Thunderstorm/Convective Watch: Summer 2010

Deep Easterly

Lovely NNE breeze springing up now just in time to blow any potential away from here. Christ above :mad:

Just heard there is flooding around Claregalway, anyone around there to confirm?

redsteveireland

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Some powerful skies here now and looking particularly intense towards the south. Very ominous hue but not a drop of rain so far today. (first dry day this month!).

Surprised you have gotten anything DE. Really heavy in the city tonight, I wouldn't rule it out yet. Met eireann radar might suggest something swinging overhead.

maquiladora

Ah Su, dont be teasin us with stuff like that. :P

lord lucan

Su Campu wrote: »

Some scary similarities with the current setup and that of the afternoon before the big one, 25th July 1985. History repeating itself and all that.....:)

We couldn't get it again....could we??! :pac:

Don't be teasing us Su!:p

maquiladora

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Lovely NNE breeze springing up now just in time to blow any potential away from here. Christ above :mad:

Just heard there is flooding around Claregalway, anyone around there to confirm?

18Z GFS has the heavest rain still to hit the West between 3 and 6 in the morning.

Elmo5

My 6 year old in bed thankfully, probably dreaming about thunder and lightning!

is that it for the night in the east?

not much showing up on the radar and showers have died out.

am really hoping to hear one clap of thunder tomorrow

Deep Easterly

I think I just caught a flash of lightening out the couner of my eye to my ESE. Not totally sure as my perceptions are a bit sensitive at the mo.

redsteveireland

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I think I just caught a flash of lightening out the couner of my eye to my ESE. Not totally sure as my perceptions are a bit sensitive at the mo.

Or time to step away from the keyboard..step away from the keyboard.

Su Campu

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I think I just caught a flash of lightening out the couner of my eye to my ESE. Not totally sure as my perceptions are a bit sensitive at the mo.

BOO!!!

Deep Easterly

redsteveireland wrote: »

Or time to step away from the keyboard..step away from the keyboard.

Another one just there, so not seeing things. Distant flickering blue

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I think I just caught a flash of lightening out the couner of my eye to my ESE. Not totally sure as my perceptions are a bit sensitive at the mo.

are you sure it's not the effects of the medication you are taking in order to try and cope with living in Tuam:P

maquiladora

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Another one just there, so not seeing things. Distant flickering blue

Probably where the heaviest precip is there on the radar DE?

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

WolfeIRE

not as much as a fart in the sky here.

Elmo5

Same here, I can see stars and that's generally not a good sign for storm watching.

Deep Easterly

maquiladora wrote: »

Probably where the heaviest precip is there on the radar DE?

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

Im guessing that. I would roughly way about 10 miles east or NE of the city but it was very far away towards the horizon.

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

are you sure it's not the effects of the medication you are taking in order to try and cope with living in Tuam:P

Da baz will be paying you a visit soon Mr Mayo:



It is useless trying to hide....






Edit: no flickers to report since. Spitting the odd drop.

nacho libre

It has started to rain lightly here. Unfortunately there is not even a distant rumbling to be heard at the moment:(

Discodog

As a child I used to rush into the greenhouse - great place to watch lightning & the thunder sounds much louder.

maquiladora

Not the greatest of Estofex forecasts for us, but at least its better than what they had for today which was nothing :

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

It has started to rain lightly here. Unfortunately there is not even a distant rumbling to be heard at the moment:(

Yep, just another 2010 flop to be honest. When for a spin up to Galway and drove home via Athenry to check out any potential floodings but apart from one or 2 spots didn't come across anything particularly serious.

Looks like we will be entering a very non-descript pattern for the remainder of July but we still have August and early September to come, a period that can bring the most ferocious storms of the summer, so still a hope to cling onto.

After that, I will be looking out for some proper Atlantic storms. We are long long long overdue them so hopefully mamma nature will compensate for the lack of them last winter.

Bring them on!

maquiladora

Yellow Meteoalarm warning out for all of Ireland Wednesday:

Widespread heavy and thundery showers today with the riskof flash flooding

http://www.meteoalarm.eu

Rougies

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Yep, just another 2010 flop IMBY to be honest. When for a spin up to the big city lights and drove home via the fields to check out any potential refilling of flood plains but apart from one or 2 spots didn't come across anything particularly serious.

Looks like we will be entering a very pleasant pattern for the remainder of July but we still have August and early September to come, a period that can bring the most ferocious storms of the summer to the east coast, especially Dublin, so still a hope to cling onto.

After that, I will be looking out for some proper counties to live in. We are long long long overdue a nuclear blast so hopefully mamma nature will compensate for the lack of them last winter.

Bring them on!

Fixed that post for you DE :cool:

monster1

thunder and lightning here now in Roscommon.

Deep Easterly

Rougies wrote: »

Fixed that post for you DE :cool:

WolfeIRE

I think I am suffering from RAMPitis. Symptoms: Staring at the sky for so long after being told I would see lightening that i start hallucinating and seeing pink elephants.

There is a cure though. Don't stare at sky from 10pm to 1am.

owenc

maquiladora wrote: »

Not the greatest of Estofex forecasts for us, but at least its better than what they had for today which was nothing :

WHAT! THat is completely wrong its us and scotland thats getting the rain today, that is covering all the areas that ain't getting rain and not covering the rain band areas typical!:rolleyes:

Deep Easterly

Moderate rain with the odd heavy burst here at the moment. Made a fair drop of rain overnight too judging by the gauge. A clammy 13c with a 2mph northerly offering little relief.

Enjoy your return pm induced storms today east people. :cool:

WolfIRE wrote:

I think I am suffering from RAMPitis. Symptoms: Staring at the sky for so long after being told I would see lightening that i start hallucinating and seeing pink elephants.

You seen them too? Phew, thought it was just me!

maquiladora

owenc wrote: »

WHAT! THat is completely wrong its us and scotland thats getting the rain today, that is covering all the areas that ain't getting rain and not covering the rain band areas typical!:rolleyes:

It's not a rain forecast Owen, just shows areas where they are forecasting thunderstorms/hail/tornadoes to be.

M.T. Cranium

With a frontal zone developing across south central Ireland at this time, expect a gradual development of heavy thundery showers in counties from about Kildare southwest to Cork including (at least) Offaly, Westmeath, Laois, Tipps, east Limerick, then later Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wicklow, Dublin, Meath, finally Wexford as the activity will likely rotate around that way eventually.

No reason to write this off yet as the maximum potential was always going to be this afternoon and evening with the upper low drifting through the south.

But key here is patience, the system is not explosive and will take some time to ramp up. Having a few sunny breaks to mid-day in the southeast can only help get this to more intense levels.

owenc

maquiladora wrote: »

It's not a rain forecast Owen, just shows areas where they are forecasting thunderstorms/hail/tornadoes to be.

Erm the metoffice has a warning out for us.... i think since we are under a band we have more risk...