Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Summer 2022

Kermit.de.frog

Not counting chickens but this is going beautifully so far...

Banarol

I know its very obvious but don't forget to charge phones etc up fully because some of us could be without electricity for quite a while. There would be nothing as bad as to have the phone on 1 percent charge with the show beginning and the electricity cuts out

PokeHerKing

Met Eireanns radar has Dublins window from midnight to 2am and not as intense looking as earlier today

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472791#Comment_119472791

We were not so risk adverse. Our house is the highest point in the Northeast of the city. We stood next to a big electric pole right outside to watch the display.

pad199207

Nowcast now

Meteorite58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472706#Comment_119472706

Just landed in Kerry Airport before 18.00 and had thunder and lightning, small bit of rain , could see heavy rain shafts in the distance, getting increasingly dull and could cut the air. Luckily turbulence not too bad on approach, didn't tell my wife till we landed about the warnings 😀, would have been a nervy flight If I had told her earlier!

jackrussel

Can hear thunder in cork city, sounds like it’s to the west

Gonzo

My friends live right where that storm cell in Roscommon and they are saying it's a really good storm, loads of lightning and thunder. I'm jealous.

sunbabe08

I’m not sure if I’m imaging things, but I’m hearing rumbles in on the north side of cork city

Rougies

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472677#Comment_119472677

Yes it would be an epic thunderstorm for Dublin if it verified, but it's almost impossible to predict where exactly thunderstorms will form.

thomil

Some light gusts here in Ballincollig now but still absolutely sweltering here at 27.4C.

Oh and I can already see the gap in the forming rainfall line that is likely going to hit Ballincollig, so it looks like I'm in for another disappointment...

Kermit.de.frog

My prediction is we'll see ever more cells pop up through the evening, then we'll get back-building and merging of these cells.

This will be an amazing spectacle for some, maybe most.

JanuarySnowstor

Constant rumbling now in Cork, but still a bit away

dacogawa

Ah, Castlerea. It was nice knowing you 😉😂

Dazler97

That's 1 thundery sky

AMKC

Well I normally leave my dogs outside but definitely bringing them in tonight in case of Thunder Storms.

hunted-forreal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472802#Comment_119472802

Good advice!! I’ve already charged the power bank in antici…….pation of a 2022 version of 1985. I was only 6, and remember 1985 like yesterday, the constant lightning, feeling terrified but excited by the reassurance of my father being so excited. Would love to see it one more time……..

greenpilot

Two freeze frames from a vid shot out the window towards Castlerea. It's been almost 1 hour of continuous rolling crashes. 5km from knock airport.

Gonzo

I can hear very low distance rumbling here in Meath, but hard to tell is it distance thunder or the rumbles from planes near Dublin airport as the east wind travels the sounds of jets towards this area.

However the sky above me totally reminds me of how it looked on that wonderful day back in July 1985. There is definitely something big brewing.

Scuid Mhór

How fair are the comments likening this to the 1980s storm? I have no recollection of a thunderstorm warning in my lifetime. Granted I was born in the nineties.

jackrussel

Cork City

snowstorm445

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472827#Comment_119472827

The heat has been absolutely oppressive here in Rochestown all day. The definition of muggy. The sky definitely looks inclement at the moment but not so sure about our chances later, let's see.

Best thunderstorm I can remember down here was probably the one at the end of May 2018, felt like it went on for hours. I think it was the night after the 8th amendment referendum so it felt like some sort of divine retribution. 😅

Captain Snow

Jesus Christmas ......Castlerea ....is gone...

bodhrandude

Hearing rumblings over Galway city, I'm in Henry Street just up from Beirhaus bar, there's been no lightening at all yet.

Cork2021

Clouds near kanturk cork

Kermit.de.frog

The cells in the southwest increasing in lightning frequency and intensifying at the moment.

greenpilot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472863#Comment_119472863

Ah no. I remember it very well. It was I e if the most frightening experiences of my life. It genuinely shocked people with its severity. Imagine hundreds of lightning strikes in an hour, with continuous, window-ratteling blasts, at night, with no Internet, mobile phones, 2 channels on the TV and everyone scared out of their wits. I was 12. I remember it really well.

thomil

What in blazes is going on with the Castlerea cell? That thing looks like the townspeople angered some ancient eldritch being!

Captain Snow

Epic Night of Storms... been a long time since 85...

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472888#Comment_119472888

Looks good!

Dazler97

I'm to the north of that cell loads of distant thunder

greenpilot

Its gone quiet again here in near knock. That was something else. We live between Ballaghaderreen and Knock and that lightening storm literally appeared out of nowhere. It was bad, bit not as bad as 85. You could smell the ozone in the air. I'd say 1 strike every minute, for an hour. Pretty intense.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472838#Comment_119472838

Could be some inmates on the loose

outsourced_ire

Thunder and a flash of lighting about 10km west of Fermoy!

Cork2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472907#Comment_119472907

Sorry about that

Scuid Mhór

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472894#Comment_119472894

I appreciate the candid recollection. I can relate in some way, having experienced very severe thunderstorms in Ontario and upstate New York in my time.

Dazler97

I hope most of the country will see Storms tonight/tomorrow its looking good 😁⛈️⛈️

redsteveireland

Thunder near Athenry, clouds are amazing.

Louder thunder now near Corkcity.

lolie

Cloud to ground strikes from the storm in Roscommon, in the few years looking at these maps I've never seen it so congested, must be a hell of a storm.

Here's a link to the site for current and past strikes, it only goes back 24 hours though incase anyone needs to check local strikes, hopefully not for the wrong reasons.

https://meteologix.com/ie/lightning/46f2aa64d341b6a608bd514b31e6d2ec/20220814-1755z.html

thomil

Cork City council just pushed out a warning notice via its text & email alert system. Standard text, but this is the first alert message sent out since February.

Also, very definite, if distant, rumbling of thunder here in Ballincollig now. Still not too optimistic, but it's something at least. No rainfall at all, by the way, it's dry as a bone here. Temperature has dropped to 26.3C at my weather station.

jackrussel

Long rolling rumbles overhead here in cork city

sunbabe08

Thunder in cork city!!!!!!

Gonzo

Power is gone there I think, friends from that area in Roscommon haven't replied back in 20 minutes and are marked as offline.

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472945#Comment_119472945

Yup. Definitely hearing it now. Hopefully it might shut those seagulls up!

thomil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472945#Comment_119472945

Just checked over on the Met Eireann website. Looks like a cell over Blarney has gone active.

Aglomerado

I'm a bit east of Kanturk. Lovely rumbles here now hoping to see a few forks later 😃

jackrussel

Seeing flashes now in cork city, 8 seconds

Heavy rain now also Cork city.

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119472978#Comment_119472978

And how about the lightning?😁