Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

snowstorm445 · 06-06-2019 5:03pm

Two cracks of thunder there in Ringsend over the last few minutes. Can’t see the lightning though.

Edit: make that three!

ROAAAR · 06-06-2019 5:04pm

May god help us all

DOCARCH · 06-06-2019 5:05pm

snowstorm445 wrote: »

Edit: make that three!

I heard 3 as well....and now 4.

Edit: Now 5.

Decent little storm.

The Floyd p · 06-06-2019 5:07pm

Dublin 3, claps occuring at faster rates

DOCARCH · 06-06-2019 5:08pm

I have counted 7 (separate) rumbles of thunder now.

sryanbruen · 06-06-2019 5:14pm

Lightning strike in Dublin 3 just now and more thunder.

EDIT: and another two strikes.

Kermit.de.frog · 06-06-2019 5:15pm

Frequent enough thunder now near Dublin Airport

jimmynokia · 06-06-2019 5:15pm

I'm getting some footage now.

Elmer Blooker · 06-06-2019 5:17pm

east of me now, over Clontarf area I'd say and heading towards Howth.
Decent little storm alright, 20+ rumbles so far.

jimmynokia · 06-06-2019 5:22pm

Recorded several strikes going home now will cut and stitch clips together

sparrowcar · 06-06-2019 5:24pm

Thunder and lightning Swords

barrier86 · 06-06-2019 5:27pm

Dublin 1 and Dublin 7 few claps witching the last 10 minutes

diceyd · 06-06-2019 5:29pm

Excellent fork lightning over Dublin Airport

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 5:32pm

Jealous. Any chance of some sparks down here?

iamtony · 06-06-2019 5:39pm

Fork lightning over Dublin 17 moving northeast I think. Really long rolling thunder followed between 3 and 7 seconds after the strikes. I could see heavy rain below the cloud but it never fell were I was.
Have only ever seen forks of lightning 3 or 4 times in my life, it was fierce exciting:)

pad199207 · 06-06-2019 5:39pm

Tornado alley style skies in Kildare now. Plenty of rotation.

Kermit.de.frog · 06-06-2019 5:41pm

A little more development in the Wicklow Mountains in the last 30 mins might see further late evening storm potential over Dublin.

Some sparks now southwest of Kilkenny as well.

Oscar Bravo · 06-06-2019 5:42pm

Dublin Airport Metar reporting Thunderstorm at 1730. Temperature at 1700 was 15 degrees. Down to 12 degrees @ 1730

diceyd · 06-06-2019 5:45pm

Just before lightning

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Kermit.de.frog · 06-06-2019 5:47pm

diceyd wrote: »

Just before lightning

Trebor176 · 06-06-2019 5:50pm

Apart from a shower, it has been sunny in Clondalkin for the last while. No thunder at all.

pad199207 · 06-06-2019 5:51pm

Torrential rain and hail in Kildare now.

jimmynokia · 06-06-2019 6:54pm

https://i.imgur.com/xYtIFor.png

Video of some strikes I caught not great but something https://youtu.be/zF9PyRsDs1Y

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 10:53pm

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I wonder, how does hail happen during these storms?

I'm guessing it has to do with the convection that lifts moisture up so high in the clouds?

JCX BXC · 06-06-2019 10:57pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

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I wonder, how does hail happen during these storms?

I'm guessing it has to do with the convection that lifts moisture up so high in the clouds?

Exactly that. Winter or summer, it's still subzero high up!

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 11:00pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

Exactly that. Winter or summer, it's still subzero high up!

So, with strong convective upflow, it comes down as hail, or jiggled around to make bigger hail, until it falls out? Even though it's warm down here, yeah?

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 11:01pm

So is that why in America, they get big hail near tornados...

Big up draft.

Is it also the size of the particles in the atmosphere that makes the ominous green or nearly purple colour in the clouds near tornados?

I know there is such a thing as CAPE, and it is a measure of energy, but not quite sure how or what it means.

I have an intuitive understanding of shear, it seems to me like a twisting force, or winds shearing against each other. Going in opposite directions, but the meeting point of difference between them.

I like to think of weather as a way of energy balance. The forces in the atmosphere build up potential (a gradient of energy like a battery), then it releases the excess of energy to bring the system back into balance. Which is weather?

Meteorite58 · 06-06-2019 11:24pm

Vigorous system moving up through Biscay tonight with convection cleary seen producing thunderstorms. Very heavy rain.

pad199207 · 06-06-2019 11:26pm

Fantastic system indeed Meteorite. You can bet though if it was on track for Ireland there would be no sferics/convection just plain old frontal rain.

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 11:33pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Fantastic system indeed Meteorite. You can bet though if it was on track for Ireland there would be no sferics/convection just plain old frontal rain.

I wish I were in Britanny right now

Meteorite58 · 06-06-2019 11:33pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Fantastic system indeed Meteorite. You can bet though if it was on track for Ireland there would be no sferics/convection just plain old frontal rain.

