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Ben Sainsbury Accomplished

Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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6 minutes ago, tomjwlx said:

Nice shower to my north right now, no thunder yet from it though.

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Exactly the one I am looking at too!

Short 5 Minute Timelapse I caught on my Phone, just for trial.

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Bolt from the Blue

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  • Location: Sturminster Newton (N. Dorset)
  • Weather Preferences: Fair Weather, Snow, Thunderstorms
  • Location: Sturminster Newton (N. Dorset)
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Something building nicely out to the west, looks roughly just south of Exmoor

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Supacell Accomplished

Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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I wonder if the showers around South Wales can make it into the West Midlands before losing intensity as the sun goes down. I doubt it but if they do then I may get my first chase of the year this evening. 

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Thundery weather now reaching South Wales. So far my expectation of increasing activity extending to S Wales is holding well currently. Again, all seems of a late (ish) convergence zone which extends from North Cornwall coast, N Devon with a continuation of this (or at least along the same trajectory) into S Wales through the Brecons, with signs of a couple of showers also now developing into the W Midlands region - Bromsgrove/Stourbridge area - could be part of the same CZ.

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East_England_Stormchaser91 Veteran

East_England_Stormchaser91

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  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and Thundery, Cold and Snowy
  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
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35 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

Exactly the one I am looking at too!

Short 5 Minute Timelapse I caught on my Phone, just for trial.

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No kidding, I'm sure I can see that cell from here in Cambs :O !  Huge cumulonimbus calvus on the horizon! 

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DeepSnow

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  • Location: Barry, South Wales (40M/131ft asl)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold snowy Winters, warm stormy spring & sumemr, cool frosty Autumn!
  • Location: Barry, South Wales (40M/131ft asl)
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Just had a storm here with a some good lightning every few seconds and constant thunder to begin with, mixed with heavy rain/hail! Better than anything we had last year even if it was short lived!

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andymusic Accomplished

andymusic

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  • Location: Pontypridd, Wales 240m asl
  • Location: Pontypridd, Wales 240m asl
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CRIKEY - nearly had a heart attack on that one - huge flash of lightning and thunder clapped over head

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Definitely some of the best convection of the day around here now, some darker skies just to my south. Probably will be a bit too late for anything here but tomorrow looks as if not more promising.

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Joey.G Contributor

Joey.G

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, humid & exciting
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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5 hours ago, William Grimsley said:

Just want a opinion, how close do people think any developments will be to me as I can only ideally go inland about 20 miles if that if I'm quick later on or would I have to go all the way towards Exmoor?

 

Wheres William I wonder? Seems Exmoor would have been a good bet! Love the dense little compact core on radar of the storm there now

 

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Gordon Webb Rising Star

Gordon Webb

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  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
  • Weather Preferences: Dull And Uninteresting Weather
  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
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Just now, Costa Del Fal said:

Definitely some of the best convection of the day around here now, some darker skies just to my south. Probably will be a bit too late for anything here but tomorrow looks as if not more promising.

 

wouldn't ruled out a shower thunder is probably less likely but you never know but I hope not

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Gordon Webb

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  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
  • Weather Preferences: Dull And Uninteresting Weather
  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
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that radar return looks quite heavy , hope it does'nt turn thundery

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Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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8 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

 

wouldn't ruled out a shower thunder is probably less likely but you never know but I hope not

Indeed Gordon. I hope it all avoids you of course! :) Do think time is ticking for today anyway before energy dies away. Think the cloud was a little stubborn to leave in the end - seemed to be quite a bit of high cloud following the trough/front up north which developed over S Wales/W Midlands. 

However some of those developing cells around Hay-on-Wye and Crickhowell/Abergavenny way may have our name on them here if they hold. Not a long distance but everything is slow moving today (and tomorrow!).

