Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Summer/Autumn/Winter 2014-15

eastmayo · 09-06-2014 1:10pm

Big thunderstorm here in ballaghaderreen,lots off fork lighting and thunder

squarecircles · 09-06-2014 1:12pm

lolie wrote: »

Looks like the west is the place to be again today.

storm central.

lolie · 09-06-2014 1:15pm

squarecircles wrote: »

storm central.

Yep. Looking bit better for my side tomorrow.
Could hear distant thunder from that cell that's heading up the middle of cavan now.

lolie · 09-06-2014 1:18pm

Could some people watching all this fork lightning maybe take a few vids for the rest of us.
All the action the past few days and nearly nothing to show from it.

squarecircles · 09-06-2014 1:33pm

im on standby with my camera should anything happen.:)

chris2007 · 09-06-2014 1:36pm

anything happening for dublin today sometime?

squarecircles · 09-06-2014 1:44pm

something approaching from the south east

Elmer Blooker · 09-06-2014 1:56pm

chris2007 wrote: »

anything happening for dublin today sometime?

its been years since I've seen lightning and heard thunder in Dublin (yes years!) I can't even remember the last time! Apparently there was a big thunderstorm last July (at night too!) but I wasn't in Dublin that night so missed it.

R0C · 09-06-2014 2:11pm

squarecircles wrote: »

something approaching from the south east

Looking exactly the same in South Mayo, sky approaching from the south [Galway].

Could hear distant rumbles while outside earlier.

Xenji · 09-06-2014 2:24pm

Pouring down now in Castlebar, can hear some rumbles in the distance as well.

snowstreams · 09-06-2014 2:59pm

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

its been years since I've seen lightning and heard thunder in Dublin (yes years!) I can't even remember the last time! Apparently there was a big thunderstorm last July (at night too!) but I wasn't in Dublin that night so missed it.

The best thunder I ever saw in dublin was November 03 when we got mountain snow & lots of hail with lightning for 2-3 days straight.
I think it was about 10 years ago now, November 2003 I would say. (Which is really years ago now!) It was a streamer setup from a cold north easterly, but it brought some amazing lightning & thunder & hail.

I do think Galway gets alot more lightning than Dublin overall. Dublin gets more snow though!

Aerohead · 09-06-2014 2:59pm

Thunder in Galway heard two large rumbles, did not see the lightning

dacogawa · 09-06-2014 3:23pm

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

its been years since I've seen lightning and heard thunder in Dublin (yes years!) I can't even remember the last time! Apparently there was a big thunderstorm last July (at night too!) but I wasn't in Dublin that night so missed it.

The last proper one I remember in Dublin was the Thunder Snow of 2010, awww the memories...

maquiladora · 09-06-2014 3:24pm

Amazing storm just west of Bremen at the moment. Numerous strikes per second.

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en

R0C · 09-06-2014 3:30pm

Thunder rumbling in south mayo now with heavy shower. Just had power drop out briefly.

Harps · 09-06-2014 3:37pm

maquiladora wrote: »

Amazing storm just west of Bremen at the moment. Numerous strikes per second.

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en

Amazing looking storm all right, probably more lightning in 60 seconds than I've seen in the past decade!

Looking for live webcams in Bremen but no luck finding one that'll work on my phone

snowstreams · 09-06-2014 3:46pm

dacogawa wrote: »

The last proper one I remember in Dublin was the Thunder Snow of 2010, awww the memories...

That was a good one but there was no sound / thunder with it. Not that I ever heard, but great colours of blue purple etc.

Xenji · 09-06-2014 3:53pm

Very loud rumbles in Castlebar now.

maquiladora · 09-06-2014 3:53pm

Harps wrote: »

Amazing looking storm all right, probably more lightning in 60 seconds than I've seen in the past decade!

Looking for live webcams in Bremen but no luck finding one that'll work on my phone

Just a static picture but you can see it approaching.

http://www.brekom.de/img/cam.jpg

Harps · 09-06-2014 4:17pm

maquiladora wrote: »

Just a static picture but you can see it approaching.

http://www.brekom.de/img/cam.jpg

Just clicked on that and it looks like the middle of the night!

dacogawa · 09-06-2014 4:23pm

snowstreams wrote: »

That was a good one but there was no sound / thunder with it. Not that I ever heard, but great colours of blue purple etc.

You missed out, I've never heard anything like it! one bang right over the house, everything white for a second & made every hair stand up. At least you got the colours, they were special

snowstreams · 09-06-2014 4:24pm

Harps wrote: »

Amazing looking storm all right, probably more lightning in 60 seconds than I've seen in the past decade!

Looking for live webcams in Bremen but no luck finding one that'll work on my phone

That's a great link Harps. Funny how the german sensors never seem to pick up the Irish lightning very well. I suppose were too far away.
That site is missing most of the irish strikes but the Icelandic site always detects the irish ones. I wonder what the difference is?

forrest gump · 09-06-2014 4:27pm

Here is a link to a live feed in Bremen. hotel-bremen.dorint.com/en/pictures-videos-and-webcam/live-webcam/
I haven't seen any lighting yet from it.
sorry can't post links yet.

eigrod · 09-06-2014 4:50pm

Met Eireann have a status Orange warning :

STATUS ORANGE

Thunderstorm Warning for Munster, Leinster, Connacht, Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan

Thunderstorm activity is expected this evening, overnight and again during the day tomorrow. Some intense thundery downpours are likely at times, with possibly some flash flooding in places. Connacht and west Ulster will be most at risk this evening. But all areas will be at risk later tonight and especially during Tuesday.

