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Convective / storm Discussion - 22nd May 2014 onwards

Liam J

By Liam J
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reef

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  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire
  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire
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Thundery rain we have. Thunder we certainly do not  :fool:

 

I don't get it. Been watching it coming all day at work in Doncaster and the whole of the NW radar is red with the stuff. I head home at 17:15, sprites on the radio, black as the Ace of Spades to the SE. I get home and the rain starts in earnest. I tell everyone we are in for a big one and what happens? Thundery rain!!!

 

Where did the thunder go? It is there to the SE of here (HU17) at 18:00 but when I get to the PC (now) it's all gone as if by magic. :wallbash:

 

I feel like joining the no storms club after this let down but I guess they won't have me  :cc_confused:

 

The BBC say 'thundery showers' - I'll take them. They also occasionally say 'thundery downpours' - I'll take them too. What I won't take is thundery bl@@dy rain! I hate it!!!  :nonono:

 

Gonna cry in my cup of tea now.....

 

As I mentioned earlier, its due to the onshore wind in our neck of the woods. It kills any activity stone dead. I was hopeful today but as soon as I saw the wind didnt change from the NE it was pretty much over before it got here.

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Greeny

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  • Location: Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny, stormy and I don't dislike rain only cold
  • Location: Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia
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I'm in ore, this cu is developing right before my eyes!

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Arnie Pie

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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 Brumcams server has gone down :doh:......you just watch what happens nowTornado over the Bullring anyone

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Knoxgar Contributor

Knoxgar

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  • Location: Ludwigshafen / Mannheim, Germany (98 m)
  • Location: Ludwigshafen / Mannheim, Germany (98 m)
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supercells over germany:

 

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SnowJoke

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  • Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. 108.7m ASL
  • Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. 108.7m ASL
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supercells over germany:

 

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Awesome, you can clearly see the overshooting tops  :clapping: 

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paul m

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  • Location: Morley, Leeds West Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms
  • Location: Morley, Leeds West Yorkshire
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Complete let down again here. Even going out chasing Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire I only managed to see one flash. Cannot believe the speed they fizzled as they approached. No storms in Derby since January.

Same here This week has been a total write off

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Neilsouth

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  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
  • Weather Preferences: Severe Storms and Snow
  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
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The most amazing skies i've seen for a long time and fast developing cumulonimbus clouds as well with deep rain shafts..

 

No thunder :(

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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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supercells over germany:

 

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Oh that is so beautiful. Enjoy the evening's displays...

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Muffelchen

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  • Location: Beverley, E Yorks, 19m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunder - not necessarily at the same time!
  • Location: Beverley, E Yorks, 19m ASL
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As I mentioned earlier, its due to the onshore wind in our neck of the woods. It kills any activity stone dead. I was hopeful today but as soon as I saw the wind didnt change from the NE it was pretty much over before it got here.

Yep Reef,

 

I read your post earlier after I had vented my spleen.... It is amazing how fast that died and the NE we have had all day is still going strong, although not at ground level. Also complete lack of sunshine - I never saw any all day.

 

It is amazing how that rogue easterly can blow your snow chances in the winter and storm chances in the summer, however, we don't do too bad here to be honest.

 

Oh well, there's always tomorrow's convergence line from Flamborough to Liverpool to keep us interested eh?

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SnowJoke

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  • Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. 108.7m ASL
  • Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. 108.7m ASL
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Interesting line of developing showers running from the SW. NEwards. Looks like it's down to current wind convergence, worth keeping an eye on to see if they can develop into storms, the suns going to go down but with so much energy in the atmosphere still it could be the needed trigger.

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Muffelchen

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  • Location: Beverley, E Yorks, 19m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunder - not necessarily at the same time!
  • Location: Beverley, E Yorks, 19m ASL
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As I mentioned earlier, its due to the onshore wind in our neck of the woods. It kills any activity stone dead. I was hopeful today but as soon as I saw the wind didnt change from the NE it was pretty much over before it got here.

