Convective/Storm Discussion Thread 25/5/16 onwards

[Allseasons-Si]

Is it me or are those storms developing more NW from london?

[Nick L]

3 minutes ago, PhilM1 said:

Interesting shape development to the southern cell in Wales on the 15:55 radar grab, but gone again 5 mins later. Looked like a nice little hook echo was forming to my very much uneducated eyes?!

Not a hook echo I'm afraid. Atmospheric conditions (such as shear) are nowhere near enough for anything supercellular today.

[Tempest]

16 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Just heard a distant cloud fart.

A miserly distant cloud fart would do me just fine, thank you. Can anyone tell me if i should be hopeful or not for something in my neck of the woods. Its strange to me but storms seem to fire off on the eastern side of lockerbie. They constantly go around lochmaben. Am i beginning to take this personally? 

[Gordon Webb]

12 minutes ago, STORMGUY said:

We got hot sunshine here building up the heat for storms later.

well according to convectiveweather there is the possibility of an upgrade to the slight for north midlands into merseyside this evening

[steve86]

Got this nice tower shooting up towards the N NW of Gosport. 

[Costa Del Fal]

Feels very humid here. Sun breaking through again recently.

[Carl46Wrexham]

3 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

yep probably

I don't know how much stall you set by the BBC weather app, but if it's at all accurate, you might want to put some headphones on with loud music from around 8pm as its showing a couple of hours of thundery weather at your location.

[SnowJoke]

The whole skyline to the south of MK is going black as the ace of spades. Looks like another storm building just to my west near buckingham.

[Gordon Webb]

3 minutes ago, Carl46Wrexham said:

I don't know how much stall you set by the BBC weather app, but if it's at all accurate, you might want to put some headphones on with loud music from around 8pm as its showing a couple of hours of thundery weather at your location.

yep noticed that actually got a phone with earphones and a features length deep space nine episode to try to drown out anything that might occur but that app changes every hour or so and sometimes to something completely different

Edited June 7, 2016 by Gordon Webb

[WillinGlossop]

Can see the storms to my north blossoming away....sun back out here temp steady at 27c.... Humid.....

[STORMGUY]

Lots of convective clouds over towards my west/north west moving this way now.

[Lauren]

Seems to have died off for the most part in the SE.

[Tempest]

Getting awful hot again. Or am i just having one of my flushes 

[Wet'n'Dry]

7 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

yep noticed that actually got a phone with earphones and a features length deep space nine episode to try to drown out anything that might occur but that app changes every hour or so and sometimes to something completely different

DS9 wouldn't help much, one pause in speech and you will hear the thunder if it happens at the same time.

Best try Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon!!

Or Thunderclap Newman, 'Something in the Air'

Edited June 7, 2016 by Wet'n'Dry

[Dami]

Typical looks like bedford might of gotten something...

Edited June 7, 2016 by Dami

[tomp456]

Just seen the latest Sky News forecast for tonight. 

 

They're going with several splodges of rain over the Midlands and northern England, and one splodge over my location on the south coast. Definitely won't be happening.

[Allseasons-Si]

what's going on here then

a cell has developed in a matter of ten minutes NW of Manchester,and with sferics now.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Hmmm, storms moved north of here now, nothing over head heard a few rumbles, not sure if anything will spark now the trough seems to be moving East and the storms sparked a little too early in my neck of the woods to tap into the higher levels of cap forcast for later this afternoon 

[Mr_ Nexus]

Heat getting a bit uncomfortable here in the Black country , Hoping those storms over towards Leominster will come and pay us a visit later .

I did enjoy the brief light show over Worcester / Droitwich last night so I suppose I shouldn't complain .

[Stephanie Starr]

Fingers crossed but I'm not holding out for anything in my area can anyone say anything different am about 20 miles away from Peterborough 

[Speedway Slider]

1 hour ago, Harry said:

These thunderstorms haven't abated the heat or humidity a jot. Just as warm and (unsurprisingly) even more humid outside. Still getting some awesome CGs across London (a +CG just then!)

This may be a daft, ignorant question, but how are you able to differentiate between normal and a positive strike where you are at the moment???

[alexisj9]

54 minutes ago, Hurricane Debby said:

Check this out - cars totally submerged in flash floods in Wallington !!!

 

http://www.lbc.co.uk/flash-flooding-in-london-sees-car-submerged-131842

I hope the people that were in those cars got out.

[Summer Sun]

A house has caught fire following a lightning strike

 

Edited June 7, 2016 by Summer Sun

[Wet'n'Dry]

3 minutes ago, Speedway Slider said:

This may be a daft, ignorant question, but how are you able to differentiate between normal and a positive strike where you are at the moment???

Hope this explains it?

http://stormhighway.com/types.php

[JMTD]

Typically looks like the one big storm in the country is heading right at me, ******* roll on winter.