Convective / Storm Discussion - 14th May 2014 onwards

[NUT]

My eyes are focused on SW Scotland as there's something in the area (although not electrified yet)

[Mokidugway]

My eyes are focused on SW Scotland as there's something in the area (although not electrified yet)

moved through Manchester earlier , some showers but no sferics !!....cranking up in wales now but looks a little to far west, probably end up over the irish sea !.... Edited May 19, 2014 by Mokidugway

[Cloudwatcher]

       Nothing happening here. Standard.

[DeepSnow]

More close thunder here but the storms seem to be going around us rather than over us

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Never seen this before it's like the cloud is being blown back 0.o

[shaky]

Towers going up all over here!!and it is really warm and humid!temp is 23/24 degrees!!

[samadamsuk]

hey all. sat near cirencester - cu bubbling up and some great looking leaning towers - I can see this cu getting going way to the north of me and cb's going up, but looks like less supportive mid level lapse rates and moisture levels might give in during the heat of the day the way things are going. good luck all - if your like me hot thundery weather is built into my soul

by the way, the last time I saw towers leaning over like this was 2008 in the states!

[Marcus_surfer]

Nice to see north wales getting some action, it was the south and west of wales last night. Constant rumbles of thunder here for a while very early this morning

[Bobby]

Rumbles of thunder to my east, very dark skies over there from a towering CB that's starting to anvil. Dark skies to the West too. Stuck in the middle with nowt as usual.

 

The cell producing the thunder..

 

Edited May 19, 2014 by Bobby

[toggerob]

Something cropping up south of Derby? not much ascent profiling in the CU around here yet, if only we had a convergence similar to yesterday which sparked those TCu cells over Lancs.

[Ben Sainsbury]

That cell NW of Newport look at those rain rates! 120/150mm/hr +

 

The cell has formed incredibly quickly out of nowhere!

Edited May 19, 2014 by Ben Sainsbury

[TonyH]

Distant thunder seemed to the SE 0530, grumbled on occasionally for an hour with a few louder, closer rumbles, also some brief heavy showers. No lightning seen.

1240-50: Storm passed 3 or 4 miles by to the NE with rumbles every minute or so, no L seen and just a spit of rain, while radar showed heavy rain 3 miles NE

 

Quite a line of thunder activity from Cardigan Bay to the Brecon Beacons currently.

Edited May 19, 2014 by TonyH

[Lynxus]

Some lovely cells around wales now.

 

( Realtime lightning display )

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

[ChezWeather]

Its a shame that those cells in Wales are moving North and not North Easterly! 

[Convective]

First batch clearing from here now, just a light shower. Hoping the stuff over Wales keeps it's momentum!

 

 

Edited May 19, 2014 by Convective

[toggerob]

The cells over Wales should inject some moisture into the mid-layers which will help develop vertical profiles as the day goes on, added in the instability aswell and it's still pretty much game-on for most of England.

[Panayiotis]

Some lovely cells around wales now.

 

( Realtime lightning display )

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

Great website! Can track thunderstorms much more in realtime now! Thanks for sharing! As for my location, some showers last night which didnt produce anything thundery, hopefully something more convective occurs later on! Feeling v.humid!

[Sainsbo]

It sure is erupting over Wales.

 

 

Hopefully the first of many

[Spikecollie]

Now that I'm back from my travels for the moment I have the home grown storms to enjoy - we actually had a reasonable Friday and Saturday in Nuremberg until it went all showery again yesterday, but nothing like last Tuesday evening - that rain was mindblowing!

 

Bubbling up nicely here in the foothills of the Pennines:

 

 

[Summer Sun]

cloud is starting to bubble up with the heat of the day here in Darlington but looking at the radar no rain is in sight

 

Currently 22.8c but the feels like temperature is 25c

[samadamsuk]

some amazing development to my north east from cirencestet - prbly 30 miles away - just burst through the cap I believe

[andy989]

Watching the midwest Wales storms approaching me. Very Dark and convective looking skies.  

[Greeny]

A hefty core over Wales in the pink now.

[Tempest]

Nice and warm earlier but dark clouds rolling in, spots of rain, and wind picking up. I wont hold my breath though as probably just a boring old shower.

[andy989]

Can hear rumbles from the Wales storm now. Time to get the camera ready.