Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Summer 2011

John mac

Im 25 km north west of knock airport. sun shining here all day not a drop of rain.
lovely black clouds though.

sunbabe08

Harps wrote: »

Lots of strikes along that band somewhere between Enniskillen and Sligo, nothing but rain here all day unfortunately

http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html

there were some of the cork coast as well this afternoon. :mad:

Elmer Blooker

Some activity over the Irish Sea to the east of Dublin now, I wouldn't be surprised to see flashes from that direction soon.

jimmynokia

THE ULTIMATE STORM CHASER

http://htmlimg2.scribdassets.com/kk74xbgxsdtj4/images/28-e55969042b/000.jpg

BEASTERLY

If your in the southern and half of the country and looking for storms, today finally is the day and really much of the rest of the country is also at risk. I really do have a good feeling about today.

mickger844posts

BEASTERLY wrote: »

If your in the southern and half of the country and looking for storms, today finally is the day and really much of the rest of the country is also at risk. I really do have a good feeling about today.

Looking good finally for Waterford maybe. I can't remember the last time we had thunder and lightning. Just started raining heavily as i type

mickger844posts

One hell of a downpour here in Waterford City. 5mm of rain fell in 15mins with a max rainfall rate of 100.2mm/ph :eek:

www.waterfordcityweather.com

redsteveireland

Strangely dry here today. Just overcast with one light shower all morning.

BEASTERLY

I would say between 2-7pm is going to be prime time for the storms today, especially in the south-east. Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Wicklow most at risk for that time.

sunbabe08

thunderstorms are coming to cork, soon

gbee

Sunbabe08, are you still in Youghal for this post?

sunbabe08

gbee wrote: »

Sunbabe08, are you still in Youghal for this post?

no i'm in the city. there looks to be some heavy showers in that area

redsteveireland

http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html

Anyone close to these strikes?

HellFireClub

Very heavy and persistant rain now in Lucan/Dublin West, am waiting for the bang...

DOCARCH

HellFireClub wrote: »

Very heavy and persistant rain now in Lucan/Dublin West, am waiting for the bang...

Got that 'deluge' here. 12.6mm in 45 minutes! Stopped now. No bang!

HellFireClub

DOCARCH wrote: »

Got that 'deluge' here. 12.6mm in 45 minutes! Stopped now. No bang!

Has just eased off a bit here now, haven't given up yet for the auld rattle!

HellFireClub

Just wondering, is there a standard sized container used for measuring rainfall???

HellFireClub

Has picked back up again, absolutely bucketing down here in Lucan.

DOCARCH

HellFireClub wrote: »

Just wondering, is there a standard sized container used for measuring rainfall???

I have a weather station. If you get any sort of a container/jar, as long as it has straight sides, has an opening of the same width and has a flat bottom, with a ruler you can pretty much accuratley measure the rainfall. If you google rain gauges, you can also pick up one pretty cheaply.

Couple of sparks now in the last half hour or so. One Waterford direction and one Westmeath/Longfor direction. http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?

Storm 10

Torrential rain here now Galway City

km79

Thunder and lightning around 4 in kiltullagh east Galway. Electricity gone

aidan_dunne

Had a few rumbles here in Portlaoise in the past 15 minutes or so. The sky off to the west and south is very dark looking but I don't think it's coming any closer.

redsteveireland

Storm 10 wrote: »

Torrential rain here now Galway City

Yeah I drove through that on the way in to work. It's crazy when the road turns to a river and you can't see sh#t. Made a video, will see how it came out later.

Lumi

Storm 10 wrote: »

Torrential rain here now Galway City

redsteveireland wrote: »

Yeah I drove through that on the way in to work. It's crazy when the road turns to a river and you can't see sh#t. Made a video, will see how it came out later.

It's interesting just how localised those showers are. Here in the west side of town there's been nothing more than a few moderately heavy showers. I've only recorded a total of 3.3mm since midnight.
The sky looked far more dramatic to the South and East of town

Looking forward to the video Redsteve !

EDIT:

The Netweather rainfall accumulation map for the last few hours shows the localisation very well. I had to reduce the opacity of the rainfall overlay so you could see the map underneath so the colours don't quite match the scale but you get the general idea

mickger844posts

Edinburgh got hammered this afternoon with a massive storm that lasted 2 hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkI0ZKDRHVY

dexter647

Really thought today was going to be good but alas didn't really kick off.... With a bit more heat from the sun it could have been epic:(

jimmynokia

any updates?:mad:

mickger844posts

There was a torrential downpour in Tramore around 5.45pm and the Max Rainfall Rate was 217.4mm/ph :eek: Wasn't there myself but a guy i know said it was just unreal rain.

jimmynokia

weather boring in dublin come on something happen.

redsteveireland

What a waste