Thunderstorms Thread Only

Damomanye

thats one class picture

Bamboozled

Brilliant photo.
I drove from Mallow to Silversprings last night watching it.
I've never seen lighting like that.

Snowbie

Best lightning pic i seen in a long time,yous guys must of getting a hammering alright,good on yeah.Send it east now.

darkman2

I can see out my window some good and quickly anviling clouds over the Irish sea. Later on things should beef up nicely:D

Snowbie

Large cumulus off the east coast alright now,air is rapidly destabilising now.
Temp has gone up to 19.6c in the sunshine now,here is hoping.:)

Earthman goes out for a gander...

Saruman

Looks like there is a smaller lightning bolt to the right hitting someones window

Excellent photo i must say.. lightning is not easy to photo since you can never be sure where it will hit!!

It's almost totally cloudy here with milky sunshine to the west.

But looking towards the East theres a dark gre wall lining the entire horizon,I can see the cumulus peeping out over the top of that.
It looks like a good distance out to sea.

darkman2

On Satellite there is nice cloud development coming out of Biscay but as yet no strikes........

Takeshi_Kovacs

woah darkmaster!! that is sweet... and damn close too
good timing as well to get the shot
what kinda camera you use?

darkmaster2

Takeshi_Kovacs wrote:

woah darkmaster!! that is sweet... and damn close too
good timing as well to get the shot
what kinda camera you use?

It was taken with a canon A70, set to 15Seconds shutter speed, tripod.
Its a bit over exposed maybe, but came out well enough!

Slippin Jimmy

Just a quick note here. It is getting a little bit cloudyer around Navan now. What would be the chances of seeing a decent bit of lightning over the next few hours:D ? (I am sooooo happy).

Snowbie

Thats the advancing clouds ahead of the front coming in from the SW,hopefully something will break out over the warm land as it moves NE.

darkman2

TBH I think the potential may have passed. You would expect something by now, though I suppose it cant be ruled out.

Gonzo

yeah i think the threat is over.. its after turning much much cooler in the southwest as well... 14c in Cork and 15c in Valentia compared to 20 to 24c in the eastern half of the country.

darkman2

Cloud to our south is getting thicker and thicker, maybe not ruling it out just yet:rolleyes:

sunbeam

When I looked at our garden thermometer at 11.30pm last night it read 19c here in Achill. :eek: There were a few flashes of lightning, some rain, but no thunder. At the moment it's 20c, cloudy and has been extremely windy all day.

Trogdor

very windy at the moment here in Bray, 21.3C
The clouds are rolling in now but they look much thicker further north towards Dublin
Looks like somethings appeared in wexford
http://www.nowcast.co.uk/lightning/

Strokesfan

Lightning storm for at least 2 hours last night seen from tralee and clearer out near Banna Beach coastline! It was eerie - like a sign

darkman2

The thunderstorm risk is really over. Frontal rain tonight, light and patchy:)

Snowbie

Cape and LI never really showed signs of TS activity over the Dublin area at all,i was hoping it would be wrong:(

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

Cape and LI never really showed signs of TS activity over the Dublin area at all,i was hoping it would be wrong:(

I was saying that the other day. Although it wasnt good for Cork either and they got thunderstorms last night. Its a help when its in your favour. Oh well, chin up there will be plenty of other opportunities this summer:D

LOL, off topic but does anyone notice anything about the beeb summary:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/charts/uk/uk_summary_06061112.jpg

dloob

darkman2 wrote:

LOL, off topic but does anyone notice anything about the beeb summary:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/charts/uk/uk_summary_06061112.jpg

Don't think that snow will settle for long in the 29C temps

All is calm in north tipp overcast and breezy.
I notice on the isle of wight detector there were two strikes in the past hour over Cork, doesn't look like anything will happen tonight.
How is looking for the next few days?

Hal1

Met office reporting a thunderstorm over cork (dont know where abouts their weather station is based). Your not out of the woods yet

Thats at Cork airport which iirc is out on the kinsale rd

sunset

Belatedly - congratulations Darkman on such a magnificent picture last night in Cork. So that was what was watching. Well done.

darkman2

sunset wrote:

Belatedly - congratulations Darkman on such a magnificent picture last night in Cork. So that was what was watching. Well done.

darkman2

There is a continuing risk of thunderstorms on the East Coast today according to Estofex, personally I doubt it but stranger things have happened.:rolleyes:

Snowbie

You never know,weather can change in an instant.

darkman2

Thunder look more likely tonight. An area of thundery rain is developing in Biscay and will move north. Some torrential falls of rain possible in the East.
From the UKMO:

Tonight:
Showers in eastern areas dying away. Thundery rain into southwest England, spreading north across Wales to affect Northern Ireland, much of Scotland and northwest England.



Initially it was thought it would be simply frontal rain but it looks increasingly likely that some thunder and lightning will be thrown in.