Storm & Convective Discussion - 16/07/15 onwards

[Mokidugway]

Usual convective precursors here but nothing yet ....

[Neilsouth]

[William Grimsley]

Lots of Ac and Ac Cas here again visible between the breaks in this dread coastal low cloud.

[Neilsouth]

EPIC FAIL!

 

[Harry]

EPIC FAIL!

 

This is something that is emphasised with any plume event - it is so incredibly unpredictable!!

[William Grimsley]

There's quite a bit of mid level instability shown on this webcam as far west as Plymouth. Will this be another total fail by models and forecasts? http://192.171.163.3/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=18571

[Cakie]

There is definately something brewing in the channel. Fingers crossed for you guys

[Callie]

Very warm out and now there are big spots of rain!! Wonder if a storm will reach land?

[William Grimsley]

There is definately something brewing in the channel. Fingers crossed for you guys

Cakie is back! I must be in with a chance now! 

[Wilxy]

Looking brilliant for the SE already with storms developing in the English channel! Looking good for the Isle of Wight eastwards later.

[Neilsouth]

This is something that is emphasised with any plume event - it is so incredibly unpredictable!!

 

Very true mate! It would be nice if they mentioned as such for today

 

However the best storms I find are those unforecasted ones

[Bolsover-Weather-Research]

We have expected lightning in the Bolsover/Chesterfield area, hopefully should be able to get video and photo tonight. If i do I'll upload them here or on another thread.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I can actually chase tonight but don't have transport anyone up for it local to me??? Im in the "hot zone" for storms to and know some goods spots

I'm in a quandary too. Probs driving up to Richmond hill and watch from there but loca would be better if there's anything around chertsey / Woking area without too much light pollution and with SW and NE views. Problem with our area is lack of open space and too many trees everywhere :-(

[William Grimsley]

Looking brilliant for the SE already with storms developing in the English channel! Looking good for the Isle of Wight eastwards later.

Yeah, but I still wouldn't rule out us here, we have quite of instability especially across Devon, Somerset and Dorset and 850 hPa winds come from this.

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I'm in a quandary too. Probs driving up to Richmond hill and watch from there but loca would be better if there's anything around chertsey / Woking area without too much light pollution and with SW and NE views. Problem with our area is lack of open space and too many trees everywhere :-(

 

I have some killer spots... 

[William Grimsley]

We have expected lightning in the Bolsover/Chesterfield area, hopefully should be able to get video and photo tonight. If i do I'll upload them here or on another thread.

What? LOL.

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Yeah, but I still wouldn't rule out us here, we have quite of instability especially across Devon, Somerset and Dorset and 850 hPa winds come from this.

 

Yeah I got big fluffy clouds to does that mean a storm? 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I have some killer spots... 

Prey, where?

Oh and it needs to be near a pub :-)

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Prey, where?

Oh and it needs to be near a pub :-)

 

Secrets, and pubs within 200ms on each

[Mesoscale]

Weird clouds here!

[iamgazza]

I'm in a quandary too. Probs driving up to Richmond hill and watch from there but loca would be better if there's anything around chertsey / Woking area without too much light pollution and with SW and NE views. Problem with our area is lack of open space and too many trees everywhere :-(

 

I drove to Windsor Park and parked in a car park there. Had pretty much 360* lightning show a few weeks back.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Secrets, and pubs within 200ms on each

Now you're teasing me :-(

[Cakie]

Cakie is back! I must be in with a chance now! 

not in Devon but France. I'll send something over but need a storm fix myself. I think they are tracking too far to the North East of me

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I drove to Windsor Park and parked in a car park there. Had pretty much 360* lightning show a few weeks back.

Windsor park is a little out of the zone for me. Needs to be more East. Also, isn't that where the big lake is? Or am I thinking Virgina Water

[Andy Bown]

That is some rapidly developing storm system developing off the SE coast and already affected some parts of the mainland.

 

I have my eyes on the small showers beginning to form and head onshore from the Dorset coast with the thought that they will develop further into the evening and become a storm system themselves as they moved N/NE.