Convective / Storm Discussion - 22nd October onwards 2013

[AderynCoch]

Had a good thunderstorm about an hour or two ago with some close flashes and big booms. That's the second this month.

 

I don't recall October ever being this stormy before.

[Geordiesnow]

Really fantastic if rather not very frequent cloud to cloud lightning around 20 miles to me North, totally unexpected!

Edited October 25, 2013 by Geordiesnow

[Ben Sainsbury]

Developing storms to my west.

[Geordiesnow]

wow the lightning is getting much more frequent now as its heading over the North Sea, about 7  flashes in nearly minute. 

[Guest William Grimsley]

Developing storms to my west.

They are not thunderstorms, they are showers...

[Cloud 10]

Main part of the storm a little earlier passed just to my North-West in the end,although i did see a few strikes including this one.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiI9DYyQmqQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[NL]

Pretty frequent over here GS 6-8 strikes per/min, looking out to sea.. Easyjet Airbus 319 having a rather difficult time trying to land at Newcastle International airport.

[Cloud 10]

Pretty frequent over here GS 6-8 strikes per/min, looking out to sea.. Easyjet Airbus 319 having a rather difficult time trying to land at Newcastle International airport.

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LOL!

 

Could be a tricky landing. 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkdH0nuDWX4

[Karl83]

Pretty frequent over here GS 6-8 strikes per/min, looking out to sea.. Easyjet Airbus 319 having a rather difficult time trying to land at Newcastle International airport.

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Where do you get that info from NL?

[Sprites]

This storm travelled along way, and seemed to turn right... supercell?

[Thundery wintry showers]

Some lightning flashes and a couple of distant rumbles to the south of here, which was rather unexpected- so the 2nd thunder-day of the month although the first one was far more impressive than today as there was a direct hit on that occasion.

[paul m]

Where do you get that info from NL?

Flightradar24

Edited October 25, 2013 by paul m

[NL]

Where do you get that info from NL?

Sorry was out watching the lightning over the sea..

http://www.flightradar24.com/52.65,-1.16/5

[Sprites]

reports of trees down and other damage in Halifax, and Hebdon Bridge Yorkshire.

[toggerob]

Had quite a beefy shower here around 5pmish, certainly came out from the blue and the sky went dark for a while followed by just the one lightning flash I saw looking out towards Rushup Edge, not sure if it was convective or trough-related given the PC was playing up at the time but certainly a nice surprise to round up what otherwise was a pleasent day in the sunshine.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Still no storms here. Arrrghhhhhh!

[The PIT]

Storm shield partly failed allowing a shower to trundle over the north of the city but shredded the remains pretty well in the south Sheffield. No lightning though observed.

So the lack of storms proper continues.

[Carl46Wrexham]

Yesterday's thunderstorm over Wrexham :

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOVdtdnFObs

[Jan]

Great film Carl, I can almost feel the rain

[Supacell]

Yesterday's thunderstorm over Wrexham :

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOVdtdnFObs

 

Nice footage, as you said the thunder was almost constant. 

 

Interestingly this same storm tracked all the way from the west coast of Wales all the way to the NE coast of England, clearly driven by some decent wind shear. Possibly also producing a tornado around my old home region of Halifax.

[ZONE 51]

Could get thunderstorms over the weekend keep watch don't want to miss(on the charts/models) what is ahead of the storm and also the big storm on the way and it's convective potential... lightning, squalls and tornado possibility's...

Edited October 26, 2013 by ElectricSnowStorm

[Supacell]

Could get thunderstorms over the weekend keep watch don't want to miss(on the charts/models) what is ahead of the storm and also the big storm on the way and it's convective potential... lightning, squalls and tornado possibility's...

 

Indeed, Skywarn and Estofex showing potential for a line of storms (or rather two lines) overnight tonight with the risk of convective gusts up to 55mph and a tornado risk.

[Bobby]

Squall line now developing across the West along the cold front looking at the radar, could get pretty lively when it hits!

Edited October 26, 2013 by Bobby

[Raidan]

Sat in my man cave (the attic)and can hear strong gusts don't think its raining yet though,I been looking at the ATD recently and with all those sferics out in the Atlantic I'm wondering if anything thundery could happen here overnight

[Cloud 10]

Looks like a small squall line passing through Brighton just now.