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Convective / Storm Discussion - 14th May 2014 onwards

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samadamsuk Aficionado

samadamsuk

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  • Location: Cirencester
  • Weather Preferences: Supercells
  • Location: Cirencester
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Looks almost as if the line across the south has run into an area of descent - the bands ahead of it were disolving. yeah the mcs has got pretty inactive too. still, fingers crossed ..

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Chris Cooper Newbie

Chris Cooper

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  • Location: Southampton, Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorm, Snow, Wind, Any Extremes :)
  • Location: Southampton, Hampshire
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Just started raining - wind suddenly picked up too

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andy989 Rising Star

andy989

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  • Location: NW Wales/Snowdonia 1002ft ASL
  • Location: NW Wales/Snowdonia 1002ft ASL
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If the MCS takes a blow from its channel crossing, are our conditions ripe enough for it to regain some momentum over our land? 

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Cheshire Freeze Maestro

Cheshire Freeze

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  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms and other extremes
  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
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Yup...all developed due northwest - Still caught some cracking CGs, loud rumbles etc over an hours worth to be fair, albeit fairly distant lol. Here's hoping for the beefy looking imports to rudely awake us later! If you're asleep that is :)

 

I NEED sleep lol. Was up at 4.45 for work this morning!

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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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If the MCS takes a blow from its channel crossing, are our conditions ripe enough for it to regain some momentum over our land? 

You'd hope so but considering the storms which are just passing over southern England now, they don't seem to regain any intensity but anything could still happen right now.

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ChezWeather Experienced

ChezWeather

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  • Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 110m
  • Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 110m
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Well fingers crossed that the MCS makes landfall with some strength left.

 

Otherwise it has been a great day for some, and we can all hope that this is a sign of things to come!

 

 

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Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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Well fingers crossed that the MCS makes landfall with some strength left.

 

Otherwise it has been a great day for some, and we can all hope that this is a sign of things to come!

You see that gap right where Bristol is... That's me.

 

A great capture of the lightning strikes on the other hand.

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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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You'd hope so but considering the storms which are just passing over southern England now, they don't seem to regain any intensity but anything could still happen right now.

 

Look at it piddling itself out just before it gets to Bristol..... - I'm calling it a night!  :nonono:  :laugh:

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Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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If any of you have

 

Look at it piddling itself out just before it gets to Bristol..... - I'm calling it a night!  :nonono:  :laugh:

I certainly agree with you :80:, if anyone hasn't noticed showers have formed between the rain band in the middle of the channel and on the front edge of the MCS, these may intensify?

 

Front edge indeed intensifying as it enters the channel! Lightning strikes becoming more frequent there now.

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Freddie123 Rookie

Freddie123

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  • Location: Siston, Bristol UK
  • Location: Siston, Bristol UK
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Yep we had a thundery shower earlier and that was that. it looked promising as I came back along the M4 this evening as well.

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Chris Cooper Newbie

Chris Cooper

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  • Location: Southampton, Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorm, Snow, Wind, Any Extremes :)
  • Location: Southampton, Hampshire
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Just seen a single flash to my south! fingers crossed! 

 

Cant see anything on sferics in the vicinity??

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liambailey09 Rookie

liambailey09

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  • Location: Stevenage, Herts
  • Location: Stevenage, Herts
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Just seen a single flash to my south! fingers crossed! 

 

Cant see anything on sferics in the vicinity??

I can confirm you aren't seeing things! 

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Raidan Enthusiast

Raidan

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  • Location: BRISTOL
  • Location: BRISTOL
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Wow I really cant believe it twice in one day storms have come up from the south and jumped over Bristol and started up again once there clear of here really is annoying.hasn't even rained here.glad others got their fix but I think I'm gonna give up now got to be up at 4.30.hope more of you get something tonight but from the Bristol Gap I'm calling it a day.

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Marcus_surfer Rising Star

Marcus_surfer

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  • Location: Swansea (Abertawe) , South Wales, 420ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Storms & Snow.
  • Location: Swansea (Abertawe) , South Wales, 420ft ASL
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Storms have died a death over wales !

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Just seen a single flash to my south! fingers crossed!  Cant see anything on sferics in the vicinity??

Don't rely on sferics which are notoriously unreliable...I saw a number of thunderstorms last year which were in some cases were far far more active than sferic detection would suggest
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slb97

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  • Location: Horndean, Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms followed by snow (preferably on the same day!)
  • Location: Horndean, Hampshire
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Two flashes of lightning seen north of Portsmouth

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IanR Seasoned

IanR

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  • Location: Wigan
  • Location: Wigan
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  saw dark ominous cloud from wigan looking west but knew by the look of it that is must electrical, so took a drive down the a580 and sure enough started to see lightning as I approached around the St Helene area toward Liverpool, saw about 20 plus flashes of cg, intracloud and sheet lightning all pinkish and blue in colour, not the most frequent lightning but not bad for a storm starved guy like me

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Cheshire Freeze

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  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms and other extremes
  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
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Tomorrow's potential seemingly being shunted further and further north. At this rate most of the Midlands and Wales may have a largely fine day, with most of the storms maturing further north with the S'ly flow.

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Chris Cooper Newbie

Chris Cooper

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  • Location: Southampton, Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorm, Snow, Wind, Any Extremes :)
  • Location: Southampton, Hampshire
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Don't rely on sferics which are notoriously unreliable...I saw a number of thunderstorms last year which were in some cases were far far more active than sferic detection would suggest

Harry - thanks for the information!  I was questioning myself when I typed that :)  You have confirmed what I was sort of thinking. :)

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