Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Summer 2011

Pangea · 12-07-2011 2:39pm

Electricity just went on and off here, must be thunder in the area.

Storm 10 · 12-07-2011 3:04pm

Really dark over Galway City now

Iancar29 · 12-07-2011 8:27pm

Those interested in seeing some more pics ( taken with a GOOD CAMERA ) from my storm chasing trip have a look at one of the lad's Dave's Flicker profile.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/riskimages/sets/72157624537176314/

Page 1 And half of page 2 is from this year... seeing these pictures make me want to buy a Canon EOS 5D!!

He perfected HDR images this year thats for sure! ...

eskimocat · 13-07-2011 12:18am

Iancar29 wrote: »

Those interested in seeing some more pics ( taken with a GOOD CAMERA ) from my storm chasing trip have a look at one of the lad's Dave's Flicker profile.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/riskimages/sets/72157624537176314/

Page 1 And half of page 2 is from this year... seeing these pictures make me want to buy a Canon EOS 5D!!

He perfected HDR images this year thats for sure! ...

WOW!!! they are terrific. Yes, i am suddenly very interested in photography! lol

Magic, i cannot believe you got to see sights like that in real life... you lucky duck!

Iancar29 · 13-07-2011 11:46am

eskimocat wrote: »

WOW!!! they are terrific. Yes, i am suddenly very interested in photography! lol

Magic, i cannot believe you got to see sights like that in real life... you lucky duck!

Exactly the reason why im going again next year! haha

snowstreams · 13-07-2011 2:04pm

What sort of dew points do you really need for a good thunderstorm in Ireland?
Also whats the highest dew point ever measured here?
I remember when i was on my J1 in the US a few years back, the dew point was about 20c most of the time, they used to get thunderstorms every 4-5 days or so. It was great

Su Campu · 13-07-2011 2:49pm

The higher dewpoint the better, but there's a lot more to it than that. If upper conditions aren't right then it doesn't matter what the surface dewpoint is. But thunderstorms have been forming in recent weeks with dewpoints in the mid teens and 500 hPa temps around -20 to -25C. A bit of proper deep layer shear, dry mid levels, etc could generate more organisation but it's hard to get all those ingredients together in Ireland.

I believe we've had dewpoints in the low 20s, but I don't know the exact figure.

dexter647 · 16-07-2011 3:35pm

A few strikes up north....

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HellFireClub · 16-07-2011 3:38pm

Torrential downpour has just come out of nowhere in Lucan Village...

Davaeo09 · 16-07-2011 10:04pm

Can anyone tell me if Kilkenny can expect any Thunder tonight? We generally seem to have a storm shield while the rest of the country gets all the fun!

gbee · 17-07-2011 10:56am

Davaeo09 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if Kilkenny can expect any Thunder tonight? We generally seem to have a storm shield while the rest of the country gets all the fun!

The storm shield is around Cork and Waterford based on location being in the lee of the higher mountains, you should be in the plains more or less and I can testify that parts of Kilkenny get the best of all weathers, you are so lucky.

Today and tonight, chilling high winds and rain, maybe heavy or downpours, no lightening IMO.

Tornando9 · 17-07-2011 6:51pm

Just posting a timelapse sequence i shot yesterday. There were some heavy downpours passed through yesterday followed by some cool cloudscapes.
This is a 4500 image sequence that took about 7 hours to shoot.

Its available to watch in HD

17-07-2011 8:09pm

Tornando9 wrote: »

Just posting a timelapse sequence i shot yesterday. There were some heavy downpours passed through yesterday followed by some cool cloudscapes.
This is a 4500 image sequence that took about 7 hours to shoot.

Its available to watch in HD

excellent video! Just beware that depending on your camera model doing 4,500 shots adds wear on the shutter - some pro models will be rated to 100,000 shots and you`d hit the 100,000 fairly quickly and the shutter would stop working!

What kind of camera did you use?

Tornando9 · 17-07-2011 9:09pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What kind of camera did you use?

Cheers. I have an EOS 500D and a sigma 10-20 super wide lens. I looked into how much it would cost to replace the shutter motor before i started doing timelapse so i'm not too worried.

stwome01 · 20-07-2011 11:17am

stwome01 wrote: »

Hi, This is my first post here in the weather forum. I don't follow the weather much. However, yesterday (8:00pm ish) evening I saw what appeared to be a funnel forming over the Blarney/North Cork city region. There was a thundery cloud bank with a clearer sky behind it. It was extremely humid at the time. The funnel lasted about 5 minutes before it disappeared. It would dissipate a little and then reform. The humidity noticably dropped within 5 minutes. As well as the picture I have attached I have a video clip. I will post this later.

Sorry I never got around to uploading the video. I tried twice but the boardband dropped in the middle of the upload both times. Here is another short clip that I have forgotten I took "with my mobile in this case".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vmo8Yxnv-Y

jimmynokia · 03-08-2011 5:13pm

ME predict thundery weather over the next few days.

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 03-08-2011 5:18pm

Sat24 showing a lot of strikes over the Eastern UK

jimmynokia · 03-08-2011 5:20pm

Send em over this way....:D

redsteveireland · 03-08-2011 5:57pm

East England getting a good pasting today alright.

2 different sites, 2 totally different pictures.

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

http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php

One shows a strike close to Dublin, the other is much, much further north.

jimmynokia · 03-08-2011 5:59pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

East England getting a good pasting today alright.

2 different sites, 2 totally different pictures.

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

http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php

One shows a strike close to Dublin, the other is much, much further north.

HMMM
Where is MT maybe he can shed some light?:)

redsteveireland · 03-08-2011 6:06pm

jimmynokia wrote: »

HMMM
Where is MT maybe he can shed some light?:)

Probably as simple as different detectors etc.

Lumi · 06-08-2011 11:33am

Some sferics over Northern Ireland this morning

WolfeIRE · 06-08-2011 1:28pm

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/storms/funnel-clouds-sighted-in-donegal-and-galway/30006.html

Donegal and Galway funnel clouds

redsteveireland · 06-08-2011 4:10pm

Plenty of strikes showing up now!

Also some 16mm+ showing up in the midlands

Min · 06-08-2011 5:05pm

We had a few claps of thunder in North Kilkenny, was watching TV and didn't see any lightning.

davehey79 · 06-08-2011 5:13pm

Thunder and lightning here in strokestown and absolutely torrential rain following in behind now

jimmynokia · 06-08-2011 5:15pm

lookin good now for some action in dublin 22

redsteveireland · 06-08-2011 5:22pm

davehey79 wrote: »

Thunder and lightning here in strokestown and absolutely torrential rain following in behind now

Nice organised looking front with strikes showing up.
http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?LW=Galway

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

On the phone so i can't put up pics, links only.

Lumi · 06-08-2011 5:41pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

Nice organised looking front with strikes showing up.
On the phone so i can't put up pics, links only.

These updates are great RedSteve!!
Pity Galway missed out again though

HellFireClub · 06-08-2011 5:44pm

Fionagus wrote: »

redsteveireland wrote: »

Nice organised looking front with strikes showing up.
On the phone so i can't put up pics, links only.

These updates are great RedSteve!!
Pity Galway missed out again though

Heaviest rain I've seen in Dublin in years, not so much the volume but the persistence of the heavy rain.,.

Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Summer 2011

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