Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Spring/Summer 2016

Shakey_jake

Come on!! A bit louder I can take it haha

D13

Steopo

Great show from Donabate, still going on

TheDoc

Crazy stuff I'm seeing from Malahide. Massive flashes. Thought it was a bogus LED in the garden from how the window was lighting up, went outside to then see it in the sky.

Not the weather I needed watching Penny Dreadful....

eviltwin

Absolutely nothing happening at all in Dublin 15. Very disappointing.

Mav11

Gone very quite in Stillorgan. All noise and no action not even a drop of rain!

ziggy23

Seems to be getting louder and more flashes here in Dublin 7:)

kittyn

Rougies wrote: »

You must be in a different D.16 to me then. :pac:

Must be ....... Dundrum here and the sky was impressive

Simon Gruber Says

Back building at the coast it seems. Flashes had moved west but pertered out. The eastern side is more active now.

Nibs05

Flashes every few seconds, it's epic on the east Meath coast

Stollaire

Watching and listening to the display from bed in D5. Very entertaining. Seeing the ping appear on the lightning location map a second or two later is the cherry on top.

fraxinus1

What's the best app to use to see where current thunderstorm activity is?

Bongalongherb

Just two flashes I got there but the bushes were in the way for a lower shot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSgcLLs6f8g

Bongalongherb

fraxinus1 wrote: »

What's the best app to use to see where current thunderstorm activity is?

Not sure of an app but this is the link to see where they strike... http://en.blitzortung.org/live_dynamic_maps.php?map=12

km79

fraxinus1 wrote: »

What's the best app to use to see where current thunderstorm activity is?

boards.ie

The One Doctor

Great watching the storms march their way north along the coast. Slightly scary too.

whippet

On the coast in Baltray and it's fairly decent for an Irish storm !! Seems to be tracing up east and for a while a flash every 30 secs or so. Not much rain with it mind you

JCX BXC

What are those sneaky little showers nearing greystones following up behind?

Any potential?

Simon Gruber Says

jamo2oo9

Up in NE Louth and there are some pretty big flashes going around lighting up the area. Needless to say, everyone in my house are at the windows giving each lightening a rating on the scale from shítty to woah, fúcking awesome :pac:

John_Rambo

Dublin North bay all quiet now. Seems to have headed North.

We see these storms a lot on holidays in warmer climates, they're unusual here. Interesting to see the reaction here;

-People out calling their dogs. (obviously spooked whilst on the nightly walk)
-Seagulls out making noise. (unusual at night)
-Herons croaking a lot. (normally roosted at this hour)
-Curlews sounding too. (again normally roosted away)
-House alarms sounding. (thunder pressure)
-The odd scream! (we really aren't used to electro storms!)

Any other observations?

PukkaStukka

I was down at Tower Bay in Portrane around 22:20 as the storm came ashore. Howth and Lambay Islands practically disappeared in the gloom that was heavy rain. The lightning was utterly ferocious with several strikes a minute with many of them going straight into the sea. I couldnt get my camera working properly in timelapse but I did when I got home. Snapped this one from my back porch.

Edit: this is a repost as the original image was too big

ironkiwi

D9 looking towards Howth

Hal1

Ah jaysis .

robclay26

Frequent lightning but no thunder looking east from Delvin at the moment

Turtle_

Seems to be all finished here in Howth... That was a rough one, normally enjoy them but the cat was stuck outside and couldn't get her in. She eventually showed up completely sodden, literally dripping... She's in bed now with a miniature hot water bottle...

Bsal

Monsoon like rainfall in Swords right now.

thomasj

It's been raining in blanch the last 20 minutes. Nothing too heavy to note but the sky looks really threatening. Something is coming !

Wanderer78

thomasj wrote:

It's been raining in blanch the last 20 minutes. Nothing too heavy to note but the sky looks really threatening. Something is coming !

Nothing much on radar

Bargain_Hound

Sailed from Holyhead > Dublin last night 9pm-12pm through the storms. It was a magnificent site to see. Lightning strikes hitting the sea every 2 minutes. I couldn't get any worthwhile pictures/videos as my phone died very soon in.

Iancar29

Some of my shots from last yesterday










7,500 strikes in the last 24 hours :cool: