Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Spring/Summer 15

Rikand · 05-06-2015 2:51pm

That storm over north france just balooned in size! Incredible to watch on the satellite

http://www.sat24.com/en/fr

Tazio · 05-06-2015 7:05pm

Rikand wrote: »

That storm over north france just balooned in size! Incredible to watch on the satellite

http://www.sat24.com/en/fr

Yes N France is lit up at the moment!

http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=10

Must be amazing to see on the ground... *sigh*

jimmynokia · 05-06-2015 7:25pm

Wow id love to be there now..

Wanderer78 · 05-06-2015 8:03pm

any web cams out there folks for the storms in france? thanks

Turnipman · 07-06-2015 3:36pm

A lot of active t'storms around Europe at the moment - South of France, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy are getting a lot of action!

http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=13

WheatenBriar · 09-06-2015 1:33pm

There's a similar high humidity plumey low from the same disturbed source heading more our way by Friday,might be worth keeping an eye on it for storm production abilities given its source and track to us?
Wexford,Waterford,East Cork and East Wicklow look like being in the firing line?

Rikand · 09-06-2015 3:21pm

Turnipman wrote: »

A lot of active t'storms around Europe at the moment - South of France, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy are getting a lot of action!

http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&page_0=13

Southern Europe is just bumpin' down there!

ComaWhite · 09-06-2015 5:28pm

Rikand wrote: »

Southern Europe is just bumpin' down there!

Just watching it! Crazy!

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime

Darwin · 09-06-2015 7:59pm

Probably won't happen as it is, but check out Sunday afternoons forecast for the whole of France:

I think Boom is the operative word!

Trebor176 · 09-06-2015 9:14pm

Darwin wrote: »

Probably won't happen as it is, but check out Sunday afternoons forecast for the whole of France:

I think Boom is the operative word!

One to watch, most certainly. At one stage I looked at Italy on the lightning map, and the whole place was almost covered with lightning. It died down later on, though. Spain has seen a good covering.

average_runner · 09-06-2015 9:21pm

Trebor176 wrote: »

One to watch, most certainly. At one stage I looked at Italy on the lightning map, and the whole place was almost covered with lightning. It died down later on, though. Spain has seen a good covering.

Great, down in les Mathes in France.
Just to update this, heavy thunder storms here last night with heavy hail

WheatenBriar · 10-06-2015 7:09pm

My spidey senses tell me hot instability from south meeting cold from north,are we all set for some flashing and banging Friday/Saturday
I've not bothered looking at cape and all that jazz as I'm on the phone but old school is telling me it's going to get very wet and probably thundery in the East and South east?

MidMan25 · 10-06-2015 10:18pm

average_runner wrote: »

Great, down in les Mathes in France.
Just to update this, heavy thunder storms here last night with heavy hail

Stayed in Les Mathes a few times with the family.

Always got some decent thunder storms there

Trebor176 · 10-06-2015 10:25pm

The US is the place to be. Plenty of thunderstorm activity everyday for the last few weeks.

WheatenBriar · 11-06-2015 10:05am

:D:D

Anyone hear Siobhan on radio one at five to eight this morning, she was on about a Spanish plume tonight into Friday night with thunder,heavy rain especially in the south and South east and the East and by Saturday though it would be back to ordinary showers?

munchkin_utd · 11-06-2015 10:24am

last Monday morning we woke up to something like World war 3 in Munich.
There was approaching 3000 lightening strikes in the half hour in and about 6am.
http://kachelmannwetter.com/de/blitze/deutschland/bayern/muenchen/20150608-0610.html

it knocked out a couple of hundred traffic lights and caused chaos with the overhead lines for the trains
Here possibly the best photo of the morning capturing a strike on the Olympia Tower

http://www.tz.de/muenchen/stadt/olympiaturm-blitzableiter-5084983.html

Storm 10 · 11-06-2015 10:41am

WheatenBriar wrote: »

:D:D

Anyone hear Siobhan on radio one at five to eight this morning, she was on about a Spanish plume tonight into Friday night with thunder,heavy rain especially in the south and South east and the East and by Saturday though it would be back to ordinary showers?

