thunder and lightening.

acassells80 · 18-07-2014 08:21AM

Is that the end of the forecasted thunder & lightning or are we due more today or Tomorrow?

lazeedaisy · 18-07-2014 08:28AM

Dogs woke me at 4.15, new Ross looked spectacular with the lightening show. Been up with them watching bad tv ever since. They are all asleep since 7.30 though.

Glad it's not that bad, have a couple of 6 week old chicks, mind you its the Fist rain they have seen,

Harps · 18-07-2014 08:36AM

Great night in London, nothing forecast for us yet we had probably the best nighttime show I've ever seen. Was awoken around 1.30 by torrential rain and for the next hour there was non stop thunder and lightning, flashes all from all directions and almost strobe lightning at times. Finally got back to sleep around 3.30 only to be awoken again by more loud thunder an hour later and that carried on for nearly an hour again

Sleep deprived this morning but not bad for a starter, stifling heat and humidity already this morning and severe storms forecast all weekend, doesn't get much better

Harry Palmr · 18-07-2014 08:40AM

Waterford City - if it happened I slept right through it. Even the ground is only moderately wet - no standing water.

kingshankly · 18-07-2014 08:42AM

14 pages since 5 this morning dublin must have got some action

seanaway · 18-07-2014 08:46AM

Two blasts of heavy rain and nothing else in West Waterford.

Penname · 18-07-2014 08:47AM

Harps wrote: »

Great night in London, nothing forecast for us yet we had probably the best nighttime show I've ever seen. Was awoken around 1.30 by torrential rain and for the next hour there was non stop thunder and lightning, flashes all from all directions and almost strobe lightning at times. Finally got back to sleep around 3.30 only to be awoken again by more loud thunder an hour later and that carried on for nearly an hour again

Sleep deprived this morning but not bad for a starter, stifling heat and humidity already this morning and severe storms forecast all weekend, doesn't get much better

Jealous! My other half is in London and slept right through it where I was awake early waiting on a storm that was never to be, well not in Kildare anyway. Typical.

Milly33 · 18-07-2014 08:47AM

It rained in Cork

leahyl · 18-07-2014 08:49AM

Nothing happened in cork
City :-(

Milly33 · 18-07-2014 08:53AM

Yep slept with the curtains open all night and the animals in for fear of this massive thunder storm on the way, and yeah woke to some rain and the cat sneezing that was it, hopefully tonight

Baby75 · 18-07-2014 08:57AM

zerks wrote: »

I was afraid that I'd sleep through this last night here in Enniscorthy,I needn't have worried,about 4am I was awoken by a sound akin to somebody throwing wheelie bins around and witnessed some epic thunder and lightening accompanied by torrential rain before I dozed off again about an hour later.It was still going strong at that stage.

That is exactly how I woke this morning at 5am in Carlow, heavy rain and thunder

even got up to look out the window at the lightening then fell back to sleep

seanaway · 18-07-2014 09:03AM

Baby75 wrote: »

That is exactly how I woke this morning at 5am in Carlow, heavy rain and thunder even got up to look out the window at the lightening then fell back to sleep

My God! Don't you know it's dangerous to fall asleep in fornt of an open window during a thunderstorm?

You could fall out!

Aerohead · 18-07-2014 09:09AM

Monsoon rain here in Galway, floods all over the roads no thunder or lightning.

Larbre34 · 18-07-2014 09:22AM

Nobody should be writing off the weekend potential for more action, especially afternoon/evening storms. The warm air mass is still very unstable,little troughs in the slack low, it could be ninja storms almost anywhere but especially Munster and Leinster again.

DOCARCH · 18-07-2014 09:28AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Nobody should be writing off the weekend potential for more action, especially afternoon/evening storms. The warm air mass is still very unstable,little troughs in the slack low, it could be ninja storms almost anywhere but especially Munster and Leinster again.

I do hope so!

I would have to describe this mornings 'event' more as thundery rain than an actual thunderstorm...yes...quite a bit of lightning and thunder, but quite intermittent.

It's been years since we have had a good ordinary decent thunderstorm in Dublin.

sunbabe08 · 18-07-2014 09:30AM

leahyl wrote: »

Nothing happened in cork
City :-(

Nope, nada. I stayed up until 4

leahyl · 18-07-2014 09:33AM

I was late for work this morning - I slept out - that was perhaps as a result of setting my alarm for 2.30 expecting to wake up and hear huge rumbles of thunder and see flashes of lightening....

sunbabe08 · 18-07-2014 09:35AM

leahyl wrote: »

I was late for work this morning - I slept out - that was perhaps as a result of setting my alarm for 2.30 expecting to wake up and hear huge rumbles of thunder and see flashes of lightening....

this really isn't our week... is it?

Calina · 18-07-2014 09:41AM

DOCARCH wrote: »

I do hope so!

I would have to describe this mornings 'event' more as thundery rain than an actual thunderstorm...yes...quite a bit of lightning and thunder, but quite intermittent.

It's been years since we have had a good ordinary decent thunderstorm in Dublin.

I thought this morning's event was very disappointing myself. It hasn't really cleared the air.

Kenny Logins · 18-07-2014 09:42AM

leahyl wrote: »

Nothing happened in cork
City :-(

The rain and a distant rumble woke me in the early hours (East Cork). Nothing to get excited about though.

Very Warm, Thunderstorms, Flash flooding - Friday through weekend

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