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Lightening levels of Ireland

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  • 08-08-2011 1:00pm
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    jocotty
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    Hi All,

    Does anyone know there i can get a map showing the lightening levels of Ireland (what i just discovered are called "Isokeraunic Levels"). Basically , its shows Ireland divided into different regions , and the probability of lightening strikes in that region - or something along those lines.

    thanks,
    Jo
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    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    jocotty wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Does anyone know there i can get a map showing the lightening levels of Ireland (what i just discovered are called "Isokeraunic Levels"). Basically , its shows Ireland divided into different regions , and the probability of lightening strikes in that region - or something along those lines.

    thanks,
    Jo

    Sorry... Never heard of "lightening" .... But I HAVE heard of LIGHTNING! ... :P


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    jocotty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭jocotty


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Sorry... Never heard of "lightening" .... But I HAVE heard of LIGHTNING! ... :P


    ...hilarious.... !


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    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    Yup, it was only recently I was educated too. :o

    PS, I was wondering why all those lamps and shades were returning to my queries.


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    Blizzard 2010
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    Met Eireann


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    thetonynator
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    Blizzard 2010 wrote: »
    Met Eireann

    A link to where it might be found is probably what the OP is looking for . . .


    On this page you can see the average number of days per month and year with thunder at each of the met stations. With some work you could probably produce the map yourself from that, but there is probably a better source somewhere.

    Belmullet: 5.5 days per year.
    Birr: 5.2
    Casement: 4.8
    Claremorris 4.1
    Clones: 5.7
    Cork Airport: 3.7
    Dublin Airport: 4.1
    Kilkenny: 5.0
    Malin Head: 5.9
    Mullingar: 5.3
    Roches Point 4.2
    Rosslare: 6.7
    Shannon Airport: 6.3
    Valentia: 7.1


    So if you like thunder, avoid living in Cork or Dublin and try to live in Kerry, Wexford or Limerick/Clare!!!


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    thomasj
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Sorry... Never heard of "lightening" .... But I HAVE heard of LIGHTNING! ... :P

    it could work for me!
    I see a little silhouetto of a man,
    Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango
    Thunderbolt and light-en-ing, very, very frightening me
    (Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo figaro

    sounds better! :D


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    muckish
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    Just as well you're not looking for lightening maps from the Ordinance Survey:D


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    Sponge Bob
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    I think the UKMO has IE/UK combined data going back years. I would check there.


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    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    jocotty wrote:
    Does anyone know there i can get a map showing the lightening levels of Ireland (what i just discovered are called "Isokeraunic Levels"). Basically , its shows Ireland divided into different regions , and the probability of lightening strikes in that region - or something along those lines.

    Not sure if this map is of use (From UK MET OFFICE - Based on 8 year period 1990-1997)
    170120.gif


    Map below shows average number of days per year (based on 61-90 average) with thunder at met eireann synoptic stations:
    170126.jpg

    Was going to draw in isokeraunic contours but don't have the steadiest hand in the world. Most likely my linear projections would be wrong anyway!


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    Fcuking thunder bunnies :mad: Kill 'em all!! 12.gif


    la la


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