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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion Spring/Summer 2024

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  • #572
    skinny90
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    Saturday looks like there will be an increased chance for cork, limerick clare and the midland's



  • #573
    spookwoman
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122390260#Comment_122390260

    Monday is looking interesting from Galway to Dublin



  • #574
    glightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭glightning


    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.



  • #575
    Comhrá
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    I haven't even heard thunder or seen lightning yet this year. I'm in Limerick City and weather-wise it's been the most boring year with probably zero events of any significance that I can think of. In years past, July and August would have produced at least one decent thunderstorm but so far this year, I haven't even seen a proper cumulonimbus cloud, never mind a thunderstorm.



  • #576
    esposito
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    Yeah a very boring year so far. Only a sultry and thundery August and snowy December can save it!



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  • #577
    The Macho Man
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    Sth East seems to have been the place earlier in the summer, a couple out Wesht but overall just a damp wet summer rather than an active one. I'm in Portarlington which straddles that midlands storm corridor and there's been nothing here at all. One or two down the road in Offaly but compared to last year its really really disappointing.



  • #578
    Dazler97
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    Thunderstorm warning has been issued but I think they should be covered by area not counties

    Screenshot_20240722_195844_Met ireann.jpg



  • #579
    DOCARCH
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    Skies look very turbulant over Dublin (viewed from Greystones). Was out for a quick walk and was half expecting to see lightning.



  • #580
    Elmer Blooker
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    some strikes around Celbridge area it appears according to radar but no reports from posters here ..



  • #581
    pad199207
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    IMG_9712.jpeg

    Over Naas



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  • #582
    pureza
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122413568#Comment_122413568

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

    'Savage' was the word used



  • #583
    highdef
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    Intense thunderstorm approaching Burlington, Iowa (includes audio too) -

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xBQqGzNzY



  • #584
    highdef
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    Much better further south @ Fort Madison!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6eG4ahJc_Q



  • #585
    glightning
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    Always amazes me how little thunder you hear from some of these US storms. Obviously a lot of the lightning happening waaaay up in the anvil



  • #586
    Comhrá
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122448151#Comment_122448151

    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.



  • #587
    glightning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭glightning


    Yeah, exactly. I see this all the time on US storm chasing videos. Lots of lightning flashes but little thunder captured by the camera. Also seen this for myself this year in Florida where there was lots of lightning (daytime) going on but very little thunder heard compared to the action. For the same reason, all up high in the anvil part of the storm.



  • #588
    The Macho Man
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    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.

    image.png



  • #589
    Dazler97
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    Yes lightning 🌩 showed for me tomorrow afternoon as well

    Screenshot_20240801_221801_Met ireann.jpg

    Can anyone post the thunderstorm models for tomorrow



  • #590
    spookwoman
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    Was due in waterford was well but now none.



  • #591
    dsmythy
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    Shows for Dublin too but forget the hourly thing and read the forecast. No mention of thunder.



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  • #592
    DOCARCH
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    A couple of clusters of lightning strikes off the SW west coast at the moment.



  • #593
    DOCARCH
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    Another cluster of lightning strikes now off the Galway coast.

    So, maybe some merit/basis to ME (online) forecast.



  • #594
    Supercell
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    Looks like thunderbirds are go in the SW/W today, hopefully we see some decent snaps shared here.

    https://www.loughlinstown.ie/

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



  • #595
    Kutebride
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    Blue skies on thr ramparts on Navan for morning run.

    Wind rising now emmmm..



  • #596
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,039 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Bright ,sunny and breezy from the East here in Tralee but gathering dark cloud from the West, sparks nearer the coasts now, will they move inland?



  • #597
    weisses
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    Nice few rumbles here in W Kerry … steady rain with light winds



  • #598
    highdef
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    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.



  • #599
    LambshankRedemption
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    It is so dark in Westmeath Ive had to turn the lights on. Bit of rain now, but not thundery rain. Sort of, one step above drizzle.



  • #600
    highdef
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122456249#Comment_122456249

    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.



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  • #601
    LambshankRedemption
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122456381#Comment_122456381

    Camera is at the ready but im not holding much hope.



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