Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2017

George Sunsnow

Bejubby wrote: »

Can here rumbles now, so. County wexford

Whereabouts in Wexford,south or east of the county?

MidMan25

Danno wrote: »

Rain Radar for 7.15pm shows the show approaching the south coast and some beefy downpours in the mix. Any south-coasters here???

South coast on the coast

Danno

https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/887377667833516032

OMG!

Soccarboy11

And here comes the rain, big drops of it too! Not great with weather terms but love the weather! Haven't seen a storm in years!

Comhrá

That cell just off Baltimore West Cork looks like it could track up towards Limerick or even W.Clare.

I may have to put my earlier scepticism on hold for the next few hours

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

Mech1

whats the best direction to point the gopro at tonight, in D16?

Oh and time lapse or video?

Meteorite58

Deluge on the way

Rougies

Soccarboy11 wrote: »

And here comes the rain, big drops of it too! Not great with weather terms but love the weather! Haven't seen a storm in years!

"Big drops" is the correct term

Danno

Mech1 wrote: »

whats the best direction to point the gopro at tonight, in D16?

Oh and time lapse or video?

South!
Timelapse early on while there is still some day light, then video!

Rougies

Danno wrote: »

South!
Timelapse early on while there is still some day light, then video!

There's is some activity starting in the Irish Sea too, so who knows what direction it will come from (if it does at all).

JCX BXC

Comhra wrote: »

That cell just off Baltimore West Cork looks like it could track up towards Limerick or even W.Clare.

W.Clare:D:D

Stop teasing me!

Bejubby

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Whereabouts in Wexford,south or east of the county?

Just inland of hook head.
Good spot for storm watch especially coming from that direction

SEPT 23 1989

Bejubby wrote: »

Just inland of hook head.
Good spot for storm watch especially coming from that direction

Special experience watching it roll in

northgirl

:eek:

Missymoohaa

I hope that's tracking North, in North West Wicklow and it should hit us nicely.

Mech1

whats the best live strikes map link?

pedigree 6

I was going to go topping.
But shur feck it. I'm off to Kilmore Quay.:D:pac:

Soccarboy11

seems to be brighting up a little here again, rain, thunder etc stopped. Darker towards baltimore. Hopefully it isn't the end!

Wanderer78

Mech1 wrote: »

whats the best live strikes map link?

subjective but lightningmaps.org works for me

Discodog

This tracks 3 hours ahead.

http://meteoradar.co.uk/expected-rainfall

MidMan25

northgirl wrote: »

:eek:

That huge cluster of strikes lines up with precipitation heading for the south around half 11 as far as I can make out. Hopefully it continues to produce lightning like that when it gets here!

Rougies

Discodog wrote: »

This tracks 3 hours ahead.

http://meteoradar.co.uk/expected-rainfall

This is completely useless most of the time, and especially useless in a convective situation like this. All it does is take a snapshot of the current radar image and moves it according to wind direction.

Discodog

Rougies wrote: »

This is completely useless most of the time, and especially useless in a convective situation like this. All it does is take a snapshot of the current radar image and moves it according to wind direction.

Well I use it a lot & find it reasonable for typical rain. It's better than nothing. It extends the existing track & has nothing to do with wind

Meteorite58

Getting close to the Waterford coast now

Soccarboy11

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Getting close to the Waterford coast now

Where do you get this map, if you don't mind me asking

Rougies

Discodog wrote: »

Well I use it a lot & find it reasonable for typical rain. It's better than nothing. It extends the existing track & has nothing to do with wind

Ok maybe it's not "completely useless", but I'm warning of it's crudeness.

And it doesn't extend the existing track. That large area of precip to the SW of Cornwall has barely moved all day, yet that map has it all suddenly tracking NW in the direction of the wind.

Wanderer78

Soccarboy11 wrote: »

Where do you get this map, if you don't mind me asking

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

glightning

Rougies wrote: »

Danno wrote: »

South!
Timelapse early on while there is still some day light, then video!

There's is some activity starting in the Irish Sea too, so who knows what direction it will come from (if it does at all).

Yes, the Irish Sea is beginning to fire off. The interest is not so much the direction of those particular cells but more about which new locations destabilization is beginning to occur in. The Irish Sea activity is promising since it shows that well ahead of midnight, the atmosphere is becoming conducive for deep convection even as far north as Wicklow / Dublin. Which hopefully bodes well for people further north.

Meteorite58

Where do you get this map, if you don't mind me asking

Netweather http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess= ( the one I use is a subscription service for more detail and records )

This is good also http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php?map=12 and https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=sat;r=0;t=3;s=1;d=2;a=2;dc=0;o=0;n=0;y=52.083;x=-7.0561;z=9;b=0.00;dl=2;

glightning

Altocumulus developing to my south now. I'm based in the southern part of County Antrim