Storm & Convective Discussion 12z 21/7/14 ------>

[Guest]

Keep an eye on the section tot he southwest of us. You never know,

Yes it's showing signs of intensifying on the last radar loop.

[Mokidugway]

Heavy rain now,very wet garden furniture (forgot to take cushions in) !!....

[SnowJoke]

Nice line of developing thunderstorms pushing out of Oxfordshire and heading NE towards MK area. Look very active lightning wise on the real time plotter. Almost constant ticks. 

[ChezWeather]

Keep an eye on the section tot he southwest of us. You never know,

 

Yes it's showing signs of intensifying on the last radar loop.

 

Fingers crossed!

 

Looks like its getting going nicely around Gainsborough 

Edited August 10, 2014 by ChezWeather

[IanR]

it really is damp squib here as expected, just some typical moderate rain earlier, and some leaves rustling,

 

unless it all kicks off later,  (unlikely much will happen)

 

 very still now , no rain and just plain old overcast,

[Lauren]

Storm action has really ramped up heading towards MK. Sadly, I think we will miss out.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Sky is darkening like mad to the SW and clouds are moving alarmingly fast!!

[Cloud 10]

Lots of cape and a very negative LI for those storms to tap into as they move Eastwards...

 

[ChezWeather]

Storms are moving at some serious speed today, looking at that cape chart, anyone in the east is in for a treat 

[Staffordshire]

Heads up in Peterborough, storm intensifying fast and will clobber that area! Wish i was there, possible super cell?

If i was out chasing i would head to NW East Anglia somewhere in a triangle from Ely, Norwich and Boston, plenty of energy available around there

[The PIT]

Not looking good energy dying away behind the front sun trying to get out.

[loopydreamer]

Plenty of sun out here... storms ... oh sweet storms ...come to me

[SnowJoke]

1-2.5CM hailstones just fell in MK, now have constant thunder rolling across the sky from north to south. Got a video which I'll post later of the large hail.

[TonyH]

My - Bedford is sure in for it soon!

Edited August 10, 2014 by TonyH

[Dami]

yay here comes the storm, 2 claps of thunder, really odd colour to the sky, chucking out hail.

 

And guess what? It knocked out sky again.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Dami

[saint]

yay here comes the storm, 2 claps of thunder, really odd colour to the sky. 

 

And guess what? It knocked out sky again.

 

My sky went off for a good 5 minutes just now... Despite it not raining here or anything! 

[Eye to the sky]

Keep losing Sky signal here, can only presume it's from the intensity of the rain in certain areas!!

[Supacell]

I really wish I was living further east right now, some serious storms look to be going on over there in a line all the way from Lincoln to the south coast. I would be interested to know if any of these storms are showing signs of tornadic activity considering the risks highlighted by the charts of tornadoes.

 

Although still the risk of post frontal thunderstorms for western areas this afternoon/evening, the real juicy air is now to the east and the risk of severe storms currently in the east will exit into the North Sea over the next couple of hours. It's game over for severe storms here in Derby, but certainly not for a storm, albeit nothing in comparison to those further east at present. Already a small storm near the Wirral in the post frontal airmass. 

[Speedway Slider]

Compare rain radar and lightning, distinct organised line has developed....

Can an experienced netweatherer explain what is happening here please??

[liambailey09]

Looks like I'm in the perfect position to miss everything  Might be worth sticking on eurosport if you have it, London to surrey cycling, going to get hit shortly 

[NUT]

Looks like my other half is about to get hit by the squall. It a short but looks like a extremly intense burst of rain going to go through

[Staffordshire]

Compare rain radar and lightning, distinct organised line has developed....Can an experienced netweatherer explain what is happening here please??

in a very short nut shell: warm air from bertha, meets cold air moving east wards, also running into an area of high cape and negative li, recipe for storms, they will likely continue to intensify as they move east out into the north sea

[mackerel sky]

Gone a bit mental here. Flashes every 10-15 seconds and the constant growl of thunder, one of top of another.

[Azazel]

can confirm the "swindon supercell" was certainly rotating as it passed over here. Flat, rock solid, low cloud base with some striations visible in the updraft region. Constant grumbling thunder.

 

Was a goodun:)

[Mapantz]

Compare rain radar and lightning, distinct organised line has developed....Can an experienced netweatherer explain what is happening here please??

Linear convection.