Thunderstorm, convective watch, Winter/Spring 2013

Iancar29

Looks like the lightning active cell will pass by dublin to the NW !

sparrowcar

Bedroom window open in Swords, come to papa

aboyro

no thunder or lightning yet here. very little rain but extreme extreme wind since 11.45

sparrowcar

From MT


UPDATE to ALERT _ 0045h Thursday 31 Jan 2013
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ALERT upgraded to severe thunderstorm alert for Dublin region including Dublin, Kildare and Meath counties, north into Ulster ... squall line approaching rapidly, will arrive Dublin about 0130-0200h, expect brief interval of heavy rain, intense lightning, possible hail and wind gusts to 120 km/hr in wind shift SSW to WSW. Strong gusty winds will continue for several hours after passage.

pad199207

moderate rain and strong winds here in Naas now nothing out of the norm

H2UMrsRobinson

Iancar29 wrote: »

Looks like the lightning active cell will pass by dublin to the NW !

It'll no doubt hit Dundalk - everything interesting weather wise seems to end up in fecking Dundalk !!

maquiladora

Holy moly that is some rain. 200mm in the core there.

Ghost Train

Captured one decent flash earlier as it was heading away from west cork

Rikand

Glenn Coco wrote: »

No thunder or lightening in Athlone, but severe winds and rain, water gushing down the street outside.

Also, someone's clothes horse just flew past my window :eek:

according to that map posted earlier there were some strikes around Athlone, but I didnt see any either

Iancar29

maquiladora wrote: »

Holy moly that is some rain.

hahaha said the exact same !! .... saved the image to my radar archive folder ... no thunder for me by the look of things... but STILL EXCITING!

rc28

Woah, some absolutely mental rain has just started here in meath. :eek::eek:

maquiladora

Lightning strike in Waterford City.

IvySlayer

Mental rain and wind here in Lucan, no thunder or lightning yet

TeaCup2

Waterford City: Huge rumble just now, then eerily quiet....

sparrowcar

Iancar29 wrote: »

hahaha said the exact same !! .... saved the image to my radar archive folder ... no thunder for me by the look of things... but STILL EXCITING!

Why do you say that Ian? Is that system not heading straight for north Dublin?

maquiladora

More lightning here. Very impressive.

TeaCup2

Another flash and lightning strike - 2 secs apart...Waterford City

rc28

Think I just saw a distant flash of lightning out to the west (Meath).

KKkitty

Thunder and lightening in Carlow. Extremely heavy rain also.

The Royal Scam

absolutely crazy wind and rain in Carlow near tullow. Some lightening aswell

aboyro

maquiladora wrote: »

More lightning here. Very impressive.

could see that one it was a biggy:D

lost all the pegs off the line here!!!!!!!

Bsal

Horizontal rain in Swords right now and some big gusts.

Oscar Bravo

That was sum blast of thunder in Castlebar 15 minutes ago.Very white lightening.

k.p.h

Lots of lightning over Midlands right now, very bright and still no thunder. Worth a look if you're still up.

SweetCaliber

Faint sheet lightning in Tramore but no thunder or fork, very heavy downpours and winds at times.

Bsal

Nice weather at Cork airport around midnight

EICK 310000Z 22034G47KT 6000 TSRA BKN010 BKN014CB BKN033 06/05 Q1003 REGS BECMG 9999 BKN020

Pangea

Lightning strikes house
http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/local/lightning-strikes-house-1-4736473

lolli

I'm in Camolin, Wexford. We had hailstones, thunder and lightning. Starting to calm down now.

cameramonkey

is this lightning going to reach south Dublin? Should I wait up?

barney 20v

I was out searching for my phone in my car about 30 min ago and next thing the whole parish lit up with fork lightning.. Yard lights immediately went out and the thunder hit within seconds...not ashamed to say I nearly sh1t myself!

dcmm

very strong noisy winds here for last hourand heavy rain.. A bit of variety ,loud heavy hailshower 30mins ago, now growling wind whipping at the windows.
great to be in bed ,trying to sleep:rolleyes:

maquiladora

cameramonkey wrote: »

is this lightning going to reach south Dublin? Should I wait up?

Nope. Unless something else pops up during the night, but no sign of that happening right now.

kneemos

Really weird sounding thunder just an instant bang rather than a rolling sound.

Super-Rush

The wind was very strange as well.

Sounded like one constant gust for about 30 seconds at a time.

Its what i'd imagine a small tornado roar to sound like.

eskimocat

sparrowcar wrote: »

From MT


UPDATE to ALERT _ 0045h Thursday 31 Jan 2013
____________________________________________

ALERT upgraded to severe thunderstorm alert for Dublin region including Dublin, Kildare and Meath counties, north into Ulster ... squall line approaching rapidly, will arrive Dublin about 0130-0200h, expect brief interval of heavy rain, intense lightning, possible hail and wind gusts to 120 km/hr in wind shift SSW to WSW. Strong gusty winds will continue for several hours after passage.

