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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    Completely off topic but i remember the same CRAZY rain/floooding in cork the year of the big freeze 2009/2010.

    Just sayin :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭typhoony


    next week has potential for convection with the frontal boundary close and mix of airmasses


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭dzsfah2xoynme9


    typhoony wrote: »
    next week has potential for convection with the frontal boundary close and mix of airmasses

    Hopefully. This bland weather is boring the tits off me..


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Models have been showing the possibility of LP forming around midweek to our SW moving to the S and deepening, slow moving parked around biscay which if it did matearlize would drag up warm moist sub tropical air and warm air from Europe. This kind of set up could produce convection with troughs and fronts being fed in over the country with instability more than likely available and capable of producing heavy rain. With the nights getting darker earlier there would be better chance of seeing the full show if we get thunderstorms.
    A bit more interesting for sure.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    The chance of thunderstorms is receding for next week as the LP set to form to our SW drifts further S as an area of HP takes control near us. All quiet sedate for now it would seem.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Showers and sparks drifting north towards the Waterford coast


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Lots of convection in Clare/Kerry today, currently absolutely lashing in West Clare, extremely large raindrops.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭4Ad


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Lots of convection in Clare/Kerry today, currently absolutely lashing in West Clare, extremely large raindrops.

    Lovely in East Clare now..So calm.Had a lovely day 21 degrees...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,970 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Lightning flash to the west of Galway


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Few midlands showers developing, thunder later?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Oranmore co galway 16/09/20 17.25 temp 21°C
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭StackSteevens


    Met Eireann is forecasting thundery downpours for Cork, Kerry and Clare this evening - but Meteorite58 is nowhere to be seen!

    Guide us please, O wise one!

    EDIT:

    lightning approaching the SW is showing here: http://brunnur.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,174 ✭✭✭pauldry


    No Meteorite

    No Radar either

    Non event until realtime then


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,921 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    pauldry wrote: »
    No Meteorite

    No Radar either

    Non event until realtime then

    Sorry folks. I buried him in my field. I was sick of all the bad news reports:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭SlowBlowin


    Heavy hail storm with winds just come though the mountains at my location, sort of thing I would be normally watching the radar for...

    600 ft ASL - Macgillycuddy's Reeks 6km NE of Sneem


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,971 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    SlowBlowin wrote: »
    Heavy hail storm with winds just come though the mountains at my location, sort of thing I would be normally watching the radar for...

    600 ft ASL - Macgillycuddy's Reeks 6km NE of Sneem

    radar is back on netweather


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Sorry folks. I buried him in my field. I was sick of all the bad news reports:)


    Thunderstorms are never bad reports! :pac:



    Uppers become increasingly cold, Low level shear available but very little Deep layer shear, Mucape levels meagre and mostly over water ( from the relatively high SST's and cold uppers ) but maybe the odd brief sporadic pulse storm might approach the coast ? Heavy convective rain and hail possible but dont know if there is enough energy and instability to kick start a storm??

    What ye reckon.

    Maybe over high ground in the SW in a bit from the coast with the combination of frontal forcing and orographic lift or along S coasts ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    One long clap of thunder in East Cork a few moments ago.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,585 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Malahide earlier today.

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    mcburns07 wrote: »
    One long clap of thunder in East Cork a few moments ago.

    Looks like some heavy rain going through

    Sferic picked up

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    mcburns07 wrote: »
    One long clap of thunder in East Cork a few moments ago.

    And another :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,693 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Seeing a few flashes in cork city, no thunder though!


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Seeing a few flashes in cork city, no thunder though!

    I can hear rumbles in the distance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,009 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Thought I saw a flash of lightning there alright in Cork city. No thunder. Wasn't sure did my eyes deceive me or not


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Ooh! Sferics showing up just off the coast. Didn't notice anything here in city centre, but hoping!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I can hear rumbles in the distance.

