Funnel cloud in Leitrim ?? pictures included

Ozeire

Just seen this on my way home from work on Thur 8th sept

Hard to say.
It looks like a funnel cloud,but it may not be.Was there a shower nearby,thunder and lightning/hail?

I'll split this off to a separate thread, as I think theres at least one poster here with an interest in these things that may be able to tell you more.

Ozeire

No there was only some rain thats all .

Only wish i got a road sign in the pic with the name as everyone thinks i'm joking .

Well you see the thing is, spikey drifts of cloud like that are common enough, the zoom of the first photo is very misleading as it's totally out of proportion in that it makes the funnell if thats what it is look bigger in relation to the background.

There was a famous photograph earlier in the summer of a supposed UK tornado whic turned out to be just a line of heavy hail or squal on the edge of a shower.

bennyc

I have a few images of the same from last night got a video on the phone also, poor quality but it was a funnel it went down a few times never touched the ground but got close
I have a few more photos here if anyone is interested
it was spinning and deffo not a cloud formation

Supercell

What time exactly was this and where do you reckon it was above exactly ?

fatherdougalmag

See what TORRO thinks. Although, if it didn't touch ground they don't seem to recognise it as a real tornado. But I know if I saw one like that, I'd be calling it a tornado

Danno

WOW! First traffic lights, now tornados, what next for lovely Leitrim?

You should report this to Met Eireann too!

Ozeire

Yeah bennyc addd the pictures would be great

Ozeire

So it was a Funnel cloud




I was very pleased that you forwarded the email onto your friend. I assume
this was Ronan, who then contacted me with another set of photos. Between
you both you have provided an excellent record of the event and I think a
lot of detail has become clear as a result. A quick look at a variety of
data sources suggest that the funnel cloud appears to have formed ahead of a
cold front that was close to the NW coast near Sligo Bay and at the
underside edge of a strong 'jet stream' at about 10,000 ft or so. That would
have been in the upper part of the cloud you show in the photo, or just
above it. Below it, the different wind direction and slower wind speed set
up classical conditions for a spinning vortex, which on this occasion span
beneath the cloud and appeared as a funnel cloud.

That's terrific information - many thanks. In putting it into the Irish data
base of such events I have put your name, together with that of Ronan, as
the matching eyewitnesses. Normally to confirm an event I would hope to get
at least two who saw the event independently. Thanks to you passing on the
information to Ronan that is achieved in this case.

Don't hesitate to get in touch if you see a similar event in the near
future.

Best wishes,

John.

Dr John Tyrrell, Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Cork
Email: j.tyrrell@ucc.ie
Tel: 353-21-4902517

http://www.torro.org.uk

maquiladora

Well done

Danno

Congrats dude!

Leitrim - tornado alley of Ireland!