Thunderstorms bring flash flood risk over the weekend

lt_cmdr_worf

IvySlayer wrote: »

http://www.laoisweather.com/lightning/

Dear god look at the lightning radar! Loads of goodies :pac:

Only 53 strikes here lol:

http://www.irlweather.com/wxStormVue.php

aidan_dunne

IvySlayer wrote: »

http://www.laoisweather.com/lightning/

Dear god look at the lightning radar! Loads of goodies :pac:

Nah, I think that detector is picking up a lot of interference from something else strongly electrical (e.g. welder, generator, power tools) nearby at the moment. If you run the sequence, just look at the way the whole thing seems to suddenly explode and go nuts at about 3.43-3.45, like someone flicked a switch. That's not nature that's doing that, that's got to be something manmade. We've had some fairly heavy rain here for the last hour or so but not so much as a peep in terms of anything thundery.

Snowbies detector (http://www.irlweather.com/wxStormVue.php) is probably reporting things much more accurately right now, I'd say.

force eleven

aidan_dunne wrote: »

Nah, I think that detector is picking up a lot of interference from something else strongly electrical (e.g. welder, generator, power tools) nearby at the moment. If you run the sequence, just look at the way the whole thing seems to suddenly explode and go nuts at about 3.43-3.45, like someone flicked a switch. That's not nature that's doing that, that's got to be something manmade. We've had some fairly heavy rain here for the last hour or so but not so much as a peep in terms of anything thundery.

Snowbies detector (http://www.irlweather.com/wxStormVue.php) is probably reporting things much more accurately right now, I'd say.

Yes, something went screwy there alright, but there is a thunderstorm that went from Moate southwards towars the Slieve Bloom mountains as we speak, been watching and listening for the past hour, its still rumbling away

IvySlayer

I was getting excited

bennyob

in kilkenny city, there is heavy rain and a few rumbles of thunder at the moment

force eleven

IvySlayer wrote: »

I was getting excited

Weather watching is 95% disappointment if you are looking for a nice noteworthy event like heavy snow, storms,thunder etc...believe me I know :P. Expect nothing and you will sometimes get surprised.

Xcellor

If you want teh most fantastic electrical storms goto Hermosillo Mexico around July/August. They are massive dry elecrtical storms, fork lighting hitting every few seconds. The storms come right over the city and you cannot stand outside there are so many strikes. Course you need to be able to cope with 45 degree heat through day and dipping to a cool 35 through the night.

X

Sierra Oscar

Im hearing thunder rumble on and off here.

Min

There was plenty of thunder in the past hour here in Kilkenny, looking north towards Laois and it is as black looking......

Better get the work done.....

Danno

aidan_dunne wrote: »

Nah, I think that detector is picking up a lot of interference from something else strongly electrical (e.g. welder, generator, power tools) nearby at the moment. If you run the sequence, just look at the way the whole thing seems to suddenly explode and go nuts at about 3.43-3.45, like someone flicked a switch. That's not nature that's doing that, that's got to be something manmade. We've had some fairly heavy rain here for the last hour or so but not so much as a peep in terms of anything thundery.

Snowbies detector (http://www.irlweather.com/wxStormVue.php) is probably reporting things much more accurately right now, I'd say.

One of two things, either water is getting into my cable, or, the cable runs very close to the Sky dish and heavy rain could be causing sparking in the LNB.

Will try to move the cable after this downpour passes to see if it is a Sky LNB problem.

djhaxman

Xcellor wrote: »

If you want teh most fantastic electrical storms goto Hermosillo Mexico around July/August. They are massive dry elecrtical storms, fork lighting hitting every few seconds. The storms come right over the city and you cannot stand outside there are so many strikes. Course you need to be able to cope with 45 degree heat through day and dipping to a cool 35 through the night.

X

Florida, and New Mexico/Arizona during Monsoon season are like that too. The Florida storms don't last that long but they are so intense its frightening. And mostly cloud to ground strikes as well.

They reckon Darwin in Australia has the best light shows though. Shame we don't get anything like that in this country.

Been pouring here in Monaghan the last 20 minutes, there was some thunder as the shower approached but true to form it burned itself out before it got here.