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Thursday/Friday: Lightning Storms, Flash Flooding Event Thread

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    #212
    aidanodr
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    RTE Archive Footage of 85:

    https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21200391-freak-storm-causes-damage/

    Freak Storm Causes Damage - BROADCAST: 1985.JUL.26

    The reporter is Des Cahill.


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    #213
    Captain_Crash
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    Funnyonion79 wrote: »
    It was Friday 25th August 2000. I remember being at the Bon Jovi concert outdoors at the RDS and we all got drenched with warm rain and the sky was lighting up with lightning flashing and thunder booming. The atmosphere was electric - literally. The weather made the whole concert even better - it's still one of the best gigs I've ever been to. Will never forget it.

    Was at it too, right at the very front so with the stage/lights/sound we didn’t even know it was raining let alone thunder.... we did see a few flashes during the show but didn’t realise till after how big that storm was!

    Jon to this day still regards it as one of their most memorable concerts!


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    #214
    Humberto Salazar
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    Dropped to 23.4 Co Offaly and has become cloudy. No wind at all. It is humid but this is not enough for sparks.


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    #215
    bangkok
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    Little snowy old me wrote: »
    This ain't going the way it should be. Temps are not going to hit 27 or 28. The potential intensity of the storms is dropping with each hour. And to rub salt into wounds, Met Eireann now forecasting that it will be hit and miss for many. Such a downturn in fortune. I honestly felt that we had a decent chance. I'm not looking for 1985 but would like to see and hear a decent storm. Not just one flash and a bang, a prolonged deep storm. I'm not getting any younger.

    get yourself over to Bangkok around september, some epic storms around then


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    #216
    pad199207
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    Better updates from Met Eireann bar the word ‘Few’


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    #217
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Storms developing over Cornwall

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    #218
    Kermit.de.frog
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    pad199207 wrote: »
    Better updates from Met Eireann bar the word ‘Few’

    Always complaining...

    Of course Kildare

    During the beast from the east they were snowed in, in 800 metres of snow and they were still complaining.

    Never satisfied this lot.


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    #219
    TheMilkyPirate
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    First strike off southwest coast of England. Strikes in Biscay seem to be gradually heading more north also


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    #220
    Cantona's Collars
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Storms developing over Cornwall

    EbXO_XhXYAM9cRE?format=png&name=900x900

    Already starting to cloud over here in Wexford.


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    #221
    Nabber
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    pad199207 wrote: »
    Better updates from Met Eireann bar the word ‘Few’

    The storms are likely to be localised and not nationwide.
    So the use of 'few' is correct, it wont be a day of rolling Thunderstorms in any one location, with breaks in between to make a cup of team.

    it's Thunderstorm potential... Not a hurricane.
    A town could be basking in the sun while 20km away people are battling with Thor.


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    #222
    Oneiric 3
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    Uk Met forecast for midnight. Thundery troughs in Irish Sea with slack low having developing over south midlands region:

    JA1MtvS.png

    and for noon tomorrow, low has fully formed by then with imbedded but weakening thundery troughs over N Leinster but potentially still active over Ulster.

    8U5YEhh.png

    Summary: still on track for much of Leinster and Ulster with N. Connacht potentially in the slight risk category.

    New Moon



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    #223
    Nabber
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    #224
    Danno
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    Current screen is 24.9c (Max 25.3c). Current wetbulb is a whopping 20.4c!

    Here is the current play of the sky:

    https://twitter.com/LaoisWeather/status/1276160630563704835?s=20


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    #225
    Mortelaro
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    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Uk Met forecast for midnight. Thundery troughs in Irish Sea with slack low having developing over south midlands region:

    JA1MtvS.png

    and for noon tomorrow, low has fully formed by then with imbedded but weakening thundery troughs over N Leinster but potentially still active over Ulster.

    8U5YEhh.png

    Summary: still on track for much of Leinster and Ulster with N. Connacht potentially in the slight risk category.

