North West England - Weather Chat - Spring 2016 Onwards

[dodge]

Some lightning strikes over northern pennines, appear to be blossoming and home grown, could catch a few out into this evening.

[Mucka]

Well just heard the loudest clap of thunder in my life in South Manchester, set off some alarms.

It was followed by another loud clap a  couple of minutes later or so but not as powerful as the first.

Awesome

 

[superslick]

3 minutes ago, Mucka said:

Well just heard the loudest clap of thunder in my life in South Manchester, set off some alarms.

It was followed by another loud clap a  couple of minutes later or so but not as powerful as the first.

Awesome

 

 

Indeed, it was impressive! I saw the lightening and it was quite wide. It took about ten seconds from flash to bang. A few more rumbles now, but not as loud.

[superslick]

Looking at the NWx radar, it looks like the lightening hit the railway line in Stretford and in Trafford Park just off the Parkway. 

[Mucka]

5 minutes ago, superslick said:

Indeed, it was impressive! I saw the lightening and it was quite wide. It took about ten seconds from flash to bang. A few more rumbles now, but not as loud.

Yeah and we are 4 miles apart, sounded right above me but I'm sure it was the same for you.

Really loud thunder and punctuated by "sonic booms", amazing.

[superslick]

5 minutes ago, Mucka said:

Yeah and we are 4 miles apart, sounded right above me but I'm sure it was the same for you.

Really loud thunder and punctuated by "sonic booms", amazing.

 

Yep, sounded like it was echoing around, impressive stuff. Rain has started to ease off now. Just had another flash and rumble....

[Mucka]

3 minutes ago, superslick said:

Yep, sounded like it was echoing around, impressive stuff. Rain has started to ease off now. Just had another flash and rumble....

Yeah just normal thunder now. would love to know how many decibels that was.

Wonder if the lighting touched down? 

Edited June 7, 2016 by Mucka

[superslick]

1 minute ago, Mucka said:

Yeah just normal thunder now. would love to know how many decibels that was.

Wonder if the lighting touched down?

 

Radar is only showing 2 lightning detected. On the radar is right on the railway line in Stretford, near Trafford Park station where it crosses the Bridgewater canal. I wonder if the extra loud bang was hitting the overhead electric cables as well?

[Frost HoIIow]

I heard some rumbles too..... but it's pretty much bone dry here. Seems like the precip is going around us. Strange distribution. Odd seeing the heavy rain on the webcams not far from here in Denton and Stockport. But bugger all here lol

Edited June 7, 2016 by Frost HoIIow

[Mucka]

8 minutes ago, superslick said:

Radar is only showing 2 lightning detected. On the radar is right on the railway line in Stretford, near Trafford Park station where it crosses the Bridgewater canal. I wonder if the extra loud bang was hitting the overhead electric cables as well?

Yeah that's a thought, could of been some transformers blowing or something but seemed to be with the thunder not the lightning,

I just had a funny realisation though...

I was watching a Bowie video on youtube and had just made the comment "Hope he is rocking it something fierce in heaven" 

Obviously he is

I love that sort of synchronicity.

[alr1970]

18 minutes ago, superslick said:

Radar is only showing 2 lightning detected. On the radar is right on the railway line in Stretford, near Trafford Park station where it crosses the Bridgewater canal. I wonder if the extra loud bang was hitting the overhead electric cables as well?

That line's not electrified.

I think the difference with this storm is that the lightning is very low so the thunder is louder that is often the case. Tons of chatter on FB about it, more than last year's more intense storm.

 

Edited June 7, 2016 by alr1970

[Pete1983]

Nice active cell over us in Macclesfield at the minute with some nice CG strikes, 

 

[dodge]

Only saw a few sheet lightning up the clouds last night.  No Thunder, no CG Strikes and not even any rain apart from a few spots here and there.  Maybe later this afternoon could bubble up a few surprises.  Will be hit and miss again.

[Backtrack]

25C, no wind. Sunny blue skies. Hot. 

[Frost HoIIow]

Thunder, lightning & torrential rain here.

[dodge]

2 hours ago, Frost HoIIow said:

Thunder, lightning & torrential rain here.

It was crazy for a good hour or so.  Biblical lashings of torrential rain and more thunder cracks and CG lightning than last night.  You could tell it was going to break today, the buildup of angry slow moving clouds weren't going to go quietly.  Broadway in Chadderton was flooded, so too parts of Middleton.

Now mercifully it feels a tad fresher.

Edited June 8, 2016 by dodgeredee

[SP1986]

Really muggy today, temperature is currently 20C with  dewpoint of 19C.. feels quite uncomfortable really despite the temperature not being that high.. but would be perfect conditions for storms if they were conducive. 

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Here comes the storms i been waiting all week for!

[karyo]

Heavy downpours everywhere apart from Greater Manchester!

Anybody having thunder?

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Just now, karyo said:

Heavy downpours everywhere apart from Greater Manchester!

Anybody having thunder?

Yep 

[karyo]

Just now, Stratocumulus perlucidus said:

Yep 

Good! You are in the sweet spot at the moment. 

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Rain started now

[Chris.R]

Me

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Squally