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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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#992 21-07-2010 5:14pm
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Thunder in Dublin city centre currently.

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#993 21-07-2010 5:14pm
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This just to the south of Dundrum, go ta few flashes and rumbles from it

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#994 21-07-2010 5:15pm
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BEASTERLY wrote: »

Glynn/Taghmon/Adamstown area.

Lucky. I'm in Bunclody and all we're getting is light rain.

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#995 21-07-2010 5:15pm
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Another strike in dublin 2 now rain has kicked off again!

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#996 21-07-2010 5:17pm
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Storm is not really moving toward North Dublin but rather developing towards it. Not weakening either - quite a bit of activity here atm.

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#997 21-07-2010 5:20pm
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Confab wrote: »

One here, about 1km away. Very odd sound, like a series of sharp smaller explosions.

The reason for this was there was a massive flash right overhead of me just before the time you posted. the thing is that it came from what looked like a dead anvil from an old storm and not from the main storm over the city. Incidentally, the storm developed right overhead of me and only started dumping rain when it had passed.

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#998 21-07-2010 5:20pm
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I'm standing on top of tibraden looking at that storm passing over dublin city.straight through the middle of town. Lighting also struck the eastern poolbeg tower. Theres even darker clouds on the way.

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#999 21-07-2010 5:21pm
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Thunder storm over DUB airfield confirmed by tower.

Heavy rain @ 2 miles.

Strike overhead.

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#1000 21-07-2010 5:23pm
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BEASTERLY wrote: »

Oh **** , , can admin resize those?

FFS!:mad:

EDIT: press ctrl - repeatedly to view pics!

Fixed:) friend in blackrock reporting thunder around and over the irish sea. I'm awaiting another round of storms in southern france:D

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#1001 21-07-2010 5:24pm
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Right in the heart of Dublin city at the moment, stuck here for a while until the rain eases off, on the bike

But I have never seen such heavy rain persisting for so long, it's still bucketing down and the roads are like rivers, and then we have thunder and lighting.

Starting to hear sirens and fire brigades dart around the place now, it's the apocalypse people !

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#1002 21-07-2010 5:25pm
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Pretty fun here! Theres a bang like every 2 mins and its lashing out!

Wow really heavy now!

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#1003 21-07-2010 5:26pm
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ThisRegard wrote: »

Right in the heard of Dublin city at the moment, stuck here for a while until the rain eases off, on the bike

But I have never seen such heavy rain persisting for so long, it's still bucketing down and the roads are like rivers, and then we have thunder and lighting.

Starting to hear sirens and fire brigades dart around the place now, it's the apocalypse people !

Yeah I can hear all the sirens from here in D.16. Must be mad in the city!

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#1004 21-07-2010 5:27pm
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Sigh, so close but so far. Don't fancy my housemates journey home from town in that rain though!

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#1005 21-07-2010 5:29pm
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Latest SIGMET signalling a slow wind down later....

EISN SIGMET 04 VALID 211615/211915 EINN- EISN SHANNON FIR/UIR EMBD TS FCST LAN E OF 9W TOP FL300 WKN

VALID FROM 1615-1915Z
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST OVER LAND EAST OF 9W, TOPS 30,000FT, WEAKENING

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#1006 21-07-2010 5:29pm
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DUB Tower weather alert:

South Approach - Heavy rain up to 600 feet..No turbulence reported yet.

anyone in Galway here? Should be some sparks by now:

http://sproule.co.uk/weather/svlightning.html

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#1007 21-07-2010 5:30pm
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Oh noes, all the good stuff passed me by. Some thunder and great clouds all right, but nothing like people are saying came down in Dublin City Center.

How is the rest of the evening looking, are we nearly over the most of it?

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#1008 21-07-2010 5:33pm
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Jake1 wrote: »

Oh noes, all the good stuff passed me by. Some thunder and great clouds all right, but nothing like people are saying came down in Dublin City Center.

How is the rest of the evening looking, are we nearly over the most of it?

I was just about to post the same thing. I can see it west and south of me but nothing passing overhead. A little drizzle falling but no serious rain.

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#1009 21-07-2010 5:34pm
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Jake1 wrote: »

Oh noes, all the good stuff passed me by. Some thunder and great clouds all right, but nothing like people are saying came down in Dublin City Center.

How is the rest of the evening looking, are we nearly over the most of it?

M.T. just updated the forecast ....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=67011686#post67042065

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#1010 21-07-2010 5:37pm
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Jake1 wrote: »

Oh noes, all the good stuff passed me by. Some thunder and great clouds all right, but nothing like people are saying came down in Dublin City Center.

How is the rest of the evening looking, are we nearly over the most of it?

Yeah should be winding down now towards night. Conditions becoming less favorable and cloudcover extending over most of the country.

At least we will have some nice warm dry weather to from Friday on. :pac:

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#1011 21-07-2010 5:37pm
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clearing up here now,still raining but fizzleing out,sun breaking through,storm seem to head NE direction,is that just the appitizer or ar we done?

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#1012 21-07-2010 5:38pm
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Interesting, Dublin City is right bang in the center of circulation and the storm seems to be intensifying...

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

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#1013 21-07-2010 5:39pm
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The Met.ie rain radar loop looks like a few storm cells may join forces over south Dublin and have some fun in the next hour or so.

What do you folks think ?

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

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#1014 21-07-2010 5:39pm
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I was away most of the day, back home, dry as a bone but there is some loud thunder.

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#1015 21-07-2010 5:40pm
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Rougies wrote: »

Interesting, Dublin City is right bang in the center of circulation and the storm seems to be intensifying...

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

Noticed that earlier. Hopefully as centre moves it will drag some action this way.

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#1016 21-07-2010 5:41pm
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:mad:dublin gets all the fun again

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#1017 21-07-2010 5:41pm
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Sorry Rougies looks like we both had the same idea and posted it !

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#1018 21-07-2010 5:47pm
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Yes east north east. Drifting into the irish sea. Doesnt look as intense as before although it looks like intensifying over the south east of dublin county

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#1019 21-07-2010 5:48pm
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Amazing how reliant these storms are on surface heating - they die away completely once the reach the coast.

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#1020 21-07-2010 5:49pm
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THE BOOM THUNDER WAS THE BEST!.

HAd my camera in one hand taking some pictures, lightning was way to fast (during the day also ) so wasnt able to catch it.
ANd in m other hand had my iphone on record, caught the loud booms but the lightning is barely noticeable!

HOPE THATS ONLY A WARM UP FOR LATER!!!

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#1021 21-07-2010 5:51pm
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BEASTERLY wrote: »

PRESS CTRL & - REPEATEDLY TO VIEW PICS , SORRY

BRILLIANT BEASTERLY!
I was on the look out for some myself . Pictured some minor rotation but thats all... wer they from the same cell over dublin?

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