Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion 2013/14

CB19Kevo

More lightning here in south east Kerry and crazy hail.

Ogie84

Spotted a few flashes of lightning to the west of Ballincollig this morning as I was on the Ballincollig bypass

Oscar Bravo

Loudest thunder I've heard in a long time-castlebar

maiden

Thunder woke me out of my sleep about two hours ago in Ennis, still very windy

road_high

Sitting here in the office in Kilkenny it's almost pitch dark and starting to rain.
Has there been any thunder activity yet in the south east/east?

Mars Bar

Roll of thunder just now in tuam!

Pappacharlie

In the last couple of hours we have had three thunder storms in my area. Latest just passed through there in the last 5 minutes.

maquiladora

Pappacharlie wrote: »

In the last couple of hours we have had three thunder storms in my area. Latest just passed through there in the last 5 minutes.

Strikes from the past 60 minutes.

Tazio

Well my house alarm sent me plenty of text messages this morning to let me know this morning there was plenty of sparks locally... (near Riverstick)

snaps

Ecm shows a scandi high again from this weekend. Gfs has it over France/Germany which is no good. The ecm seems to do this a lot on its later frames. If the ecm was to come off, it builds very cold air for us in the east part of Europe.

Oneiric 3

A fair few sfereic since midnight in parts. Another storm seems to be brewing over mid-west at the mo.

redsteveireland

Just to wet the appetite, a video of "gun-shot" lightning strike in Queensland.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/lightning-strikes-during-queensland-storm-140455004.html

Ads on yahoo videos are pretty damn annoying!

Simon Gruber Says

Are we due any sparks today? I notice both Dublin & Baldonnel are reporting CB's in their last Metars

Iancar29

Some nice hail and even some thunderstorms likely in the NW tomorrow.





Enjoy anyone up in that area! ...

billie1b

Iancar29 wrote: »

Some nice hail and even some thunderstorms likely in the NW tomorrow.





Enjoy anyone up in that area! ...

Båstards get all the fun!

dexter647

billie1b wrote: »

Båstards get all the fun!

:pac:...My sentiments exactly

DOCARCH

Quite a few sparks heading for the NW now. http://brunnur.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/

pauldry

Met eireann has gust of 76knots in mace at 9, is this right

Wasnt forecast

78 on Dec 18 when storms

Oneiric 3

pauldry wrote: »

Met eireann has gust of 76knots in mace at 9, is this right

Wasnt forecast

78 on Dec 18 when storms

Recorded a few gusts about 30 mins ago that almost matched those we got during the last few 'storms' (Galway county) Sounded almost tornadic for a couple of minutes.

DominoDub

Wind gusts picking up in Dubin CC ..ahead of this front line crossing the country..

ninebeanrows

Looks like this squall is giving gust from 50-60knots as it crosses the country

Oscar Bravo

Met eireann have issued an Orange weather warning valid until Monday 0900 for strong winds and high seas.

Chris_5339762

I was driving when that Squall Line hit (had only just gotten off the cliff walk in Bray). It was pretty brutal.

On Netweather now its lighting up the UK and is the most impressive Squall Line I've seen in the UK/Ireland.





Shame it wasn't quite this organised over Ireland earlier

youreadthat

Unbelievable weather here in north Bedfordshire. It was calm, then there was a flash of lightning and within 20-30 seconds there were swirling gusts, hail and rain. It happened so quickly and was so strong I thought there might be a tornado or something! Never seen such a sudden change in weather, especially in January! It's like a midsummer storm out there. :eek:

Harps

Hoping it can hold together until it reaches me in London, looks to be weakening now though

lolie

Harps wrote: »

Hoping it can hold together until it reaches me in London, looks to be weakening now though

How did you fair out after.
My brother in Tooting said they had very little thunder but said the rain in the squall was as heavy as he's seen.

cml387

I was sitting outside the cathedral in Mullingar when that hit this morning. It was like those pictures of hurricanes from Florida, and a severe gusting wind.

I belive there were some trees down around Mullingar at the same time. As spectacular a squall as I've seen for some time

Rikand

Just after having a water spout dust devil type thing go across lough ree in that squall that passed over Athlone. Couldn't get a video cause i was trying to keep dry but it was cool to watch

Harps

lolie wrote: »

How did you fair out after.
My brother in Tooting said they had very little thunder but said the rain in the squall was as heavy as he's seen.

Had visitors show up 5 minute before it hit so couldn't really get a proper look at it, two flashes of lightening and low rumbles was all we got though the rain and wind seemed very intense, the road was littered with twigs and branches afterwards

Lumi

Thunder, lightning and heavy hail in Galway city atm