Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Summer 2011

Elmer Blooker · 13-05-2011 4:14pm

atgate wrote: »

Massive flash of lightning followed by instant thunder here in D12. It sounded like it hit something really close.

D12. Not surprised, I calculated it was a few miles south of where I am.

Yi Harr · 13-05-2011 4:17pm

Big cell has just moved in over Clonskeagh in Dublin. It was amazing to see it sweep in from the west.

Very heavy rain with thunder and lightening. Rain has started to abate.

blubloblu · 13-05-2011 4:19pm

Rumbling, then a flash and some thunder in Monkstown/Dun Laoghaire. Lashing rain right now.

h57xiucj2z946q · 13-05-2011 4:19pm

Serious hail in Athlone again. Lightning also.

IvySlayer · 13-05-2011 4:21pm

Iancar29 wrote: »

Typical!! , get into work and BOOM! ... Thunder!

N Dublin Btw

Can someone post an image grab from a lighting detection site please? Can't view them on my iPhone!

Taken around 16:15

YESROH · 13-05-2011 4:24pm

sun back out in dublin 16, but sky still black so it may not be over yet. Heres hoping.

Trogdor · 13-05-2011 4:25pm

Rain starting and wind getting much stronger, haven't heard much thunder in a while though.

irishdub14 · 13-05-2011 4:25pm

Complete silence in D13.

thebiglewbowski · 13-05-2011 4:27pm

I didnt think there was enough height to the convection at all for hail or lightning, I heard nothing here in north dublin. i seen that skinny tower that passed over south dublin an hour ago which i assume was the source of the lightning but again, didnt seem to be that much height to it really.. hmm

lord lucan · 13-05-2011 4:32pm

Had a few pretty good rumbles and flashes pass south of me about 20 minutes ago. Now this is approaching from the west!

thebiglewbowski · 13-05-2011 4:35pm

lord lucan wrote: »

Had a few pretty good rumbles and flashes pass south of me about 20 minutes ago. Now this is approaching from the west!

wow, i just looked out my window - wow.. that looks epic lol

13-05-2011 4:38pm

getting some hail now too. Oh please stay around for the night weather

lord lucan · 13-05-2011 4:39pm

Getting ready to rock again here. BRING IT ON!!:D

lord lucan · 13-05-2011 4:45pm

Loads of hail. Just passing to the south of me now.

IvySlayer · 13-05-2011 4:46pm

Picture doesn't do it justice how dark those clouds are :eek:

*eadaoin · 13-05-2011 4:56pm

Currently rolling in over the apartment, this moster:

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Trogdor · 13-05-2011 4:56pm

View North-West:

admiralofthefleet · 13-05-2011 4:57pm

rumble of thunder and very heavy hail in terenure at the moment

delw · 13-05-2011 4:57pm

i seem to be on the edge of that last cell,looks to be over city centre at moment

Trogdor · 13-05-2011 4:59pm

Convection is getting more and more vigorous around here, haven't seen it like this in a good while.

Iancar29 · 13-05-2011 5:07pm

Please everyone... Less of the dratmactics please.... UR making jealous!

Me here in work peering out the window at he end o he shop!

Trogdor · 13-05-2011 5:07pm

Thunder from the cell to my North, cb towers flying up in the direction in that direction.

EDIT:

Iancar29 wrote: »

Please everyone... Less of the dratmactics please.... UR making jealous!

Me here in work peering out the window at he end o he shop!

Ah sure this is just baby stuff compared to what you'll be seeing soon!;)

*eadaoin · 13-05-2011 5:12pm

Iancar29 wrote: »

Please everyone... Less of the dratmactics please.... UR making jealous!

Me here in work peering out the window at he end o he shop!

The thunder has set off all the house and car alarms in my area, in the middle of it all is an ice cream van tinkling a little tune while these massive clouds roll in overhead. It sounds like the end of a horror film, it's just too dramatic to resist sharing it here! :pac:

stevenmu · 13-05-2011 5:13pm

Sunny skies over Dublin2 at the moment, with a big wall of dark grey coming in from the west. Seems to be alternating between 10 minutes of sun and 10 minutes of downpour with thunder.

IvySlayer · 13-05-2011 5:37pm

Iancar29 wrote: »

Please everyone... Less of the dratmactics please.... UR making jealous!

Me here in work peering out the window at he end o he shop!

It's only a bit like this..

:pac:

sunbabe08 · 13-05-2011 5:48pm

crap. dublin getting all the fun AGAIN

thebiglewbowski · 13-05-2011 6:28pm

That last beast of a band was a dud - a 5 minute drizzle of rain. I went for a cycle to the offo for some cans hoping to see a strike of two but nothing. We had some very dark sky's alright but i heard nothing all day and no hail.

cocoemma · 13-05-2011 7:53pm

i work in tallaght and the thunder was mental.. came right over us.. at the last point the lightening actually hit our building and-the-noise-of-it,, right outside our window a massive flash of lightening then a mill second later a massive bang.. it knocked our phones out and some other systems we all jumped off our seats.. now i love a good thunder storm but that today just proved exactly how powerful nature is.. crazy...