However one thing that does confuse me is that nocturnal cooling seems to be either a help or hindrance to storms. Can anyone help me on this. I have seen a couple of storms around evening in the past that have suddenly become very active lightning wise from nocturnal cooling (or so I was told) yet most of the time, everything just fades on sunset or thereabouts. Any information on this would be appreciated. :)

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Gordon Webb Rising Star

Gordon Webb

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  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
  • Weather Preferences: Dull And Uninteresting Weather
  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
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1 minute ago, Costa Del Fal said:

Indeed Gordon. I hope it all avoids you of course! :) Do think time is ticking for today anyway before energy dies away. Think the cloud was a little stubborn to leave in the end - seemed to be quite a bit of high cloud following the trough/front up north which developed over S Wales/W Midlands. 

However one thing that does confuse me is that nocturnal cooling seems to be either a help or hindrance to storms. Can anyone help me on this. I have seen a couple of storms around evening in the past that have suddenly become very active lightning wise from nocturnal cooling (or so I was told) yet most of the time, everything just fades on sunset or thereabouts. Any information on this would be appreciated. :)

 

i think it dpends on the situation i think sometimes it's a help and some it's a hinderance I'm sure some one with more knowledge could give you a more details , on a cheerier note radar echos seem less intense

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Alicol Apprentice

Alicol

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  • Location: Pontypridd
  • Location: Pontypridd
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Huge overhead clap of thunder around 6.30 - just a few drops of rain but I can still hear the rumbles in the distance. Quite unexpected - and the last time this happened it took a day to get my cowering cat to come down from the top of the kitchen cupboards, where he's now hiding. So off to open a tin of tuna I suppose...

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William Grimsley Seasoned

William Grimsley

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  • Location: Newton Poppleford, Devon, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Snow, High Winds.
  • Location: Newton Poppleford, Devon, UK
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Hello everyone! Yes, you guessed it! I went to North Devon to do some thunderstorm chasing! I drove into two thunderstorms around Barnstaple which contained several flashes of cloud to cloud lightning, several claps of thunder, marble sized hail and torrential rain! They were the best thunderstorms I had seen since September 2014! What a great start to the 2016 thunderstorm chasing season! I'm so glad I went now, it was brilliant! :D

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Cornishdave Apprentice

Cornishdave

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  • Location: Exeter, Devon
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorm
  • Location: Exeter, Devon
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Ladies and gents here's some photos I took at work earlier in Exeter, this is the cell over north Devon at 6pm. Haven't seen a thundercloud like this in ages, normally low level cloud blocks it! Certainly a great start to 2016, lets hope for high temps and more of this type of stuff. 

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Ben Sainsbury Accomplished

Ben Sainsbury

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  • Location: Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and Snowstorms
  • Location: Bristol
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21 minutes ago, William Grimsley said:

Hello everyone! Yes, you guessed it! I went to North Devon to storm chase! I drove into two thunderstorms around Barnstaple which contained infrequent cloud to cloud lightning, several claps of thunder, marble sized hail and torrential rain! I'm so glad I went now, it was brilliant! :D

Brilliant William I am glad! Meanwhile this is a long range view of those beauties over North Devon!

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Supacell Accomplished

Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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Kicking off again with lightning to the NE of Cirencester. Some very well scattered heavy showers across South Wales and the West Midlands.

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William Grimsley Seasoned

William Grimsley

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  • Location: Newton Poppleford, Devon, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Snow, High Winds.
  • Location: Newton Poppleford, Devon, UK
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If you look at my Nest cam live stream: https://video.nest.com/live/Atmiip, you can see the anvils of the thunderstorms over the otherside of the English Channel! :D

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Allseasons-Si

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  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)
  • Weather Preferences: severe storms,snow wind and ice
  • Location: Hoyland,barnsley,south yorkshire(134m asl)
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Evening peeps:D

glad some of you had a storm today,nowt up here but managed to get a bit of a CB shot in the distance from that stuff between sheff and notts earlier

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nice little storm near barnsley west midlands,should be barnsley south yorkshire ha! ha!,also storms now heading up into the channel islands.

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Arnie Pie Accomplished

Arnie Pie

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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Strenghening cell to the North of Birmingham (Burntwood way)

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