Thunderstorm/Convective Watch - Spring/Summer 2012

ninebeanrows

Looks very turbulent over the airport alright.

Currently raining here now, so my look out for funnelsks being hampered.

ninebeanrows

Would not like to be that plane landing right now. Day turning to night. This thing is serious!

ninebeanrows

It developing lovely shelf now

Serious deluge with it, roads flooding rapidly

delw

That last shower was torrential,surprised not to hear a rumble from it

Min

18.6mm so far from thundery showers here in north east Kilkenny,

Lucky I live on a hill as there has been floods of water rushing down it.

Iancar29

Weathercheck wrote: »

It developing lovely shelf now

Serious deluge with it, roads flooding rapidly

Had a nice view of the Shelfcloud from here...
Sure did look quite heavy precip. falling too.

Photo here.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/41948286@N02/7488431616/sizes/k/in/photostream/

EDIT: Im liking the look at the 2 cells heading towards Dublin on Radar!

markie29

I was in the city centre today between 2 and 6pm and there were a few bits of rain but nothing heavy....and i am back home in D8 now and no rain at all :S i want some thunder and lightning!

diceyd

is that it for today or will anything interesting happen tonight?

delw

diceyd wrote: »

is that it for today or will anything interesting happen tonight?

Looks like that's it

Not

ian_m wrote: »

It really does look twister like to the west of Dublin airport. All aircraft are currently making an immediate left turn after takeoff.

Saw that from the M3 at Dunboyne, big funnel shaped cloud but just lacking the stem at the base, you could really imagine it developing into a large wedge tornado if it were on Stormchasers.

Also had occassion to drive under that really mean cell that was over Kildare about 7:30 this evening, now that was a real storm chasers paradise. On approach massive tiered towering purple black clouds the likes I've rarely seen before, underneath it a huge low shelf cloud, apocalyptic rain, and a curtain of hail (which I thought was a tornado when it first caught my eye in the distance). Was just like when they punch the core on Stormchasers. Truely spectacular. No fireworks though.

In fact the cloudscape generally this evening was quite spectacular, I dont think Ive ever seen the sky so full of tower clouds (for want of a more accurate name for them)

eskimocat

mountainy man wrote: »

Pretty sure I saw a funnel cloud at 16.40 could see circulation in it.

I seen one today too from my base in Collooney at approx 3.10pm ... I couldn't get pic cause it was too faint and far away for camera on phone, it was super skinny funnel but stretched so far down i could imagine that it was on the ground (behind the bloody hill that was in my way of seeing it all!!)
There was fair rotation in it, and it looked like it was getting buffeted about as it got nearer land... Out to the left there was a sheet of torrential rain, and there was a huge black cloud front around the same time.

mountainy man

eskimocat wrote: »

I seen one today too from my base in Collooney at approx 3.10pm ... I couldn't get pic cause it was too faint and far away for camera on phone, it was super skinny funnel but stretched so far down i could imagine that it was on the ground (behind the bloody hill that was in my way of seeing it all!!)
There was fair rotation in it, and it looked like it was getting buffeted about as it got nearer land... Out to the left there was a sheet of torrential rain, and there was a huge black cloud front around the same time.

I drove through Ballygawley at about that time and there was a cloudburst for about a mile had to stop the truck as I couldn't see, tomorrow could be interesting too!

Simon Gruber Says

I've noticed that when thunderstorms are moving across the county that a direction of movement between NW to N brings nothing to Dublin as the Wicklow mountains seem to suck the life out of the storms and creates a shadow effect. Would I be right in saying that due east or west movement from the Irish Sea would create the best chance of Dublin seeing any sparks from storms like these? Although I've seen quite a few that fall apart moving east as they cross the Dublin-Kildare border.

Deep Easterly

Not quite as exciting as the stratogloom here in Ireland today but some really incredible storms running up through parts of central Europe at the moment. Oh to be there right now!


From Sat 24.com

http://www.sat24.com/

Not

Spinning clouds over Rathfarnham this evening. I presume this is a result of the way the airflow is coming over the mountains.

lolie

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Not quite as exciting as the stratogloom here in Ireland today but some really incredible storms running up through parts of central Europe at the moment. Oh to be there right now!


From Sat 24.com

http://www.sat24.com/

Noticed that earlier so decided to look for a webcam.
Watching this for few mins, seen an unreal fork flash a minute ago.
Oh to be there indeed.

http://www.krakow.pl/multimedialny_krakow/1849,artykul,wawel_i_zakole_wisly_.html

Deep Easterly

lolie wrote: »

Noticed that earlier so decided to look for a webcam.
Watching this for few mins, seen an unreal fork flash a minute ago.
Oh to be there indeed.

http://www.krakow.pl/multimedialny_krakow/1849,artykul,wawel_i_zakole_wisly_.html

Incredible webcam! watching some big lightning strokes on it now!!

Grab from a few seconds ago:

DOCARCH

Not wrote: »

Spinning clouds over Rathfarnham this evening. I presume this is a result of the way the airflow is coming over the mountains.

Am seeing those too! Airflow off the mountains alright.

Harps

I've had it on for less than a minute and I must have seen about 40 flashes already! Some great forks behind the castle on the left

eskimocat

I wonder are they being attracted by that tower or whatever it is back there... oh to have a control to turn the camera just slightly to the left!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder does your man know that there are a couple of people in Ireland watching him having a smoke!! lol couldn't you get caught lovely with web cams these days

lolie

If we shout loud enough would yer man out for a smoke hear us, get him to tilt the camera up a bit.

Iancar29

Thunderstorms?

Watch TORNADOES INSTEAD!!!!
ALready been one amazing one!!!

http://live.tvnweather.com/#

delw

Iancar29 wrote: »

Thunderstorms?

Watch TORNADOES INSTEAD!!!!
ALready been one amazing one!!!

http://live.tvnweather.com/#

And now you tell us :D

Iancar29

delw wrote: »

And now you tell us :D

Im sorry!! .. i was in shock and awe mode!! haha

eskimocat

Vicarious storm chasing from the comfort of my couch!! ahhh lol Love it!

Although I must say the sound of the cat snoring beside me does tend to mar the fun a little!!

sirpsycho

Nice site there! Similar to the one I use: http://www.chasertv.com/watch-video-streams-in-imap/. Wonder which is better?

Handy site also to watch for convective potential: http://www.wunderground.com/severeconvective.asp?outlook=today

SpaceRocket

Absolutely pelting down here now in Wicklow, a nightly occurance at this stage...

IMC042

Looks like today could be another interesting day in Munster? Must charge up my camera!

redsteveireland

A few sferics from that low rotating off the west coast.

http://brunnur.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?




sat24.com

Iancar29

Starting to look interesting for those in the South And West.

Good luck!.... ya lucky feckers!