She said the Spanish Plume would only effect the UK not us, we would get a few thundery showers from it but the main event would be in the UK.

WheatenBriar · 11-06-2015 11:33am

Storm 10 wrote: »

She said the Spanish Plume would only effect the UK not us, we would get a few thundery showers from it but the main event would be in the UK.

You Must have been listening to a different forecast
She did not say the main event or use those words at all
She also did not say 'a few thundery showers'
Those are your words not hers :mad:

Her phrasing of Saturday's showers was interesting
She differentiated them from Friday night's by saying 'let's call Saturday's showers ordinary showers' ie thundery up to then,not so after
So a window of 36hrs of interest

let's see,might be nothing, might be fun

Meanwhile Sun has gave way to cloudy in Arklow
Saw a long line of altocumulus to the south as that cloud cover approached

maquiladora · 11-06-2015 11:56am

Looks like a southern England/Wales event to me. Maybe a chance of some of it reaching east/southeast coasts but the atmosphere looks like it will be quite stable over Ireland : postive LI, and CAPE in the low hundreds at best.

WheatenBriar · 11-06-2015 12:25pm

You don't actually need good cape etc when you are Importing storm's
Sw and Western England and Wales do look like having the conditions to create their own
We've often imported Welsh and Celtic sea storm's in the East

Storm 10 · 11-06-2015 12:45pm

That line of showers on the radar looks to be more to the Southwest and moving North. hopefully we may see some action

Rock Lesnar · 11-06-2015 1:25pm

WheatenBriar wrote: »

You Must have been listening to a different forecast
She did not say the main event or use those words at all
She also did not say 'a few thundery showers'
Those are your words not hers :mad:

Oooooooh somebody needs some thunder and lightening

Aerohead · 11-06-2015 2:32pm

Don't accuse me of knocking ME but I listened to the weather on RTE1 at lunchtime and the girl said there would be rain in the South and South East, yet I had been looking at the radar and all the rain was in the South West and inland it was nowhere near the South East and it looks to be going North West. I was just wondering if those forecasts are recorded or do they not look at their own radar

Oneiric 3 · 11-06-2015 4:11pm

Some small thunderstorms developing over the SE - in June 1986. Turned out to be a night to remember and the biggest weather event I have ever witnessed or ever likely too again

WheatenBriar wrote: »

You Must have been listening to a different forecast
She did not say the main event or use those words at all
She also did not say 'a few thundery showers'
Those are your words not hers :mad:

Jeez...

RobertKK · 11-06-2015 4:51pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Some small thunderstorms developing over the SE - in June 1986. Turned out to be a night to remember and the biggest weather event I have ever witnessed or ever likely too again

Jeez...

Indeed, and glad to have survived it.
In a field with my father and sister, not a very big field but there were several lightning strikes in the field and very close while we rushed to get into the tractor to get home.
Mother had us saying the rosary in the hope our father wouldn't be killed while milking the cows...

We must be due a large thunderstorm event soon (next 10 years)

WheatenBriar · 11-06-2015 6:19pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Indeed, and glad to have survived it.
In a field with my father and sister, not a very big field but there were several lightning strikes in the field and very close while we rushed to get into the tractor to get home.
Mother had us saying the rosary in the hope our father wouldn't be killed while milking the cows...

We must be due a large thunderstorm event soon (next 10 years)

careful what 'I' wish for
Aye a neighbour had cows killed in the milking parlour during that
Much as I love extremes,I'm petrified of the consequences

Trebor176 · 11-06-2015 6:21pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Some small thunderstorms developing over the SE - in June 1986. Turned out to be a night to remember and the biggest weather event I have ever witnessed or ever likely too again

Jeez...

