Convective Storm/Discussion thread - 16/07/16 onwards

[Boro Snow]

still cloudless skies here temp 27.1c

[tara303]

Ooof, gone very still and moody here in west limerick, ireland, just hopped on to see if i can see any chance of storms this evening... farmers dragging the hay in at a pace tonight.... good luck all for some stormy action!

[Spikecollie]

5 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

That's the plan! Have a tank of fuel and a pillow, but need clean pants just in case of lightning strike

Or is that in case Cambourne becomes moist?

[Guest]

Unstable, fractured skies to the west. Looking very nice indeed

[STORMGUY]

Thats What The Sky Over Walsall Right Now Looks like

 

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[Allseasons-Si]

South Yorkshire is def moistening

i have ppn falling from this ac cas

what strange looking clouds

 

[Cloud 10]

Nice fax chart for noon tomorrow with a small trough just in the right place.

 

 

Buried treasure in Yorkshire perhaps?

[MartinD]

Just over Worcester the sky looks interesting and some lovely cloud formations....

[STORMGUY]

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[Tempest]

17 minutes ago, Spikecollie said:

Dogs look after themselves in this kind of weather. My next door neighbour's Jack Russell is usually insanely barking at passing traffic and people. He's crashed in the garage at the moment and has been all day! A wet-shirt does wonders for your pup if they are really uncomfortable. Soak the shirt and slip their head/neck through the head hole and put their front legs through the armholes. You can keep it wet then. Or just gently hose them if they like that.

Does he/she like storms? My Border Collie was my storm watching companion...I'm going to bring up out next pup(s) to be the same.

Yeah Spikecollie, i've got a cold damp towel over him at the mo. He's really old and i worry. He doesn't bat an eyelid when there are storms. Good old companion 

[STORMGUY]

How do you show the images on here have tried twice now

[Convective]

Developments of the Ac cas from earlier... now starting to tower fully:

EDIT: One more... proper towers!

Edited July 19, 2016 by Convective

[toggerob]

Small 'jellyfish' accas clouds to the south here, looks like things are trying to build.

[Spikecollie]

Just now, Convective said:

Developments of the Ac cas from earlier... now starting to tower fully:

Oooh, nice! Just a gentle, cloudless apricot sunset here.

[Tempest]

1 minute ago, Convective said:

Developments of the Ac cas from earlier... now starting to tower fully:

What a stunning photo the second one is with the golds and blues 

[STORMGUY]

Ahh it as to be a jpg file then.

[Allseasons-Si]

3 minutes ago, STORMGUY said:

How do you show the images on here have tried twice now

go to reply to this topic (obviously)

click on chose files and find the destination of the pic you are after,then open it,it will upload for you,when it's ready,click on the pic and it will show it where you are typing,hope that helps SG

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

4 minutes ago, Convective said:

Developments of the Ac cas from earlier... now starting to tower fully:

EDIT: One more... proper towers!

Loaded gun scenario there convective. Saw pretty much the same thing both on 3rd July and 16th July last year. 

I can tell you that these have been known predecessors to some proper humdingers!! 

[markw2680]

[Allseasons-Si]

@Convective,i also have the same here with some mammatus

 

[Spikecollie]

2 minutes ago, Squall said:

Yeah Spikecollie, i've got a cold damp towel over him at the mo. He's really old and i worry. He doesn't bat an eyelid when there are storms. Good old companion 

He'll be fine! My Border Collie who died last August had congestive heart failure, but he resisted the indignity of wet towels and showers to the end, and I just let him do what he wanted to do. Most of what he did was totally contrary to the vet. advice, like wanting to play ball in over 30c - but that was what kept him happy.

Regarding storms, Spike would watch with me. Sit by my side, inside or outside and pan his head to the lightning. He did get excited by loud thunder at times, and that was problematic if we were outside in the middle of the night and were trying not to wake the neighbours. We camped in Dordogne one summer and had an incredible night of storms - all the dogs around the valley started howling and Spike joined in. We went to bed in the tent, but the storm woke us only to realise that there was no Spike in the tent! We went out to search and found him sitting by a caravan and looking up at the sky to get a better view of the lightning!!!

[BA Baracus]

Some heavier showers now showing up in the south west. Still super warm here but much more humid with quite a bit of cloud.

Edited July 19, 2016 by BA Baracus

[whoissean]

Looking at the Weather Radar this is moving north up the Irish Sea?? Whats the prospect of this moving over the North of the UK?

[stevofunnelcl]

sferics now increasing west of Isles of Scilly

They will probably go north north east and up the Irish Sea

[Windblade]

Well, end of my second day in the sweatbox without seeing a single cloud. Theres a very slight chance of a storm/shower tomorrow for my area according to the forecast, although I doubt I'll see anything as I'm right on the line between slight and no risk. I just want this blasted heat to end but the SE looks set to suffer for one more day. Debating taking the car to work tomorrow (air con).

Good luck to everyone in the zone for tonight/tomorrow.