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Convective / Storm Discussion - 1st May 2014 onwards

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Carl46Wrexham Rising Star

Carl46Wrexham

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  • Location: Wrexham, North East Wales 80m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms
  • Location: Wrexham, North East Wales 80m asl
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Is it too early for this.....?

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Ben Sainsbury Accomplished

Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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The only decent looking cells certainly around London and South Wales.

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anything-but

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  • Location: Cuxton,Kent.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms,Hot `n` sunny!
  • Location: Cuxton,Kent.
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Leave canary wharf,get soaked.....get to bromley....dry!  Leave bromley for home and it`s dark,dank and gloomy looking and loads of standing water on the A20/M25,but no booms or lightshow yet. :)

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Nick L Maestro

Nick L

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
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I think the issue today is that there was too much crap in the way for any decent heating. 

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Chris.R

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  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - snow, Irish sea convection. Summer - thunderstorms, hot sunny days
  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
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And here where there was decent heating, nothing happened, as usuall!

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Dean E Community Regular

Dean E

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  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
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I think the issue today is that there was too much crap in the way for any decent heating. 

 

Indeed, too much medium level cloud preventing the diurnal heating that we all wanted.

 

Noticed that mid-level cloud is now starting to clear, sadly, we might be too late in the day for anything thundery.

 

SM

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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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People always seem to have over expecations, its almost always only a slight chance of catching thunder at a given location.

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Nick L Maestro

Nick L

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
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Indeed, too much medium level cloud preventing the diurnal heating that we all wanted.

 

Noticed that mid-level cloud is now starting to clear, sadly, we might be too late in the day for anything thundery.

 

SM

 

Yep, past peak heating now so I'd be surprised if anything exciting comes up.

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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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I think the issue today is that there was too much crap in the way for any decent heating. 

99% of the time always the issue whilst just over the water in France they are enjoying it all!

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Dean E Community Regular

Dean E

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  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
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Yep, past peak heating now so I'd be surprised if anything exciting comes up.

 

Say that, we've got a break in the mid level cloud here on the south coast and have around 3 Cumulus clouds shooting up as I speak

 

SM

 

EDIT: Here she is... post-9530-0-37275100-1398961425_thumb.jp

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Daniel* Maestro

Daniel*

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  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
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I think too much of IMBY is coming to play, the rain here is torrential and this does not like it will ease anytime soon.

Cell to my W, greater london is being bombarded with cells, and downpours :D I think we got lucky this time.

Meanwhile a large portion of Sussex remains dry, this will help ease the sorrows of that March 2013 Snowstorm. Which missed me by a small margin. Sky darkening to my west interesting cloud formations.

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Spikecollie Accomplished

Spikecollie

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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We got a stunning storm yesterday evening with beautiful overhead lightning - here are the clouds as the storm approached:

 

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Lynxus Aficionado

Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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This better not be the trend this year.. Im not having it again.. The UK needs some good storms!

 

 

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Jane Louise Aficionado

Jane Louise

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  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms :D
  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
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Amazing convection going on here maybe there is a chance still for some! fingers crossed.

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Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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Amazing convection going on here maybe there is a chance still for some! fingers crossed.

A cell coming into my view know let's just hope something happens.

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Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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The structure of this cell when approaching me is incredible, it's so dark, seems to be intensifying a little!

 

Will hopefully get some pictures on the forum as it passes.

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SimonP Newbie

SimonP

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  • Location: Leighton Buzzard
  • Weather Preferences: T-storms
  • Location: Leighton Buzzard
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FI = storm heaven!

 

Going by how GFS has performed this week with regards thunderstorm potential/CAPE, FI seems to be T+24h at the moment!

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Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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A few pictures like I said during the cell which has just passed, nothing special but a few for you to look at.post-18097-0-74473000-1398966112_thumb.j post-18097-0-72173800-1398966124_thumb.jpost-18097-0-01190800-1398966141_thumb.j post-18097-0-80087200-1398966164_thumb.jpost-18097-0-06405300-1398966178_thumb.j post-18097-0-93603600-1398966191_thumb.jpost-18097-0-77331200-1398966205_thumb.j post-18097-0-26349800-1398966217_thumb.j

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Raidan Enthusiast

Raidan

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  • Location: BRISTOL
  • Location: BRISTOL
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Been black here the last two hours sky has looked like it would produce something but nope same old story nothing again.Just on and off boring drizzle.Gonna have to take some trips across the channel I think to get my fix lol lucky people!

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Jane Louise Aficionado

Jane Louise

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  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms :D
  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
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It looks so stormy here, the cloudscapes have been incredible! Had 3 cells one to my west, north and east! Surely somethings going to happen its got to now after seeing all that .lol

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lassie23 Maestro

lassie23

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  • Location: NW LONDON
  • Weather Preferences: Sun, sleet, Snow
  • Location: NW LONDON
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Thundering and raining again here in NW London, no lightning. Not a spectacular storm, but better than nothing! It is cooling off rapidly now 12.9c!

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Chris K Rising Star

Chris K

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  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35
  • Weather Preferences: Severe weather enthusiast
  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35
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It looks so stormy here, the cloudscapes have been incredible! Had 3 cells one to my west, north and east! Surely somethings going to happen its got to now after seeing all that .lol

 

I was driving home from Bristol looking North and the skies did indeed look amazing. Towers were shooting and we had a downpour at home. Shame it didn't come to much more in the end. Think the fact it stayed cloudy for half of the day did not help at all.

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Jane Louise

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  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms :D
  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
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Oh well, it's just not happening here  :( plenty more opportunities to come for us all yet I suppose and it all looked so promising today.I can't understand how it can look so good then it all fizzles out lol.

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ANYWEATHER Maestro

ANYWEATHER

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  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
  • Weather Preferences: Enjoy the weather, you can't take it with you 😎
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
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Oh well, it's just not happening here  :( plenty more opportunities to come for us all yet I suppose and it all looked so promising today.I can't understand how it can look so good then it all fizzles out lol.

 

Oh well, it's just not happening here  :( plenty more opportunities to come for us all yet I suppose and it all looked so promising today.I can't understand how it can look so good then it all fizzles out lol.

Something to do with the fact that there as not been enough surface heating, due to loads of cloud, If skies had been clear some great thunderstorms, given the parimeters  of todays output..... :nonono:  :closedeyes:  :wallbash:

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