Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 10:17pm

Sferics over south Wales just now.

DOCARCH · 23-07-2019 10:18pm

A couple of recent strikes in south Wales/Swansea area.

Edit: As KDF said above....:)

JCX BXC · 23-07-2019 10:20pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Kilkee Co Clare now

Spotted that myself, beautiful.

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 10:28pm

Just observing the satellite there may be a small bit of hope for south east, eastern fringes perhaps later with some new cloud formation just off Cornwall now and an ok angle of approach.

Still i'd have to favor a just off shore scenario here but stranger things have happened...

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 10:44pm

South coast of England around the Isle of White east in for a fun time in the next hour or so. Storms moving north and expanding then.

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 10:49pm

Kicking off on the Dawlish webcam (for those who want their fix :P )

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

Nibs05 · 23-07-2019 10:52pm

https://youtu.be/G6IqTfsD3-w

Nice flashes

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 10:53pm

A lot of intra cloud strikes there.

DOCARCH · 23-07-2019 10:55pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

A lot of intra cloud strikes there.

....and a train!

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 10:56pm

Donegal Storm · 23-07-2019 10:56pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Kicking off on the Dawlish webcam (for those who want their fix :P )

Have only been watching two minutes and must have seen a good 50 flashes already, gonna be a fun night over there

PukkaStukka · 23-07-2019 11:02pm

Nothing doing here in West Cornwall. Showers to the east of me are not sparking. Methinks it'll be an early night

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 11:03pm

Oh it's kicking off now - Wales and parts southwest England now and POSSIBLY could be a tiny bit of hope for us.

Also keeping an eye on the ever heightening cloud tops in to Waterford. That could kick off any time...

Donegal Storm · 23-07-2019 11:08pm

Netweather lightning radar seems to be broken, hasn't recorded a single steric from that storm over Devon when there's flashes every couple of seconds on the webcam

CirrusBusiness · 23-07-2019 11:09pm

Kicking off south of Cork. Wonder if it will clip the south east later on?

Recent strike near Kilmacow, Waterford.

Not sure if that was a glitch on lightningmaps.org? Disappeared when I refreshed the page.

Oscar Bravo · 23-07-2019 11:10pm

Good few strikes west of Cliften.

Super-Rush · 23-07-2019 11:11pm

http://www.hmswarrior.org/webcam

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 11:15pm

Lighting up across a good chunk of southern England now. Going to be some disruption throughout a good bit of Britain overnight.

Danno · 23-07-2019 11:17pm

Rapid convection south of Waterford!

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2019 11:19pm

Just shows you the unpredictable nature of Thunderstorm forecasting. Met Office now including London and the SE in their warnings.

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1153790421027311617?s=20

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 11:19pm

Ireland may get it's share as well yet...things looking perkier than I expected.

Rougies · 23-07-2019 11:23pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Ireland may get it's share as well yet...things looking perkier than I expected.

Agreed. Worth a good oul radar/sat/lightning map watch for the next while.

lolie · 23-07-2019 11:24pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Netweather lightning radar seems to be broken, hasn't recorded a single steric from that storm over Devon when there's flashes every couple of seconds on the webcam

Plenty showing up on this.
https://www.lightningmaps.org/#

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2019 11:25pm

Danno wrote: »

Rapid convection south of Waterford!

Seems to be growing in size, will it spark ?

Danno · 23-07-2019 11:26pm

Strike around 40 miles due south of Waterford...

Danno · 23-07-2019 11:27pm

This is setting up like June 29th, only this time it's around 4hrs sooner, so we *might* see some nice nightime lightning.

Danno · 23-07-2019 11:29pm

Nice link here: https://www.lightningmaps.org/#m=sts;t=3;s=121;o=0;b=0.00;ts=0;y=50.4575;x=-8.7726;z=7;d=2;dl=2;dc=0; covering south of Ireland and what is happening upstream.

aisling86 · 23-07-2019 11:35pm

Danno wrote: »

Nice link here: https://www.lightningmaps.org/#m=sts;t=3;s=121;o=0;b=0.00;ts=0;y=50.4575;x=-8.7726;z=7;d=2;dl=2;dc=0; covering south of Ireland and what is happening upstream.

