Storm & Convective Discussion April 2016 Onwards

[Dami]

keep getting light showers here, indeed heading north where they will turn into monsters no doubt.

[Nick F]

1 hour ago, Chris.R said:

 Anyone know what the direction storms will be travelling is today? Looks like NNW becoming NW to me but I might be  looking at the wrong thing. 

A light S to SWly steering flow over most of England and Wales, though veering Wly over far north of England. Showers and storms likely slow-moving though.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Lovely and warm down here in Eastbourne. Estofex seems to be wrong already - looks like the south will largely escape anything thundery.

if it's purely down to surface heating then things would be different - almost cloudless skies here and the sun is doing very well for April. Ah well there's always next week

[Chris.R]

4 minutes ago, Nick F said:

A light S to SWly steering flow over most of England and Wales, though veering Wly over far north of England. Showers and storms likely slow-moving though.

 Thanks Nick :-) 

[Gordon Webb]

according to radar something started over East Anglia way couple of showers / storms unless it's false but seems rather detailed

 

surprised nobody mentioned it already

Edited April 14, 2016 by Gordon Webb

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4 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

according to radar something started over East Anglia way couple of showers / storms unless it's false but seems rather detailed

 

surprised nobody mentioned it already

Yep in Norwich gone up, there is a few Showers also breaking out further south, while the Midlands is under some cloud and rain currently there is also some cloud bubbling up here and the sun has gone 

[Greeny]

Im at work at the moment but can finally post. Light to moderate showers that were around this morning have cleared and now its beautiful sunshine feeling quite humid. I can see convection initiation in the odd place or two.

Im liking how its feeling right now.

Edited April 14, 2016 by Greenday

[Arnie Pie]

7 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Yep in Norwich gone up, there is a few Showers also breaking out further south, while the Midlands is under some cloud and rain currently there is also some cloud bubbling up here and the sun has gone 

yep Something building to my immediate West....Some structure beginning to show through the haze

Edited April 14, 2016 by Arnie Pie

[Gordon Webb]

wonder if this is the line of showers that will get going this afternoon as if moves more into the area nick marked as an area of convergence and focus for storms

22 minutes ago, Greenday said:

Im at work at the moment but can finally post. Light to moderate showers that were around this morning have cleared and now its beautiful sunshine feeling quite humid. I can see convection initiation in the odd place or two.

Im liking how its feeling right now.

was reading another foum earlier where they gave special attenjtion to the norwich area as a place today where a series of fairly aggressive storms were to be had

Edited April 14, 2016 by Gordon Webb
Correction of spelling

[andymusic]

showers looking threatening here too

[Gordon Webb]

suspect this line of showers will be the one that when it gets to that convergeance zone will go barmy after it passes through my location of course

 

edit - please ignore reads a lot like an earlier post

Edited April 14, 2016 by Gordon Webb

[Methuselah]

2 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

wonder if this is the line of showers that will get going this afternoon as if moves more into the area nick marked as anf f

was reading another foum earlier where they gave special attenjtion to the norwich area as a place today where a series of fairly aggressive storms were to be had

That might be a good shout, Gordon: 1 hour back, it was wall-to-wall sunshine, now the sky's full of blobs of very rapid convection...

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showers breaking out all over the south

[Spikecollie]

24 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

wonder if this is the line of showers that will get going this afternoon as if moves more into the area nick marked as an area of convergence and focus for storms

was reading another foum earlier where they gave special attenjtion to the norwich area as a place today where a series of fairly aggressive storms were to be had

It looks like it's already started there...enjoy what the day brings.

[Greeny]

I must say its looking impressive! Its hazy so not easy to get good pictures.

[Gordon Webb]

4 minutes ago, Surrey said:

showers breaking out all over the south

Yep surprised at that as thar rain to the south doesn't seem too far away 

[Greeny]

Will be interesting to see what these bring.

[Greeny]

1 minute ago, Greenday said:

Will be interesting to see what these bring.

Edit: possible funnel cloud in Thetford, picture in my FB group.

[Greeny]

Again the biggest of them has just stopped and intensifyed the last 20 - 30 minutes.

[Spikecollie]

7 minutes ago, Greenday said:

Again the biggest of them has just stopped and intensifyed the last 20 - 30 minutes.

Can you see lightning? It looks like a nice storm in Norfolk...

[Dorsetbred]

7 minutes ago, Greenday said:

Again the biggest of them has just stopped and intensifyed the last 20 - 30 minutes.

Nice, just lacked that necessary piece of action, but great to see so early in the UK season.

[Greeny]

1 minute ago, Spikecollie said:

Can you see lightning? It looks like a nice storm in Norfolk...

I can see large towers that have broken the cap but the main storms are still off to the southwest of Norwich where I am now. Feel a cool breeze now in contrast of feeling pretty hot just 30 mins ago.

[Wet'n'Dry]

Afternoon all, it would seem there's a bit of backbuilding going on.

Down here in Essex the sky has become very convective in the last hour, before then it was clear!

Massive towers are popping up all around but noticeably more to the North of my location.

[Dorsetbred]

Radar trace shows a nice elongation of the storms to the SSW of Norwich & NNE of Bury St Edmunds. Would make a great chase day..

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Norwich the hot spot today! Sheez! Had the most amount of sunshine all day there.. It sure does help