12 January

[dom78]

I have spotted an outbreak of thunderstorms across the west of Ireland, has anyone reported thunder, hail, sleet, snow today?

Dom

[Robert H]

Yes I have had....

Sleet

Snow

Really Heavy Rain

Hailstorms

Oh and I also had a no bad thunderstorm at about 3am this morning

And the sun shined for a few mins between the showers

[Ross B]

:lol: , was much the same here :lol:

[Methuselah]

Only heavy rain and sleet I'm afraid.

A friend told me of hail, thunder and lightning on the Isle of Skye yesterday though.

[Robert H]

Look here for some pics I took today...

http://members.lycos.co.uk/roberthughes2k/...eather/Jan1204/

:lol:

[Andy Bown]

I caught the local BBC Points West this evening and they had an interview with a guy whose house was struck by lightening in Bristol yesterday. Luckily he was uninjured and next door, which had worse damage, was unoccupied at the time.

Also showed amateur video of the waterspout in the Bristol Channel. Stunning :lol:

[Methuselah]

Nice pics Robert. A tad showery in Glasgow today too, then? :lol:

[dom78]

The thunderstorms are moving East now, at one point they were covering the whole of the west of Ireland. It looks like an organised band of thundery rain. So an alert for really heavy rain crossing Ireland should be placed.

What is it like there now? anyone underneath it?

Dom

[dom78]

Rain is moving East, still very intense rain, the radar had areas of red in it, so rain has been pretty intense, but the thunder has somewhat died, although there are still a few lightning flashes around on the detector. :lol:

Looks like it could be turning colder soon.