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

[cartedj]

stole my line there

Come on guy's. It aint that bad. Staying up late tonight. Flikering to the south already.

[snowrye]

Wheres mine

[Lightning Ed]

CRAZY. Best storm in YEARS, infact its still going. Some really intense CG's of the + type I think mixed in with a lot of clound and smaller strikes. Its been so long I forgot how bright lightning is and its vivid colour. My eyes hurt. Quite strange. What a system, and about damn time too.

[Southern Storm]

Here are a few photos of the storm that passed through earlier.

hope you all like them, and good luck to everyone else!

 

 

Edited July 3, 2015 by Thunderman1981

[Costa Del Fal]

Beautiful cg just observed. Lightning every 20 secs or so now.

[saint]

Insanely close lightning here, Royal Mail Home Counties north got struck by lightning!

 

Indeed... These storms got very intense very quickly round these parts!

[NL]

This is pretty much the situation now, ..Earlier fax chart for 00z aint that far off the mark.

00z fax chart.

 

Present situation

[Lightning Ed]

Lol watching from home now, got out 10 miles onto the end of the mainland, beautiful rocks in the foreground with tide out, and forgot my remote release. At least I now know that location if nothing else, having a beer and watching this roll in

 

Nice one Paul

[Dagmar]

Yowzers. CG about 2 miles west of here if that. Came out of nowhere after a slow buildup.

[Daniel*]

 

Stunning! +1

[Rain123]

I am so tired, so when this rain fineshes, I might go.

Really big drops of rain now.

[big_treacle]

Sleep time I think. That storm was the best I've seen here for some years (still flashing away to the north!)

[Dan the Man]

Strong cell just passed. One particular strike probably within 1/4 of a mile definitely woke me up!

Still rolling thunder in the distance.

[P-M]

This is pretty much the situation now, ..Earlier fax chart for 00z aint that far off the mark.

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00z fax chart.

 

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Present situation

 

 

Thanks for that mate  - just wondering which way is the CF headed 

[Mr_ Nexus]

Plenty of flashes over Wolverhampton

[Flipflop]

If this became a massive squall ....not saying it will but Hellfire.....static 

[Cheshire Freeze]

The cold front is still down in the south! It won't be here for another couple of hours yet!

 

And where is our potential coming from.....there's nowt downwind for miles and miles, the nearest storms will go east of here. Birmingham is about to get pummelled then up into NE Midlands.

[Static Prevails]

Feeling pretty optimistic. Looks like a lot of the East Midlands region is in for some fun in a few hours!

[Dagmar]

Chucking it down now here in Cheltenham.

 

Had windows open but have had to close. Sadly a giant moth got in 

[Allseasons-Si]

Just seen two cg's @ the same time on brum cam,stunning.

[SnowJoke]

Can now hear thunder in MK, lightning is impressive too 

[Paul R]

Activity to the east has increased signficantly in the last five minutes. Still in the garden with a beer. Feeling quite lucky. Being in the clear patch between the western and eastern sets of storms, I'm in prime observational position. Could do with being a few miles closer mind...

[A.J]

my son's out chasing the wilts monster.....he's currently in Winchester heading up the A34, I've told him to 1) be bloody careful!...2) go up the A346 I'll meat him nr Swindon....We've one cell overhead here now kicking out some lovely forks, but looking south towards Salisbury, it's a flash a second...incredible stuff, and it's getting closer by the minute!

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Was observing fantastic distant lightning, until North Sea crud got in the way!!

Never mind, this beast is heading straight for me!

[A Frayed Knot]

Moon is out here and no show of nuthink .