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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

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  • #362
    moby2101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭moby2101


    Hi folks,
    What weather app would you recommend.
    I find that YR was very reliable once upon a time but in the last couple of year's it's dreadful.
    I find Met.ie is reasonably good.
    Any suggestions?
    Cheers


  • #363
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Tomorrow I reckon looks like the main bulk of storms breaking out early in Munster ( perhaps from mid morning but there could be some all night into the morning here ) and becoming widespread away from the East thereafter. Could keep going in the W , N/W until the mid evening.

    For the crack thinking inside the green area could see storms tomorrow, and possibly the most intensification in the orange area. Munster looks to be more active earlier and lighten off in the afternoon perhaps.

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  • #364
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    moby2101 wrote: »
    Hi folks,
    What weather app would you recommend.
    I find that YR was very reliable once upon a time but in the last couple of year's it's dreadful.
    I find Met.ie is reasonably good.
    Any suggestions?
    Cheers
    I find the UK Met Office app to be excellent for my location. It’s my go to app closely followed by Windy


  • #365
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Looks like a nice bit of activity over the Tipp area. Any reports?


  • #366
    giveitholly
    Registered Users Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    giveitholly wrote: »
    A bit late really,looks like the action is nearly finished in tipp anyway

    I spoke too soon,massive claps of thunder and nearly 2000 homes without electricity outside tipp town


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  • #367
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Well done to Munster today. Showed the rest how it's done.

    There is a very weakly electrified cell due east of Rosslare now but it may not make it there intact. Most of the convection is surface-based and will therefore quieten down a good bit in the next few hours. Radiosonde data from SW UK this evening show little forcing for elevated convection so that may be it until tomorrow.

    Last 10 mins of lightning
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    Latest satellite
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  • #368
    *eadaoin
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭*eadaoin


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Looks like a nice bit of activity over the Tipp area. Any reports?

    My parents living in Tipp, between Thurles and Cashel, reporting the most incredible storm they’ve seen, right overhead.

    Dad sent on this video, it’ll give you an idea!

    https://youtu.be/HatKCp1PwW0


  • #369
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,054 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Great video Eadaoin! Love the cloud structure


  • #370
    *eadaoin
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭*eadaoin


    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    Great video Eadaoin! Love the cloud structure

    Yeah I’ve never seen clouds like that in Tipp before, pretty interesting!

    Dad says some of the peals are so loud that all the slates in the roof rattle along with it. As you can see from the last rumble in the video, they’re even a bit much for him to handle lol


  • #371
    hawkwing
    Registered Users Posts: 1,803 ✭✭✭hawkwing


    *eadaoin wrote: »
    My parents living in Tipp, between Thurles and Cashel, reporting the most incredible storm they’ve seen, right overhead.

    Dad sent on this video, it’ll give you an idea!

    https://youtu.be/HatKCp1PwW0
    That last thunder crack is class! I'm 15 miles away from there and went walking after the deluge and jumped with a similar one when i thought it was all over.:eek:


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  • #372
    Jpmarn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Jpmarn


    Hearing thunder from this mid Tipperary cell near Limerick city. I see that this cell is coming nearer to us and as it darkens the lightning become more visible. But looking at lightning maps.org it is not showing an awful of activity but it is impressive on Met.ie radar.


  • #373
    *eadaoin
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭*eadaoin


    hawkwing wrote: »
    That last thunder crack is class! I'm 15 miles away from there and went walking after the deluge and jumped with a similar one when i thought it was all over.:eek:

    I’ve only heard thunder once like that myself. A few years back living close to Dundrum in Dublin City. A few rumbles right overhead that were so powerful they set off loads of car and house alarms in the area - incredible stuff!


  • #374
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Jpmarn wrote: »
    Hearing thunder from this mid Tipperary cell near Limerick city. I see that this cell is coming nearer to us and as it darkens the lightning become more visible. But looking at lightning maps.org it is not showing an awful of activity but it is impressive on Met.ie radar.

    I've noticed that difference too. Lots more sparks on met.ie.


  • #375
    er1983
    Registered Users Posts: 287 ✭✭er1983


    Is there any activity going to happen in waterford? The sky here is bluey/ purple at the moment


  • #376
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    er1983 wrote: »
    Is there any activity going to happen in waterford? The sky here is bluey/ purple at the moment

    Possibly, some south wales imports are heading that way
    Whether they are still electric later who knows
    Some of them are nearing hook head and rosslare currently


  • #377
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,054 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    er1983 wrote: »
    Is there any activity going to happen in waterford? The sky here is bluey/ purple at the moment

    Some activity just off Rosslare now. As its getting dark,if you look that direction you may see some lightning.


  • #378
    RobAMerc
    Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    I left a sunny clonmel at about 5.45 and it was a lovely 23degrees - by the time I got to Cahir it had dropped to 16 and clearly there was something fairly ominous in the skies - as we got onto the M8 closer to Cashel all hell broke loose and we had rain like I have never seen before in Ireland - it was close to what we saw in Florida last year which was serious !


  • #379
    Jpmarn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Jpmarn


    Just starting to rain from that cell that formed over Tipperary in the Ballysimon area of Limerick. It looks like there is no electrical energy left in it as the cell is inclined to break up.


  • #380
    JanuarySnowstor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    There's a 50/50 chance of more storms moving across the South in next few hours. As ever with thunder it's very hit and miss but Cork could see some further action


  • #381
    Jpmarn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Jpmarn


    I think that storm that made landfall in south Wexford will die off in the next hour or two.


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  • #382
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Very active on the South East Coast as the cell moves West towards Waterford City. Will it hold its energy is the question


  • #383
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Juicy SBCAPE around 1500 J/kg at the likes of Shannon and Knock airports at 12Z tomorrow (below). This figure should be well exceeded later in the afternoon as surface heating increases, also boosting the MLCAPE values. All of Connacht, Clare and Kerry should see good action, reducing further east of the Shannon. Should be a nice day wherever you are.

    Shannon
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    Knock
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  • #384
    JanuarySnowstor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    Plenty strikes now showing up in the southeast area. A very active cell about an hour from Cork. Will it hold its power!?


  • #385
    chris2007
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭chris2007


    Anyone know if Dublin could get any thunderstorms during the night


  • #386
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,434 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Cells sparking for Wexford and perhaps south Wicklow at the moment.


  • #387
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,434 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    chris2007 wrote: »
    Anyone know if Dublin could get any thunderstorms during the night

    Unlikely, couldn't rule out a rouge though


  • #388
    JanuarySnowstor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    Very lively looking over Waterford and WExford now
    Am confident Cork Will Join In Before Midnight! !


  • #389
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    Seeing lightning to the south from here in Arklow


  • #390
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    *eadaoin wrote: »
    My parents living in Tipp, between Thurles and Cashel, reporting the most incredible storm they’ve seen, right overhead.

    Dad sent on this video, it’ll give you an idea!

    https://youtu.be/HatKCp1PwW0

    the last one was great, I think he ran for it after that ! :D


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  • #391
    Gavlor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,172 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    10 minutes of non stop flashes over south waterford/wexford.

    Don’t remember activity like this in years


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