Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Summer 2011

TheMilkyPirate

All reports sightings (:pac:) and tales of thunder and lightning to go here! Cause i said so.

Few promising looking clouds here at the moment and a small bit of hail. Anyone seen anything tonight?

Storm 10

Saw a beautiful bird walking the prom at Salthill today :D

On the weather front I was sure we would have thunder here today with some nast looking clouds but no luck.

BEASTERLY

baraca wrote: »

All reports sightings (:pac:) and tales of thunder and lightning to go here! Cause i said so.

Few promising looking clouds here at the moment and a small bit of hail. Anyone seen anything tonight?

Hail and heavy rain here also, no thunder to report though.

Su Campu

A chance for some activity on Friday afternoon.

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/thundery-outbreak-possible-friday-afternoon/13669.html

thebiglewbowski

It certainly looks like the top half of the country, or more accuratly, everywhere outside leinster could see a few stikes this afternoon. Also a very wet night for the east looks to be on the cards.

lolie

I know its gonna be downgraded big time beforehand but at least we can dream:)

Iancar29

Still no reports even from those Red radar echoes
In Cork????

Storm 10

Cant believe how fast that rain on the radar is vanishing away, its broken up to scattered showers now compared to this morning when it was a large organised band of very heavy rain.

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

thebiglewbowski

Storm 10 wrote: »

Cant believe how fast that rain on the radar is vanishing away, its broken up to scattered showers now compared to this morning when it was a large organised band of very heavy rain.

I think thats just a technical issue by the looks of it, with the dublin radar out, perhaps the accuracy of the reading from the shannon radar dropped as the main band drifted further north. also, the raintoday radar shows a more reasonable picture.. http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Iancar29

Got told there was a clap of thunder heard out in Lucan about 45mins ago... Anyone else hear any?

sunbabe08

getting heavy rain here in cork. :rolleyes: bah

gbee

sunbabe08 wrote: »

getting heavy rain here in cork. :rolleyes: bah

Yers have had 20mm of the stuff today and it was really heavy about the time of your post.

I've heard no thunder.

eskimocat

Really heavy shower that last one.. raining steadily. Think and I stress think.... I saw a lightning flash through blinds but coulda just nodded off for a sec lol nite nite !!


Did look out for few min's but nothing....???:eek: not an eek but a yawn... sleep tight

Min

Some very big tall looking clouds around, classical appearance of May showers on the radar - the sort that brings thunderstorms.

rhonin

Clap of thunder just now.

DOCARCH

rhonin wrote: »

Clap of thunder just now.

A few sparks alright. http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?

nacho libre

Extremely heavy rain for the last couple of hours. No Thunder though.

Oscar Bravo

Loud thunder just to the East of Castlebar at around 1630 this evening.

Harps

http://www.laoisweather.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=57

Plenty off the north west coast, one in Sligo 10 minutes ago as well. Nothing here as usual

Irish Steve

There's some massive activity over North West France, and the South West of England, and it appears to be heading north West, so there's no telling what's going to arrive here overnight, there's a lot more activity showing up now than was doing so a couple of hours ago.

The Isle of Wight station http://www.isleofwightweather.com/lightning.html is showing nearly 350 strikes in the last hour, and there are some showing up in the Irish Sea more recently.

Could be an interesting night, depending what happens to the line storm that's in the English Channel right now

Steve

gally74

It's kicking off here ..... In Malaga

MiNdGaM3

Heavy rain in Cork city the last 30 minutes or so. No thunder or lightning so far though.

dave1982

MiNdGaM3 wrote: »

Heavy rain in Cork city the last 30 minutes or so. No thunder or lightning so far though.

yeah its beating it down hard here,unreal very heavy

MiNdGaM3

dave1982 wrote: »

yeah its beating it down hard here,unreal very heavy

Love the sound of it though, especially as it drowns out the music coming from the apartment below and the snoring from above:pac:

thetonynator

Still moving across wales . . .

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

thanks danno!

Pangea

Big bangs of thunder and lightening here

Iancar29

Pangea wrote: »

Big bangs of thunder and lightening here

Jealous I is! ... Radar looks impressive!

sunbabe08

that's staying in kerry.

Rougies

some nasty looking showers developing off the wexford coast heading north, pelting down here too, no thunder/lightning though

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/
http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

BEASTERLY

Rougies wrote: »

some nasty looking showers developing off the wexford coast heading north, pelting down here too, no thunder/lightning though

They look like monsters will upload pics later, hopefully one comes onshore soon!

shar01

Just had a rumble of thunder in Gorey