Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

Mount Vesuvius · 09-03-2019 6:13am

Yes a squall line developed with plenty of sparks.

redsteveireland · 09-03-2019 7:28am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Whereabouts JD? rumbles turned to direct overheaders here but booming away in the distance again now. Lightning not as near but seems to be picking up in frequency again.

Got some very close if not directly overhead around 4am, the crack of the strikes sounded different to the normal rumble. The wind and hailstones was what actually woke me.

Tacklebox · 09-03-2019 8:34am

RoisinD wrote: »

NW Clare. Some show. Seems to be dying down now

I was woken by it too, it was really loud and powerful...

coillsaille · 09-03-2019 8:50am

As others have said, it was very intense here in west Co Galway for a while. Loud shotgun bangs of thunder instead of rumbles for a while. I couldn't get over the searing brightness of the lightning flashes. I watched it from bed out the window for a while then closed my eyes to try to go back to sleep. Then a flash lit up the room and absolutely blinded me, with my eyes closed!

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 8:54am

I have been through lots of Thunder Storms but I have never seen or heard anything like last night in Galway, the lightning was incredibly bright it was difficult to look at it and as for the Thunder I don't want to experience anything like it again as much as I love a good Storm. It was the first time I did not video it as I was sure the house would be struck by lightning it was that close and some of the flashes and bangs were frightening if I'm honest. Can anyone on hear explain how it was so intense compared to our normal storms.

km79 · 09-03-2019 9:30am

Woke at 4am by the mother of all thunderstorms in east Galway
House was shaking
Got up for a look and was damn near blinded by a flash overhead !!!!
Power flickered but stayed on

Oddly it has now just gone

PukkaStukka · 09-03-2019 9:41am

No thunder here in North county Dublin but at 5:45 I was awoken by the mother of all squalls. Insane wind and rain but I'm surprised there were no sparks given its intensity. Its probably the remnants of what visited Connaught earlier

Cheshire Cat · 09-03-2019 10:05am

Yep, Galway City was very bad. Had my hands full calming two utterly terrified dogs.

ZX7R · 09-03-2019 10:07am

Storm 10 wrote: »

I have been through lots of Thunder Storms but I have never seen or heard anything like last night in Galway, the lightning was incredibly bright it was difficult to look at it and as for the Thunder I don't want to experience anything like it again as much as I love a good Storm. It was the first time I did not video it as I was sure the house would be struck by lightning it was that close and some of the flashes and bangs were frightening if I'm honest. Can anyone on hear explain how it was so intense compared to our normal storms.

Could it have been negative lightning???

Oscar Bravo · 09-03-2019 10:10am

Some show last night. The ESB power check map has a sea of blue over Galway/Mayo. Lots without power this morning

Snow angel · 09-03-2019 10:40am

North west sligo here was crazy last night I have never heard of felt anything like it. My brother in laws sheds were hit.

Meteorite58 · 09-03-2019 11:03am

Amazing reports from overnight . More to come tonight / tomorrow perhaps but hard to beat last night.

squarecircles · 09-03-2019 11:25am

Tacklebox · 09-03-2019 11:33am

North Clare at 4am was ground shaking and lit up like morning time.

Especially in the village of Corofin, I live on the edge of it.

It was like the thunder and lightning you'd see in the movies.

A really angry thunder storm.

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 11:45am

First time to see huge bolts of lightning and loud cracks not your usual thin forks

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 11:51am

Just wonder how much electricity would have been in the air to make flashes so bright

thecretinhop · 09-03-2019 11:57am

unreal last night never seen anything like it. at times it was less than counting to 1 and boom then lightning. the poor dog was barking at it and at the same time shivering with fear.
like storm 10 i would normally try to video it but the immenent destruction of your property does lol give u pause for thought. timeline 3ish to 4 just outside galway city

09-03-2019 12:05pm

I woke up at either 3:55 or 4:55 in Galway City(maybe just by chance as I had a few drinks and wake a lot during the night) and the first Thunder I heard 30 seconds later was so loud I doubt it didn't wake everyone around.
It must have been right over head, closer than it ever was.

