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Very Warm, Thunderstorms, Flash flooding - Friday through weekend

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    #632
    seanaway
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭seanaway


    Blazing sunshine in West Waterford now after a dullish start. No rain-nothing.


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    #633
    Garseys
    Registered Users Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭Garseys


    leahyl wrote: »
    Nothing happened in cork
    City :-(

    No Thunder/Lightning and Snow when it's winter.

    I think Mother Nature has it in for Cork City. :pac:


    Wouldn't mind some lightning and that this afternoon sitting here in work.


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    #634
    Baby75
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    seanaway wrote: »
    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!

    :D:p:D


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    #635
    northgirl
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    Gutted there was little to no activity in Cork city - have to console myself with all the amazing footage and photos from other locations


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    #636
    goat2
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    we had a downpour, constant lightning, and thunder, for about an hour and a half,
    dogs went beserk, i am really sleep deprived at the moment and dogs are snoring as i type this,
    it has a huge effect on the poor animals, the bangs of thunder,
    i tried to cover them with duvets so to drown out noise, but one of them would not peep down at all.


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    #637
    Turnipman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Turnipman


    goat2 wrote: »
    we had a downpour, constant lightning, and thunder, for about an hour and a half,
    dogs went beserk, i am really sleep deprived at the moment and dogs are snoring as i type this,
    it has a huge effect on the poor animals, the bangs of thunder,
    i tried to cover them with duvets so to drown out noise, but one of them would not peep down at all.

    What part of the country is that?


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    #638
    seanaway
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭seanaway


    goat2 wrote: »
    we had a downpour, constant lightning, and thunder, for about an hour and a half,
    dogs went beserk, i am really sleep deprived at the moment and dogs are snoring as i type this,
    it has a huge effect on the poor animals, the bangs of thunder,
    i tried to cover them with duvets so to drown out noise, but one of them would not peep down at all.

    Try some camomile tea for the dogs a few hours before a storm. Calms them naturally.


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    #639
    SpaceTime
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    You just have to give dogs a lot of reassurance. They hate and do not understand thunder.

    Our cat even tends to hide under the bed.

    They probably hear a lot more than we do.


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    #640
    seanaway
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭seanaway


    Garseys wrote: »
    No Thunder/Lightning and Snow when it's winter.

    I think Mother Nature has it in for Cork City. :pac:


    Wouldn't mind some lightning and that this afternoon sitting here in work.
    I think Mother Nature spent a fair bit of time in Cork these last winters trying to turn it into an Irish Venice.:)


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    #641
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    goat2 wrote: »
    we had a downpour, constant lightning, and thunder, for about an hour and a half,
    dogs went beserk, i am really sleep deprived at the moment and dogs are snoring as i type this,
    it has a huge effect on the poor animals, the bangs of thunder,
    i tried to cover them with duvets so to drown out noise, but one of them would not peep down at all.
    My dog goes frantic and I worry about her as she's shaking and tries to dig her way out through the floor. I made my own thundershirt out of a motorcyclists' kidney belt and she calms down immediately. Go have a watch on youtube for thundershirts.


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    #642
    Garseys
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    seanaway wrote: »
    I think Mother Nature spent a fair bit of time in Cork these last winters trying to turn it into an Irish Venice.:)

    again she has it in for Cork. :P


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    #643
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,072 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    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.
    Exactly. We're not hot enough here to get huge thunderstorms and also surrounded by cold sea which considerably weakens anything that heads our way from the continent and the result is thundery rain. In winter the sea is too warm which means any snow "events" are almost always a disappointment.:mad:


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    #644
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,570 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    If you have haven't seen much in the way of action last night there is still plenty of opportunity over the days ahead.

    Tomorrow for instance some storms look like breaking out across the country and the outside chance of of the east coast getting effected by events in UK on Saturday afternoon. And then the risk continues well in to next week. If anything next week should be the warmest of the summer so far with winds mostly from the southeast and always the threat of storms breaking out.

    Cheer up, there is plenty to come! :)


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    #645
    whitebriar
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    Elmer Blooker wrote: »
    Exactly. We're not hot enough here to get huge thunderstorms and also surrounded by cold sea which considerably weakens anything that heads our way from the continent and the result is thundery rain. In winter the sea is too warm which means any snow "events" are almost always a disappointment.:mad:
    down in the Arklow,Gorey,rathnew,enniscorthy triangle it was certainly a worthy storm though with what must have been 100's of strikes.
    I according to this thread first saw lightning at about 355am and was still observing thunder after 6am.
    Thanks to a rural open location,we can observe storms coming in here from a distance up to arrival fairly well.
    The lightning was every bit as good as stuff I saw in Thailand a couple of months ago.


