Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Winter 2020/Spring 2021

Meteorite58 · 13-05-2021 11:41pm

More widespread potential for thunderstorms are showing up on the models for Saturday

DOCARCH · 14-05-2021 9:48am

Some very dark/threatening clouds over the Dublin Mountains have popped up in the last half an hour or so.

Tyrone212 · 14-05-2021 12:10pm

Warning for thunderstorms - Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry.

Donegal Ken · 14-05-2021 12:20pm

Status Yellow - Thunderstorm warning for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim
Met Éireann Weather Warning

Risk of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Heavy downpours bring a risk of localised flooding.

Valid: 12:00 Friday 14/05/2021 to 21:00 Friday 14/05/2021

Issued: 11:40 Friday 14/05/2021

Yellow - Thunderstorm Warning for Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry
UK Met Office Weather Warning (www.metoffice.gov.uk)

Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms bringing some local travel disruption.

Valid: 12:00 Friday 14/05/2021 to 20:00 Friday 14/05/2021

Issued: 09:45 Friday 14/05/2021

highdef · 14-05-2021 1:04pm

A small but fairly potent cell has just popped up, just east of Blessington, on the Wicklow/Kildare border, south east of Naas. It's moving generally north, very slowly. Will be interested to see if it develops further but visible satellite imagery would suggest that it is growing. It may well just fade out though, like the earlier showers further east.

lolie · 14-05-2021 4:48pm

Wasn't going to post this but might as well.
A possible funnel cloud yesterday evening shortly after 8pm looking from near Coole Westmeath east towards going by the radar image Athboy.
There was a nice line of convection heading southeast that really built up on the radar shortly afterwards.
Its probably 25-30km from where i was so hard to tell but something definitely dropped from the cloud.

To the left of centre

A few minutes later

Short zoomed in video, the phone couldn't focus properly.

Radar at the time, i was near the pink arrow.

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Meteorite58 · 14-05-2021 7:10pm

Thanks for that Lolie, hard to know. If it was that far away and that large then maybe not a funnel ? In Ireland I reckon I have only ever seen ropey type funnels. It wouldn't be from a chimney, I see big Board na Mona Bogs near Delvin but cant see any power stations in the area or big industry.

Interesting though, if only you get another view of it from another source.

Meteorite58 · 14-05-2021 7:56pm

Just my thoughts, intriguing set up tomorrow.

Large country wide cold pool aloft tomorrow, looks like a trough following the front tomorrow morning. Quite humid , temps low enough in general but maybe getting up around 14C or so with a DP over 11C in places. Quite a bit of Deep Layer Shear tomorrow which has been missing most days. Heavy thundery showers in places with a risk of hail. Thinking tomorrow has more potential of any day this week. Currently looks like thunderstorms could break in Munster and following on into Connaught and Leinster , maybe Ulster not featuring this time as the trough does not seem to go that far and the occluded front seems to be slow to break up over Northern counties. Met Eireann will probably wait to see how this pans out a bit more before issuing fairly widespread warnings. More chances for funnels tomorrow .

Cameras at the ready !

pad199207 · 14-05-2021 8:32pm

I’d say it could mainly be Munster Meteorite but an interesting setup nonetheless

Meteorite58 · 14-05-2021 10:33pm

What was picked up today.

Meteorite58 · 14-05-2021 11:01pm

pad199207 wrote: »

I’d say it could mainly be Munster Meteorite but an interesting setup nonetheless

Yeah initially anyway and leaning more towards N Munster ,Limerick, Tipp and Clare might feature well and inland Cork and Waterford perhaps and possibly peaking in the afternoon and moving into parts of Connacht and Leinster.

Just making a guess where we might see the most returns, think could see thunderstorms within the grey area, more of a chance within the yellow and thunderstorms maybe peaking in the afternoon in the orange area. Will see.

Donegal Ken · 15-05-2021 7:54am

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Yeah initially anyway and leaning more towards N Munster ,Limerick, Tipp and Clare might feature well and inland Cork and Waterford perhaps and possibly peaking in the afternoon and moving into parts of Connacht and Leinster.