The storm certainly seemed to be moving very fast from the postings on here! It took a very short time to cross the entire breadth of the country !! Impressive! only sorry it didn't make it to north Leitrim... am here, awake, day off tomorrow, all I needed was for it to track a bit further North. The wind and rain aren't even that impressive here at the moment...

Oh while I am here, going for a long shot, can anyone remember the name of the thread that was on here ( could even have been as far back as 2 years ago (???), where some of us spent a very entertaining evening watching a magnificent thunder and lightning storm on a hotel web cam somewhere in Europe, there was a guy out occasionally on the balcony smoking and we were wondering if he knew that there were several boardsies watching him on camera? I really enjoyed that lightning. As I said, its a long shot...

lolie

If only that squall line was a bit further north, ah well. Heavy shower since with a lot stronger wind.
Eskimocat is this the thread your after, Kracow last July?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056576160&pp=15&page=110

eskimocat

Thats the one! thanks ...had gone off myself and looked for it through my past posts and just found it a couple of seconds after you posted the above...

Don't know why I thought that happened years ago rather than months ago!! So started the search the wrong way round.. oldest posts first!! ARAGGHH...anyway I can sleep now... that was wreaking my head!

Hope those of you still awake get some lightning to enjoy...Thanks again lolie

Nite all

Super-Rush

A lot of people are gonna be pissed that they missed this when they read the forum in the morning.

MastiffMrs

You should be glad you missed that storm. Woke me at 1245 with seriously loud thunder claps, intense lightening & rain hitting the window like it was going to smash. Electricity has been off ever since, will not be much fun getting ready for work in pitch dark. Still very windy out there now.

Don't think I've ever heard such loud thunder or seen so much lightening in such a short space of time. Was scary stuff.

Ogie84

Impressive Thunderstorm over Cork last night, probably the biggest since that infamous night last June but not in the same league as that for intensity or duration.

sunbabe08

:(:( i missed the whole damn thing. the one night i actually sleep. :mad:

MrFrisp

sunbabe08 wrote: »

:(:( i missed the whole damn thing. the one night i actually sleep. :mad:

:eek:
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redsteveireland

MastiffMrs wrote: »

You should be glad you missed that storm. Woke me at 1245 with seriously loud thunder claps, intense lightening & rain hitting the window like it was going to smash. Electricity has been off ever since, will not be much fun getting ready for work in pitch dark. Still very windy out there now.

Don't think I've ever heard such loud thunder or seen so much lightening in such a short space of time. Was scary stuff.

Those words don't make sense in here
Sounds like you had a great show.

MrFrisp

Iancar29 wrote: »

TO all Munster people... if no pics ..... you shall be banished from my happy list !!

From the Cork Forum....Post number 8..

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056869354


Well done Iancar....Spot on with the weather forecast..

Some fab show in Cork last night,,even if was a short burst of it.
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Pangea

Fierce hail shower here now, lightning and thunder

redsteveireland

Here we go again !



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

Iancar29

sunbabe08 wrote: »

:(:( i missed the whole damn thing. the one night i actually sleep. :mad:

:O... HOW !?........... Like.... HOW!?.. what kind of windows do you have?! ha

MrFrisp wrote: »

From the Cork Forum....Post number 8..

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056869354


Well done Iancar....Spot on with the weather forecast..


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Cheers , glad someone got some of it on photo/video!

redsteveireland wrote: »

Here we go again !



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

THey wont make it inland like the ones did last night i think...

2moro though looks like there could be a potential reload!

Lift and cape is there , lapse rates pretty much maxed out the same as last night .


Low level shear is great so could be hearing a mention of tornado probabilities again from torro. Deep layer shear isnt AS great this time round but still ok . So cells might not stay AS organised as last night but they still should go up nicely.


:cool:

So main areas at risk imo are the NW and Central areas . YOU BEEN WARNED!

sunbabe08

Iancar29 wrote: »

:O... HOW !?........... Like.... HOW!?.. what kind of windows do you have?! ha

i don't know. first good night sleep i got in weeks :eek: & what's nuts, was my window was opened.

irish1967

Wow ! Big flash and nice loud rumble here in Donegal Town during current heavy hail !

Edit ! Holy F***... just had the loudest bang of thunder I ever heard/felt... everything in house rattled ! So cool !

Oneiric 3

Just to keep in the archives. (images from Meteox)

Sferics for yesterday morning (January 30th 2013)




And for early this morning (January 31st 2013). For some reason there seems to be a 'lag' in the sferic data for this perod, probably due to Meteox changing the look of the map at this time. Wouldn't you think they would have done this transition during quieter times!