Spanish plume anyone? Storm and convective discussion 17th July Onwards

[Mokidugway]

IS YOUR GLASS HALF EMPTY.......lol

hey that reminds me ,it's beer o clock !!....

[Chris101]

First strike near Brighton....

May be Anvil crawlers, have you seen the size of it on satellite pic, that bubbling top has the characteristics of an MCS

[dave48]

Sky here now filled with Alt Cas.

[tornadomanuk]

Yes a very definate Northerly track, maybe even a slight turn to the NNW? Almost a direct hit in Brighton - Eastbourne. Meanwhile, Im keeping an eye on the BoB developments for my area later

Edited July 18, 2014 by tornadomanuk

[RazorRob]

I was thinking Folkestone, but Might head to Hastings as it looks like it is shifting N to NNE slightly...

[jamesslater93]

I can hear thunder...

[ilsewin]

Yep it's moving north now. Londoners beware!

 

I guess it might be an all-nighter after all! Better get out "the beast" (my other, better, camera)!

[Duane S.]

That French cell is insane!!! Brighton Eastwards should be prepared for some serious action over the next couple of hours. A seperate cell moving Nortwards from over South Biscay looks to be of more interest later on to us poor souls further west. Going to be a memorable night for many

Edited July 18, 2014 by s4lancia

[Weather-history]

Yep it's moving north now. Londoners beware!

Pity there isn't a live webcam on Beachy Head. The view might be interesting.

[Flipflop]

Eastbourne webcam live    http://www.itsfine.org/weather/wx_webcam_quick.php

[stewfox]

I guess it might be an all-nighter after all! Better get out "the beast" (my other, better, camera)!

 

Its been a while since I have had a all-nighter   

[Neilsouth]

That French cell is insane!!! Brighton Eastwards should be prepared for some serious action over the next couple of hours. A seperate cell moving Nortwards from over South Biscay looks to be of more interest later on to us poor souls further west. Going to be a memorable night for many

 

 

 

[the storm fisherman]

I can hear but can not see the thunder approaching as I stand on the sea front at stokes bay,gosport due to a ruddy great lump in the way (I O W )

[chionomaniac]

Clouded over here now and getting darker.

[chionomaniac]

Lovely new cells developing on the northern edge. Bring it on!

[Evening thunder]

Lightning detectors say otherwise

 

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

 

I should have clarified the western channel (south of Devon). There were a couple strikes near France earlier but nothing recently.

 

As mentioned the strikes from the monster moving out of France moving more northwards or even NNW. This is when I wish I was back in the SE, even if my uni is not in it's path I could have easily driven into the path of this beast. 

[A.J]

Sky here now filled with Alt Cas.

Hi Dave, long time so speak 

Yes Ac Cas streaming northwards here now as well. What is especially encouraging for later is the speed at which they're visibly streaming north indicative of a strong upper flow in an increasingly sheared enviroment, great news for tilted, well separated updrafts to form which would result in well organized, long lasting storms

Edited July 18, 2014 by ajpoolshark

[Nick L]

Jesus, that stuff over the Channel is insane.

[Karl83]

Goodbye SE England!

 

[Convective]

Apologies if any of this has been posted before. Hard to keep up with the forum when its like this! People sat on the beach at Bognor Regis watching the thunderstorms come ashore.

 

http://www.bognorregisbeach.co.uk/live

[Panayiotis]

Im relying on the storm over the Bay of Biscay to increase and intensify...

[EML Network]

Aye Up just heard my first distant rumble of the night here just west of Brighton

[Cloud 10]

Probably been posted already but a mesoscale discussion from estofex out.

 

http://www.estofex.org/

[BaronVonRain]

That storm is damn insane!! 

 

The cell to its West is developing nicely too!

[Bishop Brennan]

Hi Dave, long time so speak 

Yes Ac Cas streaming northwards here now as well. What is especially encouraging for later is the speed at which they're visibly streaming north indicative of a strong upper flow in an increasingly sheared enviroment, great news for tilted, well separated updrafts to form which would result in well organized, long lasting storms

 

That's sounds promising for us West Midlanders - whatever Wiltshire gets tonight, we're likely to enjoy a bit later given the apparent wind direction.

 

Bish