Convective / Storm Discussion - 14th May 2014 onwards

[A.J]

as night time encroaches, it's getting darker now, so hopefully should start seeing lightning flickers within the hour. Much thicker Ac Cas with undulatus encroaching from the south

[Darren Bown]

iPad says noooooo

I can't view them myself and they're an iphone video grr.

[A.J]

Is this storm or porn thread lol.

a combination, the 'Storm Porn thread'...lol

[Harry]

Wouldn't go by that radar as it shows rain going over Sussex an nothing has fallen here.

The colours show the temperatures of the cloud tops, not precipitation

[Petorious]

That MCS in France has shocked me at how big it is, trying to picture how far east it will shunt, my location is just east to central or south of east midlands.

If it continues to expand I would say its on for getting all of central UK. It would be nice if over night the low pressure out to the west would just push a touch more closer to the UK as that would help budge it over abit.

[Mokidugway]

a combination, the 'Storm Porn thread'...lol

the big bang thread ..........

[Guest]

Is this storm or porn thread lol.

The balance will slowly shift as we get deeper into the night

 

Anyway, on topic. Some good storms about, eh? 

[TropicThunder]

Seeing first flashes of lightning to the south now! Sky looks very stormy!

[Andy Pepler]

Looking in similar health to the Lithuanian system which is still rumbling away as per below

 

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en

 

worth posting the above link again given all the pages that have reeled out  in case anyone missed it, magic site and a great find earlier today.

 

If you turn on the volume and the stations, it's like retro Sferic Invaders.

its lightning wargames :O lolol

[Darren Bown]

My personal belief is the MCS will die down

But provide the energy for tomorrow's fun.

[Ben Sainsbury]

Can anyone see the lightning from Bristol?

 

I really can't possibly get any closer to seeing any!

Edited May 19, 2014 by Ben Sainsbury

[legritter]

JUST  KICKING OFF HERE IN NORTH SOMERSET ,looks like a line of pretty intense storms tracking north ,but main event now brewing over france ,should give some impressive displays overnight ,best of luck to everyone ,cheers Legritter .

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Pretty muggy down south...

[pad199207]

I could be bold in saying that the MCS will nudge NW into Wales overnight and into the Irish Sea. Just going by the flow of the Low

[shaky]

Very muggy here in the midlands!!!that mcs is massive down south!!very hard to tell whether it will reach here!!my guess is it will reach maybe south midlands and then spread north westwards!!

[tcc]

It looks like heading NW so anywhere from IOW north westwards could see some fun and games (if it holds). The thing then is leftover cloud tomorrow!

[Mark -W-s-M]

Taken just to the southwest of me a few moments ago .. 

[Nick L]

Yeah I think IoW westwards should be keeping a close eye on this should it survive!

[bryan629]

HI-ya you lucky lot in the southwest...  this link will show you a monster brewing in france heading towards what looks like cornwall , devon and somerset.  http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

 

needless to say i guess you have spotted it appearing on netweather radar .... get your cameras handy!........oh and try get some sleep if you can lol . 

[ChezWeather]

Very muggy here in the midlands!!!that mcs is massive down south!!very hard to tell whether it will reach here!!my guess is it will reach maybe south midlands and then spread north westwards!!

Think i would agree with you on it taking that path, just hope it survives the channel!

 

Storms have been crossing today though so its looking good! 

[r_dancing]

Is Manchester in the firing line at all? I have drops in my eyes and Im struggling with charts,

[ANYWEATHER]

Very muggy here in the midlands!!!that mcs is massive down south!!very hard to tell whether it will reach here!!my guess is it will reach maybe south midlands and then spread north westwards!!

Plenty of energy to keep that going overnight,,,,

[Mapantz]

Plain old rain here. Strikes to my west, strikes to the south east lol

It did decay quite quickly in all honesty.

[Weather-history]

My personal belief is the MCS will die downBut provide the energy for tomorrow's fun.

Not sure about that Darren. Too often I have read convective experts saying the clag and reminants from overnight storms or MCS had restricted storm development the next day if they hang around.

[Harry]

Pretty muggy down south...

Just been out for a smoke and have to agree...very calm, eerie, the gentlest of warm (actually very warm) breezes