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

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

Can hear a few louder rumbles here now, and the rain is starting to pick up, driving to the west I think I could see for miles, which is why I see so many flashes, lightning maps does look to be pretty accurate, most of the strikes I see were likely over london at the time, still a waiting game, but the rumbles are getting louder  gonna have my eye on radar and lightning maps now for a couple of hours!

[A.J]

getting concerned about this storm.....looked good earlier, impressive structure, well defined, look ready to go bang in a big way

 

but shortly afterwards, the staying power just wasn't there, the fuel supply was cut off, the updraft sheared off (ouch!) and the storm suffered a debilitating bout of erectile dysfunctia

that's what happens folks when a storm passes from maturity into old age 

 

[Windblade]

And another flash to the west.

[lucida]

Still plenty of flashes in south east london

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

11 minutes ago, Luke Best said:

This is interesting: the track taken by MCSs in the UK between 1981 and 1997.

Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1477-8696.1998.tb06352.x/pdf

Look at the amount over the SE quadrant! Now I see why I was awoken so many times! Look at that one that exited NE Scotland lol, what a system that must've been! 

Great find buddy, bookmarked this one straight away. 

[Frosty hollows]

1 hour ago, William Grimsley said:

Not joking, most of the action has gone through the English Channel. Some action has gone through Southern England but not a huge amount, we'll have to see what happens overnight.

Just had a spectacular sunset here with some Altocumulus and Altocumulus Castellanus clouds lit up!

Really?Tell that to south London

[Mapantz]

La rumble to my SE. Camera is on record, just in case.

[Robbie Garrett]

6 minutes ago, Harry said:

Interesting...32 in a 16 year period...an average of 2 per year and in no doubt some years there would have been multiple. Just to put into perspective how rare these beasts are (further to the debate much earlier today)

What debate was that?  I just remember them being so frequent. 1997, since then we've had probably 2-3.  Maybe 1 of those imported in the early 00s, if that. 

[stainesbloke]

15 minutes ago, Luke Best said:

This is interesting: the track taken by MCSs in the UK between 1981 and 1997.

Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1477-8696.1998.tb06352.x/pdf

Excellent map there showing how much more frequent MCS's were back then. 

 

[andymusic]

7 minutes ago, Raidan said:

How i wish those storms in BoB would take a more northerly track.

BoB cloud is coming our way - let's see what happens when it makes land properly?

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I think the most active cell is the one which ran up into london. Watched it from the hill in Guildford as it tracked close by to the southeast. Then there were some quite close ones and we bailed.

As it passed across into Sussex there seemed to be quite a dramatic fall in flashes - shame as I thought it was growing but clearly something isn't right up there.

[West Sussex Kate]

What next then? 

[andymusic]

latest sat24 looks amazing for lightning strikes - http://en.sat24.com/en/gb/infraPolair

[Windblade]

Just looked at the time... Better get to bed! Gonna sleep with the curtains open tonight incase we get more action! Good luck for those still waiting for stormy skies tonight. Night everyone, keep safe.

[ChezWeather]

1 minute ago, stainesbloke said:

Excellent map there showing how much more frequent MCS's were back then. 

 

Really interesting map, makes me wonder if there is a comparison out there with data for 1997 - 2016 

[William Grimsley]

1 minute ago, ChezWeather said:

Really interesting map, makes me wonder if there is a comparison out there with data for 1997 - 2016 

Hehe, wouldn't be surprised if there's not enough data to be worth presenting!

[Mesoscale]

1 minute ago, Windblade said:

Just looked at the time... Better get to bed! Gonna sleep with the curtains open tonight incase we get more action! Good luck for those still waiting for stormy skies tonight. Night everyone, keep safe.

It starts getting light at 3:30 so good luck with the 4 hours of darkness lol 

[Mapantz]

Nice bit of lighting towards the IoW. I may have caught it..

[Raidan]

4 minutes ago, andymusic said:

BoB cloud is coming our way - let's see what happens when it makes land properly?

Hope so would be a nice wake up call if something were to happen. 

[Mark wheeler]

3 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I think the most active cell is the one which ran up into london. Watched it from the hill in Guildford as it tracked close by to the southeast. Then there were some quite close ones and we bailed.

As it passed across into Sussex there seemed to be quite a dramatic fall in flashes - shame as I thought it was growing but clearly something isn't right up there.

Yeah was weird . Frequent lightning approached me then a big strike overhead and Big Bang then nothing.... All fissled out. More to come methinks

[Buckster]

yes Mark - had 3 recent near blinding lightning - amazing stuff

then all quiet

[Methuselah]

The phrase 'sod it' comes to mind!

[TheToastPeople]

In a feild north of london and the activity seems to have died off....

[stainesbloke]

6 minutes ago, ChezWeather said:

Really interesting map, makes me wonder if there is a comparison out there with data for 1997 - 2016 

Like William said, there wouldn't be much info to input! 

[Buckster]

just as you said that .... close lightning and thunder