Funny how that blob in the N Sea has stayed active though, in spite of the wind direction. There was a storm there last night too: the one that clipped Kent and Lowestoft and eventually ended up in Oslo!

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Knoxgar Contributor

Knoxgar

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  • Location: Ludwigshafen / Mannheim, Germany (98 m)
  • Location: Ludwigshafen / Mannheim, Germany (98 m)
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Oh that is so beautiful. Enjoy the evening's displays...

 

thanks! despite no direct hits today, i was able to get my eyes on that supercell over Heidelberg in 30 kilometer distance...so it was quite enjoyable today!

 

EDIT: Nice webcam right now: http://www.rhoen-cams.de/show.php?cid=54

 

Standstill pic:

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Nick F Maestro

Nick F

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  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
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ITV weather just mentioned reports of a tornado near Cambridge, anyone else heard/seen anything? 

 

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2014-05-22/tornado-over-cambridgeshire/

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Mumbles

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  • Location: Yeovil, Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Severe t/ storms, rain, snow, wind!
  • Location: Yeovil, Somerset
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Currently very dark coming in toward Yeovil from the south...a few flashes of lightning and rumbles can be heard too...nothing showing up on any radars though! Starting to rain a little too..

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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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It only appears to be an area of light to moderate rain, no sferics showing Mumbles.

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cloudsabove

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  • Location: Suffolk (just west of Ipswich)
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, clouds, aurora
  • Location: Suffolk (just west of Ipswich)
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thanks! despite no direct hits today, i was able to get my eyes on that supercell over Heidelberg in 30 kilometer distance...so it was quite enjoyable today!

 

EDIT: Nice webcam right now: http://www.rhoen-cams.de/show.php?cid=54

 

Standstill pic:

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Wow, almost a mothership! Great view!

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William Grimsley

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  • Location: Newton Poppleford, Devon, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Snow, High Winds.
  • Location: Newton Poppleford, Devon, UK
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It only appears to be an area of light to moderate rain, no sferics showing Mumbles.

Yeah, it's not heavy enough to be electrified.

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matty40s

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  • Location: on a canal , probably near Northampton...
  • Weather Preferences: extremes n snow
  • Location: on a canal , probably near Northampton...
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big lightning flash just illuminated hamburg - shame the spider didn't go home!!

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Bluebreezer54

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  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
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Out of interest, why when you film lightening does it always appear as a horizontal flashing rather than how it actually looks?

 

From my very limited knowledge Lauren it's best to try and film lightning with the auto focus function off.

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Convective

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  • Location: Douglas, Isle of Man - 380ft/116m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Warm summers, cold winters.. How it should be!
  • Location: Douglas, Isle of Man - 380ft/116m ASL
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Playing around with the video from the other day, anyone know what type of lightning you would specify this as?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-adynS2VI&feature=youtu.be

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Bluebreezer54

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  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
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Playing around with the video from the other day, anyone know what type of lightning you would specify this as?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-adynS2VI&feature=youtu.be

Great capture there. Looks like an in cloud crawler

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Dami

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  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy and thundery.
  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
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Looks like we are going to get a shower.... No thunder.  :pardon:

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Knoxgar Contributor

Knoxgar

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  • Location: Ludwigshafen / Mannheim, Germany (98 m)
  • Location: Ludwigshafen / Mannheim, Germany (98 m)
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Videos of that supercell in Stuttgart:

 

 

Source: http://www.wzforum.de/forum2/read.php?8,2867543

 

 

Source: http://www.wzforum.de/forum2/read.php?2,2866767,2867564#msg-2867564

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SnowJoke

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  • Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. 108.7m ASL
  • Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. 108.7m ASL
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Playing around with the video from the other day, anyone know what type of lightning you would specify this as?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-adynS2VI&feature=youtu.be

 

Looked like a negative cloud to cloud strike below the cloud base due to the storms high level.

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Karl83 Community Regular

Karl83

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  • Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms, Heat Waves, Tornadoes.
  • Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol
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Videos of that supercell in Stuttgart:

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTvkvPLASg#t=25

Oh wow!! That is excellent!

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