Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

Mortelaro · 21-09-2019 5:17pm

highdef wrote: »

North Wexford/South Wicklow is looking interesting. An area of precipitation has developed rapidly, both in intensity and in size, in the past 30 minutes.

Probably won't develop into anything but one to keep an eye on.

We got about an hours rain from it
Warm dull and muggy at the moment but dry
Ground is only damp
As I type its starting s few drops again

Kermit.de.frog · 21-09-2019 5:37pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Looks like some mammatus sneaked in a few moments ago in Dublin.

https://twitter.com/snowbiewx/status/1175428884373880832?s=21

It's like the foreplay without the main event

pad199207 · 21-09-2019 9:06pm

Kildare Village Today

Meteorite58 · 21-09-2019 11:08pm

Might get a few sparks again in the SE tomorrow afternoon and some big heavy convective showers.

21-09-2019 11:13pm

Saw the usual line again today to the very left of the south end of kildare west of Athy, amazes me this pattern , due to Mount Leinster perhaps ?

Always goes west or east of me.

Heard some rumbles this afternoon woke me up didn't hear much after. Light isn rain or what I saw anyway, went back to bed for night shift heard noting more, knew when I saw the radar not to get excited.

mike2084 · 21-09-2019 11:38pm

Racing at Gowran Park was abandoned today due to lightning just before first race, something I can't remember happening before.

https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/racing-at-gowran-park-cancelled-due-to-lightning/400786

DavyR33 · 22-09-2019 2:02am

Mammatus like cloud formations right behind a distinct line around 2pm this afternoon. Almost shelf cloud in appearance looking directly up. Lightning strike close to the south as it was passing over. Meath-west location.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-09-2019 3:35pm

Very dark skies over Newcastle Dublin now

airbusa320 · 22-09-2019 3:48pm

Torrential rain in Celbridge now

redsteveireland · 22-09-2019 4:59pm

Great to see the East getting its fair share of the rain.

redsteveireland · 22-09-2019 5:01pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Looks like some mammatus sneaked in a few moments ago in Dublin.

https://twitter.com/snowbiewx/status/1175428884373880832?s=21

Are they though? They look very similar but I'm not fully convinced.

RobertKK · 22-09-2019 5:05pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

Great to see the East getting its fair share of the rain.

We need it to get the rain totals up as it has been below normal for a long time.

DOCARCH · 22-09-2019 5:06pm

Recent strike in south Meath.

Gaoth Laidir · 22-09-2019 5:34pm

That rain in Celbridge was biblical. The main street was flooded and a large drain cover on the road popped up. Last time I saw it this heavy here was in August 2008 or 9, when 91 mm fell in an hour and a bit.

Mortelaro · 22-09-2019 5:35pm

That rain and is just west of me in Arklow
I can literally see rain falling for the last hour only 5 to 10kms west but here blue sky!
Wind is all over the shop but SW surface flow off that rain band yet its training north
Upper flow is different to the lower flow on it

pad199207 · 22-09-2019 5:39pm

Unbelievable rain through today in Naas with the stream beside me bursting its banks and the garden flooding out the back.

Approaching 40mm now

Gonzo · 22-09-2019 5:48pm

Mortelaro wrote: »

That rain and is just west of me in Arklow
I can literally see rain falling for the last hour only 5 to 10kms west but here blue sky!
Wind is all over the shop but SW surface flow off that rain band yet its training north
Upper flow is different to the lower flow on it

very similar situation here in Dunshaughlin. That big band of intense rainfall missing me by about 3 or 4km, dark skies to my south and west for past hour and a patch of blue sky overhead, however I didn't see any sunshine today. Ground still very damp after last night's heavy rainfall.

Mortelaro · 22-09-2019 5:53pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Unbelievable rain through today in Naas with the stream beside me bursting its banks and the garden flooding out the back.

Approaching 40mm now

No disrespect to the farmers near you but it can stay there
Don't want it
21mm earlier today was plenty

bangkok · 22-09-2019 5:55pm

Im in bangkok, any decent chart models for here? Had some crazy storms here last few days..

*sorry for going off topic but cant find any decent weather apps for here. Cheers

km79 · 22-09-2019 5:56pm

Ye can have it
Ye can have it ALL

sparrowcar · 22-09-2019 6:51pm

Virtually no rain in swords most of the daylight hours today.

Natibaby · 22-09-2019 7:07pm

Very heavy rain now in d24 and we are only on the edge of the rain band according to the rainfall radar

jimmynokia · 22-09-2019 7:08pm

Teeming DN22

Mortelaro · 24-09-2019 5:32am

Loud thunder just now in Arklow

fred funk }{ · 24-09-2019 5:40am

Mortelaro wrote: »

Loud thunder just now in Arklow

Woke me up. Heavy rain now too.