Really is kicking off now, unreal to watch

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 11:35pm

The strikes over Snowdon may just about be visible for Dubs on the far horizon with the right view.

23-07-2019 11:41pm

aisling86 wrote: »

Really is kicking off now, unreal to watch

In fairness it doesn't look like much action at all, a bit like here a few weeks ago , the lightning radars made it appear much worse.

The real problem is how long the strikes stay on the map, if it was instant and no history it wouldn't look anything.

Flash dance · 23-07-2019 11:43pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

http://www.hmswarrior.org/webcam

It's mesmerising, very active there now.

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2019 11:45pm

Deleted User wrote: »

In fairness it doesn't look like much action at all, a bit like here a few weeks ago , the lightning radars made it appear much worse.

The real problem is how long the strikes stay on the map, if it was instant and no history it wouldn't look anything.

I would think some intense storms going on there Mad_Lad, sferics below are within seconds of each other, and very heavy rain also and possible heavy hail.

Mortelaro · 23-07-2019 11:48pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

The strikes over Snowdon may just about be visible for Dubs on the far horizon with the right view.

Strike just east of waterford city a few minutes ago
It should have been audible and visible in Waterford

Kermit.de.frog · 23-07-2019 11:50pm

The weather gods are punishing Jacob Reese Moggs constituency at the moment.

JCX BXC · 23-07-2019 11:53pm

That cell over Cardiff looks very very nasty altogether.

Meteorite58 · 23-07-2019 11:56pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

That cell over Cardiff looks very very nasty altogether.

some rain coming down there

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

Kermit.de.frog · 24-07-2019 12:03am

Rapid fire live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAjfGCgMXBg&feature=player_embedded

John.Icy · 24-07-2019 12:04am

Great link Danno.

South UK starting to get obliterated on that site.

EDIT: on zoom probably not "obliterated" but plenty of action nonetheless.

Mortelaro · 24-07-2019 12:15am

Strike off hook head wexford
Should be visible from wexford town and audible from hook head

Donegal Storm · 24-07-2019 12:16am

^^What the hell was that..?

Looks like a good light show in the UK but as expected storms are fairly small and fast moving so will be passing through quickly. Possible MCS developing around the Isle of Wight at the moment though

Mortelaro · 24-07-2019 12:21am

Strike in south kilkenny
Some off mid wexford coast now too

Kermit.de.frog · 24-07-2019 12:24am

The cloud tops really blowing up now as the storms are making their way inland across much of Britain.

Kermit.de.frog · 24-07-2019 12:28am

Mortelaro wrote: »

Strike in south kilkenny
Some off mid wexford coast now too

Just remember there is some distortion. Best look for tight clustering of strikes.

Muir · 24-07-2019 12:29am

On a plane in Gatwick. Been delayed by 3 hours and now the sky is lighting up around us as we wait to takeoff

Rougies · 24-07-2019 12:31am

Mortelaro wrote: »

Strike in south kilkenny
Some off mid wexford coast now too

Keep in mind that there will be a lot of false strikes showing around Ireland on the live lightning maps tonight because Ireland has very poor lightning detector coverage and with the hundreds of strikes per minute happening in the south of Britain there will be a few false returns that slip through the cracks before validation.

Danno · 24-07-2019 12:37am

Some big drops here now in Durrow, Laois.

Kermit.de.frog · 24-07-2019 12:37am

Torrential rain and frequent lightning in Portsmouth

http://www.hmswarrior.org/webcam

John.Icy · 24-07-2019 12:41am

Satellite looking more benign south of us now. Not overly inspiring.

Kermit.de.frog · 24-07-2019 1:05am

Time to call it a night.

igCorcaigh · 24-07-2019 1:16am

https://twitter.com/EugeneDH_Bass/status/1153803339953397761?s=19

Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : 2019 and Winter 2020

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