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Marcus_surfer Rising Star

Marcus_surfer

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  • Location: Swansea (Abertawe) , South Wales, 420ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Storms & Snow.
  • Location: Swansea (Abertawe) , South Wales, 420ft ASL
Posted (edited)

Explosive radar at the moment (00.30) wonder if there is any storms in with that torrential activity to the SW

IOW lightning picking up some weak strikes close to SW england.

Last recorded activity 01:01

Intensity class Weak

Intensity trend No change

Current strikerate 1/minute

Peak strikerate 2/minute

Total recorded strikes 13

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ZONE 51 Community Regular

ZONE 51

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  • Location: Stanwell(south side of Heathrow Ap)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, squally fronts, snow, frost, very mild if no snow or frost
  • Location: Stanwell(south side of Heathrow Ap)
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darker nights now means we can get earlier light shows! , just less ground heating time available, but think about march and april time(in normal thundery springs) it dont affect the storm intensity, and could see hail covering the ground this week!

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ZONE 51 Community Regular

ZONE 51

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  • Location: Stanwell(south side of Heathrow Ap)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, squally fronts, snow, frost, very mild if no snow or frost
  • Location: Stanwell(south side of Heathrow Ap)
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Just to report ,Altocumulus Cas, very well organised, bubbling up in rows, orange and white tops, i would think thunderstorms within 24-36hrs breaking out across the SE.

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Well, SW about to be smacked yet again but some rather ominous looking radar returns!

I have to say, I'm very impressed with the BBC graphics of late as they seem to have got the pulse intensities and locations pretty spot on thus far!! :nonono:

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TonyH Experienced

TonyH

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  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)
  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)
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The sky has that 'thundery' rain look this morning, warm and humid too, with the sun poking through and occasional moderate bursts of rain.

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Coast

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
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I think tomorrow has more potential, maybe later tonight in western areas?

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Am surprised by this rapidly intensifying feature near the SE at the moment! Judging by the isolation and rate of intensification, it wouldn't surprise me if this turned electric soon!

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staplehurst Community Regular

staplehurst

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  • Location: Norwich
  • Location: Norwich
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Am surprised by this rapidly intensifying feature near the SE at the moment! Judging by the isolation and rate of intensification, it wouldn't surprise me if this turned electric soon!

It's a developing warm front - it will continue to move northwards whilst extending northwestwards during the afternoon until it joins up with the large cold front out west later today :)

Some nice echoes, should be here within the hour.

Skies don't look that thundery tbh, very high, flat and thin white cloud, so looks like just some heavy rain.

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Edit: The cold front has a very nice, well-defined back edge though! :blink:

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Andy Bown

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  • Location: Warminster, Wiltshire
  • Location: Warminster, Wiltshire
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Very interesting to run the radar from this morning to see how slowly the heavy rain is edging Eastwards, although of course

pulsing quickly S-N along the front, while the developing warm front has appeared quickly and is forming a finger laying

SSE-WNW towards the main band.

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
Posted (edited)

It's a developing warm front - it will continue to move northwards whilst extending northwestwards during the afternoon until it joins up with the large cold front out west later today :)

Some nice echoes, should be here within the hour.

Skies don't look that thundery tbh, very high, flat and thin white cloud, so looks like just some heavy rain.

Edit: The cold front has a very nice, well-defined back edge though! :blink:

Have to say, in the last 5-10 minutes the skies here having been looking a bit more thundery in nature - lots Ac and a milkiness which is turning increasingly darker...will be interesting to see if anything comes of it...nice heavy rainfall at the moment...we don't often get anything quite so interesting from Warm Fronts in the UK, unlike the US which get blinding supercells :)

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Coast

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
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A loud solitary crack of thunder here in NW London appox 35 minutes ago, most unexpected given mid level cloud cover

Are you sure it wasn't the electrical spark of an underground train? :blink:

No of course, sorry to question that today! :)

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Noctilucid Newbie

Noctilucid

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  • Location: Romford
  • Location: Romford
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Good afternoon...

Just as I open this thread a flash and a rumble out of the blue. :blink:

Gentle/moderate rain under high based cloud, none of which looks particularly unstable, despite earlier evidence of an unstable mid layer. Unexpected from a warm front.

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Marcus_surfer Rising Star

Marcus_surfer

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  • Location: Swansea (Abertawe) , South Wales, 420ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Storms & Snow.
  • Location: Swansea (Abertawe) , South Wales, 420ft ASL
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Raining here but nothing major. The rain is not as heavy as the radar suggests, why is this?

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Wet'n'Dry Enthusiast

Wet'n'Dry

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  • Location: Basildon
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Basildon
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A nice long rumble of thunder here but no lightning, the skies are really featureless, grey and dismal, still raining but not that hard!

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Joey.G Contributor

Joey.G

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, humid & exciting
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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Had a solitary rumble and brief shower here in Reading at ~1.30pm as that feature passed over. So unexpected. The cb was recognisible only as a darker patch in the sky, not very dramatic although the rain shaft was visible. Most of which never made it to ground. Skies continue to be totally overcast here with the milky muggy look of plume days of yore.

Just remembered I need to change my location in profile to Reading! Sorry Gloucester people, I have deserted you, Im almost tempted to call myself a part of the SE now, ill certainly be there more often next summer :blink:

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Bluebreezer54 Seasoned

Bluebreezer54

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  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
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Are you sure it wasn't the electrical spark of an underground train? :unsure:

No of course, sorry to question that today! :doh:

Not quite sure what youre getting at there coast but I will again confirm a solitary loud crack of thunder here in Middlesex/NW London at approximately 1400 hours.

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liamcymro Rookie

liamcymro

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  • Location: Deiniolen, 223m, N. Wales
  • Location: Deiniolen, 223m, N. Wales
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Just had a deep rumble of thunder here! Looking dark towards the West. Also to starting to rain.

Just had a deep rumble of thunder here! Looking dark towards the West. Also to starting to rain.

And another one!

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The PIT Maestro

The PIT

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
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Odd rumble predicted by the forecast I've just seen as the front moved north. Looks beautiful on the radar but if it's like previous fronts no match for the Sheffield shield so it'll be shredded to reform just to the north of us.

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Had some thundery looking skies here earlier. West Midlands in a very good position for tomorrow. :doh:

NW saying 71% risk of a storm tomorrow. Quite rare it goes above 50. :unsure:

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TonyH Experienced

TonyH

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  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)
  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)
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No thunder but certainly 'thundery' rain!

16mm in the past 3 hours.

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ZONE 51 Community Regular

ZONE 51

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  • Location: Stanwell(south side of Heathrow Ap)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, squally fronts, snow, frost, very mild if no snow or frost
  • Location: Stanwell(south side of Heathrow Ap)
Posted (edited)

All looking good for some ive read for tuesday, goodluck on the storms if they materializ ,maybe some heading into the se as we go through the day and evening.

just have to wait for the early model runs ,hope to see a storm forecast out later for us all!

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