Issued:
Monday 09 June 2014 16:00

Valid:
Monday 09 June 2014 16:00 to Tuesday 10 June 2014 21:00

Kermit.de.frog · 09-06-2014 5:33pm

Yeah slow moving nature of storms could bring big enough rainfall totals in a short period of time. Definitely something to watch.

ninebeanrows · 09-06-2014 6:13pm

That's an impressive enough CAPE forecast for Ireland tomorrow afternoon. If the sun can get to work there could be a few nice cells.

highdef · 09-06-2014 7:07pm

OK, so it's not this country but I would be fairly confident that this webcam will be showing an amazing light show in a few hours time

http://www.wetter.com/wettercom-live/koeln/5977288734b55/

savj2 · 09-06-2014 7:09pm

Check out the Belgium/Germany border near Liege. Incredible lightening storm. Strikes going off constantly.

maquiladora · 09-06-2014 7:15pm

Looking at tomorrow, LI is up to -6 and CAPE up to ~1,300 J/kg so a good chance of thunderstorms breaking out as the Met Eireann warning shows. Of course nothing comparable to continental fireworks though.

redsteveireland · 09-06-2014 7:21pm

So frustrating, all thunderstorms have been just west and North of me. Alot of them are passing right over me before coming to life.

Video · 09-06-2014 7:27pm

looks like sat24 is down... they're based in france aint they? probably insane power outage around there.

Rikand · 09-06-2014 7:33pm

Hows it looking for tomorrow morning in the north west. Flying into knock airport in the morning and trying to see if we'll have,

a.) delays, or
b.) the opportunity to take videos from above.

thanks in advance

chris2007 · 09-06-2014 7:35pm

Will Dublin see any thunder storms later tonight tomorrow what do you all think?

Kermit.de.frog · 09-06-2014 7:36pm

You can see the train of instability on radar to our south heading for the southeast and east coast later tonight. Great angle of attack for storms later on. Wouldn't be surprised to see a few sparks reported soon after midnight.

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Super-Rush · 09-06-2014 7:38pm

Taken at a festival in Holland.

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savj2 · 09-06-2014 7:39pm

maquiladora wrote: »

Mesoscale Discussion from Estofex

Bow echo?? A derecho??

maquiladora · 09-06-2014 7:41pm

chris2007 wrote: »

Will Dublin see any thunder storms later tonight tomorrow what do you all think?

I'd say a slight risk in the early hours of the morning but a more realistic chance tomorrow.

maquiladora · 09-06-2014 7:43pm

savj2 wrote: »

Bow echo?? A derecho??

Bowing presentation on radar.

http://www.meteo-info.be/en/weather/radar.html

Mankyspuds · 09-06-2014 7:59pm

maquiladora wrote: »

Amazing storm just west of Bremen at the moment. Numerous strikes per second.

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en

That is the coolest website in the whole world. Thank You.

Fitzo · 09-06-2014 8:24pm

Some fantastic flashes of lightning in Sligo earlier today and feels like there's more potential for some later.

chris2007 · 09-06-2014 8:49pm

Any reports of any sparks around the country?

Darwin · 09-06-2014 8:50pm

Yep, it's back again, wind seems to have eased off a bit.

Xenji · 09-06-2014 8:50pm

chris2007 wrote: »

Any reports of any sparks around the country?

Been none in nearly 2 hours and they were only in Donegal.

vickers209 · 09-06-2014 8:55pm

Another one

showforecast.cgi?lightningmap=yes&fcstfile=2014060922_201406091933_-_mesoscalediscussion.xml

Mesoscale Discussion
Valid: Mon 09 Jun 2014 19:00 to Mon 09 Jun 2014 22:00 UTC
Issued: Mon 09 Jun 2014 19:33
Forecaster: PUCIK / GROENEMEIJER

Convective storms are intensifying across NW and N France. Their environment is characterized by strong 25-30 m/s deep-layer (0-6 km) shear and about 500-1500 J/kg CAPE, the highest values in the southeast of the area.

Per numerical guidance and observed N to NE surface winds, these storms will experience a strongly helical low-level flow across far northern France and Belgium. There, LCL heights are very low with T/Td spreads typically around 2-4 degrees C. This suggests that tornadoes will be possible with the best organized storms in northern France and Belgium. Some large hail and severe winds will probably occur as well. The threat for large hail is highest in the south of the MD area, where the lapse rates are the steepest.

RuthieRose · 09-06-2014 8:57pm

Loads of rumbles around Cavan today. Mainly passed to the NE of us but you could still hear it in the distance. Hopefully more after dark. Its always better in the dark!!

MikeD22 · 09-06-2014 9:05pm

http://www.muenster.de/en/webcam_aasee.html

great view from this Múnster webcam a the storm approachs from Dortmund

Edit: this was what i saw

torrentum · 09-06-2014 9:35pm

Savage lightning and thunder in south Kilkenny. Worst I've seen in years.

pad199207 · 09-06-2014 9:36pm

Cell has broken out North of Waterford City. Sferics associated with it

maquiladora · 09-06-2014 9:38pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Cell has broken out North of Waterford City. Sferics associated with it

Wasn't sure if it was wheelie bins or thunder. :P

pad199207 · 09-06-2014 9:41pm

Air quickly Destabilising from the South. Altocumulus Castellanus visible to my South

Cell over Waterford still producing sparks. Heading for Kilkenny City now

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Summer/Autumn/Winter 2014-15

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