Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion 2013/14

ninebeanrows

maquiladora wrote: »

It's a big multicellular thunderstorm about 200km wide. There are numerous active cells inside it now. Whether it'll still be active by the time it reaches the coast, we'll see...

Yea i'm not too sure of the exact thresholds for defining a MCC, but it sure isn't that far away from one. Very good representation.

whitebriar

dacogawa wrote: »

Nice sparks about 150km of the south coast now, I wonder will it hit the east ???

http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

BBC news 24 graphics has it missing the wexford/wicklow coast by about 20kms and heading up the irish sea for nw England and north wales.
Blast

Birtles

Power gone here for last 15 mins. Any lightning strikes showing up?
Can't check without broadband!!

MrFrisp

MiNdGaM3 wrote: »

I'm sure I heard a long rumble of thunder while out 15 minutes ago. Anyone else in Cork catch it?

Didn't hear any thunder..

You sure it wasn't a plane?
.

maquiladora

Birtles wrote: »

Power gone here for last 15 mins. Any lightning strikes showing up?
Can't check without broadband!!

Nothing on land, just out at sea though at the moment. Rain looks fairly heavy west of the city though.

dopolahpec

whitebriar wrote: »

BBC news 24 graphics has it missing the wexford/wicklow coast by about 20kms and heading up the irish sea for nw England and north wales.
Blast

Had a look on raintoday.co.uk and I agree. It is coming into view and looks to miss the coast for sure based on current trajectory. Pity. Looks potent.

Birtles

maquiladora wrote: »

Nothing on land, just out at sea though at the moment. Rain looks fairly heavy west of the city though.

Yep, very heavy. Just about able to drive. Lasted 20 mins or so easing off now.

Still no power

MiNdGaM3

MrFrisp wrote: »

Didn't hear any thunder..

You sure it wasn't a plane?
.

I didn't think it was, but suppose if nobody else heard it then it probably wasn't thunder!

Oh well, soon....

maquiladora

That line of showers west of Limerick seems to be finally getting more intense.

Cloud heights. The dark brown spots are 12km.

Super-Rush

Something decent for us down here in Carlow for the early hours of tomorrow.
It tracks North East to Dublin later on.

maquiladora

Tony Gilbert has a theory on what went wrong :

A significant southward dive of the upper jet stream since last forecast would suggest much less vertical shear over Ireland.

Look what we have here , this could give us what we want.

Look at it at 1500 hrs



And 1700 hrs

pad199207

maquiladora wrote: »

Tony Gilbert has a theory on what went wrong :

Would only happen in Ireland ofcourse

redsteveireland

SQUALL LINE now clearly visible on radar.

Looks like the South west and west U.K are going to get the brunt of the system building up now off the south coast.

Follow the U.K met radar and you can see it push over there.

Typical ! GRrrrr

My only hope of seeing a real thunderstorm is in the south of Germany in a few weeks ! I'll have the camera handy.

Ireland and Thunderstorms ? forget it !

maquiladora

There's a cell just off Kinsale producing some lightning in the past few minutes.

No shortage of boring old cloud for Ireland, weather less weather as I call it, just dull and boring.

maquiladora

Deleted User wrote: »

No shortage of boring old cloud for Ireland, weather less weather as I call it, just dull and boring.

We get it.

MrFrisp

Orange Flood Alert just issued for Cork..

Severe Weather Alert for the Cork area: Code Level Orange
Over 50 mm of rain possible in the next 24 hours in the southwest of county Cork and between 25 and 40 mm in other parts of the county.
Source: Met Éireann

Larbre34

That's all she wrote for the drought then....

snowstorm445

Just heard some faint thunder here in Cork.

km79

The sky to the west of me(towards Galway) has been pitch black for the last hour. The clouds do not seem to be getting any closer even though they appear to be move north east on the radar. And the radar shows heavy precipitation over me.......it's imminent id say ....

redsteveireland

km79 wrote: »

The sky to the west of me(towards Galway) has been pitch black for the last hour. The clouds do not seem to be getting any closer even though they appear to be move north east on the radar. And the radar shows heavy precipitation over me.......it's imminent id say ....

That would be the squall line moving in a north/north easterly direction. Just a bit of rain though.

Rock Lesnar

MrFrisp wrote: »

Orange Flood Alert just issued for Cork..

Severe Weather Alert for the Cork area: Code Level Orange
Over 50 mm of rain possible in the next 24 hours in the southwest of county Cork and between 25 and 40 mm in other parts of the county.
Source: Met Éireann

where did you see this warning, i cant see it on their website or twitter feed. i hope we dont get any of the 40mm, im still enjoying the good weather here

snaps

MrFrisp wrote: »

Orange Flood Alert just issued for Cork..

Severe Weather Alert for the Cork area: Code Level Orange
Over 50 mm of rain possible in the next 24 hours in the southwest of county Cork and between 25 and 40 mm in other parts of the county.
Source: Met Éireann

Doesn't seem much on the radar or sat24 satellite going that way, if anything it seems to be clearing up and bright

Lumi

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

where did you see this warning, i cant see it on their website or twitter feed. i hope we dont get any of the 40mm, im still enjoying the good weather here

Its here http://www.corkcity.ie/sw/

Some nasty rain heading into South West England.

Rock Lesnar

Lumi wrote: »

Its here http://www.corkcity.ie/sw/

so its just for Cork then and no mention of 50mm, when i saw other parts of the country getting 25-40mm, i taught the good weather might actually be over but panic over now

Ok just got a weather warning on my phone regarding rain :eek:

vickers209

Big black clouds rolling over Wicklow town gone quiet windy too few specs of rain startin to fall

Harps

That narrow band of rain is over me for the past hour and I can safely confirm that its nothing close to being a squall line! A bit of drizzle on and off, the intensity is actually less than what the radar is suggesting