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

[Mesoscale]

pretty good storm here!! woop

[Rain123]

Lots of flashing going on in NW London at the moment, but up to now, no banging.

Elevated?

[Bolt from the Blue]

Just been watching that Bournemouth cell from my garden, constant flashing but most of it was IC from where I'm looking

[mackerel sky]

It is only 17C outside! Nevertheless frequent distant flashes are lighting up the sky to our south now!

 

 

[Kookylou]

Lightning to the south of Cardiff, flickering away. No thunder.....yet

[weirpig]

First thunder of the evening  

[ChezWeather]

Sferics West of Birmingham! 

[Arnie Pie]

Big flash to the West of Brum

[Homerr]

Holy stained glass window we are alive to the sound of thunder here I am getting GUNSHOT THUNDER EVERY MINUTE

[djpaulbailey]

I can tell you now, this is one of the finest thunderstorms I've ever witnessed, torrential rain, huge sized hail, flashing every five seconds both IC and +CG just simply wow Wow wow!!! Loads of video too!! What a storm

[magicpatch]

Away for a few days in Emsworth and seemingly missing all the fun in Croydon and too Far East for the excitement in Bournemouth

Family in Croydon tho saying it's pretty epic but has fallen quiet now.

[Costa Del Fal]

Finally a couple of Flashes here now. Spoke Too Soon but still have my doubts on the overall picture.

[andymusic]

lovely distant lightning now from the "bournemouth supercell"

[mishy]

Wow that was loud!

[Hodgheg]

Boom!

[Paul R]

Lots of lightning to the west, can see distant flashes from the Bournemouth beast and more a closer to here. Getting the first rumbles. Looking like it'll not be overhead but a good show so far.

 

Can also see an Anvil to the south east.

 

Edit: Anvil to the south east put out a lightning bolt not long ago but most activity is to the west.

Edited July 3, 2015 by Paul Roberts

[Jason H]

It is only 17C outside! Nevertheless frequent distant flashes are lighting up the sky to our south now!

Only 17° at 12:09? Lol. This is the UK, not Florida. That's a pretty warm night time temperature for the UK.

Storms abated here for now. Nice lightening display. The odd boom of thunder and some convective rain. That's it for the South East tonight I think. Night all. Hope you get what you wish for.

[Rain123]

Ooh, loud, close thunder.

[Homerr]

Holy crap REALLY loud

[Robbie Garrett]

Almost constant lightning here in Bexleyheath, thunder is quite distant though.

 

 

Desperately hoping my new camcorder is picking this up ok...lightning is insane but the quality on the screen is a bit misty

 

 

Between cells now...one to my west over London is kicking out amazing bolts every 2-3 seconds now literally

 

Told you east of Heathrow.    I've been filming in night mode with the GoPro 4K Black Edition, can't wait to see what the results show.   #storm#thunder and "The Lightning" All now trending across the UK.

Edited July 3, 2015 by Robbie Garrett

[harryc]

Thunder heard but no lightning yet, fingers crossed.

[Winter Cold]

its certainly nothing like the BBC forecast lol, so far anyway. wonder if everything is just delayed?

[> mark]

Seeing a lot of IC and a few CG to my West ...... W/NW London i think. Looks quite impressive

[Mr_ Nexus]

Finally some action

[Hodgheg]

I really have had the best storms ive ever seen in the uk tonight. Over for the london area?