Mortelaro · 24-09-2019 5:40am

Very heavy rain here
Only the one crack of thunder but it was explosively loud

jimmynokia · 13-10-2019 6:24pm

Could be some action according to some media outlets https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1183409230147182592?s=20

PukkaStukka · 13-10-2019 7:31pm

Forecast after 6pm RTE 1 news showed lightning over Cork. Read into that what you will

Meteorite58 · 13-10-2019 7:43pm

Cold pool moving in over Ireland in the coming days. Should make for convection over the still relatively warm seas Weds and Thurs and will be keeping an eye on the passage of those troughs. Could be that most of the heaviest showers keep mainly to the coasts.

igCorcaigh · 14-10-2019 5:45am

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Forecast after 6pm RTE 1 news showed lightning over Cork. Read into that what you will

A few sparks showing up on the south coast.

Wanderer78 · 14-10-2019 6:21am

igCorcaigh wrote:

A few sparks showing up on the south coast.

Intense bursts of rain at about 5am, didn't hear thunder though, waterford city

Tazio · 14-10-2019 6:58am

0415h this morning heard some rumbles off Kinsle coast..

SeaBreezes · 14-10-2019 8:14am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Intense bursts of rain at about 5am, didn't hear thunder though, waterford city

Same near Kinsale about 5am.
Edit:sorry just saw previous post

PukkaStukka · 14-10-2019 11:59am

Strike detected of Skerries earlier this morning. Rain was very intense at the time

pad199207 · 14-10-2019 12:31pm

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Strike detected of Skerries earlier this morning. Rain was very intense at the time

Plane was hit by lightning this morning after taking off from Dub

PukkaStukka · 14-10-2019 1:26pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Plane was hit by lightning this morning after taking off from Dub

There was a lightning strike reported in the aviation forum. Aircraft enroute from Cork to Edinburgh was struck sometime before 8am, circled over Ards peninsula and diverted to Dublin. Was this the same incident referred to above or separate one? The strike I reported previously was around 10am this morning

Meteorite58 · 15-10-2019 11:29pm

Bit of an interest late Weds early Thurs up along Atlantic coasts and for Thurs also especially coastal areas in general as a cold pool of air moves in over us. Not much deep layer shear but convection possible with instability aided by the warm seas. Heavy blustery showers with a chance of lightning but probably mostly over water or near the coasts with the possibility of a weak cell moving inland a bit. Could get a few hail showers also.

ECM not showing as much CAPE as the French models, EURO 4 showing some possibility of thunderstorms near the coasts.

SlowBlowin · 17-10-2019 11:03am

Big hail storm just now, dark skys and rumbles....

NE of Sneem...

Meteorite58 · 17-10-2019 11:08am

Just got inside before a huge convective shower here inTralee. Been getting showers all morning but they are getting bigger as the day goes on. Sferics mostly over the sea but a few showing up near the coasts now.

highdef · 17-10-2019 4:12pm

Very active thunderstorm south of Newbridge, looks like heading for Naas.

chris2007 · 17-10-2019 4:12pm

Met radar is showing lightning strikes

coffee to go · 17-10-2019 4:18pm

chris2007 wrote: »

Met radar is showing lightning strikes

I'm working at home today - This bunch of sparks went right over the house. Almost instantaneous between flash and thunder. Rain absolutely pummelling the place.

Pretty dramatic to say the least!

pad199207 · 17-10-2019 4:52pm

Torrential downpour now in S Wexford with Thunder

SlowBlowin · 17-10-2019 7:01pm

Several strikes around Sneem.. took pics will post later...

SlowBlowin · 17-10-2019 9:07pm

Popped down to the shop earlier, about 4 or 5 flashes from this storm as it passed through. I saw a funnel shaped finger from it too, could be nothing, it come from the cloud in the second pic.

hillarys.jpg

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IvySlayer · 30-10-2019 7:32pm

I'm convinced that i saw sheet lightning to the south/west of me just now

Lucan

KildareP · 30-10-2019 7:37pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

I'm convinced that i saw sheet lightning to the south/west of me just now

Lucan

There's a spotlight moving around the sky at the moment for the last week, can't really tell where it is coming from but it's fairly bright and moves quickly. Might be that?

I can see it from both the M7 and the M4.

SEPT 23 1989 · 30-10-2019 7:41pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

I'm convinced that i saw sheet lightning to the south/west of me just now

Lucan

Power is gone in Newcastle

IvySlayer · 30-10-2019 7:47pm

KildareP wrote: »

There's a spotlight moving around the sky at the moment for the last week, can't really tell where it is coming from but it's fairly bright and moves quickly. Might be that?

I can see it from both the M7 and the M4.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Power is gone in Newcastle

Is it bright blue?

At first I thought fireworks in the clouds but looked a lot like lightning.

If a transformer blew out or something that could explain the blue flash

jc11 · 30-10-2019 8:04pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

I'm convinced that i saw sheet lightning to the south/west of me just now

Lucan

Fireworks? Was walking dog past night in Lucan and lots of flashes around..

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

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