Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion : Spring/Summer 2020

froog

it's going to start getting spicy around 8pm i feel in cork/waterford.

spookwoman

froog wrote: »

it's going to start getting spicy around 8pm i feel in cork/waterford.

Seems to be intensifying again

esposito

spookwoman wrote: »

Seems to be intensifying again

Hope somewhere in Ireland gets thunder & lightning anyway. It most likely won’t be where I am (Dublin) Hope to be proven wrong though.

spookwoman

esposito wrote: »

Hope somewhere in Ireland gets thunder & lightning anyway. It most likely won’t be where I am (Dublin) Hope to be proven wrong though.

Clouds are taking on a thundery look. Touch of undulatus coming in off the sea

Rikand

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Video!!

The wife is terrified of storms, but I'll do my best to get something if it happens. Note, there may be screams from her telling me to get away from the windows while I'm recording :rolleyes:

SweetCaliber

Jaysus quite jealous of our neighbours :eek:

Rikand

Cool looking cell exploding up over northern Italy

https://en.sat24.com/en

Storm 10

If you can it's worth looking at Reporting Scotland after the news on BBC1 Scotlabd at 9.30 incredible scenes of devastlion two houses gutted after lightning strikes , flooding and landslides you can get it in other channels on Sky search for the freq

jimmynokia

Probably nothing going to happen but could the weather nothing take us by surprise are the ingredients there?

Danno

Got that popcorn stuff we also seen a few weeks ago moving up from the south outta Kilkenny County.

spookwoman

Danno wrote: »

Got that popcorn stuff we seen a few weeks ago moving up from the south outta Kilkenny County.

Mammatus?

Danno

spookwoman wrote: »

Mammatus?

Not as dramatic as in this pic, but something similar on a much smaller scale.

leahyl

Aw no not disappointment again? Are we still on track for some activity?

lolie

SweetCaliber wrote: »

Jaysus quite jealous of our neighbours :eek:

Those storms must be very intense, you know there's a lot of lightning when you press "Lightning on" on the Netweather radar and its several seconds before the strikes show on the map.

spookwoman

That low dark cloud is clearing is heading out to sea and the white high puffy stuff moving in to shore

Cooljaybeans

Another cell developed of the south coast , hopefully this 1 won't die out before it reaches us

RubyK

Just back from the beach in Tramore, was really really warm 25 degrees on the car dash. Sky is brightening up, but looked quite dark towards the east of the county.

Meteorite58

Cloud moving into the S and SE, not showing any great height in it yet and not looking cold enough yet for thunderstorms but models are holding firm for active thunderstorms with heavy rain overnight and tomorrow. Might see convection getting going over land in the next few hours especially along S and SE coasts as the trough and instability moves in over Ireland bringing the storms inland. That's the plan anyways

Meteorite58

Convergence along the coast might kick something off

road_high

I was allover the south east this afternoon (east Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny) - there’s a dead heat today and not a breath of fresh air. Hopefully we get another nice display pushing up from the south Irish Sea like a few months back

*eadaoin

Lightningmaps.org showing lots of random strikes around the country in the last while. Is it reliable as a source to watch lightning? It seems to show things sparking up a little bit.

I’m just in the south/north Tipp border near Thurles. It’s been dead still and heavy heat all day long, but after cooling down in the last hour.

Danno

Some convection building to my west, out across West Laois/North Tipp area?

Danno

*eadaoin wrote: »

Lightningmaps.org showing lots of random strikes around the country in the last while. Is it reliable as a source to watch lightning? It seems to show things sparking up a little bit.

I’m just in the south/north Tipp border near Thurles. It’s been dead still and heavy heat all day long, but after cooling down in the last hour.

I remember reading something about the time as the sun sets, the atmosphere tends to scatter the lightning signals. Usually takes an hour or so to settle back down.

*eadaoin

Danno wrote: »

I remember reading something about the time as the sun sets, the atmosphere tends to scatter the lightning signals. Usually takes an hour or so to settle back down.

Ah okay, nothing to get excited about so. I’ll go back to being eternally hopeful that a good storm is coming!

spookwoman

Just back in myself, needed coffee. Lets hope it kicks off later

Donegal Storm

Impressive looking MCS developed across in in the UK, looks to be very slow moving so wouldn't be surprised to read of some serious flash flooding in the morning

Gonzo

not expecting anything here in Meath but the cloudy sky does seem to have a strange slightly brown tint to the greyness over the past hour or so.

fleet_admiral

Wales like a Christmas tree at present

StackSteevens

Interesting graphic from Metcheck! We wuz robbed!


https://www.metcheck.com/WEATHER/past_24hours_lightning_strikes.asp

SleetAndSnow

Everytime I leave Cork there are chances of thunderstorms (for theast few times!!), Hopefully it happens for my fellow corkonions though. Doesn't look like anything up here in sligo though!