Convective / Storm Discussion - 27th January 2014 onwards

[Jane Louise]

Good luck to all us storm lovers today  If nothing happens just remember we still have plenty of time left yet. 

[SteveB]

Just cloudy murky weather here with moderate rain.

 

No sign of the sun, or the chance of storms.

[Costa Del Fal]

Hail storm here in Taunton. Thunderstorm nearby.

Edited March 28, 2014 by Blizzards

[Summer of 95]

That first line is dying 20 miles south of here, what a surprise... Second one looks stronger, but the Mid Shropshire Convection Killing Mechanism is a tough nut to crack.

Edited March 28, 2014 by Summer of 95

[TonyH]

Dad hearing thunder from Rugby , the cell is north of Banbury

Edited March 28, 2014 by TonyH

[Chris.R]

Showers building here

[TonyH]

Some quite large hail recently at Banbury:

http://instagram.com/p/mFwwadJ26N/

Edited March 28, 2014 by TonyH

[Arnie Pie]

Dad hearing thunder from Rugby , the cell is north of Banbury

Liking the path of that beast Tony

[TonyH]

West of Cov favoured I think if it survives!

[Bluebreezer54]

Liking the path of that beast Tony

 

The skies are looking very dark on your webcam Arnie, is it heading your way ?

[ChezWeather]

Some stuff popping up here

[Eye to the sky]

Something could be brewing to my Nw,very dark skies and some large drops of rain here in Derby,nothing on the scale of the West Midlands though!!

[Methuselah]

Thunderstorm here last night...

[Arnie Pie]

Cheers Blue

Bang on....up to the left side(East) and behind town IF.  and like Tony says, it makes it here

Past experience tells me that it proberbly discharge over Solihull.......just out of view

[Chris.R]

Sure I can hear distant thunder here associated with some sferics.

[Andy Bown]

Two batches of very active cells exiting Northern France heading gradually NNE which will affect Dorset/Somerset/Wiltshire late evening and overnight. If the cells are elevated they will hopefully survive the Channel crossing bringing thundery activity with them. However if they are surface based it's more likely to be just rain by the time they get here - unless the temperature contrast between the land and sea helps regeneration as they come onto the South coast.

[BlueHedgehog074]

Had what looked like heavy wet snow mixed in with torrential rain from one of the best thunderstorms of the year so far here. Turns out it was more like sleety soft hail, but did look as though it was trying to snow. (Sorry about the fuzzy image quality on some of these pics - were video stills):

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Recent clearance of the storm:

(Edit: Xtra pic - Covering of hail/sleety hail on the grass).

Thunderstorm rating: 8.9/10.

Edited March 28, 2014 by DiagonalRedLine

[Nick L]

Just had pretty much the best sounding crack of thunder I've ever heard! Was instant with the lightning, scared the **** out of me

[Bluebreezer54]

Was that in Reading Nick ?

[Mokidugway]

As usual nothing here , just boring grey sky !.....

[Nick L]

Was that in Reading Nick ?

 

Sorry, I'm at home in Staffordshire at the moment! Didn't realise there might be confusion in my excitement

[Chris K]

Had a few heavy downpours today but nothing that exciting! Its too far out at the moment but next week could be interesting - the trend for low pressure to sit to our SW with mild-warm s/se air flow could promote some thundery showers.

Will need to wait for high resolution though for the finer details...as I'm sure the more knowledgeable will know whether the various factors are in our favour or against us closer to the time...

[Convective]

As usual nothing here , just boring grey sky !.....

Same here! Bloody cold sea.

[matt_in_dudley]

Just had another heavy shower pass through, reports of thunder across Walsall (but as i no longer live there it didn't happen lol) 

[Weather-history]

Today's convection time lapse