Indeed.

So hard to get a decent storm here in Ireland, landmass too small in general for good heat to get going and too far from the plumes . One of these days though!

Tweet below shows just how hard it is to get thunderstorms here.

https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1136746217692700691

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 11:37pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Indeed.

So hard to get a decent storm here in Ireland, landmass too small in general for good heat to get going and too far from the plumes . One of these days though !

I have hope!

pad199207 · 06-06-2019 11:40pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Indeed.

So hard to get a decent storm here in Ireland, landmass too small in general for good heat to get going and too far from the plumes . One of these days though!

Tweet below shows just how hard it is to get thunderstorms here.

https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1136746217692700691

Exactly. Those sferics all the way into North Norway breaks my heart.

“Sure Ireland is too far away from the continent and too far north from the heat for storms”

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 11:42pm

Maybe just my age, but I remember a lot of lightning storms as a kid in the early 80's.

Remember being woken up by not the thunder but the lightning.

Remember looking out my window, and fork lightning hit my back garden (metal clothes yard)

And 10 minutes later, it hit it again.

Lightning does strike twice, it was fascinating!

And i also remember that night of fork lightning, for hours... 82, maybe 83 or so?

Oscar Bravo · 06-06-2019 11:46pm

Some rough weather on the way over in France, heres a TAF for Les Ajoncs Airport,high winds and thunderstorms

LFRI 061700Z 0618/0718 11010KT 9999 SCT040
BECMG 0620/0622 -RA SCT040TCU TEMPO 0622/0702 12015G30KT 4000 RA SCT050CB BKN060 PROB30 0622/0702 TSRA

BECMG 0702/0705 19015G30KT -SHRA SCT030CB TEMPO 0707/0713 22030G50KT 2000 TSRA BKN018CB

BECMG 0713/0715 25018G40KT

pad199207 · 06-06-2019 11:47pm

Funnel Cloud, West Cork today

igCorcaigh · 06-06-2019 11:55pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Funnel Cloud, West Cork today

Tornado on the ground! Take cover!

Jk.

Beautiful photo!

Meteorite58 · 07-06-2019 12:05am

Little or no shear tomorrow but some low level local convergence and cool air aloft creating convection along Atlantic counties with some localized heavy showers. Upper trough becoming negatively tilted during the day.

Will we see some more short lived pulse type storms ?

Meteorite58 · 07-06-2019 8:26pm

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

A bit further afield

Mesmerizing

Great example of wind shear also.

Meteorite58 · 07-06-2019 8:32pm

A few evening sferics detected.

Thunderstorms going through the UK atm.

https://twitter.com/smpearson54/status/1137062952970964993

https://twitter.com/KateVause1/status/1137059624497111041

hawkwing · 07-06-2019 8:44pm

2-3 Flashes and loud claps in SE Tipp about 45 mins ago,raining since.

Meteorite58 · 07-06-2019 8:46pm

Nice line of convection running the length of the country in the brightest warmest middle third and also in a convergence zone.

lolie · 07-06-2019 10:55pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Nice line of convection running the length of the country in the brightest warmest middle third and also in a convergence zone.

I could see nice convection building up earlier and had a quick look at the radar so went to a good viewing spot.
Seen 3 distance flashes followed by 3 low rumbles then spotted a nice little funnel cloud which kept changing shape and hung around for nearly 20 minutes.

The cell before the funnel cloud formed to the left of the rain.

Meteorite58 · 07-06-2019 11:15pm

Fantastic pictures lolie, great representation of the radar returns. Great clear shot of the funnel.

lolie · 08-06-2019 12:01am

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Fantastic pictures lolie, great representation of the radar returns. Great clear shot of the funnel.

Thanks, judging by the radar I'd say i was nearly 20km from the funnel cloud.
I'll upload a video and put a post in the picture forum.

I'm nearly full sure another smaller funnel cloud formed a few minutes before in the middle of the rain falling from that cell.
Hard to tell for sure through the rain but i think it was one.

Meteorite58 · 08-06-2019 9:27pm

Parameters present for thunderstorms tomorrow. Could be fairly widespread too. Passage of a trough with a cold pool of air aloft. Diurnal heating and convergence with reasonable LLS , limited amount of DLS bu some available. Clouds bubbling up in the morning moving in From the Western side of the country and locally heavy showers in the early afternoon , possibly lasting well into the evening as the move to the East of the country.

Meteorite58 · 08-06-2019 9:32pm

jimmynokia · 09-06-2019 1:40pm

Looks like a line of showers coming from naas heading to Dublin wonder if that will kick off like other day. Some convection out there

patneve2 · 09-06-2019 1:44pm

Moderate shower just over here. Loud rumble atm

pad199207 · 09-06-2019 1:45pm

Very heavy rain and hail in Kildare now

Few rumbles of thunder too

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

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