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    Spanish plume anyone? Storm and convective discussion 17th July Onwards

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    Noticed something incredibly interesting before. As a blanket of low cloud dissipated, it revealed a layer of high-level convective cloud which was thick enough to produce a couple of light showers. As the drops fell onto skin they felt gritty. A couple of drops landed on my laptop screen too and once evaporated and dried they left a deposit of tiny dry particles, which I can only assume is pollen and dust from high in the atmosphere, possibly from France and Spain which have been carried aloft over the last few days. Would also explain why there were many reports of 'yellow lightning' last night... Never seen anything like it before as there was so much powdery deposit left over from the drops, a fine layer on some objects in the garden!

    I would say sand granules

    Spanish plume anyone? Storm and convective discussion 17th July Onwards

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    My No storms club is purely for frustrations and  moaning and whatever pessimism a member may feel. So please say all you want in there about your lack of storms but keep it in reason too. Please keep this thread free of all misery it really is beginning to get depressing.

     

    And please again don't start on me after all I am trying to bring the Optimism and trying to keep this thread flowing. It's so exhausting sometimes trying to keep things as they should be!!!

    It's all your fault....Always is lol. Good luck tonight but stay safe

    Spanish plume anyone? Storm and convective discussion 17th July Onwards

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    Hi SjV. If I am honest I really have no idea at the moment. If I follow Estofex then I would be tempted to take a long drive down to the SE but there is the fact that other models seem to have the action to the west of this. In all fairness it looks to be a widespread event and unlike last night I am hopeful that storms will not run out of steam as soon as they move over the Midlands, as such driving such a long distance would probably seem pointless.

     

    Although it is a fair distance away a good starting point may be somewhere around the M1/A14 junction (not far from Lutterworth) as the A14 and M6 provide a good west to east route all the way from Birmingham to East Anglia. When we have northward moving storms I find an E-W road to be useful for interception in the same way something like the M1 or A1 is useful for eastward moving storms. As it will be nighttime the hope is that traffic would not be an issue either.

     

    Worth noting that care should be taken chasing tonight, I need to take my own advice here, as several mm per hour downpours with frequent lightning, large hail and 60mph winds can make driving very difficult. 

    Take it easy tonight. I t would seem that the Emergency services will be pretty busy as it is

    Worried about the lack of sun today in Leeds could effect are storm chance sadly.

    DO NOT SAY THAT YOU WILL GET STRUNG UP :diablo: I JUST DID

    Spanish plume anyone? Storm and convective discussion 17th July Onwards

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    I think tonight paul m the odds are stacked in most people's favour, including yours.

     

    The destabilisation is expected to be very widespread and as Nick F's post attests above, moderate risk of turning severe (I personally have never seen Nick F issue such an extensive moderate risk)

     

    If after tonight/tomorrow you havent had a decent storm, by all means let rip...but these conditions at present IMO are not subject to the same local variations one often sees in the UK (i.e Lincs bagging all the glory, JL likely to miss out, etc). This is about as good as it gets, hence the eagerness of many on here to keep the spirit up and just, if nothing else, marvel at the charts and the stunning summer weather :D

    Well put Harry and thanks for that. See how nice and polite His post is. Take note people

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    Spanish plume anyone? Storm and convective discussion 17th July Onwards

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    Enough of the sarky comments... what about the one in the post I replied to . The point I was making is that statistically (feel free to check with the met office) this area does not do well for storms. people have already pointed out that the crud that is left over from the storms last night could scupper any chances for some. It has happened time and time again. Sorry if that pees people off.

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