Convective/Storm Discussion Thread 25/5/16 onwards

[Eye to the sky]

Had a fair few distant rumbles here earlier but it's all gone quiet now.I seem to be in that hole just north of Derby.I hope to see something now that I have finished work.These storms are moving extremely slowly and look set to last well into the evening so should be time yet.

[Darren Bown]

Rain along the Pennines is almost like a squall line, but nothing thundery coming out of it.

[Stephanie Starr]

5 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Good'un ain't it!! Rain is exceptional and have seen some cracking IC lightning up in the anvil! 

Been rumbling here for most of the afternoon. At about 3.20 rain was torrential had to sleep right down in car

[STORMGUY]

Thunder again lovely music to my ears.

[William Grimsley]

I would expect sferics to my NW soon, what the heck is going on?!

[Shane Wheeldon]

Meanwhile in telford 

[Stormyking]

See its kicked off nicely just North of Bristol, and of coarse the area that was most expected furtehr North, jealous of you guys! Have fun regardless!

[Allseasons-Si]

1 minute ago, Shane Wheeldon said:

Meanwhile in telford 

Developing right above you Shane

[STORMGUY]

just started to rain.

[Darren Bown]

I don't know if it's due to locations people here are in, but it seems there's more T&L around than the radars are showing?

[Gord]

It's taken well over an hour for the storm development zone to slip south from Cannock to just north of Walsall and Wolverhampton...

..meanwhile, storms and showers progress northwards from the Bristol area.

It looks really good for here for the next hour or two.

[Chris K]

Heavy rain here now with occasional rumbles or thunder directly overhead. Feeling a tad fresher at least! Skies look slate grey from underneath and it's actually quite bright.

[STORMGUY]

A good downpour now

[matt111]

Seems to have kicked off to the North of me in the last hour.

[Dp1981]

Wow the wind has picked up here in Swindon. 

[Nick L]

Weather station back home has already recorded 37mm in a couple of hours according to my Dad, never had 50mm in a day before, could well be beaten!

[Arnie Pie]

2 years ago to the very day....Close to you i think Gord

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202953253924892&set=a.3524240857281.2138163.1009894042&type=3&theater

My swifts have arrived now ..more hopeful than ever now

Edited June 10, 2016 by Arnie Pie

[Gordon Webb]

1 minute ago, Dp1981 said:

Wow the wind has picked up here in Swindon. 

That'll be the Heinz Factor

[Gordon Webb]

weather gods at the moment must be liking me

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Incredible storm in Spalding right now! It just has not moved at all. Hearing the emergency services rushing about everywhere now. 

[chapmanslade]

15 minutes ago, Darren Bown said:

I don't know if it's due to locations people here are in, but it seems there's more T&L around than the radars are showing?

That is because the detectors only pick up CG strikes

[Gord]

Now starting to rain here...

..taken it's time!

[Nick L]

4 minutes ago, chapmanslade said:

That is because the detectors only pick up CG strikes

Not true, they pick up cloud-to-cloud strikes as well.

[weather09]

5 minutes ago, chapmanslade said:

That is because the detectors only pick up CG strikes

They can pick up any strike, but can miss high-based cloud-to-cloud/intra-cloud strikes moreso than cloud-to-ground.  

[StormChaseUK]

Detectors depending on the triangulation will pick up any electrical activity, sometimes they can pick up a discharge from power lines, factories, anything.