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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

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  • #1982
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Checking out some Stateside live rail cams and seeing some nice bolts on this one in Missouri on the back end of a storm currently:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAQUGsUzWbE

    If you scroll back about 90 mins, or 14.20 CDT time on the cam clock, you can watch this train station getting a direct hit from the storm.

    New Moon



  • #1983
    prinzeugen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭prinzeugen


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Checking out some Stateside live rail cams and seeing some nice bolts on this one in Missouri on the back end of a storm currently:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAQUGsUzWbE

    If you scroll back about 90 mins, or 14.20 CDT time on the cam clock, you can watch this train station getting a direct hit from the storm.


    Those cams are brilliant. I have been following them for a couple of years. Some are more active weather wise than others.



    I know where every cam is so I always look at the lightning map to see if one has been hit or is going to get hit.



    A few of them get water in the speakers whenever it rains so you cant hear anything unfortunately.


  • #1984
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭highdef


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Checking out some Stateside live rail cams and seeing some nice bolts on this one in Missouri on the back end of a storm currently:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAQUGsUzWbE

    If you scroll back about 90 mins, or 14.20 CDT time on the cam clock, you can watch this train station getting a direct hit from the storm.

    14:22:46, not 14:20, unless I started the video too late @ 14:20:01


  • #1985
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Activity over the last while


  • #1986
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Serious amount of strikes just across the water . I wonder could the flashes be seen from Dublin coast?


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  • #1987
    adocholiday
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    I was wondering what all the flashes were I was seeing in the sky near the Wicklow coast. Looked like lightning but the sky is crystal clear here. Then I saw all the activity over Wales it has to be the flashes from the lightning over the Irish Sea.


  • #1988
    PukkaStukka
    Registered Users Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭PukkaStukka


    pad199207 wrote: »
    Serious amount of strikes just across the water . I wonder could the flashes be seen from Dublin coast?

    Was out in an elevated part of Skerries earlier with a clear view over the sea. Saw nothing despite most of north Wales was lighting up on the map.


  • #1989
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    saw a few very faint flashes to my east here at Dunshaughlin, those flashes are probably well beyond our coast. Big flashes of lightning can be seen up to 120km away.


  • #1990
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    PukkaStukka wrote: »
    Was out in an elevated part of Skerries earlier with a clear view over the sea. Saw nothing despite most of north Wales was lighting up on the map.

    Shame. It would be some light snow. Friend is reporting constant lightning over Liverpool.


  • #1991
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Gonzo wrote: »
    saw a few very faint flashes to my east here at Dunshaughlin, those flashes are probably well beyond our coast. Big flashes of lightning can be seen up to 120km away.

    When?


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  • #1992
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Just seen flashes here from Naas :O


  • #1993
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    pad199207 wrote: »
    When?

    about 5 minutes ago, i'm in a country area with no light pollution so that helps alot. They are very faint flashes, similar to when Wexford coast had that storm about 2 months ago I could see the faint flashes from that too. My distance from the Wexford storms back in June and tonights Welsh storms would be roughly similar except that the Welsh storms are probably much more intense.


  • #1994
    happyoutscan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,954 ✭✭✭happyoutscan


    West Mayo, thought I seen one to the south about 15 minutes ago.


  • #1995
    Sammy2012
    Registered Users Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭Sammy2012


    Star gazing just now and there is constant flashing almost. Thought I was imaging it first. We are about 10 miles from the coast as the crow flies in North wexford. Is there a storm in Wales?


  • #1996
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Sammy2012 wrote: »
    Star gazing just now and there is constant flashing almost. Thought I was imaging it first. We are about 10 miles from the coast as the crow flies in North wexford. Is there a storm in Wales?

    yep a massive one. It stretches from central Wales almost as far as the Scottish border and takes in much of Liverpool/Blackpool areas on towards Cumbria.


  • #1997
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    happyoutscan wrote: »
    West Mayo, thought I seen one to the south about 15 minutes ago.

    Indeed you did, one strike showing south of your location.


  • #1998
    Sammy2012
    Registered Users Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭Sammy2012


    Gonzo wrote: »
    yep a massive one. It stretches from central Wales almost as far as the Scottish border and takes in much of Liverpool/Blackpool areas on towards Cumbria.

    Have seen lots of flashes. Some very bright for it being so far away. Jealous. And no luck on the meteors for now either.


  • #1999
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Check out this webcam at lake Windermere great lightning


    https://www.fba.org.uk/ferry-cam

    This one at Blackpool


    https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-kingdom/england/blackpool/blackpool.html


  • #2000
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    A remarkable sight for the distance that the storms are. But the anvil is huge.


  • #2001
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Seen a few looking east from here in South Laois around midnight

    Very little light pollution here to my east.

    Moon and fog now, no further flashes.


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  • #2002
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    It looks like it’s grown into an MCS. If they can form that close to Ireland like that, there is no reason for example to see one come out of Wales and into Ireland in a SEly sometime in the future.


  • #2003
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    its not far off 150km across that red blob


  • #2004
    sweet_trip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 275 ✭✭sweet_trip


    Hows today looking?
    You got any of those fancy charts? :pac:


  • #2005
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Today looks F all for us while the UK looks to light up again. :(

    However different story from tomorrow night. It looks like we have good chances for thundery showers.


  • #2006
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Looking at the Windermere webcam last night in bed and no joke the lightning flashes on the phone were lighting up the room it was so bright and close, really spectacular.


  • #2007
    Storm 10
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    Was pretty bad in Wales last night
    Flash flooding has affected parts of Wales as the country braces itself for days of
    "severe" thunderstorms. Wales is covered by a severe weather warning for thunderstorms from Monday until the end of Thursday, with the Met Office warning of flash flooding, lightning strikes and large hail. More than a dozen homes were reportedly struck by lightning at Penrhyn Madoc and hailstones the size of golf balls set off car alarms in Capel Curig. There were 50,000 lightning strikes recorded across the UK on Monday


  • #2008
    typhoony
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭typhoony


    nothing else happening until Thursday, Cork and Kerry looks to be in the firing line, from mid-day Thursday. maybe other parts of Waterford also on the coast


  • #2009
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    typhoony wrote: »
    nothing else happening until Thursday, Cork and Kerry looks to be in the firing line, from mid-day Thursday. maybe other parts of Waterford also on the coast

    Any chance Galway will get sparks, I have antennas on the roof and will take them down if it looks likely to happen


  • #2010
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    https://twitter.com/Liam_Ball92/status/1292893954099286016

    Storm clouds over Birmingham yesterday. Not jelous at all :/


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  • #2011
    Storm 10
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    South of the UK going to get hammered later worth checking out Skyline webcam for sparks


    https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-kingdom/england.html


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