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Convective/Storm Discussion Thread 25/5/16 onwards

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Staffordshire Aficionado

Staffordshire

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  • Location: Lichfield
  • Location: Lichfield
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1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

Becoming increasingly moody to the North....cells popping up all the time...Pretty sure you will get something today Staffy

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Just looked at the radar Arnie, looks stormy over burntwood.... I'm currently at the bullring... Typical

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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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Looks like *you guessed it* *cough* Lincoln is about to get hit once again!

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Allseasons-Si Maestro

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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Just got in from work,where did all that come form,looks like a busy afternoon in here:D

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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I'm guessing there's a cold front approaching from the southwest?

Looks a classic set up to me with storms breaking out ahead of the front in the humid air.

In these setups, there's usually a 'dead zone' in between the storms and the front itself..and I'm just..only just...in that dead zone. Showers and storms are forming just a few miles to my north. I can see them!

Please tell me if I have got this afternoon's setup wrong. But it seems to me that's how it works. Storms breaking out..then a zone of not a lot going on..then the front itself?

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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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7 minutes ago, Staffordshire said:

Just looked at the radar Arnie, looks stormy over burntwood.... I'm currently at the bullring... Typical

Keeping a close eye on the live wind vectors....looks like we have a convergence building to the near North......early days yet:)

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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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Nice horse shoe shaped area of Altocumulus Castellanus cloud just went overhead, looked like a developing gust front. LOL.

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The PIT Maestro

The PIT

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
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Odd spot of rain here which sums it all up. Storms to the north west and south east and the normal gap here.

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alr1970 Rising Star

alr1970

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  • Location: Chorlton (h) Cheadle Royal (o)
  • Location: Chorlton (h) Cheadle Royal (o)
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Nice heavy shower here, and maybe a rumble of thunder, though it's hard to be sure with the container lorries rumbling past the office.

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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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13 minutes ago, Gord said:

I'm guessing there's a cold front approaching from the southwest?

Looks a classic set up to me with storms breaking out ahead of the front in the humid air.

In these setups, there's usually a 'dead zone' in between the storms and the front itself..and I'm just..only just...in that dead zone. Showers and storms are forming just a few miles to my north. I can see them!

Please tell me if I have got this afternoon's setup wrong. But it seems to me that's how it works. Storms breaking out..then a zone of not a lot going on..then the front itself?

damn and blast it , I'm also in this dead zone

oh wait hang on a minute

YAY

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weather09 Aficionado

weather09

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  • Location: Birmingham
  • Location: Birmingham
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17 minutes ago, Gord said:

Please tell me if I have got this afternoon's setup wrong. But it seems to me that's how it works. Storms breaking out..then a zone of not a lot going on..then the front itself?

It's wherever the instability and forcing is, Gord.  Today looks like it's playing out as expected, with storms having fired near marked convergence zone over N Mid/N England which is where moisture and instability is pooled. Nothing in the storm handbook that says there be a 'dead zone'. 

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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5 minutes ago, weather09 said:

It's wherever the instability and forcing is, Gord.  Today looks like it's playing out as expected, with storms having fired near marked convergence zone of N Mid/N England which is where moisture and instability is pooled. Nothing in the storm handbook that says there be a 'dead zone'. 

Thank you. It's just an observation I've made a few times in the past when cooler air is on the way. Always seems to be some kind of gap when storms break out ahead of it. Noticed it when I lived in Ohio as well...although the difference there is that the cold front itself tended to be a line of nasty storms as well as the usually severe ones breaking out ahead of it!

Just a thought though...I know the weather conditions doesn't always fit into neat little categories as we would sometimes like them to!

Thanks for taking the time to explain what's happening...doesn't change the fact that they're annoyingly forming just to my north though!

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Supacell Accomplished

Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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A few angry rumbles to the SE of Derby being heard.

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Shane Wheeldon

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  • Location: Telford
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstoms cant remember what one is tho!
  • Location: Telford
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4 minutes ago, weather09 said:

It's wherever the instability and forcing is, Gord.  Today looks like it's playing out as expected, with storms having fired near marked convergence zone over N Mid/N England which is where moisture and instability is pooled. Nothing in the storm handbook that says there be a 'dead zone'. 

The 'dead zone' is Telford lol! Would be nice to just get some heavy rain, we have missed out all week! 

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Odd Spot Rookie

Odd Spot

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  • Location: Chesterfield, North Derbyshire.
  • Location: Chesterfield, North Derbyshire.
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Just had a nice long crackle of thunder here.

Made the cat go on high alert lol

 

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Mr_ Nexus Contributor

Mr_ Nexus

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  • Location: The Port with no sea , Sandwell , West Midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: The Port with no sea , Sandwell , West Midlands
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Looks like the West Mids is back to producing storms for the enjoyment of other areas ?

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PeteG Contributor

PeteG

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  • Location: Vale of Belvoir
  • Location: Vale of Belvoir
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Raining heavily here and the thunder and lightning between here and Nottingham is getting much closer.

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toggerob Veteran

toggerob

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
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A few strikes towards Macclesfield, audible here but contrary to the radar the skies don't look too threatening (yet.)

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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4 minutes ago, Mr_ Nexus said:

Looks like the West Mids is back to producing storms for the enjoyment of other areas ?

At the moment...yes.

However, and this would prove me utterly wrong in my previous post...the showers around Bristol are starting to look a little pokey and if anything does form to our southwest...then we have a chance.

I really want my earlier post to be wrong now!

Is there a cold front down there somewhere and where is it?

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The PIT Maestro

The PIT

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
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Only hope here if the cells to south west beef up a lot. Otherwise skirting past us.

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Tim Bland

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  • Location: STEVENAGE, HERTS (100M ASL)
  • Location: STEVENAGE, HERTS (100M ASL)
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A couple of strikes now around Bristol / Bath ! perhaps more southern areas about to join in the fun ?

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The PIT Maestro

The PIT

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
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Some bright echoes to the north west but looking that way the skies fairly bright. Sun may come out and warm things up a bit shortly which may do the trick.

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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There we go...strikes now near Bristol.

I am gloriously wrong about any kind of dead zone!

 

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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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2 minutes ago, Gord said:

There we go...strikes now near Bristol.

I am gloriously wrong about any kind of dead zone!

 

Haven't heard a thing yet!

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