Storm & Convective Discussion - 02/07/15 Onward - Heat & Plumes

[Snowman.]

Trying not to but losing hope here in London absolutely nothing to report, not even a shower!

Although the wind does appear to have picked up slightly and the temperature has started to drop noticeably - not much in the way of cloud formation though

 

Patience, northern france seems to developing something.

Edited July 3, 2015 by SN0WM4N

[Jordan Naylor]

watching from 3rd story window, impressive CGs and CC lightning. One distant rumble since its a way away.

[SalopWatcher]

Its starting to liven up in west wales.

Yes got a great spot can see flashes for the storms 30/40 miles away in central and west wales..... Good start!

[Damian Gajsler]

Hello,

 

Nice to meet all of you. I am new here and would like to ask a few questions regarding our current storm situation.

 

Where is the bowling ball size hail?

 

Where is the F5 500 mph tornado?

 

On a serious note I only want to see a tornado from a safe distance that doesn't cause any injuries.

Edited July 3, 2015 by Damian Gajsler

[Dorset_Weather]

Lightning seen and distant rumbling to my south West.

[bobbydog]

Just been out to check and yes there is a line of strong convection right above my house. Very promising for those just north of me!

hopefully that line stretches towards horsham!

[Harry]

Trying not to but losing hope here in London absolutely nothing to report, not even a shower!

Although the wind does appear to have picked up slightly and the temperature has started to drop noticeably - not much in the way of cloud formation though

Christ almighty man - have you seen a model, chart or TV forecast that anything coming close much before midnight??? When sferics are racing northwards with nothing behind it, by all means feel dispondent. Few hours to go yet for us

Also, sky in our region has been littered with AcCas all evening...good signs.

Edited July 3, 2015 by Harry

[Mapantz]

Confirmed IC lightning here.

[Dean E]

Three areas of interest right now, all grown in the past half hour

 

[gottolovethisweather]

My main worry for us in the SW quarter is that the cold front is perhaps pushing in too quickly for us?

 

What charts are you looking at Chris which determine where the CF is?

[Snowman.]

hopefully that line stretches towards horsham!

 

And towards leigh!

[SP1986]

The cell over Wirral has de-activated in terms of lightning, it must be too cold/fresh here.

[JonGill]

Boy, its certainly kicking off to the south of Bournemouth/Poole as well as that lot over & to the south of Dorchester & Weymouth.

Looks like someone's lit the blue touch paper.

[Andy Pepler]

Area of developing storms between Weymouth-Guernsey is growing with each 5 min radar screen, looks like it will run up across Dorset-Somerset-Bristol so potentially excellent viewing from my part of Wiltshire towards the West. However I expect it to grow further and expand, possibly producing a lot more lightning by midnight than the precipitation area might suggest too.

any i got my stream running   hopefully we will have 3 cams out for this 2 gopro clones and a webcam

[gottolovethisweather]

Three areas of interest right now, all grown in the past half hour

 

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Indeed, they are the two areas which I have my eye on. Of course, other parts will have a few isolated exploding cells over them in the coming hours too.

[eddy88888]

yep i live in ferndown near hurn airport seen lightning in distance sky dark west of me 

[> mark]

Lots of flashes and bangs to my S

! FIREWORKS !

Apart fro that, aircraft contrails visible in the darkened sky, slight breeze and feeling cooler

[ANYWEATHER]

Its exploding and moving north from Weymouth

[Homerr]

Christ almighty man - have you seen a model, chart or TV forecast that anything coming close much before midnight??? When sferics are racing northwards with nothing behind it, by all means feel dispondent. Few hours to go yet for us

Also, sky in our region has been littered with AcCas all evening...good signs.

Yeah true I posted a picture earlier of what I thought was Ac cloud... I dunno I just have a bad feeling!

Must stay positive!

[Chris K]

What charts are you looking at Chris which determine where the CF is?

 

TORRO posted on facebook approx 1 hour ago this image showing the rough position of the weather fronts:

 

Edited July 3, 2015 by Chris K

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I'm heading over to Dunstable - the downs look good for views according to google! I'm very close too. Bit worried about storm direction - is it gonna change?

[carl1980]

The cell over Wirral has de-activated in terms of lightning, it must be too cold/fresh here.

Was going to say it's stopped,but just had another flash heavy rain now

[Bolt from the Blue]

Lightning observed here about a minute ago, flashes seem to be every 2 mins

[Paul Sherman]

My god the surface charts are a joy, it's not often you get a Warm Front with storms firing on it - Acold front over Devon and the triple point over Nw Wales. Love these Synoptics

[Gordon Webb]

What charts are you looking at Chris which determine where the CF is?

 

warm front effective cold front as of 9.30pm

 

 

edit

 

warm front = red line

 

effective cold front = blue line

 

they don't appear to be hanging around do they perhaps met office graphics of major activity moving into N England by 2am could be quite accurate

 

picture lifted from torro facebook so credit goes to them

Edited July 3, 2015 by Gordon Webb