    Where are you?
    Seems to be more carrigaline area, by the coast, judging by Blitzortung.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭The Floyd p


    North Dublin. The sound of rain actually woke me up! Extremely violent and loud rain, minimal easing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,219 ✭✭✭pad199207


    After seeing a fair few flashes of lightning to the east from Kildare


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    Lightning, thunder and our first heavy hail shower of the season here in Achill now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭StackSteevens


    Looks like there's some decent action around the Dingle peninsula.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭SlowBlowin


    Lightning strikes East and West of my location, but none here yet. Lots of short windy squalls coming through with heavy rain.

    600 ft ASL - Macgillycuddy's Reeks 6km NE of Sneem

    Edit: Mostly short hail storms now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Distant rumble of thunder in West Clare, hail now falling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Loud rolling rumble of thunder following heavy hail shower in West Clare.

    Update: saw a flash flowed by another very loud rumble.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Had thunder, lightning and hail out here earlier and hail early yesterday.

    West Mayo offshore


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    A fair bit of activity since midnight after all.


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Thurs has a passage of a trough with very cold uppers spreading in over the country and later down the W / SW.

    Like last week low deep layer shear, some surface shear but limited, little in the way of diurnal heating, looks to be a fairly cold day but CAPE levels could produce some storms , could be slow moving with locally heavy downpours and uppers cold enough to produce hail . Lapse rates decent.

    Later Thurs night will be watching the W/ SW to see if storms develop over the sea and maybe some straying on to land ? Very cold uppers over relatively warm SST's. Will see.



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Met Eireann mentioning risk of thunder and hail , more so in Northern counties tomorrow.


    Cold uppers and mid levels and trough moving in over Ulster tomorrow, convection with some big showers at least. Will see if anything sparks up.

    Good brisk NW / Wind tomorrow giving a fair Windchill.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭cml387


    Lightning and thunder (just one so far) in Clonmel


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    A few sferics showing up today and a good few hail showers reported. Got caught in one very heavy shower in Tralee, but grand sunny day in general .

    It's gas, no strikes showing up after all in Northern counties.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Jpmarn


    Just to say thunder is highly unpredictable.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Jpmarn wrote: »
    Just to say thunder is highly unpredictable.

    Sure is. I would have thought myself that Northern areas would have had the best chance and later in the afternoon but the recorded sferics were late morning / early afternoon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    An hour long but worth a watch. Documents the 'Derecho' event that hit parts of the upper Midwest last August. Serious stuff:



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    Some impressive looking convection going up on the skyline newest of Dublin and it's pushing westwards

    Edit: nothing lively is forecast so likely this will amount to zero


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,323 ✭✭✭highdef


    Some impressive looking convection going up on the skyline newest of Dublin and it's pushing westwards

    Edit: nothing lively is forecast so likely this will amount to zero

    Looking NW of Dublin from a viewpoint about 40km west of Dublin, about an hour ago:


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,066 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Entering a period of unstable air mass with steep lapse rates under cold uppers with relatively mild SST's. A fair bit of convection about with the increased chance of hail showers and some risk of lightning but looks low, maybe an area with a bit of orographic lift might help produce a few sparks over land. The Atlantic coastal counties might feature most and more so over the sea, could be some great cloudscapes out there.

    Tons of shear available overnight when the front crosses the country, could be some very squally conditions, wouldn't be surprised if got reports of very localized intense winds or even some tornadic activity.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭RoisinD


    Had a very intense shower come in over Liscannor Bay (NW Clare). One very close flash of lightning. Tripped the electricity.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭coillsaille


    Couple of flashes in the last few minutes in south Connemara. Too windy to know if they were accompanied by thunder or not.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    Couple of flashes in the last few minutes in south Connemara. Too windy to know if they were accompanied by thunder or not.

    Strikes there are showing up on Net Eireann and other lightning detectors


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    I spot a few distant flashes looking west from Galway city


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Loud thunder currently in Castlebar.


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