Storm & Convective Discussion - 16/07/15 onwards

[smiles]

What?

Just edited it and its the wrong way round, such a noobie at posting in forums.

[Rain123]

I've just measured the track with a ruler against the radar, and it currently looks like it will go SLIGHTLY west of here. That is good though, because I can go into the garden watch the clouds and hear the thunder without getting drenched.

[stainesbloke]

Sounds like my type of luck haha. Always when I go on holiday I get the reports of my family raving over a big storm, almost taunting me lol.

That is the main reason why I always go to the Balearics in September! As I've always seen at least a couple of belters each time I've gone out there at that time!

Do you know Formentera? It's a beautiful island close to Ibiza. Went there some years ago in September for a week and had decent storms 3 nights out of 7, quite a nice surprise!

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Top of that cell near Northampton

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Oh i like the look of that, good spot for photography. Where is this?

there's only enough room here for me ;-) hehehehe

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

This is what I've got above me at the moment. Some nice initiation. Reports of thunder heard in Suffolk.

 

Nothing showing on real-time lightning map for Suffolk.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Hmmm. Really hoping that IOW cell grows soon...

[Man With Beard]

Evening all, there's some great stuff going on overhead at the moment, some beautiful early-forming thunder clouds, just a few drops of rain but already a few thunder claps and flashes of lightning. Clouds getting darker and darker. It's going to be a good night for you thunder lovers around my area, I feel!

[big_treacle]

Another from sandbanks tonight

[TropicThunder]

First bolt of lightning and low rumble

[Greeny]

Nice to see the updraft towers appearing, slight increase in wind now as it was calm about 10 mins ago. Feeling distinctly cooler.

Edited July 16, 2015 by Greenday

[Harry]

Activity dropping off that IoW cell, or so it appears to me anyway.

Getting nearer the time of proper initiation now so if she's going to blow, it'll be in the next 1-2 hours I suggest

Edited July 16, 2015 by Harry

[Bolt from the Blue]

IOW cell, view to my SE whilst walking the dogs.

The Mothership has landed!!   

Taken with my phone, just wish I had my DSLR!!

[Rain123]

Its getting darker to my SSW.

[Harry]

Keep the great pics coming guys - beautiful images.

Not often you see such a fine example of an elevated cell...usually they are surrounded in murk or as the Sherminator dubs cluster-procreation. I'd suggest an extremely rare sight around these shores indeed.

[Rain123]

IOW cell, view to my SE whilst walking the dogs.

The Mothership has landed!!   

Taken with my phone, just wish I had my DSLR!!

Wow!

[Harry]

In foreign news, cell about 100 miles south of Paris blooming in fine style, along with others along a pronounced trough(?) stretching well over a 1,500 miles down into North Africa.

[Man With Beard]

Almost permanent thunder now. Just about dodging the downpours here but looks tasty towards Fareham/Southampton

[daveywoo1977]

Looks to me as it is going to be very isolated south of London as BBC and Meto have forcast. More hope later on when the trough moves above London

[the storm fisherman]

The main thunder is still towards the SW of Gosport it is raining just

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Saw the strike right in front of me - over Heathrow somewhere!

[James_southampton]

Light rumbles here, it's slipped to my East towards gosport and fareham

[Rain123]

Ooh, intercloud lightning and a rumble!

[Harry]

What on earth is that that has exploded SW of London? Talk about out of the blue!!

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

You can see the tower!

I'm listening to 'Hello' by Above and Beyond. So I didn't hear the thunder but I think this tune set it off!

Edited July 16, 2015 by Flash bang flash bang etc