I was only 11 days old, but it's one I'd probably liked to have experienced. It's only in recent years that I've got over my fear of thunder and lightning.

Elmer Blooker · 11-06-2015 6:29pm

the 6 o clock forecast on the radio did mention "isolated thunderstorms" in the south and east for tomorrow.

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Some small thunderstorms developing over the SE - in June 1986. Turned out to be a night to remember and the biggest weather event I have ever witnessed or ever likely too again

If you can remember 1986 surely you remember the incredible storm in July the previous year!

Big_Evil · 11-06-2015 6:49pm

1985 was a separate event.

Personally, 1985 was unforgettable for me. I was right under it and never experienced anything like it since.

1986 was not quite as severe.

I do remember my father stopped milking the cows. Lightning was striking on the yard outside the parlour and as it was one of those very old type milking machines, he unplugged it and isolated.

Cows stayed inside that evening.

Rock Lesnar · 11-06-2015 7:02pm

85 was great, i was 7 and remember me and the auld boy stood at the back door most of the night looking over the river boyne as the lightening lit up the countryside.

Unforgettable

WheatenBriar · 11-06-2015 7:09pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

85 was great, i was 7 and remember me and the auld boy stood at the back door most of the night looking over the river boyne as the lightening lit up the countryside.

Unforgettable

Aye,that one was worse than the one in 86 actually
There were quite a few serious thunder events in the East and South east in the mid 80's many Welsh imports

Regarding this week, I'm hopeful but not expecting anything epic
The question is will we import

Big_Evil · 11-06-2015 7:18pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

85 was great, i was 7 and remember me and the auld boy stood at the back door most of the night looking over the river boyne as the lightening lit up the countryside.

Unforgettable

Can remember the heat that day and the big black clouds rolling in over the south coast with the bright sun to the west which made the cloud seem blacker.

The all hell let loose.

Travelling to Germany tomorrow so if there are any fireworks here at home, I'll miss them:(

RobertKK · 11-06-2015 7:22pm

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Aye,that one was worse than the one in 86 actually
There were quite a few serious thunder events in the East and South east in the mid 80's many Welsh imports

Regarding this week, I'm hopeful but not expecting anything epic
The question is will we import

Well at the moment, we in the east and south look to be on a conveyor belt that leads to thunderstorms.
The rain getting into the south east leads back to France and all heading this way looking at the radar animation.
Looks very severe right now over north west France.

WheatenBriar · 11-06-2015 7:38pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Well at the moment, we in the east and south look to be on a conveyor belt that leads to thunderstorms.
The rain getting into the south east leads back to France and all heading this way looking at the radar animation.
Looks very severe right now over north west France.

Aye even now the sky to the south and South east of here (Arklow) looking south has that dark grey orangey wavy thunder is coming look about it even if it's got no precipitation, it's as if it knows it's the scouting party and the cavalry will be along in a while

Rock Lesnar · 11-06-2015 7:59pm

Big_Evil wrote: »

Can remember the heat that day and the big black clouds rolling in over the south coast with the bright sun to the west which made the cloud seem blacker.

The all hell let loose.

Yeah the heat was unreal, we went the beach during the day, left the home place, not a cloud in sight, sun beating down, got to the beach and we couldn't see anything with fog, heard some rumbles in the distance so we headed home and then the fireworks started.

maquiladora · 11-06-2015 8:03pm

Maybe a light show out over the Irish Sea for those on the southern east coast tomorrow night.

Rock Lesnar · 11-06-2015 8:04pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Well at the moment, we in the east and south look to be on a conveyor belt that leads to thunderstorms.
The rain getting into the south east leads back to France and all heading this way looking at the radar animation.
Looks very severe right now over north west France.

Maybe i'm wrong but it seems to be moving more in a northerly direction towards england, i'm open to correction though.

Oneiric 3 · 11-06-2015 8:14pm

Big_Evil wrote: »

Personally, 1985 was unforgettable for me. I was right under it and never experienced anything like it since.

