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Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Autumn 2011

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  • 16-09-2011 1:31pm
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    DOCARCH
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    Time for an Autumn thread methinks.

    Looks like there could be a couple of sparks this afternoon as showers over the Midlands intensify and move eastwards.


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    ninebeanrows
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    Ye a few heavy showers no developing inland.

    This after the tornado reported in Clogherhead.

    Will be interesting to see how active they become as the Dublin region is seemingly in their path.


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    Iancar29
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    WOO! right on the balL!.... Just as i was gonna post about great structure! BAM THUNDER! :D

    RIGHT OVER DUBLIN! :D


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    DominoDub
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    Big Black Anvil shape rolling in over Dublin City Center now :eek:

    Watching it 5 Floors up in Dublin 4


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    delw
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    WOO! right on the balL!.... Just as i was gonna post about great structure! BAM THUNDER! :D

    RIGHT OVER DUBLIN! :D

    dam was in tesco & missed it,when i came out it looked like it was after been pissin & said to myself "wouldnt be surprised if there was thunder" :(


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    Iancar29
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    delw wrote: »
    dam was in tesco & missed it,when i came out it looked like it was after been pissin & said to myself "wouldnt be surprised if there was thunder" :(

    Surely u heard that 2nd one then?! :D


    I was taking a picture with my iphone of a real bright rainbow ( but far away on camera :( ) and i saw the faint flash of the lightning! :)

    NIce day to cheer me up b4 i got to go to work.


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    Wertz
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    Thunder incoming from teh SW in Dundalk...excessively heavy rain all morning but the last shower even out did that earlier rain.

    Another rumble just now and my head is splitting (a sure sign that there's more to come)

    [edit] Wow monsoonal levels of rainfall here now


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    Min
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    ...and no photos :p


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    Min
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    Wertz wrote: »
    Thunder incoming from teh SW in Dundalk...excessively heavy rain all morning but the last shower even out did that earlier rain.

    Another rumble just now and my head is splitting (a sure sign that there's more to come)


    On the current radar it even has the light blue for 16mm per hour or higher rainfall over Louth, well a dot of it.


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    Iancar29
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    Min wrote: »
    ...and no photos :p

    Mine will be up on IWO FB page soon... Too large to post here...


    HAve to get ready for work! :(


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    delw
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Surely u heard that 2nd one then?! :D


    I was taking a picture with my iphone of a real bright rainbow ( but far away on camera :( ) and i saw the faint flash of the lightning! :)

    NIce day to cheer me up b4 i got to go to work.

    :eek: didnt hear a thing here Ian


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    Elmer Blooker
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Surely u heard that 2nd one then?! :D

    :confused: I only heard one. It was quite distant and seemed to be to the north in the Airport/Swords direction.


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    Wertz
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    ...aaaand like someone turning off a tap it just stopped, sun is out and steam coming off the roads outside. Didn't catch any more rumbles after the initial few...raintoday doppler showing darkest shade over here and ardee... estofex mentions possibility of coastal storms here tonight as well. Bring it.


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    Iancar29
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    delw wrote: »
    :eek: didnt hear a thing here Ian

    Elmer Blooker wrote: »
    :confused: I only heard one. It was quite distant and seemed to be to the north in the Airport/Swords direction.

    Ye ther was 2... one initial one from the one right over me and then another as mentioned towards the airport... i just about saw the flash from it while taking this :)


    med_gallery_12235_967_80912.jpg...
    YA S have me rushing for work now! ... things i do aye?! ha...:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


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    Min
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    But you can go to work knowing we appreciate your weather photographic skills :D


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    Birdnuts
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    Some big dumps around Punchestown, but just up the road in Blessington, hardly a drop:confused:


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    tylercollins
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    This photo was snapped tonight by Martin McKenna in Maghera / Magherafelt.

    294562_2213099240318_1032643585_32383688_755740760_n.jpg
    Quick image from this afternoon's thunderstorm over Maghera looking at the rear of the storm (moving R to L) at the inflow region facing E at a massive rotating wall cloud with big funnel wrapping up underneath with brilliant rotation and vertical upwards motion like a waterfall in reverse - so close to a tornado!! - Sept 16th. Amaazing motion!


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    redsteveireland
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Mine will be up on IWO FB page soon... Too large to post here...
    Link?


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    Harps
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    tylercollins wrote: »
    This photo was snapped tonight by Martin McKenna in Maghera / Magherafelt.


    That guy really must be the luckiest man in the country for weather, he's forever getting great shots that never seem to appear anywhere else in the country


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    tylercollins
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    I know! He has had some awesome shots of weather, he also sells his photography as his job, so that would probably help him being out all the time snapping lol

    Would it be to do with him living so close to the Glenshane?


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    Harps
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    I always keep an eye on things whenever conditions are right for thunderstorms or tornados and the best I've ever seen is a few mini funnels, he seems to see some amazing structures on a monthly basis!

    I asked about the Glenshane Pass on here last year actually, he lives right at the bottom of the pass at the at the start of a vast flat area. Can't actually remember the explanation I was given but I'd imagine the terrain has a significant influence on the weather around there


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    irish1967
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    Keep an eye out today Harps. Forecast looks good.
    http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/09/17/hail-thunder-and-strong-winds-for-donegal-this-weekend/


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    sunbabe08
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    forget Donegal, whats going on in clare at the moment??


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    redsteveireland
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    Some vigorous convection going on with the afternoon sunshine, looks good for some thunder east of here.
    http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp


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    Wertz
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    Lovely flat topper to my S...according to the doppler it's over clogherhead. Some interesting stuff building to the W that might give something here later hopefully.


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    Harps
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    irish1967 wrote: »
    Keep an eye out today Harps. Forecast looks good. t
    http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/09/17/hail-thunder-and-strong-winds-for-donegal-this-weekend/

    Not a thing here so far, suns shining and only one light shower that lasted less than a minute since I got out of bed. The showers dont seem to be developing until they're further inland


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    martic
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    Took this there now, one part looks nice and the other looks like if a gateway to hell is about to open :D


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    Oscar Bravo
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    The photo of the Funnel Cloud by Martin McKenna was used on this evening's BBC Newsline's weather just before 7pm.


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    Iancar29
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    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    The photo of the Funnel Cloud by Martin McKenna was used on this evening's BBC Newsline's weather just before 7pm.

    What funnel cloud pic?


    We should be calling him Martin Funnel Cloud McKenna for now on! ha
    Lucky Fecker he is!


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    Mountainsandh
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    I don't know much about weather but now I've been going'round with my eyes peeled for funnel (and other interesting) clouds because of you guys. :D Am a danger on the road so I am.


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    tylercollins
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    What funnel cloud pic?


    We should be calling him Martin Funnel Cloud McKenna for now on! ha
    Lucky Fecker he is!

    He really is the luckist guy in Northern Ireland when it comes to weather watching here! I've got him on facebook and every other week he has a new funnel cloud picture up lol


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