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    #646
    1huge1
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    The humidity at the University of Limerick right now is almost unbearable, walking along the path by the tree's on the way in was horrible. Of all the times I've walked through it, It has never been like that before. Thankfully the library has air con


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    #647
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,072 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »
    Cold air over a warm ocean is a good thing in winter if you're lookin for precipitation i would have thought. The sea has been warm enough recently around our shores.
    Jan & Dec 2010 yes but snow at sea level is generally rare in our oceanic climate. How many failed northerlies have we seen over the years? Far too many!


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    #648
    seanaway
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭seanaway


    1huge1 wrote: »
    The humidity at the University of Limerick right now is almost unbearable, walking along the path by the tree's on the way in was horrible. Of all the times I've walked through it, It has never been like that before. Thankfully the library has air con
    That's leftover humididty from the exam sweats.:D


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    #649
    delw
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    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 :D
    Some great videos doing the rounds,looked fantastic


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    #650
    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    kingshankly wrote: »
    14 pages since 5 this morning dublin must have got some action
    Very little this part,2 or 3 rumbles is all i heard


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    #651
    Aerohead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Aerohead


    delw wrote: »
    Some great videos doing the rounds,looked fantastic


    Linky linky !!!!!!!!!!!!


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    #652
    Larbre34
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    Humidities yesterday typically 58-70, today more like 85-95, except in extreme NW


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    #653
    delw
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    Aerohead wrote: »
    Linky linky !!!!!!!!!!!!
    Sorry don't have any, my daughter showed me some on snapchat earlier

    Edit : some good pics in the indo
    https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCkQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fhome-news%2Fweather-lightning-storms-illuminate-skyline-before-hottest-day-of-the-year-9613774.html&ei=-wjJU8TjJfSv7AaRt4HABQ&usg=AFQjCNHnMvdjO8m2eX9SKk603n5phYKeVA


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    #654
    Baby75
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    Aerohead wrote: »
    Linky linky !!!!!!!!!!!!

    found this link great picture I have one video on my phone do not know how to upload though


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    #655
    vistafinder
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭vistafinder


    Myself and my friend headed off for south of Clonakilty yesterday evening. It was my first time trying to photo lightning. We got there before sunset and could see nice big black clouds slipping kind of to the southwest and there was some real mad colours and rainbows at sunset.

    As it got a bit darker we could see fork lightning and hear the distant thunder out at sea. We saw some mental anvil crawers. First time ever seing them.

    Got 1 very heavy shower over head around 12 and waited for the main event until 3 o clock which never happened. Ah well thats the weather been looking at this site long enough to know it does its own thing.

    Still very happy with what we saw. Here are some pics.

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    untitled-1827.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr
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    untitled-1830.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr
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    untitled-1831.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr
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    untitled-1833.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr
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    untitled-1836.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr


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    #656
    pad199207
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    Caught this watching the show nearly 90 miles away over the Wexford Coast
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    #657
    lolie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭✭lolie


    Aerohead wrote: »
    Linky linky !!!!!!!!!!!!

    Some nice pics and a few vids on here.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2696997/Thunderbolt-lightning-frightening-Dramatic-storms-sweep-Britain-ahead-hottest-day-year-far-temperatures-expected-hit-32C.html


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    #658
    seanaway
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭seanaway


    lolie wrote: »
    Some nice pics and a few vids on here.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2696997/Thunderbolt-lightning-frightening-Dramatic-storms-sweep-Britain-ahead-hottest-day-year-far-temperatures-expected-hit-32C.html

    I'm amazed the Daily Mail didn't have a headline telling people that storms can cause cancer.


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    #659
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Folks, regarding tomorrow, it starts reasonably fine but things go downhill quickly

    Situation at 12 pm. Note chance of thunderstorms or "thundery rain" grazing east coast from some dramatic activity due in the southern half of the UK later tonight.

    Also note already at that stage some local intense convective downpours developing in the southwest and mid-west.

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    By the early afternoon those storms only grow more intense and with little or no wind if you get caught in one of those you'll know about it! I'd expect hail as well.

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    Flash flooding is a real possibility under those and lightening could be dramatic too. We may see more vids and pics by the end of the day :D


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    #660
    Video
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    I'm seriously disappointed about the number of videos... people recording 1 strike in 7second clip after them raving on about constant lightning every 2 seconds? does no one think to whip out an iphone on occasions like that?


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    #661
    R.F.
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭R.F.


    Video wrote: »
    I'm seriously disappointed about the number of videos... people recording 1 strike in 7second clip after them raving on about constant lightning every 2 seconds? does no one think to whip out an iphone on occasions like that?

    It was 4am and I had to work. It kind of annoyed me more than anything :(


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