Convective Weather General Discussion

[Gordon]

not much happing here right now

a shower heading in my direction but looking at the radar doesn't look too nasty at the moment but that could change

But as the days are getting shorter by the time things start to get going the sun will go down abd they'll start to die out

I think there is a time element here

This is not june or july where days are a lot longer

the shorter days must play some part even if it's only a small part in the devolopment and life of showers IMO

[gottolovethisweather]

Does anyone know if there was thundery activity from the Cold Front? Some of the rain was very torrential and gave

35mm in 6 hours here.

Hi Andy,

I only received 9.8mm from the CF and I'm not exactly a long way from your location and I also did not hear Thunder even with the window ajar overnight.

Cheers

Stormboy

[Gordon]

does the rain in the channel pose any threat to the SE corner ?

[toggerob]

Observed large anvil towards Manchester at 2pm, encroaching towards the North Peak District by the minute. Thunder heard and strong updraught convection coming out of individual cells.

[Harry]

does the rain in the channel pose any threat to the SE corner ?

Most if not at all the charts I've seen suggest the heavy rain across the Channel is drifting East with the CF - so therefore, I would say no. The coastal extremes of Kent/Sussex may get grazed but even this would appear rather unlikely.

[seabreeze86]

Some decent shower activity here now,not thundery as yet but there is still a good few hours to go before i give up on today. Also there is not a breath of wind which feels very strange, any showers that pass here will be very slow moving.

[peterf]

Some decent shower activity here now,not thundery as yet but there is still a good few hours to go before i give up on today. Also there is not a breath of wind which feels very strange, any showers that pass here will be very slow moving.

snap

[Lewis]

Some showers pepping up close to me.

Got rugby training at 6pm and knowing my luck thats when it will hammer it down with multiple frequent CG strikes!

Its pretty muggy, and hazy here.

[peterf]

plenty of lightening strikes showing up now.

[mark24374]

Just had one clap of thunder here in tamworth with a few spots of rain.

[Lewis]

Showers seem to be decaying as they try and get past the penines

[Cheshire Freeze]

Almighty thunderstorm just gone through Stockport, Manchester. Torrential rain and frequent lightning. Caught some lightning on my HD video phone as the cell passed.

[Gordon]

Almighty thunderstorm just gone through Stockport, Manchester. Torrential rain and frequent lightning. Caught some lightning on my HD video phone as the cell passed.

the radar does look quite colourful in that part of the world

[Arnie Pie]

Thunder to the SW of Brum

[James M]

Quite a meaty thunderstorm just passed through here, some very loud deep rumbles of thunder that shook the house

[Wilxy]

Just had a little thunderstorm pass through east bristol

[Supacell]

Just caught a storm near to saddleworth moor. Now going to head after the stockport cell

[Gordon]

seems to be nore northern area seeing the best/worst of it at the moment

Just caught a storm near to saddleworth moor. Now going to head after the stockport cell

Good Luck

[Stuart]

Good luck super Cell

[Lewis]

The Saddleworth one heading towards me? *Hull*

[snow_mad_09]

Thunderstorm moving through here. Not seen any flashes yet but 6 rumbles of thunder and torrential rain.

[Alex95]

Fairly lively thunderstorm rumbling round, rumbles less than 5-10 secs after flash at the moment. Best thunderstorm I've seen since I left the Alps

[Gordon]

wonder if I'll see one

[Somerset Squall]

Just had a thunderstorm here, a fairly small but quite electrically active one. Some very angry clouds gathered to the north and west and I saw two overhead flashes of lightning and several loud rumbles of thunder. Has been raining fror about 15 minutes, with about 5 minutes of torrential rain.

Edited September 23, 2010 by Somerset Squall

[peterf]

Newcastle getting a pasting.