Thunderstorms Thread Only

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

For land generated storms was a never today,not much convection out there to spawn TS,but the sea air is more unstable than the air over land and is producing several storms over the celtic sea.

Now they are a long way off but they seem to be moderate in strenght and moving towards the cental Irish sea.

If it keeps it intensity they mightjust shave th east coast. They could die out though...

Snowbie

The storms over England have died down but the Cltic is still spawning,its a case of how far North they get.

Seen a nice anvil off the coast here DM2 in a clearing slot.Very flat alright.

Ryanoneill2006

I've been keeping an eye on the IOW detector and it looks as if the strikes decrease rapidly as they move north, is this usually the case??

lucernarian

darkman2 wrote:

They will always tend to go Northeast because thats the direction of the jet stream atm, hence why we actually have a northerly today yet the showers are moving north:)

Indeed:
http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rtavn0614.png (summer jet chart)

The jet is better for tomorrow too:)
http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rtavn2414.png

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

The storms over England have died down but the Cltic is still spawning,its a case of how far North they get.

Seen a nice anvil off the coast here DM2 in a clearing slot.Very flat alright.

Yeah just spotted one. Latest radar Im fairly sure we may miss those showers. Some showers have developed inland though:cool:

Snowbie

Snowbie wrote:

Seen a nice anvil off the coast here DM2 in a clearing slot.Very flat alright.

We've had some sunshine down here in a mostly cloudy sky all afternoon so have been able to see those anvils and cb's through the day.
I even saw a mini rainbow high up in the sky surrounding one of them this evening-obviously theres some precip there not making the ground.

Continental out there this evening,still 20c.

As for the IOW detector,its coverage is bad in the Irish sea

force eleven

Can confirm thunderstorm around Clara area in the last hour.
Not severe- around 1 strike per 4 minutes with moderate rain-

Appears to be moving Northeastward,nothing heard for the last 10 minutes.

Scratch that- another big flash of lightning to my east- about 12 seconds away

lucernarian

Stopped raining here 5 mins ago. A small and brief shower, but the ground is completely wet. No thunder.

darkman2

force eleven wrote:

Can confirm thunderstorm around Clara area in the last hour.
Not severe- around 1 strike per 4 minutes with moderate rain-

Appears to be moving Northeastward,nothing heard for the last 10 minutes.

Clara - Wicklow?:rolleyes:

force eleven

Sorry- Co Offaly

darkman2

force eleven wrote:

Sorry- Co Offaly

Ah ok:) So were in with a shout this evening then:rolleyes:

force eleven

Could be- its cleared up a bit now- v dark to the south and southwest,but much brighter to the northwest.

Didn't expect to get this one actually- although they were 'forecast'

some home grown convection there.

Meanwhile I notice the ever so stationary storms in the celtic sea have merged into a line now rather than individual clumps.
Theres no sign of them weakening yet.
We might see them around 4 to 7am...

Snowbie

yeah i picked that strike up in offaly alright nothing special though,spose its one more strike than i had.

Them cells are huge in celtic and appear to be moving nowhere fast but a cental Irish sea is on the cards.

force eleven

Another rumble away to the east- Kilbeggan Co Westmeath area I guess.

So we had about an hour and a half with about a dozen or so strikes.

First storms since those mid May memorable ones.

Snowbie

That cell closest to us seems to have fewer strikes than the furthest one,sorry if im not uploading any sanpshots too quickly as im on dial up for now,takes ages to upload,broadband down for awhile now.

darkman2

Snowbie wrote:

That cell closest to us seems to have fewer strikes than the furthest one,sorry if im not uploading any sanpshots too quickly as im on dial up for now,takes ages to upload,broadband down for awhile now.

You mean its weakened?:rolleyes:

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote:

You mean its weakened?:rolleyes:

Considerably:mad:

darkman2

Both cells? Oh dear.......

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote:

Both cells? Oh dear.......

No just the first one second one aok for now.

pp_me129

well i am back on..
Someone want to give me a update?

Snowbie

Now it has merged into one big cell with still all the activity on the southern flank.
Interesting that it was something small earlier on and is huge now.
OMG where is it goin N OR NE.

pp_me129

pic plz?

Snowbie

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/radar/

Moving NNE goin to miss you in waterford,looks like close to east coast maybe.

Snowbie

OK looks like heavy shower came outa nowhere off wexford coast hitting rosslare at the mo,optimism is growing and confidence level soaring that the east will be hit sometime around midnight(dublin area that is)hopefully electric.:D

darkman2

What a shame, would of been a great storm. No chance of it hitting us, its completely off course heading toward Northern Wales. Thats how the cookie crumbles sometimes.

The wind got up her goodo for a while

From the north west of all directions
Blowing 15 to 20mph at one stage

Tiz dry here atm but cloudy

Snowbie

Snowbie wrote:

OK looks like heavy shower came outa nowhere off wexford coast hitting rosslare at the mo,optimism is growing and confidence level soaring that the east will be hit sometime around midnight(dublin area that is)hopefully electric.:D

That shower is related to the main cell or should I say multi cell

darkman2

Earthman wrote:

That shower is related to the main cell or should I say multi cell

Question is: Is it carrying what we want to see?:cool:

Snowbie

Thats goin to come pretty close to us alright,see the size of that mess down south.There is even a heafty shower over Kildare now too.

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/radar/

Lots of strikes now in it.