Loads of lightening and thunder followed but that first one that came alone was something I'll never forget.
Reminded me of that video from a few years back where the fireworks factory blew up in China, the one the Americans filmed from the hotel. The explosion that made them run.

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 12:50pm

Storm approaches

Krieg · 09-03-2019 12:55pm

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Reminded me of that video from a few years back where the fireworks factory blew up in China, the one the Americans filmed from the hotel. The explosion that made them run.

This one? https://youtu.be/993wlZ6XFSs?t=17
Its funny because its exactly what I was thinking of too, even the guys reaction of "NO F***ING WAY!"

I don't think I ever heard thunder that loud before, when it woke me up my first thought was there was an explosion, it took my head a couple seconds to realize it was thunder. Im surprised there wasn't more power outage or damage done

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 2:52pm

Can you imagine if this storm hit Dublin it would be headlines ,according to local radio the are hundreds of homes with no power and the ESB said the number is rising.

Oneiric 3 · 09-03-2019 3:29pm

Radar sequence (met eireann) for between about 2.30 and 4.00am last night. I didn't get to catch anything image before or after that as was grogged out with sleep.

I have mentioned this before, but it was a phenomena that occurred last night also, in that the sound of approaching thunder at this time of year seems oddly ominous and eerie. Even when the storm was miles away, the ultra-deep bass of the booms, which lingered for up to a minute, could be 'felt' as much as heard.

AllForIt · 09-03-2019 5:12pm

I have never been woken by a thunder storm in my life as I'm a heavy sleeper. I've in the past been disappointed for missing a late night electrical storm when other ppl in the house heard it. But last night in Castlebar I woke due to the most tremendous clap of thunder that I though the next door building had collapsed. Never heard anything like it, extraordinary.

thecretinhop · 09-03-2019 6:18pm

just checked the phone box there as no internet. its all scorched near wall soot etc. in side a bit of it is black. an internal surge protector worked but still pretty surreal...

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 6:44pm

Large areas of Galway City and County have no water following a lightning strike on a pumping station

Meteorite58 · 09-03-2019 7:52pm

For the record .

Say my name · 09-03-2019 8:50pm

ZX7R wrote: »

Could it have been negative lightning???

More likely going on the reports it was the rarer positive lightning.

https://curiosity.com/topics/positive-lightning-is-a-rare-super-deadly-form-of-lightning-curiosity/

Negative, our common as muck stuff produces 300 million volts and 30,000 amps of electricity.
Positive, a lotto win on February 29th produces a billion volts and 300,000 amps of electricity.

The squall line blowing the negative charges away from the base of the cloud would fit in nicely too.

It seems winter storms produce more positive lightning than negative so it looks like a slam dunk that it was mostly positive lightning strikes that occurred last night.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/04/26/the-story-behind-positive-lightning-and-its-negative-side-effects/

ZX7R · 09-03-2019 10:25pm

Say my name wrote: »

More likely going on the reports it was the rarer positive lightning.

https://curiosity.com/topics/positive-lightning-is-a-rare-super-deadly-form-of-lightning-curiosity/

Negative, our common as muck stuff produces 300 million volts and 30,000 amps of electricity.
Positive, a lotto win on February 29th produces a billion volts and 300,000 amps of electricity.

The squall line blowing the negative charges away from the base of the cloud would fit in nicely too.

It seems winter storms produce more positive lightning than negative so it looks like a slam dunk that it was mostly positive lightning strikes that occurred last night.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/04/26/the-story-behind-positive-lightning-and-its-negative-side-effects/

Great post thanks for the info ,I got mixed up as I thought negative lightning was the rare one

Say my name · 09-03-2019 10:48pm

ZX7R wrote: »

Great post thanks for the info ,I got mixed up as I thought negative lightning was the rare one

I was thinking you had an idea but just got them switched around.

Only for your post I wouldn't have looked up positive lightning. I've heard of it before but your post made me do a quick rehash.

Every day is certainly a school day.

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 10:51pm

Thanks " Say my name" I think that would explain how bright the lightning was as I never witnessed anything like it, night became daylight and the claps of Thunder the loudest. That would also explain the stars out but lightning overhead.

thecretinhop · 09-03-2019 10:56pm

i cud load up pictures but barr one glorious day in ll thread where i managed to upload kim jong il train borrowed by fateen. i have not had knack since..

