Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion 2013/14

Tornando9

Estofex going with 50% chance of some action

maquiladora

Tornando9 wrote: »

The worst part about forecasting in Ireland we should have downgrade removed from the dictionary.

NAE looks to be struggling with this setup, very poor performance IMO

I've already had more rain this morning in Waterford than the NAE had for the next 30 hours!

Gonzo

lovely day here so far, much better than yesterday already

maquiladora

Fairly potent cell near Buncrana producing a bit of lightning in the past half hour or so.

Down south, looks like the rain has finally shifted north of Cork city, but there may be more to follow later today.

Davaeo09

Yup just had a serious down pour here outside Kilkenny, no thunder yet but that shower was just as heavy as some of the mid week ones.

Clearing up a little now, hoping for some more action later

cant wait for later

(prayers to weather Gods...)

Reckless Abandonment

Radar really coming to life now

whitebriar

Currently beautiful and 22c (again) in Arklow.At this stage,Counting days with maxes of 22 and more here,there have been an unusual amount of them and way above average,even after the heat waves end.

The heat and current wind directions should aid convergence convection from the black stairs to the wicklows on this side of the country,it usually does.

martic

maquiladora wrote: »

Fairly potent cell near Buncrana producing a bit of lightning in the past half hour or so.

Down south, looks like the rain has finally shifted north of Cork city, but there may be more to follow later today.

Some nice loud bangs coming from it

Sierra Oscar

Some serious rain coming down in Dublin 4 at the moment.

pad199207

some spectacular skies out to my SW atm.

maquiladora

It's starting to kick off near Nenagh.

H2UMrsRobinson

Storm 10 wrote: »

Where is that house

Without getting too specific - it's in Fairview d3 - strike happened between 4-6 pm Friday.

Iancar29

Just home from work , gonna have some lunch and then make our way up towards Ashbourne area , somwhere on a hill with a view south. Hopefully something might wait until then and head my way

DominoDub

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Some serious rain coming down in Dublin 4 at the moment.

Confirmed in Dublin 2

RobertKK

Heard one clap of thunder in the past ten minutes, before it arrived Satellite signal went and came back during the short, sharp shower.

maquiladora

RobertKK wrote: »

Heard one clap of thunder in the past ten minutes, before it arrived Satellite signal went and came back during the short, sharp shower.

It's just north of Castlecomer.

DominoDub

tylercollins

Just awake after an all night photoshoot along the north coast. Nice 10+ second rumbles of thunder heard in distance. Just getting food and then a wash and I'll be out taking pictures and video to see what I can capture. 06z isn't as good for the North West as it was yesterday so not expecting anything major like Friday evening!

Harps

HIRLAM shows some heavy showers for the NW from 3pm onwards, not a lot before then though there's already been a few this afternoon so hard to know how much faith you can put in it

pad199207

Some nice anvils around here but i dont think there going to develop into anything special tbh....

maquiladora

Strikes in the southwest and midlands in the last hour :



As expected cells are popping up quickly but not lasting for very long due to poor wind shear. Almost anywhere from the southwest to the northeast could see a few flashes this afternoon/evening, just don't expect a supercell.

stooge

Thunder just outside athlone now. Can't see any lightening though.

TheMilkyPirate

Nothing here all week and looks set to stay that way unfortunately.

Supercell

Vicious shower here at the moment, rain rate peaked at 77.8mm/hr and still absolutely coming down. Surprised not to hear thunder.

snowjon

Thunder in Bangor and torrential rain!

tylercollins

This cell see to be building slightly as it heads towards the North Coast. Very slow moving, though went past me to my south. But I can still hear thunder coming from it. Hopefully first of many long lived cells



Unfortunately, my bank balance says no to chasing any great distances today, so local for me only

snowjon

Almost constant thunder for the last 5 minutes - incredible!

Storm 10

Blast of thunder over Galway

chris2007

Will dublin get any action today?