Storm & Convective Discussion - SPANISH PLUME - 30/06/15 onwards

[LadyEv06]

Gotta say, was quite eerie watching that from a silent distance lovely show...

 Great wasn't it! 

 

Still a muggy 25.3 here, highest we got to was 35.1 

[cheese]

 I can see flashes in the sky in Leeds and they don't look distant. Looks all round us. could it be Manchester or is there something developing this side of the Pennines?

I think it's just the lightning illuminating the clouds - certainly nothing nearby as far as I can tell. Still, went outside - a balmy 23C with constant lightning to my north. Doesn't happen that often here,

[tomp456]

Are there thunderstorms about in Northern England? ;)

Edited July 1, 2015 by tomp456

[Love Snow]

Shame it wasnt a direct hit but the night is still young

[Condor Vitesse]

• Mother Nature THANK YOU XXXX

Are there thunderstorms about in Northern England? ;)

WHERE!!!!

[summer fun]

A couple of pics I took of the storm that ran through Blackpool and the Irish Sea about 45 mins ago... These were my first lightning pictures too.. We don't get many storms around here normally lol.

[Nick F]

Pretty impressive stuff for the UK, hail and wind from the supercell over Swaledale, North Yorks earlier this evening:

https://youtu.be/AOYZqGBdfCk

Some pretty impressive lightning photos on social media from the storms over Manchester and NW England tonight too.

With regards to the MCS over western France, I reckon it could arrive across SE England around 4-5am, if it holds together, not trusting the models too much ATM, they've been somewhat in disagreement on track and timing of storms heading over Channel late in the night.

Edited July 1, 2015 by Nick F

[Gray-Wolf]

WOW!, just WOW !!!! hail over 1cm ( leaves to clear up in the morning ) and the best lightning since I was last in Germany!!!!! 

 

Excellent watch as it approached ......almost strobe like?

Edited July 1, 2015 by Gray-Wolf

[IanR]

actually i drove to the irish sea coast earlier to see if i could glimpse the storm over the sea, unaware of what was going to unfold at home,  really didnt expect anything in greater manchester, noticed the flashes driving back along the m6 and m61, as it was getting dark,  so i missed best bit of the storm here , as it was moving away by now, but i did see loads of sheet and fork lightning as i was driving , and some when i got back, but distant rumbles  

[Cloud 10]

Fresh cell just popped up off the NE coast.

[Cornishdave]

Enjoy the show guys, just had the 1 strike here in Exeter earlier this morning, forecasters got it spot on. Thinking back to my childhood we got some memorable storms but because we had no idea what was happening 10 miles away let alone 200 miles away we never felt hard done by in regards to not having a storm. Hoping to get some here in Exeter tomorrow, failing that we have all of July, August, sept yet to come so fingers crossed, otherwise I've enjoyed a cold beer in the warm eve temps, win win situation I reckon, ps storm happy northerners can you get some more pics uploaded for the rest of us

[Harry]

Pretty impressive stuff for the UK, hail and wind from the supercell over Swaledale, North Yorks earlier this evening:

https://youtu.be/AOYZqGBdfCk

Some pretty impressive lightning photos on social media from the storms over Manchester and NW England tonight too.

With regards to the MCS over western France, I reckon it could arrive across SE England around 4-5am, if it holds together, not trusting the models too much ATM, they've been somewhat in disagreement on track and timing of storms heading over Channel late in the night.

What are your thoughts on it keeping energy if it comes the way of the UK? I can't find any SB or MUCAPE that would realistically keep it going.

[Mesosphere]

About 4 flashes from an elevated storm just to my north west, few rumbles of thunder also! Have to admit the METO and ESTOFEX nailed it

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Best storm i've seen for years, frequent lightning, strike every 10 seconds! Love it!

[ChezWeather]

Had an amazing long distance view of that storm! Brilliant lightning just flickering into the distance now! Quality day

[sconetone]

Slightly off topic but just noticed I've been a member here for 10 years and one week.....don't time fly eh?

 

 

And I've seen more Thunderstorms here in the last 3 years than I saw in the previous 7 living up in Lancs

there - back on topic

[alr1970]

Taken as it drifted away to the NE.

[Pat Butcher]

Not too fussed to have missed a direct hit, been serenely sat on the step watching it strobing away into the distance. What a show!

[toggerob]

Thats quite a beast moving towards Bradford now, spent the past 45 minutes watching it turn into a large anvil with frequent lightning strikes every few seconds. 

 

Tops at 40,000ft i'd say, once that main bulk of convection got going there wasn't really anything to stop it going further up.

Edited July 1, 2015 by SNOW_JOKE

[Harry]

New active cells firing further west in BoB...hence possibly the weather alert posted above by a SW chap

Tempting fate here, but, I've just had a notification for a thunderstorm alert.

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They were absolutely spot on when i had that storm on June 10th.

Look at the new cells forming off of W France...possibly these heading your way

[Bolt from the Blue]

Quite Impressive to see storms surviving in the Norwegian Sea! what do you have to say for yourself English Channel?

[Jonathan Lang]

Just got pummeled with giant hail, I was genuinely scared! Loved every minute of it though

[Daniel*]

Tempting fate here, but, I've just had a notification for a thunderstorm alert.

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They were absolutely spot on when i had that storm on June 10th.

Is this a app if so what is it called + would it be compatible with a Apple device?

[Hirudine]

Loving all the pics of the northern storms- I'm living vicariously through you!

[Harry]

Convective Weather forecast just issued...kind of how I imagined to be honest