Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion Spring/Summer 2024

The UEFA EUROS knock out match tween Germany Denmark has been stopped due to severe thunderstorm over head. Lots of lightning strikes plus big hail stones and very heavy rainfall

I can’t access any lightning maps, it appears that they have all crashed, I can’t think of any other explanation? LOL

Could be some thunderstorms tomorrow across the east ,let's see anyway

So presumably "here" is in the Leitrim area?

Heavy Downpour of rain and hail in Kildare with thunder

Saturday looks like there will be an increased chance for cork, limerick clare and the midland's

How has this year been for you thunder wise? Literally have had almost zero thunder here this year where I live in Co.Antrim Perhaps 3 to 5 claps back in May (I think). And the way this summer is going, I fear that might be all we will see.

Also, this was a daytime storm yet again. I haven't had a good nighttime lightning storm here in 7 years now. Which is pretty crazy (and disappointing). Night time lightning would have been a thing that occurred at least every second year here up to 2017.

Thunderstorm warning has been issued but I think they should be covered by area not counties

some strikes around Celbridge area it appears according to radar but no reports from posters here ..

Quite a lot of thunder at the curragh,I'm told

'Savage' was the word used

Much better further south @ Fort Madison!

I was on a few storm-chase tours in the USA back in the noughties and often our group was standing close to, or under supercell storms with tops up to 40,000 ft. or higher.

Frequently the lightning was cloud-to-cloud and very high up in the top part of the cell and in effect five or six miles away, hence the thunder was quite faint when heard from ground level. It was eerie, especially after darkness fell, to watch near-constant lightning flashing in and around the upper storm structure, with just distant rumbles of thunder to be heard.

I stopped trusting Met.ie a long time ago but their current hourly forecast for tomorrow in the midlands has lightning around 2pm. Can anyone on here confirm that possibility.

Was due in waterford was well but now none.

Looks like thunderbirds are go in the SW/W today, hopefully we see some decent snaps shared here.

Strong breeze in Trim, Co. Meath. Also evident now is some Altocumulus castellanus, a fairly good sign of mid-atmospheric instability and possibly also high mid-altitude shear. I'm keeping a close eye on the radar to see if any squall type features develop.

There's a chance of some thundery outbreaks as the cold front passes over the country but probably no more than a couple of strikes in any given location. Ie: Thundery rain rather than an actual thunderstorm.