Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

mickger844posts

A heavy shower of rain and hail just passed through Waterford City but no Thunder or Lightning.

jimmynokia

WELL DID YOU SEE THIS??

http://www.thejournal.ie/up-to-a-months-rain-could-fall-in-36-hours-426801-Apr2012/

Iancar29

Cell over Maynooth looks pretty sweet from here... not exactly photogenic as its just a dark mass of cloud . Would love to see the first proper lightning spark of the year from it though chances are decaying now .

HungryJoey

I saw that myself (from blanchardstown) and took a few pics, it looked like there could be something interesting brewing alright, I came on here to see!

Iancar29

tis dying now... ah well... onto 2moro

Wild Bill

Bugger all here - as ever.

Pangea

Not sure where this belongs but
Twister seen in Fintown
http://www.highlandradio.com/2012/04/24/twister-captured-on-camera-near-fintown/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Iancar29

Pangea wrote: »

Not sure where this belongs but
Twister seen in Fintown
http://www.highlandradio.com/2012/04/24/twister-captured-on-camera-near-fintown/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Seriously... if someone mentions "MINI tornado " once more i think im gonna snap...


Great shot though, certainly looks to be down nearly all the way.
:rolleyes:

Pangea

Iancar29 wrote: »

Seriously... if someone mentions "MINI tornado " once more i think im gonna snap...


Great shot though, certainly looks to be down nearly all the way.
:rolleyes:

Whats the correct term, funnel cloud is it?
And do these bad boys pack any power, could it gather up stuff and spit it out?

Remember there was a mini tornado (SORRY :P) in Co.Derry or somewhere a year or 2 ago took roof of a shed, was that a mini tornado or funnel?

Super-Rush

Iancar29 wrote: »

Seriously... if someone mentions "MINI tornado " once more i think im gonna snap...


Great shot though, certainly looks to be down nearly all the way.
:rolleyes:

Still with the roll eyes eh.

Theres no need to wet your knickers over it.

Not everyone is an expert.

Iancar29

Super-Rush wrote: »

Still with the roll eyes eh.

Theres no need to wet your knickers over it.

Not everyone is an expert.

Eh Sorry , last time check it wasnt against the rules to use icons.
For this post the *rolls eyes* would refer to the funnel being nearly down to the ground but never touching , just our luck from not being able to call it a tornado.

ANd there no such thing as a mini tornado. Weak yes... but mini... no. you can have an EF5 tornado with near 300mph winds and still be only a 100 feet or so in width.

I didnt mention anywhere that i was an expert. But the general community of severe storm enthusiasts and professionals would rightly know this.



Now... Onto todays potential !

Towers going up nicely around here, not so much clearance for land heating to take place so its gonna be hard to judge how strong the cells will get.
Heres hoping anyways!

DOCARCH

Nothing moving quickly anywhere today - winds all over the place (which might help make for a great day).

There seems be a cell developing over north Dublin and moving southwards very slowly.

Hopefully I'll be able to open the pack of cigars today (and pass one out to Wild Bill).

Squeaksoutloud

DOCARCH wrote: »

Nothing moving quickly anywhere today - winds all over the place (which might help make for a great day).

There seems be a cell developing over north Dublin and moving southwards very slowly.

Hopefully I'll be able to open the pack of cigars today (and pass one out to Wild Bill).

I can see that cell near me in Swords now. Moving very slowly but looks like it is packing a nice punch in there...hopefully it will continue to drift towards us!

vicwatson

Belt of Thunder over Wexford town just now

Edit - x 2 belts !

Iancar29

Link Dublin ATC for those interested. http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=EIDW

outsourced_ire

THUNDER IN CORK!

Iancar29

Cell over Navan just went boom!

pistolpetes11

DONT forget to keep it civil folks

vicwatson

Iancar29 wrote: »

Cell over Navan just went boom!

Where can i see such cells online Iancar? Thanks

Iancar29

vicwatson wrote: »

Where can i see such cells online Iancar? Thanks

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

Elmer Blooker

DOCARCH wrote: »

Nothing moving quickly anywhere today - winds all over the place (which might help make for a great day).

There seems be a cell developing over north Dublin and moving southwards very slowly.

I hope it's still developing cos the radar doesn't look that exciting to me at the moment, I was disappointed when I checked it a few mins ago to be honest. www.raintoday.co.uk

Trogdor

Getting very dark here now, fairly big cell has been approaching very slowly from just west of here

lolie

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

I hope it's still developing cos the radar doesn't look that exciting to me at the moment, I was disappointed when I checked it a few mins ago to be honest. www.raintoday.co.uk

Have faith. Had a big rain/hail before which was barely a dot on the radar.

DOCARCH

Trogdor wrote: »

Getting very dark here now, fairly big cell has been approaching very slowly from just west of here

Can see that one from here.

Amazing 360° cloudscape here. I've seen footage of the eye of a hurricane and this is as close as I think I'll get! From my sunhole I can see at least 4 Cbs, lots Cu towers, ragged Cu and various other cloud types all round. Amazing! Thunder can't be too far away now?

Min

Heavy slow moving shower, no thunder, a muixture of rain and hail, dumped an unwanted 6.6mm.
Still raining but morelightly now and sun coming out, heaviest part of shower was 23 mm/hr.

Trogdor

DOCARCH wrote: »

Can see that one from here.

Amazing 360° cloudscape here. I've seen footage of the eye of a hurricane and this is as close as I think I'll get! From my sunhole I can see at least 4 Cbs, lots Cu towers, ragged Cu and various other cloud types all round. Amazing! Thunder can't be too far away now?

Think i might have just heard distant thunder here but could be wrong, light rain at the minute and the wind has come up a small bit.

chris2007

Trogdor wrote: »

DOCARCH wrote: »

Can see that one from here.

Amazing 360° cloudscape here. I've seen footage of the eye of a hurricane and this is as close as I think I'll get! From my sunhole I can see at least 4 Cbs, lots Cu towers, ragged Cu and various other cloud types all round. Amazing! Thunder can't be too far away now?

Think i might have just heard distant thunder here but could be wrong, light rain at the minute and the wind has come up a small bit.

Where are you?

DOCARCH

chris2007 wrote: »

Where are you?

Oh - I think that was directed at Trogdor - he's in Bray.

Trogdor

chris2007 wrote: »

Where are you?

Bray. Haven't heard any more rumbles though I think it may have been building work nearby. Still just raining lightly, not an awful lot happening really.

gbee

Yessiree, three thunder claps and I caught the best part of one of them on my new camera. Hope that's a sign of better things to come.

That downpour dropped 5.4mm of rain on just a few short minutes.

Vid here as soon as it renders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ht9818igg&feature=youtu.be