Thunder watch - mid April 2011?

Deep Easterly

Seen that shower developing on the way into Galway city earlier this evening. A couple of snaps from the N17:







Some minor flooding just north of Galway city also but totally dry in town!! Also thought I seen a distant flash on the way home but probably imagined it

rhonin

I'm in belmullet this evening and I can see flashes of lightening in the distance. Lovely to see!

Iancar29

Showing up well on here

http://www.corklightning.com/

nacho libre

rhonin wrote: »

I'm in belmullet this evening and I can see flashes of lightening in the distance. Lovely to see!

Did you see any flashes out at sea? I ask because i've seen thunderstorms around there, that were out to sea, and they were brilliant to witness!

Harps

I know its unlikely but any lightning this time of the night? Haven't seen or heard anything but the lights keep going on and off which is highly unusual for such a calm night

Iancar29

Down the local park now, good amount of cloud about , looks favourable for convective development I think! .... The odd high cumulus in the distance and all!

Irishmarinelife

That thunderstorm which was out around Clare island was quite spectacular last night, here's a picture I found through twitter of a fork behind somebody's house in Achill

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=896830&id=138162632861606

BEASTERLY

Irishmarinelife wrote: »

That thunderstorm which was out around Clare island was quite spectacular last night, here's a picture I found through twitter of a fork behind somebody's house in Achill

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=896830&id=138162632861606

I don't think I've been so jealous in my whole life!:(

Su Campu

21.0°C at Casement at 4pm. There are some As lenticularis around, suggesting stability at mid levels, but with this much surface heating and dewpoints above 10°C I'd expect a few storms to crack off in the midlands in the next couple of hours, aided by uplift from the Wicklow mountains.

Harps

We've had showers here throughout the day but still no luck with any thunder, only one distant rumble all month so far

Su Campu

Harps wrote: »

We've had showers here throughout the day but still no luck with any thunder, only one distant rumble all month so far

Looks like there was some action right around the Letterkenny area in the last hour or two!!

thebiglewbowski

A beast of a storm is kicking off now in the english midlands by the looks of it, the lucky $&*€'s hehe

jimmynokia

Any lightning activity expected tonight in dublin?

thebiglewbowski

No lightnight is expected for Dublin tonight.

Harps

Su Campu wrote: »

Looks like there was some action right around the Letterkenny area in the last hour or two!!

Odd, I'm actually on the west coast of Donegal all week which means I'm even closer to that storm yet haven't heard a thing. Its very humid and theres a lot of thundery looking clouds around but still nothing :rolleyes:

rhonin

nacho libre wrote: »

Did you see any flashes out at sea? I ask because i've seen thunderstorms around there, that were out to sea, and they were brilliant to witness!

Yeah nacho they were out at sea. It never made it on land. Kind of eerie feel about it but brilliant to watch.

Green Back

Large thunder storm here over London for the past 45 mins. Clouds not moving too fast. Very exciting and the garden can do with the rain

delw

Green Back wrote: »

Large thunder storm here over London for the past 45 mins. Clouds not moving too fast. Very exciting and the garden can do with the rain

watchin the chelsea game & rain looks torrential

Deep Easterly

Sferics over UK over the last couple of hours:



Not fair! :mad:

Iancar29

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Sferics over UK over the last couple of hours:



Not fair! :mad:

LUCKY FECKERS! ... * shakes fist!*.... i hope its like that on the wedding day!... hehe :P

Oh and look what they look like from the sky!


Heart shape thunderstorms!!! haha

lolie

Plenty of lightning over europe today. http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=satradar

Lumi

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Sferics over UK over the last couple of hours:



Not fair! :mad:

Produced some impressive hail showers in Sheffield too! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5RxIZwsFzw

TheMilkyPirate

Chance of some thunder in the south/south-east today?

Estofex have a 15% probability for the south of ireland.

lolie

Netweather showing chance in the southwest then nothing for the next week

SeaFields

Very intensive shower now in south Kerry with a few claps of thunder. No lightning yet.

edit - lightning now and more thunder.

jimmynokia

bring it up to dublin please

je55ie

SeaFields wrote: »

Very intensive shower now in south Kerry with a few claps of thunder. No lightning yet.

edit - lightning now and more thunder.

Im in South Kerry and nothing where I am

Su Campu

Some more activity getting into the Cork City area in the next hour or so. With more following on behind (on a slightly more southerly track) there could be an interesting night for the far southwest.

Deep Easterly

Sferics now being picked up along the Cork coast:




Latest radar:

Darwin

Up in the skies that front was pretty nasty - we had a very bumpy flight over Northern France earlier today even though the cloud tops were well below us.
Current radar pics show pretty heavy showers off the south coast - wonder will they push inland?