Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

jimmynokia

Su Campu wrote: »

Great, I've just fried my camcorder. Put the wrong power adaptor into it!

I'm afraid we won't be seeing that lightning lads! :mad:

Whooops leg it down to DID electric lol..

ninebeanrows

very turbulent sky just to my north.

And looking onomous to the south over the mountains.

Rougies

Su Campu wrote: »

Great, I've just fried my camcorder. Put the wrong power adaptor into it!

I'm afraid we won't be seeing that lightning lads! :mad:

You can still salvage the data though right! Right!?

Su Campu

I'm &%*£$% raging over that camcorder!!! :mad:

Anyway, these are the strikes so far today.....a nice big cluster alright.

eigrod

Dark and hail shower in Greystones now.

DOCARCH

Weathercheck wrote: »

And looking onomous to the south over the mountains.

Nothing exciting to report here....just rain!

Rougies

Su Campu wrote: »

I'm &%*£$% raging over that camcorder!!! :mad:

Anyway, these are the strikes so far today.....a nice big cluster alright.

I'm surprised at how little action Wales and England got compared to us.
The Estofex threat Level 1 area in Wales didn't even get a sferic today, a few just outside that zone.

Trogdor

Lightning strike fairly close by here just now, thunder quickly followed. Been raining and hailing for the last while.

Su Campu

Rougies wrote: »

You can still salvage the data though right! Right!?

I hope so! :mad:

Darwin

More rumbles from another cell to my west, heading in the Offaly/Kildare direction.

cocoshovel

South Kilkenny, and we have absolutely nothing, I cant even see any thundery looking clouds. The only thunder I have heard this year was in Waterford city last month, and that was just 1 clap.

Su Campu

No more SIGMETs have been issued.

The 1700Z Casement TAF continues with rain / hail showers and thunderstorms until 8 pm.

Dublin's only gives a slight PROB30 chance of same. Similarly Sligo, Galway and Waterford airports'.

Mars Bar

I'm on the m6 at the tolls leaving Galway. Just after leaving the blue skies and into heavy rain and black skies. It's bananas!

Harps

Su Campu wrote: »

I hope so! :mad:

If you're lucky it might just be the battery that's fried, I did the same with my phone a few years back and it still worked with a new battery


Just opened the door here to have a look at an incoming shower and a slice of bread randomly fell from the sky, I'm guessing a bird dropped it but quite an odd moment :pac:

dexter647

Watching a huge cell off to my west here with plenty of distant flashes... Seemed to have missed all the big ones here today:mad:

Su Campu

Harps wrote: »

If you're lucky it might just be the battery that's fried, I did the same with my phone a few years back and it still worked with a new battery


Just opened the door here to have a look at an incoming shower and a slice of bread randomly fell from the sky, I'm guessing a bird dropped it but quite an odd moment :pac:

Nah, I need to take the battery out in order to insert the adaptor. It's fried!

Shannon Airport reported a light thunderstorm at 17:30.

cyclops999

5 car accident on the outskirts of Athlone on the M6 hailstones like marbles & super lightening display. Roads are lethal so caution is advised.

Iancar29

Harps wrote: »

If you're lucky it might just be the battery that's fried, I did the same with my phone a few years back and it still worked with a new battery


Just opened the door here to have a look at an incoming shower and a slice of bread randomly fell from the sky, I'm guessing a bird dropped it but quite an odd moment DEBRIS!!! :pac:

Fixed that for ya



Photos and timelapse... the usual stuffs from moi , all being sorted now. Shall post this evening.


EDIT: report from friend of a funnel cloud west of Portlaoise!

Deep Easterly

Have a nice view of those showers in the midlands at the moment. One very large anvil is really expanding at the moment. Top of anvil as viewed from here roughly 40 degrees above horizon.

aidan_dunne

Horrible looking sky to the west and northwest of Portlaoise right now, some ominous sounding distant rumblings too.

Iancar29

aidan_dunne wrote: »

Horrible looking sky to the west and northwest of Portlaoise right now, some ominous sounding distant rumblings too.

PHOtos photos photos!!... lovely hook on it on radar! Wish i was there!

John.Icy

Lovely cell just passed directly over me. South Kildare. I see it developed a nice blue core on ME radar, almost directly above my area. Serious hail fell followed by copious rain. Water was streaming out of gutters and drains. Sky looked ominous too on approach, very dark. Cell has dissapeared behind some lingering cloud. Several claps of thunder too.

gbee

Was an interesting day, I observed a few cells and chased one to Fermoy [my chase limit] and it was producing bigtime.

Lovely to hear the reports of cells producing later up the country. Obviously can't really say, but I think the one's I backed worked, by all the other reports.

lostinashford

Serious looking cell showing on radar over Portarlington heading north of Newbridge - wish I was there:mad:

Rougies

lostinashford wrote: »

Serious looking cell showing on radar over Portarlington heading north of Newbridge - wish I was there:mad:

http://www.sat24.com/en/gb
It's a monster, and it seems to be growing :eek:

ninebeanrows

Rougies wrote: »

http://www.sat24.com/en/gb
It's a monster, and it seems to be growing :eek:

Yea been watching it, looks impressive.

Lets hope it stays as active as it approaches Dublin

thebigbiffo

first serious thunder in years right now in Ballybrittas

Harps

Netweather radar has over 100mm/hr at its core and what must be about 100 strikes

highdef

I would pay to be in Portalington right now!!! Looks like it will pass to the south of me. Prosperous and Clane could be in the firing line again if it keeps up it's pace....can't see it continuing to grow like this, as much as I would love it to!! The view out of my office window facing SW is epic. Camera is till rolling :-)

efb

In north Offaly- is say you guys would have loved it. Turning my stuff back on now - damned power surges!