1986 was not quite as severe.

The total opposite here. I do recall one night in the mid 80s watching lightning all night flashing quite frequently to the east with a halfish moon hanging in the sky, which may have been down to the those 85 storms.

1986 was a different beast entirely in these here parts. The storm began around 8 (ish) Forked lightning began sticking the ground to the north, west, south and east with shocking frequency - and often simultaneously, from what appeared to be very dense and dark Ac. This went on for hours and hours. This particular storm was abnormally in more ways than one. Its shear ferocity I can't put into words but one memorable feature I can recall is the dark greeny black look to those evil clouds as they moved over.

Another feature I remember was the colour of the lighting bolts. Red, blue, green, yellow, the works! I sometimes wonder did radiation from nuclear disaster in Chernobyl earlier that year have some sort of influence on those storms.

maquiladora · 11-06-2015 8:22pm

Big_Evil wrote: »

1985 was a separate event.

Personally, 1985 was unforgettable for me. I was right under it and never experienced anything like it since.

1986 was not quite as severe.

I do remember my father stopped milking the cows. Lightning was striking on the yard outside the parlour and as it was one of those very old type milking machines, he unplugged it and isolated.

Cows stayed inside that evening.

Yep it was incredible. I was only 4 years old but I remember it vividly. One of my earliest memories. Constant lightning illuminating the night sky, like something you'd see in films from the tropics or the great plains. Unforgettable.

Oneiric 3 · 11-06-2015 8:31pm

ECM has that convergence a bit further south and east with any storm potential confined to coastal fringes. HIRLAM more confident. Maybe a few home grown showers overland tomorrow?

Harps · 11-06-2015 8:37pm

Wish I was around for those storms, must have been amazing from all the reports that so many people give on here. A couple of years before my time though I don't think Donegal was affected anyway.

Staying hopeful I might see something tomorrow here in England though the severe stuff looks to be further north and west. Very warm and humid this evening and my phone says 27C tomorrow so plenty of heat in the air if things do kick off in the afternoon

Elmer Blooker · 11-06-2015 9:16pm

Issued by ME at 2000:

Further showery outbreaks of rain in places overnight ....

a bit of the mark I think, whats heading for the south coast is a bit more than showery outbreaks.
http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Oneiric 3 · 11-06-2015 10:15pm

So envious..

Storm 10 · 11-06-2015 10:37pm

Ok guys search "harbour heights hotel" in Poole it's a live streaming camera some great lightning on it

Storm 10 · 11-06-2015 11:04pm

This is the link its the bottom camera named poole 8

http://www.bournemouthweather.com/bournemouth_web_camera_list.html

lolie · 11-06-2015 11:15pm

Here's another infra red webcam, works on the phone aswell, does on android anyway.
Pity their not tilted upwards a bit.
http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/AttractionsLeisure/BeachesandWaterfront/PierApproachWebcam2.aspx

Storm 10 · 11-06-2015 11:22pm

Some huge flashes in the Poole camera

Larbre34 · 12-06-2015 2:04am

Currently camping in Le Mans, France for the 24 Hour race. After a sultry day and escaping showers all through daylight, we are currently being hit with the most spectacular electric storm ive ever seen close up.

From about 10pm, the sky began to dancing with lightning in the distance, and at about 2am 300,000 or so folks under canvas all suddenly sat up and took notice as constant severe thunder and lightning began followed closely by downpours which continue as i write. Currently watching our camp for flooding and hoping everyone safely avoids lightning strikes as the place is 10 square kilometres of trees and aerials and metal frames.

Rikand · 12-06-2015 7:41am

I'm going to be flying over those storms this evening. Am I likely to see anything from above ?

WheatenBriar · 12-06-2015 6:23pm

No storms of note developed over the UK today,they were hard set to import any even
There won't be any imports now ,there's nothing to import,and indeed looks like very little rain either bar some coastal showers
Disappointing but worth the watch all the same

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Spring/Summer 15

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