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

[pip22]

i think the Bournemouth supercell has caught the southerly wind and heading north.

[slinky1989]

Staying at my mother in law 's place in Wroughton (just south of Swindon).

Just seen the first flash here!

Yet the storm is still at least 30 miles away!

Crazy stuff!

[gottolovethisweather]

Lots of lightning around me to the South and East and occasionally to the West and I'm some 30 miles away from any of the storms. THAT IS WHY ELEVATED STORMS ARE THE BEST. Get out there and watch those skies folks even if the storms aren't overhead or on your patch as it is a site to behold.  

Edited July 3, 2015 by gottolovethisweather

[Noahjoe]

Wow!!!

This was my first attempt at photographing lightning as well! I would recommend the app iLightningCam on the App Store as it takes the photo when it detects the Lightning meaning you can just be lazy and sit back

[ChezWeather]

That entire mass of precip near Bournemouth is heading north straight for the east midlands

[Mapantz]

[Cheshire Freeze]

Sferic detected near Exeter - isn't that area behind the cold front now?

 

I'm not too sure that is the CF. I didn't think the CF was aligned N-S for a start.

[Dean E]

Bolts now visible from the storm over Bournemouth here in Portsmouth! Amazing orange lightning!

[Luke Best]

Never experienced anything like that. Forks ciming down all around me, marble hail and torrential rain. Bingo!

[Daniel*]

It's going. Mental just had a blinding CG very close.

[fazer76]

Any updates on Bournemouth LOL

[Snowman.]

That thing off Dover looks insane shame its not over land more.

[UKSupercell]

Frequent flashing here now looking eastwards. Every 5-10 seconds. 

[Jason H]

A great light display tonight. Superb stuff!

[A.J]

increasing amounts of lightning to my south/south west with several audible rumbles of thunder in the past few minutes

[Supacell]

That entire mass of precip near Bournemouth is heading north straight for the east midlands

 

Indeed it is. The Bournemouth cell has developed a nice core now too.

[ChezWeather]

Bournemouth cell is getting a nice looking core on the radar now! 

[MBaines]

Starting to see sporadic flickering!!!

 

Where? - in Peterborough?

[Winter Cold]

nice to hear reports of some storms now. Radar looks poor for most of the country though atm. BBC graphics had things really ramping up now across Yorkshire, especial the east but there is nothing at all on radar yet.

 

Some stuff actualy trundling to the west of Manchester out in Irish sea, that wasnt the plan lol!

 

Grr those storms down south better get here!!! Im not missing out again

Edited July 3, 2015 by Winter Cold

[Eye to the sky]

That entire mass of precip near Bournemouth is heading north straight for the east midlands

Will it survive the journey though or will intensify!!?.

[Ben Sainsbury]

Shotgun Thunder here loud!

[Dean E]

The bournemouth storm is starting to show MCS characteristics 

[Norfolk Sheep]

Can't stop watching that Bournemouth cam!!

I must be watching the wrong one - haven't seen anything on there LOL!

[Static Prevails]

I'm hoping this Bournemouth cell carries on growing. It's a long way to travel but we could be in business here in a few hours...

[Cheshire Freeze]

I'm a bit conflicted. It seems like some of it is trying to veer away into the north-east, but then the rest of it wants to continue on a northerly bearing. I'm thinking that the storm is starting to split in two... either that or it may be forming a bit of a squall line?

 

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TBH if that really is the CF straddling the West Midlands it'll be game over for us soon and the East Midlands getting the fun....possibly a la Euro 4 from earlier