Storm & Convective Discussion - 04/07/15 Onward - Heat & Plumes

[Evening thunder]

Some interesting mammatus just went overhead, even if not associated with a cell in itself:

 

Edited July 10, 2015 by Evening thunder

[Winter Cold]

We need to wait for that trough to get closer I think. That storm to the SW died after about 1 minute which is no good to anybody and everything seems to be dying and fizzling atm as it goes over the irish sea

[Gordon Webb]

We need to wait for that trough to get closer I think. That storm to the SW died after about 1 minute which is no good to anybody and everything seems to be dying and fizzling atm as it goes over the irish sea

 

I don't know , storms dying after 1 minute I find perfectly acceptable lol

[ThundersnowDays]

current skies here in East Wilts......a bit of a pot pourri, plenty of mid level instability, a mixture of Ac Cas, Ac Floccus, Ac, TCu, virga, and even some mammatus...the proverbial kitchen sink!

 

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Those mammatus are passing over me now 1 clear one and 5 faint ones.

[William Grimsley]

Hmm, pulse storms...

[Panayiotis]

Yes mammatus here in Cardiff too

[Gordon Webb]

Looks like there is another cell starting to develop over the Devon-Cornwall border:

 

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that also appears to have eased I think

Yes mammatus here in Cardiff too

 

Yep if it wants to pour down there , there are about 14 australians in Cardiff I wouldn't mind getting soaked

Edited July 10, 2015 by Gordon Webb

[William Grimsley]

that also appears to have eased I think

 

Yep if it wants to pour down there , there are about 14 australians in Cardiff I wouldn't mind getting soaked

Defenitely has not eased that cell, getting more intense. Gordon, you've got no chance of getting anything tonight (though saying that we didn't till about an hour ago).

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Certainly looks thundery here. Funny how it didn't feel that thundery last Friday, but we saw the best overnight storm of the decade!

[dragon falls]

Gone quite dark here feels a bit cooler

[elfinpunk]

Humidity is ridiculous in Weston and mammatus passed here a short while ago. Some strike moving through North Devon now. X

[matty40s]

Unfortunately for Gordon, the skies above Coventry are full of strange cloud formations too. Plenty of mamma using small batches and quite a few clouds producing precipitation which isn't reaching the ground.

[toggerob]

Mammatus to the north of Buxton currently

[Bolt from the Blue]

Mamatus here too

[Supacell]

Certainly looks thundery here. Funny how it didn't feel that thundery last Friday, but we saw the best overnight storm of the decade!

 

It wasn't a 23rd July 2013 beater for me, although came close.

[Marcus_surfer]

Squall line developing ? Cell exploding over Cornwall!

[Jonathan Lang]

Certainly strange conditions today. Getting dark!

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

It wasn't a 23rd July 2013 beater for me, although came close.

Was on par I'd say!

23rd of July 2013 was awesome here, but more localised in southern areas. The variety of lightning in the July 2013 storm was simply staggering though and lasted 7 hours here!

Edited July 10, 2015 by East_England_Stormchaser91

[Gord]

Hang on...feeling a bit out of touch here. Are things happening that weren't forecasted to happen? I was expecting nothing tonight.

[A.J]

As we say in the west country......."I likes them big dangly udders you got" 

 

 

 

[Karl83]

A couple from earlier on when on my way home.

 

 

[Gordon Webb]

Hang on...feeling a bit out of touch here. Are things happening that weren't forecasted to happen? I was expecting nothing tonight.

 

a little yes it was initially only northern england southern scotland now wales midlands northwards but still with the focus the further north you go of course looking at the radar you would'nt believe that either but things can change again

Edited July 10, 2015 by Gordon Webb

[Winter Cold]

Im thinking widespread mammatus clouds are quite rare? I always have them down as one of the more special clouds! Not sure what bearing they have on the storm front either as they are usualy associated with sinking air? we need the air to be lifting

[jessandjon]

Yay just when I wasn't looking a thunderstorm appears right above my head!! Fork lightning and everything yayyyy

[toggerob]

GFS doesn't have much in the way of PPN overnight, whereas MetO has a squall-line passing across the UK by midnight.