Just making a guess where we might see the most returns, think could see thunderstorms within the grey area, more of a chance within the yellow and thunderstorms maybe peaking in the afternoon in the orange area. Will see.

Fairly spot on inland Munster, inland Leinster looks good over the earlier afternoon and then later in the afternoon south and mid Connacht with thunderstorms and showers moving slowly northeast. Flooding could be a issued with how slow they move. Interesting set up today.

Gaoth Laidir · 15-05-2021 8:17am

I flew through the midlands yesterday and the site of those showers from the air was something else. It's like someone standing with a shower rose. Highdef, did you catch any drone footage?

highdef · 15-05-2021 8:31am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I flew through the midlands yesterday and the site of those showers from the air was something else. It's like someone standing with a shower rose. Highdef, did you catch any drone footage?

I was working from home all day yesterday and was keeping an eye out but nothing of note developed in the locality so didn't send the drone up. There was a shower after lunchtime but nothing crazy. There were a few cells to my east in the afternoon that initially looked fantastic but were quickly covered by mid level cloud so I knew that there was no hope of aesthetically pleasing video to be had where I was.

pad199207 · 15-05-2021 10:03am

Status Yellow - Thunderstorm warning for Leinster, Munster, Connacht

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, bringing some heavy downpours with a risk of hail and localised spot flooding.

Valid: 12:00 Saturday 15/05/2021 to 21:00 Saturday 15/05/2021

Issued: 09:58 Saturday 15/05/2021

JCX BXC · 15-05-2021 11:05am

Some nice towers building visible in West Clare this morning

Gaoth Laidir · 15-05-2021 12:36pm

I reckon we'll see a lot of funnels today. Some vigorous low-level CAPE and low cloud-bases already here anyway. Keep the eyes peeled.

[Deleted User] · 15-05-2021 12:45pm

Heavy rain and thunder on the Clare, Limerick and Tipperary border..

Storm 10 · 15-05-2021 1:04pm

Torrential shower just cleared Galway very dark to the South of Galway Bay, not a breath of wind warm in the Sun

lolie · 15-05-2021 1:40pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Thanks for that Lolie, hard to know. If it was that far away and that large then maybe not a funnel ? In Ireland I reckon I have only ever seen ropey type funnels. It wouldn't be from a chimney, I see big Board na Mona Bogs near Delvin but cant see any power stations in the area or big industry.

Interesting though, if only you get another view of it from another source.

Definitely not from a chimney as it came from the clouds above. To far away to see if there was any rotation so impossible to tell if its a funnel or not.
It was moving away south east and we couldn't try get closer with Lough Derravaragh in the way.
The few funnels I've seen over the years have been from similar setups, slow moving convection moving down from the North over east Cavan into meath.

Banarol · 15-05-2021 2:21pm

couple of strikes near portarlington

Larbre34 · 15-05-2021 2:24pm

Those cells are certainly heating up as they approach mid Leinster and greater Dublin.

Humidity very high here in D15.

pad199207 · 15-05-2021 2:27pm

Thunder in Kildare

Nice flash there now

Meteorite58 · 15-05-2021 2:37pm

Nice convection getting going here in Kerry moving in a NE direction

SW breeze has freshened with good levels of sunshine getting up over 15C

Can see the convergence zones coming into effect with the line of showers developing

Meteorite58 · 15-05-2021 2:39pm

Nice hefty storm near you Pad

.42. · 15-05-2021 2:43pm

Will that hit Naas?

Meteorite58 · 15-05-2021 2:45pm

.42. wrote: »

Will that hit Naas?

Heading that direction , meeting headwind so could stack up around there, could see this intensifying in the next hour.

Darwin · 15-05-2021 3:01pm

A couple of nearby strikes in my location by the looks of it on the radar (SW Laois), but nothing out of the ordinary so far.

pad199207 · 15-05-2021 3:30pm

Crazy strikes over Naas with instant thunder

highdef · 15-05-2021 3:38pm

Drone going up in North kildare shortly

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Winter 2020/Spring 2021

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