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Snowbie I can hear a lot of distant rumbles outside now,I'm not sure what direction its coming from.

Snowbie

That cell is exploding about 40kms off wexford coastline,its intensified since last posting,anybody in south see anything yet.Its dark enough:)

Now a strike just off rosslare,in for a treat now.:D
Now a second strike off rosslare(im waiting for upload to finish)

Its to the south of here and its a constant rolling rumbling.
Theres little or no gaps in it.

Snowbie

Earthman wrote:

Snowbie I can hear a lot of distant rumbles outside now,I'm not sure what direction its coming from.

Direct south of you EM.
you should see flashes now,must be 3/permin thats the ones closest to you,but outa that cell i have recorded 83 in last minute,its huge.

I can hear the rumbling inside now.
That must be some storm as I am way up on the wicklow wexford border.

Going out to see if I can see lightning.

BUT by the non stop nature of it, this pc will soon be off!!

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

That cell is exploding about 40kms off wexford coastline,its intensified since last posting,anybody in south see anything yet.Its dark enough:)

Now a strike just off rosslare,in for a treat now.:D
Now a second strike off rosslare(im waiting for upload to finish)

This is gonna be close for Dublin but I think we wont see this. Maybe the flashes in the Irish sea and the odd rumble.

Earthman, whats the cloud formation down there?

yup
the lightning is here now to the south,like balls of flame rolling across the sky.

It's at least 20 miles south of here yet snowbie but it must be something fierce as the thunder is non stop :eek:

Going out again,that was frightening!

idontknowmyname

okay something really weird happened in the Balbriggan area today. Most people were in bed and all of a sudden we heard the biggest bang ever and a really bright flash. We thought it was a gas explosion as with thunder you can normally hear low rumbling. It was just one huge huge bang and light and that was it. I wasn't at home when it happened but I heard it where I was staying. People came out onto the streets and were looking out their windows. My sister thought a plane that has just gone overhead had exploded or something.

Did anyone else experience it this morning? Was it thunder or something else?

darkman2

Earthman wrote:

yup
the lightning is here now to the south,like balls of flame rolling across the sky.

It's at least 20 miles south of here yet snowbie but it must be something fierce as the thunder is non stop :eek:

Going out again,that was frightening!

Earthman, if you could, I know it may be a bit dark but could you get a baring on where this is headed. Looks a beauty:D

darkman2

idontknowmyname wrote:

okay something really weird happened in the Balbriggan area today. Most people were in bed and all of a sudden we heard the biggest bang ever and a really bright flash. We thought it was a gas explosion as with thunder you can normally hear low rumbling. It was just one huge huge bang and light and that was it. I wasn't at home when it happened but I heard it where I was staying. People came out onto the streets and were looking out their windows. My sister thought a plane that has just gone overhead had exploded or something.

Did anyone else experience it this morning? Was it thunder or something else?

There was lightning this morning so maybe it was that?

Ryanoneill2006

Earthman wrote:

yup
the lightning is here now to the south,like balls of flame rolling across the sky.

It's at least 20 miles south of here yet snowbie but it must be something fierce as the thunder is non stop :eek:

Going out again,that was frightening!

Do you guys think it's still on course to hit Dublin??

looking south from here a lot of the storm is out at sea and some down over wexford.
It's definitely heading north as its getting louder and I only saw lightning just before the post I made here reporting it.

Cant make out the clouds as its too dark but the storm is still at least 20 miles south of here edging north slowly.I've seen some very distant cg's with an orange flame of light wide out from them.
Theres also been some sheet cloud to cloud lightning nearby,maybe 10 miles away.

darkman2

Ryanoneill2006 wrote:

Do you guys think it's still on course to hit Dublin??

Thats what were trying to find out. Certainly if it hugs the coast it could well, not really hit dublin but you would see lightning and probrably here a few loud rumbles. Though im still not convinced it will make it here.

Snowbie

This is the intesity shot,large and general northerly direction.

pp_me129

Oh wat a storm please come my way plz

darkman2

Earthman wrote:

looking south from here a lot of the storm is out at sea and some down over wexford.
It's definitely heading north as its getting louder and I only saw lightning just before the post I made here reporting it.

Cant make out the clouds as its too dark but the storm is still at least 20 miles south of here edging north slowly.I've seen some very distant cg's with an orange flame of light wide out from them.
Theres also been some sheet cloud to cloud lightning nearby,maybe 10 miles away.

Ok thanks, I will of course have my beady eyes on the radar which the latest one suggests a weakening of the main cell but the rosslare one going strong.

Heyes

anything for south dublin ?

pp_me129

Told Ya it was a sign !!!!!!
Now nobody can doubt my wisdom

Snowbie

Red denotes earlier strikes and the brighter the color the newer the strike,i can see a northerly motion in this with a hint of an NNE,but none the less we in Dublin should pick up the side of this storm.

pp_me129

Still nothing here in Waterford no flashs or distant rumbles at all so fingers are still crossed

pp_me129

Snowbie wrote:

Red denotes earlier strikes and the brighter the color the newer the strike,i can see a northerly motion in this with a hint of an NNE,but none the less we in Dublin should pick up the side of this storm.

Ask yourself which one do you belive?
http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm

Quite a lightning show to my south now.
It's edging closer.People down towards Enniscorthy way towards the coast must be getting it bad.
Theres some great orange flames of cloud to cloud lightning rolling along the clouds and some straight lines of cg embedded.
Theres also increasingly closer what I call shaddow flashes that look like they are in the sky overhead

Ryanoneill2006

Sounds great Earthman... any pictures??

Snowbie

pp_me129 wrote:

Ask yourself which one do you belive?
http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm

That one is my own,as i posted earlier the IOW has its signal sponged by the welsh mountains so it is very inaccurate.I have my own lightning detector which im uploading screenshots of.Its located out my back garden 22feet up on a mast, with all my other toys.;)

I believe my own alright.

It's very close by now with fierce displays of forked lightning,there was three in a line in the last blast I saw.

It's about 10 miles south of me now so I'll soon have to turn off the pc

darkman2

Rite the next METO radar image is do or die. If its being killed off, the game is all but up for us. Earthman certainly thinks its going strong so thats good. Its making steady but good progress up the coast.

Ryanoneill2006

Ryanoneill2006 wrote:

Sounds great Earthman... any pictures??

I am very tempted but I'm staying inside for this,I'll leave the photography to you

This storm is likely to get to Bray in the small hrs if it keeps going ta its current speed.

darkman2

Earthman wrote:

I am very tempted but I'm staying inside for this,I'll leave the photography to you

This storm is likely to get to Bray in the small hrs if it keeps going ta its current speed.

Maybe not, the latest radar suggests that its not doing well once it hits the coast. It may not make it here at all:(

Hope you get some good flashes there Earthman:)

About 5 miles away now and yes DM2 I can testify that it IS going very strong.

No rain here as yet though.
Looking outside is like looking off the coast of africa at the moment :eek:

Switching everything off now,I'll report in the morning.
It should be with ye sometime in the wee hrs so enjoy!!!!

Ryanoneill2006

Cheers Earthman!