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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Spring/Summer 15

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  • #842
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Looks like a decent enough storm around Arklow alright. http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=12


  • #843
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    11


  • #844
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    12


  • #845
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    One or two nice bangs about 10 minutes ago in Arklow. Seems to be calming down a bit now.


  • #846
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    One or two nice bangs about 10 minutes ago in Arklow. Seems to be calming down a bit now.

    You must be deaf ;)


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  • #847
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,456 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Lively Downpours here in Naas with Thunder and Lightning


  • #848
    RuthieRose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭RuthieRose


    Few good rumbles and some blanket lightening off the coast near Dungarvan.


  • #849
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    WheatenBriar wrote: »
    You must be deaf ;)

    WHAT? :pac:


  • #850
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,456 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Shelf on the Storm over Naas

    44FAF6B4FB894F1185D00A0D538D1E23-0000334566-0003784193-00800L-B9FA503623FF484EB7D5304C1EF42A3C.jpg


  • #851
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,466 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    Getting dark and heavy rain DN 22


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  • #852
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    pad199207 wrote: »
    Shelf on the Storm over Naas.

    Nice capture Pad!

    Getting dark here in south Dublin, but looks like bulk of that shower will pass to my south, over the mountains.


  • #853
    Supercell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,808 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    That clipped here, just some light/moderate rain for about 15 minutes, nothing too exciting unfortunately! Got 0.6mm rain measured from it.
    https://www.loughlinstown.ie/


  • #854
    Simon Gruber Says
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭Simon Gruber Says


    Great looking shelf over the northern side of Dublin


  • #855
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Great view from the drivers seat I say :).


  • #856
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,456 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Can hear Thunder again Naas now


  • #857
    highdef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,629 ✭✭✭highdef


    There were a couple of strikes around Enfield


  • #858
    Trebor176
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭Trebor176


    I think I just heard thunder in Clondalkin. Kind of faint, though.


  • #859
    Patser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,484 ✭✭✭Patser


    2 large booms of thunder over Maynooth, as well as some epic rain and hail for 20 minutes.

    But easing off now just as quickly and brightening up.


  • #860
    diceyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭diceyd


    Finglas


  • #861
    Trebor176
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭Trebor176


    And another rumble. . .

    The sky is looking quite threatening at the moment.


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  • #862
    Iancar29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Distant Thunder in D11 , very suspicious lowering / possible wall cloud over towards swords!


  • #863
    Simon Gruber Says
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭Simon Gruber Says


    Heavy rain in Dublin city now. The Dublin radar appears to be offline at the moment.


  • #864
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    What caused tuesdays storms? They were pretty vicious between 3 and 5 in the south-east
    Even MT didnt forecast them,issuing an alert over an hour after they started
    Nothing in this thread untill it started
    In the south wicklow north wexford area,what we got was way ahead of the hype and estofex posts from supposed plume events that never happened a few weeks back

    The main storm here,in terms of noise and lightning was actually similar to something I saw in Budapest a few years ago
    Everyone was talking about it


  • #865
    Iancar29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Cape & LI was low but strong wind convergence coupled with high lapse rates helped kick them off . DLS was in the 30knts region too locally. The strong midday sun was was key.


  • #866
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Aye,I did not have a sea breeze here, temps in earlier sunshine only about 17c,so are you saying there was some upper level convergence
    People were stopping cars with the downpour of hail at one stage
    At that point there was more than one strike a minute which was very noisy and made it quite remarkable locally at its height near 4pm
    (mt's warning came at 440 pm,None from m.e at all-both entering the fray as a nowcast, with morning forecasts only mentioning light showers mainly up north iirc)

    Its another case of weather completely outfoxing the models and forecasters


  • #867
    Iancar29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Yeah mid level convergence , possibly some upslope action helped too. Met eireann did mention some possible thundery showers in their radio forecast. I would probably had more of a heads up about it on here if I wasn't working a lot lately.

    Was nice to see numerous strikes in the one area on the map as you mentioned about. Impossible to predict how active a cell will be .


  • #868
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Some sferics increasing on approach to the sw coastline, well there a fare few hundred km's out. Things could intensify later perhaps? http://www.sat24.com/?culture=en


  • #869
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,615 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Couple of recent strikes just south east of galway city.


  • #870
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,615 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    more strikes between Gort and Loughrea just now


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  • #871
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    That's some line of showers between galway and limerick. For some reason blitzortung isnt dectecting sferics but nw radar is :confused:.


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