CianRyan · 13-05-2011 8:15pm

Living in Tallaght and a said, huge explosions of electricity coming from the sky.
Literally shuck my house. It was really amazing to watch.

Bummer1234 · 13-05-2011 8:39pm

Asher Rotten Colon wrote: »

Serious hail in Athlone again. Lightning also.

Was driving through Athlone when this hit...Got a vid of it aswel...Nearly had a few dints in the car!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIwKVWP09ic

John2009 · 13-05-2011 8:55pm

Bummer1234 wrote: »

Was driving through Athlone when this hit...Got a vid of it aswel...Nearly had a few dints in the car!!

Great video Brendan, that was a pretty intense hail shower

4Sheets · 13-05-2011 9:40pm

sunbabe08 wrote: »

crap. dublin getting all the fun AGAIN

Being some crazy red echoes over cork and midlands lately yet there is never any reports from there?are the radar wrong..the cloud over dublin about 4-5p.m was innocuous enough on the met radar

4Sheets · 13-05-2011 9:42pm

4Sheets wrote: »

Being some crazy red echoes over cork and midlands lately yet there is never any reports from there?are the radar wrong..the cloud over dublin about 4-5p.m was innocuous enough on the met radar yet was biblical

well apart from athlone just seen the above video!

sunbabe08 · 13-05-2011 10:28pm

4Sheets wrote: »

Being some crazy red echoes over cork and midlands lately yet there is never any reports from there?are the radar wrong..the cloud over dublin about 4-5p.m was innocuous enough on the met radar

i haven't heard or seen a thing.

delw · 14-05-2011 12:32am

sunbabe08 wrote: »

crap. dublin getting all the fun AGAIN

not all dublin sunbabe08,didnt get a flash or bang here all day :mad:

Trogdor · 14-05-2011 12:45am

Timelapse of the convection from earlier (sorry about the jumps, I bumped the camera a few times:p):
http://vimeo.com/23703179

Bummer1234 wrote: »

Was driving through Athlone when this hit...Got a vid of it aswel...Nearly had a few dints in the car!!

Looks like it was really getting going there towards the end of the clip!

Lumi · 24-05-2011 8:24am

Some activity earlier this morning in the North and North-west

Images Courtesy SAT24.com

Lumi · 26-05-2011 11:50am

Heavy showers rolling in from the Atlantic this morning have sparked off a little activity in the North-west

DOCARCH · 30-05-2011 2:09pm

A couple of sparks showing up now just south of Lough Neagh.

http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?

Lumi · 30-05-2011 3:48pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

A couple of sparks showing up now just south of Lough Neagh.

http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?

Some more sferics in the NE and NW in the last hour but its pretty tame in this neck of the woods compared to areas in southern Europe :eek:

thetonynator · 30-05-2011 10:01pm

Unbelievably heavy hail at 4.15 this afternoon for about 10 mins, ground was completely white, looked almost like snow for a few minutes! Then changed to rain which was very heavy for a few minutes.

BEASTERLY · 31-05-2011 7:29pm

Heavy hail and a lone clap of thunder here yesterday evening around 7pm.

redsteveireland · 05-06-2011 10:28pm

Nothing happening here as usual but look at all the action in Holland and Germany !!!:eek:

Min · 05-06-2011 11:15pm

21-05-2007 New South Wales, Australia. We don't seem to get lightning like this...

Su Campu · 06-06-2011 5:23pm

It's looking juicy for us tomorrow, with widespread thunderstorms likely moving eastwards across the country, except maybe the far south. CAPE in the 600-800 range, and LI near -3K, though low deep layer shear will be somewhat of a limiting factor. The east should see some relief from the "drought".

I'd keep an eye on ESTOFEX later to see what they say.

BEASTERLY · 06-06-2011 5:59pm

With the upper temps quite low, i suspect any decent surface heating will get vigorous convection going. Good potential for the whole country. Tbh i think the GFS is downplaying it, the Hirlam looks more on the money imho.

http://www.emhi.ee/index.php?ide=19,394,416,418

Su Campu · 06-06-2011 6:31pm

Strangely this evening's TAFs have no mention of thunderstorms for any airport, just moderate rain showers. We may see some of them upgraded in the next 12 hours, at least Dublin and Knock anyway.

lord lucan · 06-06-2011 6:32pm

Bring it on!! God knows we need some sort of exciting weather to make up for this early summer muck.

Iancar29 · 06-06-2011 8:23pm

Dont worry folks!, i have some storms packed in my bag to bring home with me!, flight is in at 7 am so expect me to have them unpacked just b4 lunch!

Tlk soon!

lolie · 06-06-2011 8:55pm

i like:)

Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Summer 2011

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