Convective Storm/Discussion thread - 11/06/16 onwards

[ChezWeather]

Biblical rain here now, lots of strikes to the east

[Odd Spot]

Quite a few rumbles towards Junction 29 of the M1. Seems to be getting closer to us near Hasland, but may just skirt past us

 

Edited June 15, 2016 by Odd Spot

[Polar Maritime]

Yes Chez looks very dark over your way from here, With thunder heard in the distance.

Edited June 15, 2016 by Polar Maritime

[Eye to the sky]

Which way are the storms moving?,can anyone help out?.

[The PIT]

Heavy rain briefly 106mm an hour no thunder though.

[ChezWeather]

Thunder & Lightning here, and i now have my own personal lake in the garden. 

Cant complain its storm #2 of the year so far 

[The PIT]

1 minute ago, ChezWeather said:

Thunder & Lightning here, and i now have my own personal lake in the garden. 

Cant complain its storm #2 of the year so far 

You nicked it again. Just one thundery shower and very brief one at that.

[sconetone]

Ruddy brill here. Thunder, lightning, biblical rain and periods of intense hail

[weather09]

23 minutes ago, Spenna'82. said:

Which way are the storms moving?,can anyone help out?.

Under the core of the upper low today, and winds aloft will be blowing different direction depending on location, but showers and storms appear to following 700-500mb winds, which is backing NE'erly to N'erly from the west, turning point over Notts from E'erly backing further to toward N'erly over time, with activity further east moving SW'erly:

Low-level clouds will be seen moving counter to those winds at mid-level, but those won't be relevant to storm motion.  

[Polar Maritime]

Heavy rain here now looking East.

Edited June 15, 2016 by Polar Maritime

[Supacell]

The storm to the east of Nottingham would be heading here if it was moving.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Are the storms diurnally driven today? I'm just thinking it's likely that most activity will start to fade now - I don't think today has anything in store for us so eyes to tomo but I really don't expect a lot to happen. One little storm would be nice tho, even just some mammatus or some wind

[staplehurst]

2 hours ago, ajpoolshark said:

really?.....maybe for your immediate locale, but on the whole, it's been very active with a rash of pulse-type thunderstorms over many parts of the UK & Eire......the shear amount of posts on here give a less than subtle clue...lol.........of course, it could be a conspiracy of monumental proportions and that all the hundreds and hundreds of posts have been bogus (1050 an still rising since friday) and the lightning detectors have been rigged by NW to get NWx subscriptions 

 

30 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Are the storms diurnally driven today? I'm just thinking it's likely that most activity will start to fade now - I don't think today has anything in store for us so eyes to tomo but I really don't expect a lot to happen. One little storm would be nice tho, even just some mammatus or some wind

 

Largely diurnally driven, but areas of forcing will keep bands of showery precipitation going overnight, albeit with a much reduced thunder/lightning risk until diurnal heating recommences tomorrow morning. Most likely areas to see further showery bursts overnight are over the Cheshire Plain, West Midlands and down towards Glocs/Wiltshire and perhaps Hampshire way.

Incidentally, there were a few lightning strikes detected just ESE of Godalming around lunchtime earlier on today - here's the lightning strikes detected so far since this forecast period started (7am BST) through until now, which I guess would satisfy the forecast of a slight (30-45%) chance of lightning within a 25 mile radius...

[Guest]

A couple of shots looking south from Highlane about an hour ago. Cracking views of the storm, although not much lightning seen or thunder heard (the more active stuff was further SE at the time). 

 

[Frosty hollows]

Though we've had no storms here, we had a couple of showers a couple of hours ago. Most striking thing about them is how the temperature dropped after (21.8 to 15.6 C)

 

[Guest]

More thunder here now from the NE moving closer...

[Polar Maritime]

Moderate to heavy rain continues here.

[Guest]

Some nice, albeit infrequent crackly thunder now, and actually seen lightning yay! Sky a very funky orangey-brown to the NW now. Rain getting heavier, too.

[Arnie Pie]

Distant cg from crazy Black Country storm

Edited June 15, 2016 by Arnie Pie

[Nick F]

Interesting lowering from a storm over the Black Country earlier.

Haven't heard any thunder since last week here in south London, few more days left before the thunder risk dies off over the weekend.

[Eye to the sky]

9 minutes ago, Polar Maritime said:

Moderate to heavy rain continues here.

It's been raining moderately here since 4pm,just like it has done for the last 3 days.Apart from 5 distant rumbles of thunder today and 3 yesterday this thundery spell of weather is more annoying than enjoyable..Is this huge blob of rain over the North Midlands ever going to shift!!!.

[A.J]

4 minutes ago, Nick F said:

Interesting lowering from a storm over the Black Country earlier.

Haven't heard any thunder since last week here in south London, few more days left before the thunder risk dies off over the weekend.

I wonder if that's the same cell Arnie Pie posted the piccy from earlier?

[stainesbloke]

Great to see so much activity over the UK today. Didn't get a proper storm here again but had biblical rain, some warm sun, stunning skies and thunder from this cloud around 2pm.

[Arnie Pie]

6 minutes ago, ajpoolshark said:

I wonder if that's the same cell Arnie Pie posted the piccy from earlier?

 

6 minutes ago, ajpoolshark said:

I wonder if that's the same cell Arnie Pie posted the piccy from earlier?

Yep,,,, Think it was right over West Bromwich

[The PIT]

Just heavy rain here storm dying bar the rain as tries to edge in.