Convective/Storm Discussion Thread 25/5/16 onwards

[Sparkiee storm]

Can see flashing from here in Walsall  

[Mapantz]

It has been a busy day..

[yozza1987]

can hear the rumbles from the worcester cell in worcester ( cell is currently north east of where I am), really long ones, seem to be striking to the east of droitwich, clear sky over head though

[Gordon Webb]

40 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

Definitely sparking off as result of nocturnal cooling and trough moving eastwards.

thought that trough wasn't due until tomorrow or is this the first of a few

9 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Nice surprise

pleased it's moving NW

[Sparkiee storm]

Just hope it keeps its energy

[Arnie Pie]

17 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Can see flashing from here in Walsall  

Unfortunately facing the wrong way.....The cells looking to be tracking to the W of the Black Country where I`ll be waiting for it

Edited June 6, 2016 by Arnie Pie

[davehsug]

It's less clear now that the inland Wales cells have gone, but you can draw a definite line through from Ireland, through Wales & England & into France. Some sort of trough or CZ?

[Frosty hollows]

Wales sparking again?

[davehsug]

Doesn't look like the Worcester cell has much oomph. No new strikes for a few minutes. Well it was a nice surprise.

[MartinD]

Was a real nice surprise to look out the window just when it started to spark, about 10 decent flashes but now it's all gone quiet again.

[StormChaseUK]

Nice surprise yes but they build up pop corn style and run out of steam. The front moving inland is helping them fire

[yozza1987]

1 minute ago, davehsug said:

Doesn't look like the Worcester cell has much oomph. No new strikes for a few minutes. Well it was a nice surprise.

it has gone quiet outside, was still rumbling with no strikes registering,

[Sparkiee storm]

Just now, Arnie Pie said:

Unfortunately facing the wrong way.....The cells looking to be tracking to the W of the Black Country where I`ll be waiting for it

Seems to have gone quiet now

[MartinD]

Nothing here in Worcester now but i could hear the rumbles as well with nothing showing on radar. The cell is near Redditch by the looks of things and heading slightly east of Kidderminster. 

[A Frayed Knot]

Looks like Ireland is getting the best of the cells . 16.2 here ' feels much warmer than that though' Just got to love this weather .

[Arnie Pie]

7 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Seems to have gone quiet now

hopefully just taking a breather!

Edited June 6, 2016 by Arnie Pie

[MartinD]

17.8c here in Worcester my attic conversion might need air conditioning because it's currently 25.2c :-/ Still looking north west of Worcester but no activity for the past 15 minutes.

[lassie23]

Could be some thundery showers in the London area at 8am

[yozza1987]

4 minutes ago, MartinD said:

Nothing here in Worcester now but i could hear the rumbles as well with nothing showing on radar. The cell is near Redditch by the looks of things and heading slightly east of Kidderminster. 

agree with it heading towards kidderminster, seems to be the way things are moving tonight

[Chris.R]

 Loads of energy here if only something would fire.  Still 20.6°C. 

[MartinD]

2 minutes ago, yozza1987 said:

agree with it heading towards kidderminster, seems to be the way things are moving tonight

By the looks of things the cell that produced the lightning earlier is just moving into Kidderminster now.

[Convective]

Been sat in the garden for the last two hours, watching distant flashes through the trees. Still around 20 degrees here, although feeling a tiny bit cooler now that there is a slight breeze.

[Gordon Webb]

from GFS 18z

if they were taken literally you'd think I wouldn't see much but I know better than that

[RobR]

Looks like the cell from Worcester is dying off.

[Dean E]

Cell in the Channel has re-energised in the last 5 minutes