Thursday/Friday: Lightning Storms, Flash Flooding Event Thread

Whehey!

I live by the sea and right now I can't tell the difference between where the horizon is and where the sea ends, there both the very same colour. Very eery almost expecting a pirate ship to float by

Mortelaro

Lightning strike about 20kms east southeast of hook head

Oneiric 3

leahyl wrote: »

Risk for Cork city?!

Would put it at about 30% chance. Which I admit sounds very non-committal.

Darwin

Just caught the Channel 4 weather, shows precipitation up a lot of midland and north midland counties from 9pm, not much for Dublin I'm afraid. You can watch it here from about 36 seconds in:
https://www.channel4.com/weather/video

Oneiric 3

NW breeze here, though still very light, is picking up ever so slightly, suggesting that the air is being sucked away towards somewhere east of here. Pressure is falling slowly as it has been for the last 3 hours or so.

degsie

Just felt a drop of rain, west Dublin. Going inside!

spookwoman

Is shannon radar acting up again?

Rougies

spookwoman wrote: »

Is shannon radar acting up again?

Looks fine to me.

Meteorite58

Its on the way

and a new cluster of strikes from the same cell

snowjon

Clouds at lunchtime today here in Bangor , Co. Down , and then this evening . It looks more like the towering Altocumulus Castellanus this evening - maybe a good sign for storms later !

tabby aspreme

Looking toward West Wicklow it's a mix of grey and pink sky, almost like fog coming down, there is something on the way

Gaoth Laidir

The Met Éireann aviation chart for 1 am shows a trough lying Donegal Bay - Dublin - SW Wales, moving northwards at 30 knots. Weather associated with it forecast to be occasional moderate/heavy rain showers/thunderstorms, with occasional embedded Cb bases 4500-9000 ft. All the airport TAFs mention just a slight (PROB30) chance of thunderstorms.

The high dewpoints of 20+ degrees didn't materialise today, so needless to say neither did those crazy SBCAPE charts we were seeing in yesterday's runs. A very strong cap was in place both here and in England, and it took some uplift from terrain to form those storms over the SW UK. The Camborne sounding from midday shows steep mid-level lapse rates that aided that deep convection, but we need similar to occur with the help from the upper trough. The few strikes southeast of Wexford is something, I suppose, but I was hoping to see a lot more action by now. I might just stand on my roof holding a metal pole later to try to devine something out of the air but I'm not too enthused by it all.

Beechwoodspark

Uncomfortably hot here in mid Kildare

We need rain lots of it and the temps to drop

Humberto Salazar

Its been a disappointment. If we were to see anything major, we needed to see a lot of Biscay action earlier today. But nothing, so I'll not be in watch later, I don't think anything is materializing from this.

Mortelaro

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Its on the way

and a new cluster of strikes from the same cell

That train looks like its heading for the Arklow station?

Nabber

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

Its been a disappointment. If we were to see anything major, we needed to see a lot of Biscay action earlier today. But nothing, so I'll not be in watch later, I don't think anything is materializing from this.

Great input there

Meteorite58

Going to be a late one

degsie

Why do these threads turn into lightning/flooding porn? These events can be destructive to people, animals & property. The zeal with which people look forward to this stuff is disturbing imho.

Rougies

degsie wrote: »

Why do these threads turn into lightning/flooding porn? These events can be destructive to people, animals & property. The zeal with which people look forward to this stuff is disturbing imho.

Another one to cross off my event thread bingo card!

Meteorite58

That cell off Rosslare hasn't shown sferics in 15 or 20 mins

sumtings

degsie wrote: »

Why do these threads turn into lightning/flooding porn? These events can be destructive to people, animals & property. The zeal with which people look forward to this stuff is disturbing imho.

Because people are complicated and can appreciate the sublime power of nature, while not wishing that power be destuctivally aimed at people, animals and property and knowing that how they feel about it has no effect on the outcome.

Mortelaro

Meteorite58 wrote: »

That cell off Rosslare hasn't shown sferics in 15 or 20 mins

Ah well
Raining here in Arklow now

pad199207

Meteorite58 wrote: »

That cell off Rosslare hasn't shown sferics in 15 or 20 mins

Just sparked again there lol

MonkstownHoop

degsie wrote: »

Why do these threads turn into lightning/flooding porn? These events can be destructive to people, animals & property. The zeal with which people look forward to this stuff is disturbing imho.

exactly i'm only following to find out that nothing happens so i can walk to work in peace tomorrow and enjoy a beautiful day when i finish, imagine wanting anything else

PukkaStukka

There's a storm over Anglesey now and looking east from my house, I can see the tops of the anvil. It must be a beast

Beechwoodspark

Good lord - Wife and kids crying /uncomfortable with this dead heat and we are coming up to a quarter to 9 at night?!

What can I tell them - temps should fall around hour from now? I’m in mid Kildare.

nacho libre

Gonzo wrote: »

I get the feeling there will quite a few of us battle soldiers waiting up tonight into silly hours of the morning waiting for something to happen. With rare chances such as this even the possibility of a flash of lightning is enough to keep many up and witness a spectacle that is common in most parts of the world but a rare beauty in a country such as Ireland!

Yes. A lightning show at night is definitely worth staying up late for! The last great one i recall was in May 2001- there was constant flashes of fork lightning across the sky for over an hour.

pad199207

Decent drops of rain in Kildare

amor3

nacho libre wrote: »

Yes. A lightning show at night is definitely worth staying up late for! The last great one i recall was in May 2001- there was constant flashes of fork lightning across the sky for over an hour.

Showing my age now, but there was an almighty thunder and lightening storm in the early 80's. I'm guessing it was 84 ish... relentless flashes and bangs, knocked the electricity out for hours! The best (and scariest) t & L that I can remember, I think I was only 4 or 5!!! :-)

spookwoman

amor3 wrote: »

Showing my age now, but there was an almighty thunder and lightening storm in the early 80's. I'm guessing it was 84 ish... relentless flashes and bangs, knocked the electricity out for hours! The best (and scariest) t & L that I can remember, I think I was only 4 or 5!!! :-)

I remember one as well in the midlands around that time and the lightning was blouncing off lough ree.