Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Spring/Summer 2016

lolie

Looks impressive on meteox

John.Icy

Heard plenty of thunder, but the majority of the bad stuff passed to our NE, by maybe a mile or two here in Sligo town, was pitch black in that direction. Very impressive radar at present, Leitrim looks like the place to be.

Kovu

yorlum11 wrote: »

Has to be some serious thunder and lightening in Leitrim/Sligo. Wow looks great on the radar.

Can confirm, was crazy with lightning/thunder simultaneously. Still pouring rain with thunder.

(Between south-mid Leitrim)

Storm 10

I find it hard to believe that with so much thunder lightning no one had posted a singe picture or video

thomasj

There's more coming our way!

Trebor176

thomasj wrote: »

There's more coming our way!

I won't be surprised if it fizzles out on approach.

fraxinus1

Although the radar over Leitrim and Sligo looks impressive, there is surprisingly little lightening.

fraxinus1

thomasj wrote: »

There's more coming our way!

That will fizzle out.

fraxinus1

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Not here it wasn't..

Absolutely no where near it. A very average thunderstorm event.

Looking at the radar pic above looks like something brewing in the Bay Of Biscay ? perhaps a taste of some real Thunderstorms like the 80's where they used to originate ? Maybe the wind might blow it our way ?

uck51js9zml2yt

Glorious here in the botanic gardens:)

Selena Melted Radiator

Selena Melted Radiator wrote: »

Glorious here in the botanic gardens:)

I take it that's bad then ?

Oscar Bravo

Bit of storm chasing, why not

thomasj

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Looking at the radar pic above looks like something brewing in the Bay Of Biscay ? perhaps a taste of some real Thunderstorms like the 80's where they used to originate ? Maybe the wind might blow it our way ?

Fingers crossed here's latest radar

vickers209

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0606/793648-power/

muffler

Quite a nit of thunder and lightning around Ballybofey area in the last 20 minutes. It appears to be moving slowly away

Musefan

Anything in store for South Drogheda, East Meath? Sun splitting the stones at the moment. Would love something to shift the clamminess.

Aerohead

Storm 10 wrote: »

I find it hard to believe that with so much thunder lightning no one had posted a singe picture or video

Agreen with storm here, how come no one has posted pictures of what we are being told is non stop thunder and lightning, no pictures or video then it never happened

Elmer Blooker

fraxinus1 wrote: »

Although the radar over Leitrim and Sligo looks impressive, there is surprisingly little lightening.

Like here earlier on, three rumbles and that was about it. We tend to get more thundery rain here rather than those big storms that they get on the continent.

uck51js9zml2yt

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I take it that's bad then ?

Only if I had wanted to see an electrical storm

lolie

That cell earlier fired up as it was passed by here.
Rain wasn't as heavy a i thought it would be.
Seen really nice fork flashes although a lot were hidden behind the rain.
Seen two massive flashes before i got the camera out, nearly to close for comfort.

Lumi

Last Hour courtesy of the U.K. Lightning detector on NetWeather

jimmynokia

Looks lovely up the north west, got hammered.

The forecast now as of 15:21 , doesn't look encouraging.

Warm and humid for the rest of today with spells of hazy sunshine. Heavy scattered showers will continue for a time mainly in the midlands and north with the risk of thundery downpours leading to localized flooding, elsewhere it will be mostly dry with just isolated showers.

Tonight heavy scattered showers will continue for a time over north Leinster, Ulster and Connacht but elsewhere will be mostly dry with just isolated showers. Humid and mild tonight with lowest temperatures staying around 12 to 14 degrees in light southerly or variable breezes with mist or fog patches forming.

Xenji

It looks like the brunt of the storm currently in Donegal and Derry is going to push into the North Channel, still small pockets of activity along the Sligo/Roscommon border.

thomasj

Few more beefy showered have popped up in Kildare and Meath

Edit:in fact lightening strikes in trim in the last 20 minutes.

thomasj

Seems to quite an active cell in the trim area at the moment. Wonder where it's heading to?

LEIN

Quiet here after this afternoons madness.

Was a very unexpected event.

Rock Lesnar

Thunder now in north meath, no rain

thomasj

Few more interesting cells cropping up. Dunshaughlin and maynooth look about to kick off.