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

[Evening thunder]

What I meant earlier by this year being 'reasonable' here is that though my count looks good on paper (for this area), the most since I started counting in 2008, many have just been a couple distant rumbles. My perception may be altered storms/downpours often missing here but being able to hear a couple distant rumbles from them so having to add them to my total.

 

Also any near/overhead events have been quite weak except one in June I missed (though one in July had great if infrequent lightning). It has been quite a good year though we haven't been hit by several decent/strong storms like some areas seem to have.

I've seen a bit more on storm chases which makes up for the missed stuff though not the same as a storm at home for me.

 

I think I've had less thunder days than 14 too as my count includes a few distant night lightning but no thunder events like in early January.

 

Today we've had a couple very heavy/torrential showers (they aren't missing here for once!), the second of which had quite strong winds with it which was nice to watch. Not as good cloudscapes as yesterday but more rain here. No thunder though.

Edited August 12, 2014 by Evening thunder

[TonyH]

Thunder heard in Brum

Heard it did nt see lightning though, looked like hail shafts as it headed over Moseley and on east!

[TonyH]

And the next shower comes onto Brumcam to the northwest.

Edited August 12, 2014 by TonyH

[PolarWarsaw]

Damn. This is frustrating, again it's been dry all day here. It was yesterday and most of Sunday after the front. We seemed to have missed everything here lately. Brum cam looks good Arnie.

[Arnie Pie]

Cheers Pantz , Tony and Polar

Means a lot to know the audios working fine

 

mx player

Next batch of showers due in from the West shortly

Edited August 12, 2014 by Arnie Pie

[TonyH]

AP when your cam is far right is it viewing to sort of Cov/ Bedworth region?

[pip22]

There is some big showers here but not a crack of thunder heard here.

[Arnie Pie]

AP when your cam is far right is it viewing to sort of Cov/ Bedworth region?

 

Far right.... the best we can see is Small Heath, Stetchford, Coleshill kind of way

far left is Cradley Heath, Brierly Hill way

 

Unfortunatly last years refurb left the flat a little fatter

[Arnie Pie]

Further rumbles in Brum to the North i think

Edited August 12, 2014 by Arnie Pie

[William Grimsley]

Again, I had another torrential downpour at work in Honiton today with strong winds but no hail this time, however home has had 2 torrential downpours today with one having strong winds associated with it.

Edited August 12, 2014 by William Grimsley

[Evening thunder]

Nice little thunderstorm Warminster way (may have been triggered by the shower which went over here about 2 hours ago looking at the radar)

[Weather-history]

[TonyH]

Cheers AP, that is one mean storm over Brum!

[Supacell]

Nice little storm over Birmingham at present heading in the direction of Sutton Coldfield. Nothing in Derby again, but don't really expect anything here as wind direction is wrong (NW'ly better for Derby). I could go out and chase but considering fast storm motion and short storm lifespan I think it would be an impossible task so I will sit tight and eat food.

[Staffordshire]

Our area is left with the drags again, time is seemingly running out fast here now, i am still very annoyed i missed the overnight storms back on july so i feel this summer hasn't delivered storm wise for me so far, however still a good month or two of potential

 

hopefully there will be a good opportunity to chase the last few days of August or beginning of September as i will be free then

Edited August 12, 2014 by Staffordshire

[TonyH]

Can see that massive CB from the Draycote cam looking NW towards Nuneaton

http://draycotewater.co.uk/weather-info/weather-cam/

 

Same cloud as is NE on Brumcam but different angle!

Edited August 12, 2014 by TonyH

[Spikecollie]

Looks like an interesting night ahead for us here in Limousin. Alerte orange from Météo France for thunderstorms, flooding and up to 100km/h wind gusts.

 

We've actually had a lovely weekend and week so far, there have been some thundery showers but we have been out in our shorts every day, and even got some lake swimming in...

Edited August 12, 2014 by Spikecollie

[TonyH]

Radar reckons 18mm in an hour along the Tyburn Rd in Brum from that storm recently:

Hope AP dont mind but I took this grab of the intense precipitation core when it was roughly over that same area:

Edited August 12, 2014 by TonyH

[Costa Del Fal]

Radar reckons 18mm in an hour along the Tyburn Rd in Brum from that storm recently:

INtense Brum storm 18mm one hour.JPG

Hope AP dont mind but I took this grab of the intense precipitation core when it was roughly over that same area:

Brumcam storm Tu 12 Aug 2014.JPG

Yeah I reckon here has had about 10mm. Some very heavy downpours for a time with big drops too.

[TonyH]

Yeah I reckon here has had about 10mm. Some very heavy downpours for a time with big drops too.

Indeed 10 to 12mm in the Stourbridge area according to the radar.

[Arnie Pie]

No problem Tony

I will put together a time lapse soon ....Just been checking brumcams coverage for some strikes....to no avail....should have caught some on my second cam which ill process later

Edited August 12, 2014 by Arnie Pie

[Mokidugway]

Squall line about to come through, looks very stormy .....

[Staffordshire]

think im gonna quickly go after that cell heading my way as radar hows some strikes coming from it

 

edit: well that was a totally wasted journey, it ended up coming right overhead, however it had also weakened significantly so there was nothing worth noting

Edited August 12, 2014 by Staffordshire

[Arnie Pie]

One weak strike found from today and a quick timelapse of a large hailcore over B`ham

 

 

[http://youtu.be/WQqaYVsVNzw]

[Mapantz]

The Euro4 only goes up until midday Thursday but it does look very lively- hopefully more lucrative for my area too.