Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion Spring/Summer 2018

jamesbere

Thus is great, some blasts now

MidMan25

What are the warning levels for thunderstorms? This definitely feels like a more severe event than a yellow warning would suggest. Torrential rain, surface water on roads is very bad.

sryanbruen

MidMan25 wrote: »

What are the warning levels for thunderstorms? This definitely feels like a more severe event than a yellow warning would suggest. Torrential rain, surface water on roads is very bad.

Met Éireann's explanation doesn't provide much.

Yellow: Thunderstorms No Criterion – not displayed.
Orange: Thunderstorms Widespread thundery activity over an area of several counties.
Red: Thunderstorms No Criterion.

Hot damn, these are some nice pics!

https://twitter.com/TheYunners/status/1000540699882868736

Kermit.de.frog

Seeing lightning now from north Dublin to my southeast.

Could be the cells off south Wicklow but it seems somewhat closer.

refusetolose

crazy carry on in cork

pad199207

Huge flashes to my south now

Lots of flashes now just outside of Carlow Town, no thunder. Looks cool !

Kermit.de.frog

pad199207 wrote: »

Huge flashes to my south now

Cells off Wicklow

https://www.met.ie/

SleetAndSnow

Seems to have died off a bit now. That lasted how long? Hour and a bit? Was crazy intense there for a minute.

Edit: Another flash and more thunder just as I posted that along with heavy rain

Gmail

Insane thunderstorm in riverstick cork just now
Finally passed I think but lasted ages

Sheep are a bit upset!

Sheep are a bit upset!

sdanseo

All that stuff is moving directly towards us through the UK at a rate of knots

Be interesting to see if anything makes it across the water.

https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

Right getting another Beer and sit outside!

Kermit.de.frog

Dubs looking southeast now will see frequent lightning against the sky. It's a great sight

pad199207

Seeing forks now in the clouds

Grandeeod

Deleted User wrote: »

Lots of flashes now just outside of Carlow Town, no thunder. Looks cool !

Im on the laois/Kilkenny border and I can see those flashes.

jamesbere

It's like ww3 outside

sdanseo

Listening to Liveatc as well and watching flightradar. EIN7RE is avoiding weather immediately to his SE. Has made 3 or 4 course adjustments to avoid at this stage. Gives a good idea of where the cell is.##ATC reporting lighting over the city as well, probably some view from the tower.

Can hear very distant rumbles!

Kermit.de.frog

Lightbulbs flashing now.

WoolyJumper

Was woken up by a massive clap of thunder about 10 mins ago. There has been another 2 since then. Im just outside Cork city

pad199207

I swore I just hear thunder in Naas

God damn sheep are freaking me out and I’m out on my own here !

SleetAndSnow

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Just above 19 degrees here and its nearly 10pm which is unusual, assuming it has to do with the storm. Expecting a few stray sparks in here in the city

Well I can say I got aot more then I asked for! Streetlights went off and back on there power didn't go through. Wifi seems to have died though

Musefan

I can hear rain starting to fall outside in dublin 14

sdanseo

96+ mm/hr rain rate now in the Irish Sea cell. I've never seen that in a forecast let alone a live radar (usual grains of salt re accuracy)

Wow.

snowstorm445

Some really powerful crackling rumbles of thunder here in Cork for the last hour or so. Never heard anything like it for years.

sunbabe08

Holy Jaysus almighty. That was freaking huge

Man this is cool !