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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Spring/Summer 15

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    #302
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    #gets hopeful# :D


    new high of 26.2c here
    Currently 25c inland near Arklow

    Sun's out all afternoon but acca and cb's visible in a circle to south west and north


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    #303
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,849 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    I'm camping in a field on the Cavan/Fermanagh border tonight, sun popped out an hour ago and things starting to rise around me, hopefully an epic light show tonight :-)


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    #304
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    WheatenBriar wrote: »
    #gets hopeful# :D


    new high of 26.2c here
    Currently 25c inland near Arklow

    Sun's out all afternoon but acca and cb's visible in a circle to south west and north
    I can see something interesting far to the south from my attic window but because of the haze I'm wasn't sure whether its cumulus or CnB?


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    #305
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 24,188 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Thoughts for Lansdowne Road tonight @ ac/dc?


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    #306
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    Thoughts for Lansdowne Road tonight @ ac/dc?
    They will create their own storm .:):)


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    #307
    diceyd
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭diceyd


    jimmynokia wrote: »
    They will create their own storm .:):)

    Thunderstruck?


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    #308
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    diceyd wrote: »
    Thunderstruck?

    Thats the one..:D


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    #309
    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Evelyn has spoken
    Bit of rain or drizzle tonight
    No thunder


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    #310
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    WheatenBriar wrote: »
    Evelyn has spoken
    Bit of rain or drizzle tonight
    No thunder
    She was on the radio today she would put you to sleep... :D:D then again so would Ray Darcy.


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    #311
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    Did I just hear thunder in Dublin. Really sounded like it d6 area


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    #312
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,257 ✭✭✭highdef


    Doubt you heard thunder


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    #313
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Reckless Abandonment wrote: »
    Did I just hear thunder in Dublin. Really sounded like it d6 area
    Came on to ask the same myself, D6 too


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    #314
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    Everything on the radar and forecast says I didn't . But feck me it sounded like it


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    #315
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    It is very quite and calm in DN20 TOO QUITE FOR MY LIKING....
    I have a feeling the sky will light up soon


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    #316
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,257 ✭✭✭highdef


    A few more cells in the middle of the country however the most recent satellite images are really interesting....seems to be a sudden explosion of cloud over much of the country


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    #317
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Some lightning now from those new cells.


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    #318
    Rock Lesnar
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    highdef wrote: »
    A few more cells in the middle of the country however the most recent satellite images are really interesting....seems to be a sudden explosion of cloud over much of the country

    Apart from some very high cloud, the sky is clear in the North East, not expecting anything here.


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    #319
    ninebeanrows
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    A strike near Clara in the last 15 minutes


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    #320
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    Weathercheck wrote: »
    A strike near Clara in the last 15 minutes

    Confirmed. Torrential downpour near Clara. Lasted 5 minutes. Rain rate 168mm p/ h max. Gone as soon as it came.


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    #321
    Trebor176
    Registered Users Posts: 3,414 ✭✭✭Trebor176


    A couple of strikes have just shown up around the Athlone/Mullingar area on Lightning maps. Quite close in succession.


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    #322
    lampylady
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    Any storms in Tullamore?


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    #323
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,257 ✭✭✭highdef


    lampylady wrote: »
    Any storms in Tullamore?

    The very active storm currently west of Mullingar and moving north passed Tullamore as it developed about an hour ago


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    #324
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    Nice sky in Dublin some clouds that's all.. Grrrr...


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    #325
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,849 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    That system is coming right over head shortly. Cavan/Fermanagh border near Belturbet.

    Please be some sparks :-)


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    #326
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Classic supercell shape .
    11692477_816603005126269_6773146430359583989_n.png?oh=661fab266afdeb86b52a08a9df59c920&oe=561FAE74

    Golf ball sized hail
    11012349_10153985106699867_1235018205609734945_n.jpg?oh=c7805e4f0af6d5d49cf8acdc76739a58&oe=56343163

    11059753_10205845305045035_5528000703333639996_n.jpg?oh=de3588ca954c8b2e250d4fd4ac33db75&oe=562D568C


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    #327
    lolie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭lolie


    sparrowcar wrote: »
    That system is coming right over head shortly. Cavan/Fermanagh border near Belturbet.

    Please be some sparks :-)

    Unfortunately it looks like it's fizzled out on the radar.
    Heard a few distant rumbles from it earlier, the last one at 9.30.


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    #328
    Rougies
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Rougies


    That's some monster in the Bay of Biscay just making landfall in the west of France. 175 strikes per minute right now.

    Royan webcams, holy **** that ferris wheel is in trouble I reckon! :O

    http://www.royan-tourisme.co.uk/share/webcams


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    #329
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Rougies wrote: »
    That's some monster in the Bay of Biscay just making landfall in the west of France. 175 strikes per minute right now.

    Royan webcams, holy **** that ferris wheel is in trouble I reckon! :O

    http://www.royan-tourisme.co.uk/share/webcams


    Woah great linK!


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    #330
    Rougies
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Rougies


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Woah great linK!

    Don't know if you caught it, but the cameras were shaking like crazy when I edited the link in, looks relatively calm now!


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    #331
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Small risk of a few sparks tomorrow afternoon/eve with northern half of the country most at risk.

    New Moon



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