Convective/Storm Discussion Thread 25/5/16 onwards

[bigguscumulus]

Some nice structure near Aberystwyth this afternoon. The motion was unusual, looked like it was heading out to sea but then did an abrupt right turn directly overhead. 

[Ben Sainsbury]

Nice looking Cell right to my West!

[ancientsolar]

these little shower cells over Bristol Channel, I wonder if they will go boom when hey hit South Wales, it's sunny here.. very humid!! 
Further West toward Swansea and Llanhelli, anything that develops explodes.

[Allseasons-Si]

5 minutes ago, bigguscumulus said:

Some nice structure near Aberystwyth this afternoon. The motion was unusual, looked like it was heading out to sea but then did an abrupt right turn directly overhead. 

That's a nice wallcloud there bigguscumulus,thanks for posting it

welcome to the forum

Edit:cells firing up around Wells now on the latest returns,liking the new 500m radar

Edited May 27, 2016 by Allseasons-si

[Ben Sainsbury]

Indeed some nice independant cells behind the main storms!

[ancientsolar]

Just seeing some clouds rocketing up  

[bigguscumulus]

2 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

That's a nice wallcloud there bigguscumulus,thanks for posting it

welcome to the forum

Thanks :). I might be in for some more fun if that lump to the south heads our way.

[Karl83]

Managed to get up the m5 to thornbury services. Looks like im in firing line. May hrad to stroud to get a good view!

Edit - Off to stroud i go!

Edited May 27, 2016 by Karl83

[MattTarrant]

That storm in Wales is a beast, especially in terms of Precipitation intensity

[virtualsphere]

Plenty going on this afternoon here in SW Wales. Currently in between towering clouds after the earlier storm.  The photo doesn't really do justice to the size of the clouds.

As someone else pointed out earlier we didn't really see any clearance of the overnight / morning cloud before the storm, so I wouldn't panic if you've not seen the sun today.

[William Grimsley]

Just now, MattTarrant said:

That storm in Wales is a beast, especially in terms of Precipitation intensity

Quite possible we'll see similar tomorrow, the amount of cloud here this morning really limited the amount of energy today.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Had cloudless skies in London earlier today so why aren't there monster storms there?

I assume something to do with lack of a trough to stir things up?

[Supacell]

Now sat just near to Ross on Wye. Come on Bristol cells fire up!!!

[ancientsolar]

1 minute ago, Supacell said:

Now sat just near to Ross on Wye. Come on Bristol cells fire up!!!

breathe some hot air into the sky, that always works

[MattTarrant]

10 minutes ago, William Grimsley said:

Quite possible we'll see similar tomorrow, the amount of cloud here this morning really limited the amount of energy today.

The BBC Graphics have some very intense and well defined cells for tomorrow (Unreliable I know)

[Karl83]

10 minutes ago, Supacell said:

Now sat just near to Ross on Wye. Come on Bristol cells fire up!!!

I'm just sat off junction 13 at Stroud! Good luck! Dark skies to my south.

[William Grimsley]

7 minutes ago, MattTarrant said:

The BBC Graphics have some very intense and well defined cells for tomorrow (Unreliable I know)

Ahh, you're in Bolham! I drove through there today!

[richep]

Everything going up slightly east of here, some great cloud structures though, maybe more luck tomorrow 

[ancientsolar]

I have been watching these storms over Bristol and it's 30 or so mile radius... thinking they're dying... but no.. just pulsing.. 
it's happened here in Blackwood too.. ~ sometimes you've seen an epic storm to the South.. it dies out over Blackwood.. and then pulses into epic strength when it gets 10 miles further North... clouds ... not clowns... this is no joke Mr Cloud, give me your electric!

Edited May 27, 2016 by ancientsolar

[Wilxy]

Next round brewing around wells heading possibly towards weston super mare for anyone in that area!

[Karl83]

Should have gone south however the m5 south is woeful. Very long tail backs.

[slb97]

Some lovely clouds here at least just north of Portsmouth 

[ancientsolar]

Photo just doesn't do it justice at all, there's far more bubbly detail on edge/upper side of the cloud.

[SteveB]

Yep, heading for Weston, hopefully they stay potent as the near the channel, unlike the other ones.

[James_southampton]

2 minutes ago, slb97 said:

Some lovely clouds here at least just north of Portsmouth 

I have a view like this in hedge end too.