    Met Eireanns tweet is not encouraging for leinster

    Taking the Irish sea route

    https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1276149736962166790?s=09


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    #226
    Gaoth Laidir
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    3 pm temperature/dewpoint

    Casement 25/17
    Mount Dillon, Mullingar 24/17
    Ballyhaise, Dunsany, Dublin Airport, Moore Park 23/17
    Gurteen 23/15
    Waterford Airport 22/17
    Athenry 22/15

    The Met Éireann chart for 18Z shows a trough oriented NW-SE from the midlands through Land's End to NW France, moving northwards at 20 knots. Weather associated with it is occasional moderate/heavy rain showers or moderate thunderstorms with rain, with cloud bases 5000-9000 ft.


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    #227
    SouthWesterly
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    Heatwave in North Kerry. 20C and cloudy all day.


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    #228
    Oneiric 3
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Always complaining...

    Give the lad a break! He is beside himself with excitement and anxiety, which does nothing but show what an awful country this is for storm watchers. Nothing is guaranteed until it is right on top of you, and even then, you wonder are you just imagining it out of desperation.

    New Moon



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    #229
    Gaoth Laidir
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    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    3 pm temperature/dewpoint

    Casement 25/17
    Mount Dillon, Mullingar 24/17
    Ballyhaise, Dunsany, Dublin Airport, Moore Park 23/17
    Gurteen 23/15
    Waterford Airport 22/17
    Athenry 22/15

    The Met Éireann chart for 18Z shows a trough oriented NW-SE from the midlands through Land's End to NW France, moving northwards at 20 knots. Weather associated with it is occasional moderate/heavy rain showers or moderate thunderstorms with rain, with cloud bases 5000-9000 ft.

    Casement now 24/18 at 15:30.


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    #230
    Oneiric 3
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    Mortelaro wrote: »
    Met Eireanns tweet is not encouraging for leinster

    Taking the Irish sea route

    https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1276149736962166790?s=09

    Harmonie is a rubbish model, for these types of set ups anyway. Temperature is its strongest point I think.

    New Moon



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    #231
    M.T. Cranium
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    I checked out the synoptics for July 25-26 1985 and found them markedly similar to the current setup at both surface and 500 mb. Oneiric3 was saying it was slightly cooler (than today) the day before those overnight storms, and the CET values were about 2 deg cooler than today's values. The higher temperatures would not discourage me. It has reached 30-32 in most parts of Britain which should make for a well-defined frontal boundary later when the pressure gradient brings in a push of marine sourced air towards south Wales. This should give some decent lift especially after 21z.

    Thinking this might develop fairly slowly and peak around 0300h.


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    #232
    q85dw7osi4lebg
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    Couple of sparks near Isle of Man


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    #233
    Slashermcguirk
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    Phoenix park 25 degrees at 3pm


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    #234
    Gaoth Laidir
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    Maryam Teeny Vegetation wrote: »
    Couple of sparks near Isle of Man

    The sky is clear there...:confused:


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    #235
    SleetAndSnow
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    About 22 degrees in cork city, not sure where to get dew points temp! Hazy sunshine but humid and warm. Not expecting anything tonight but that makes it all the better if we do


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    #236
    Oneiric 3
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    6z EPS (mean of all the ECM members) showing the mean rainfall distribution and intensity for midnight tonight with the darker colours suggesting where the greatest storm potential will lie.

    CGAJ24F.png

    by 4am, these more darker regions have extended all the way up along the east coast in into much of eastern Ulster. Let's see how it all plays out.

    New Moon



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    #237
    pad199207
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    26.5°c in Kildare now


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    #238
    highdef
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    26.8c, North kildare. It won't get to 27c though as a certain poster said earlier that it wouldn't and they sounded very confident.

    26.9c now


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    #239
    pad199207
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    26.7°c in Kildare now. Extremely oppressive now. Convection building


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    #240
    Musefan
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    Temp rising in Cavan, 24 degrees, big clouds visible on the horizon.


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    #241
    seamusk84
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    pad199207 wrote: »
    26.7°c in Kildare now. Extremely oppressive now. Convection building

    It's so hot and humid in Celbridge right now....Yeesh. A good bit of convection too.


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