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 11:00pm

thecretinhop wrote: »

i cud load up pictures but barr one glorious day in ll thread where i managed to upload kim jong il train borrowed by fateen. i have not had knack since..

First time in my life I was afraid to go outside and video the storm even inside I did not do it as I was so sure that we could get hit it was so close.

thecretinhop · 09-03-2019 11:07pm

i have pics of phone plug 2day no idea how to upload.
but yep i have top notch camera and video hd de survival instinct kicks in lol mother nature can destroy u in a second...our poor dog is trauma 2day hopefully nothing 2nte we are all wrecked..

JCX BXC · 09-03-2019 11:12pm

thecretinhop wrote: »

i have pics of phone plug 2day no idea how to upload.
but yep i have top notch camera and video hd de survival instinct kicks in lol mother nature can destroy u in a second...our poor dog is trauma 2day hopefully nothing 2nte we are all wrecked..

What?

thecretinhop · 09-03-2019 11:17pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

thecretinhop wrote: »

i have pics of phone plug 2day no idea how to upload.
but yep i have top notch camera and video hd de survival instinct kicks in lol mother nature can destroy u in a second...our poor dog is trauma 2day hopefully nothing 2nte we are all wrecked..

What?

lol sorry. my phone plug got hit by lightning i have pics dont know how to upload

dmc17 · 09-03-2019 11:23pm

thecretinhop wrote: »

lol sorry. my phone plug got hit by lightning i have pics dont know how to upload

Where are the pics? If on your computer, just need to click the attach file icon (paperclip icon) when composing your post.

JCX BXC · 09-03-2019 11:24pm

thecretinhop wrote: »

lol sorry. my phone plug got hit by lightning i have pics dont know how to upload

Ah okay. When you click post or reply, click attach files and it should upload from there.

Oscar Bravo · 09-03-2019 11:27pm

thecretinhop wrote: »

i have pics of phone plug 2day no idea how to upload.
but yep i have top notch camera and video hd de survival instinct kicks in lol mother nature can destroy u in a second...our poor dog is trauma 2day hopefully nothing 2nte we are all wrecked..

Post photos whenever you can, no probs. hope dog is ok. last night was a rough night for both pets …. and us

Storm 10 · 09-03-2019 11:35pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Post photos whenever you can, no probs. hope dog is ok. last night was a rough night for both pets …. and us

Our Cat went nuts he jumped into bed with my Son and would not leave him he was shaking like a leaf , slept the night with him after the storm passed

One other thing I'm into amauter radio and have antenna on the chimney, if I know a bad storm is coming I will take them down, last night there were sparks flying between two radios I immediately pulled out all antenna but what amazed me was even the long wire in the garden was arching which shows just how much static was outside.

Oscar Bravo · 10-03-2019 10:59am

Recent lightning near Kells

Donegal Storm · 10-03-2019 12:02pm

Big ominous boom of thunder in Letterkenny, the thunder gods must have read my complaining the other day :pac:

Torrential hail just started now

Oscar Bravo · 10-03-2019 12:59pm

Documentary about lightning on Rte2 this evening(Sunday) @ 5.30

Storm 10 · 10-03-2019 8:19pm

Lightning West of Galway

Oscar Bravo · 10-03-2019 8:27pm

Loads on Mayo coast now also

Storm 10 · 10-03-2019 8:29pm

Two more big ones North West Galway in approaching shower

FBWT · 10-03-2019 11:37pm

Just out having a smoke in the back yard, can hear some rumbles off in the distance. Possibly out over Cork harbour ðŸ€”

Meteorite58 · 10-03-2019 11:43pm

Thunder and lightning here near Tralee also earlier , very wintry blustery night, going to be a long week of it.

Sferics detected since 09.00 this morning .

Meteorite58 · 11-03-2019 12:44am

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1104874369355001856

Meteorite58 · 11-03-2019 10:05pm

Looking like plenty of convective showers after the front clears tonight into tomorrow and as the day goes on. Hail and thunder possible .

Storm 10 · 12-03-2019 8:41am

Lightning North West Galway

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

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