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

[Mapantz]

Time to hit the sack! It's been fun watching this unfold. I think some of the hi-res models have done pretty well, some stuck to their guns about developments further West and i think they were right. I've seen plenty of lightning and had some great skies yesterday, not too shabby considering the main action was reserved for areas further East. All good fun!

[tomdewey]

I was Looking at real lighting maps was some lighting out Salisbury and Swindon and Marlborough Wiltshire

[Fiona Robertson]

Anyone noticed that the cell which went over Tunbridge Wells is nor NE of Margate and is giving 99 strikes per minute? 

[Rain123]

All this stuff is very elevated, I can hardly hear the thunder!

[sunnijim]

Severe storm now in SE London. Major flooding;will be a news story for sure.Underpass has cars windows height in water

[Buckster]

pretty major storm here in Essex atm !

[Robbie Garrett]

Oh my.  Here's the next powerful storm.  

#BlackwallTunnel is currently CLOSED northbound due to flooding. Drivers are advised to seek an alternative route.

Eastway Tunnel (A12) is also flooded Southbound. Approach with care.

 

See https://twitter.com/TfLTrafficNews

 

Edited June 23, 2016 by Robbie Garrett

[lassie23]

After a number of false starts we actually have proper rain and thunder

[Buckster]

crickey ! torrential rain, lightning and thunder here in Essex

and looking at radar long chain of it

how much rainfall we going to get ?

[*Stormforce~beka*]

32 minutes ago, matt111 said:

Can hear thunder here now. Looks like the main part is passing to the east.

Something just woke me up! Thankfully not the kids though!! Having a bowl of cheerios now I'm starvished!

[Dale Hay]

Did tweet a picture taken from a hotel webcam earlier. Quality is amazing.

 

[Callie]

More lightning over Eastbourne, round 2 appears to have finally made it...

[Stormyking]

Ahhh well that was fun Evening/night, 1 annoying thing about the 2nd wave of storms, there was a lot of fog obscuring the Lightning, but I really aint complaining. Been some lovely CG'S and also some very very close calls, with explosive sounding thunder. Glad I stayed on the Island

[Mesoscale]

8 minutes ago, Dale Hay said:

Did tweet a picture taken from a hotel webcam earlier. Quality is amazing.

 

Remind me never to look through your pictures ever again lmao..... 

[matt111]

Heaviest rain of the night now. No lightning for a while now though. 

[SenlacJack]

59 minutes ago, Rain123 said:

All this stuff is very elevated, I can hardly hear the thunder!

Same here, Quite frequent lightning but thunder barely audible.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Good grief. Never have I seen the channel so active in all my life!! Brighton and eastwards, you are in for an awakening of rare proportion!! Storm heading for you is kicking out hundreds per minute! 

[Callie]

8 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Good grief. Never have I seen the channel so active in all my life!! Brighton and eastwards, you are in for an awakening of rare proportion!! Storm heading for you is kicking out hundreds per minute! 

I can hear it already...

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

7 minutes ago, Callie said:

I can hear it already...

Bet it's a constant rumble? Stay safe my dear! Looks potentially dangerous this one. 

Utter bonkers!! 

Edited June 23, 2016 by East_England_Stormchaser91

[Callie]

5 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Bet it's a constant rumble? Stay safe my dear! Looks potentially dangerous this one. 

Utter bonkers!! 

Thank you I'm watching it on the same site...

[Updraft]

My word, the channel has lit up like crazy, I'm gonna unplug for sure if/when that reaches here.

It's been raining constantly here for hours but no thunder/lightning since evening.

[Fiona Robertson]

This is a screenshot from one of the Rotterdam webcams. I just grabbed it a minute ago. WOW!!!

[SenlacJack]

Still thunder and lightning here, another storm overhead as I type. It started about 8pm last night  and hasnt  stopped since. Almost 9 hours and still counting !

[Fiona Robertson]

4 minutes ago, SenlacJack said:

Still thunder and lightning here, another storm overhead as I type. It started about 8pm last night  and hasnt  stopped since. Almost 9 hours and still counting !

There's a monster in the channel now, front of electrical activity stretches from just south of Hastings to Le Treport in France. Looks like Calais will take a direct hit along with the entire coast running north from Le Treport

[SenlacJack]

3 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:

There's a monster in the channel now, front of electrical activity stretches from just south of Hastings to Le Treport in France. Looks like Calais will take a direct hit along with the entire coast running north from Le Treport

Yes I'm keeping a close eye on that lot in the Channel just to my south. Frequent lightning here now.