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Thunderstorm/Convective Watch: Summer 2010

Deep Easterly · 2010-06-02 14:42:30

"So musical a discord, such sweet thunder" -William Shakespear Summer is here, so natuarally all eyes and other sensory organs will be homed in on potential pulses, plumes, embeddeds and homegrowns over the next 3 months! :p Summer thunder in Ireland. Not the most reliable or constant weather type in Ireland at the best of…

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#32 08-06-2010 9:20pm
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A nice "rash" of showers there DE.

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#33 09-06-2010 8:27pm
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Was out fishing today in Kinsale and had to head away as some big dark clouds approached with the odd rumble of thunder.

Once it was over us we were treated to some spectacular bolts of lightning streaking across the sky and some unreal, intensive rain.

Great fun to drive it.

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#34 13-06-2010 12:41pm
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Could be a few sparks around later, have the camera time-lapsing away:)

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#35 13-06-2010 12:42pm
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Some nice convection already underway this morning, and ESTOFEX even have chance of a tornado in their forecast!

...British Isles...

A few hundred J/kg CAPE are forecast in the wake of the approaching upper trough. Low level winds are very weak and deep layer shear should be less than 10 m/s in most places but a low cloud base and locally augmented 0-3 km CAPE may allow a brief tornado.

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#36 13-06-2010 12:45pm
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Su Campu wrote: »

Some nice convection already underway this morning, and ESTOFEX even have chance of a tornado in their forecast!

Snap;) Things looking reasonable for the East today, hasn't been a storm here in SO LONG:pac: -craves-

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#37 13-06-2010 12:46pm
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Sierra Oscar wrote: »

There is a very very dirty looking black sky coming in my direction now from the north west!!

volcanic ash i think.:D

A few light passing showers here but a nice day overall, despite the breeze

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#38 13-06-2010 1:50pm
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#39 13-06-2010 2:15pm
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Dublin Airport TAF has chance of moderate thunderstorms from 14-17Z

EIDW 131100Z 1312/1412 31015KT 9999 SCT020 BKN040 TEMPO 1312/1318 5000 SHRA SCT010 BKN018CB PROB30 TEMPO 1314/1317 TSRA TEMPO 1318/1320 SCT018CB BECMG 1318/1320 35010KT BECMG 1406/1409 05012KT=

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#40 13-06-2010 2:39pm
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Thunder away to my northwest (Edenderry probably) just now.

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#41 13-06-2010 5:06pm
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nilhg wrote: »

Thunder away to my northwest (Edenderry probably) just now.

Yeah, 2 strikes were detected on Blitzortung.

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#42 13-06-2010 11:11pm
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trogdor wrote: »

Could be a few sparks around later, have the camera time-lapsing away:)

No storms here in the end, just a few heavy showers unfortunately.

Added a video to the timelapse thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66387972&postcount=16

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#43 17-06-2010 9:21pm
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A snap shot of one of the last half decent thundery outbreaks in Ireland:

14th July 2009.

Synoptic set up at noon:

Showers break out widely by mid afternoon:

Detected lightning strikes at 3.30pm:

Showers move to the north by evening:

John Eagletonn is humbled and awed on the six-one forecast::D

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0714/6news_av.html?2580156,null,230

Someday again!

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#44 28-06-2010 10:16pm
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Thunderstorm rumbling away here in South Carlow for the past 15 mins, with very heavy rain.

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#45 28-06-2010 10:20pm
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Duiske wrote: »

Thunderstorm rumbling away here in South Carlow for the past 15 mins, with very heavy rain.

I was just about to highlight that, you beat me to it!

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#46 28-06-2010 10:26pm
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Thunderstorm off to the south of me just now, toward Clara. Satellite tv outage for a few mins too. Just one strike it seems. First one this summer, it's been a poor one so far in that respect, or maybe we were spoilt the last three years...

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#47 28-06-2010 11:26pm
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Looks like a very heavy shower over Meath Kildare border at the moment. Heading east to Dublin North...

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#48 28-06-2010 11:46pm
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good few thunder rumbles in the last while here [south wicklow]

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#49 28-06-2010 11:59pm
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force eleven wrote: »

Thunderstorm off to the south of me just now, toward Clara. Satellite tv outage for a few mins too. Just one strike it seems. First one this summer, it's been a poor one so far in that respect, or maybe we were spoilt the last three years...

Yes i can confirm Clara, Offaly had a nice few mins of loud thunder and the Sky dish was off here too for a while think that was from the power of the torrential rain that fell.

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#50 29-06-2010 12:43am
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Thunderstorm atm in the Dublin area. Moving toward the coast. A bit of action here right now.

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#51 29-06-2010 12:48am
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Hearing nothing in Lucan

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#52 29-06-2010 12:52am
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Raging away here with thunder and lightning, storm seems to be getting closer but the frequency of striks is falling as it approahes

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#53 29-06-2010 12:54am
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Two large flashes in last few mins to the east in D11. Sounds 10 to 15km away by audio. Another big flash 12:53!

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#54 29-06-2010 12:56am
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Holy cr@p my whole house just shook there. Loudest and longest roar of thunder I've ever experienced. I love it! Im in south Dublin btw

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#55 29-06-2010 12:57am
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no rain here in north dublin but can hear/see thunder/lightning.
is it travelling west(towards dublin)?

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#56 29-06-2010 12:58am
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Saw a few weak flashes of sheet lightning, no thunder, come onnn blind me :pac:

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#57 29-06-2010 12:59am
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Some rumbles and at least one big flash in the background around Dublin city centre just a minute ago...

It is what it's.

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#58 29-06-2010 12:59am
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IvySlayer wrote: »

Hearing nothing in Lucan

You won't hear it indoors from that distance but if you look to the East you will see the blue flashes. It's a nice sight at night. It's not that frequent atm.

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#59 29-06-2010 12:59am
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Similar in Dublin 14 just now. Was out walking in Sandymount around 10.30 and there was some fork lightening way out over the Irish sea.

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#60 29-06-2010 1:04am
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A few flashes from the direction of the sea, nothing much. Man I miss the macho Australian storms

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#61 29-06-2010 1:08am
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heard first bit of thunder of the summer,although it was'nt very loud but some is better than none,lightening was'nt bad either,seemed to be well out in irish sea

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