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

[Supacell]

I have just arrived in Hartlepool and can hear occasional rumbles out to sea (I think). I have no access to charts but the forecasts I have seen would indicate I should stay put now for what may transpire this afternoon

[TheToastPeople]

8 minutes ago, Dami said:

It's really depressing especially when we got high cloud a bit of claggy nonsense and generally yuck.

It is a tad! but im somewhat used to it now, but hey maybe we will be lucky and something can build nearby this afternoon...

[P-M]

2 minutes ago, Supacell said:

I have just arrived in Hartlepool and can hear occasional rumbles out to sea (I think). I have no access to charts but the forecasts I have seen would indicate I should stay put now for what may transpire this afternoon

There's some activity out west at the moment but where it lands once it reaches here is any ones guess lol

[P-M]

http://en.blitzortung.org/live_dynamic_maps.php  says it all doesn't it!

[toggerob]

Something of interest is the convergence from Liverpool to Hull from the northern-storms outflow, reflected in a change of runway use at MAN the past couple of hours.

[gregior]

Big clouds building west of Manchester

[Darren Bown]

It's lightning NE of here. The sky doesn't look threatening either, with a massive clear sky to my S/SW.

[P-M]

Sky went blue before after that line of storms , become hot and humid and now the sky has turned to this.... anyone tell me what clouds these are?

 

 

[Boro Snow]

1 minute ago, P-M said:

Sky went blue before after that line of storms , become hot and humid and now the sky has turned to this.... anyone tell me what clouds these are?

 

 

Yeah we had them about half an hour ago, took a few photos but didnt turn out that well

[Summer Sun]

Well this mornings storm brought some rumbles of thunder no strikes and a short spell of heavy rain nothing in sight at the moment and clear sky moving up

[P-M]

Just now, Boro Snow said:

Yeah we had them about half an hour ago, took a few photos but didnt turn out that well

I'm sure it means an unstable atmosphere or something but I'm not the best with cloud-scapes lol

[Dami]

I'm assuming that this high level muck will choke any storms we *might * have got.

[P-M]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

Well this mornings storm brought some rumbles of thunder no strikes and a short spell of heavy rain nothing in sight at the moment and clear sky moving up

All bodes well to get some proper heat going for this afternoon - let's hope the CAP erodes quickly!

[Summer Sun]

Must have had it bad further north in our region

Virgin Trains EC: Due to a lightning strike damaging the signalling system between Darlington and Newcastle, all lines are currently blocked.

[P-M]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

Must have had it bad further north in our region

Virgin Trains EC: Due to a lightning strike damaging the signalling system between Darlington and Newcastle, all lines are currently blocked.

I would say so mate - it was pretty constant here albeit only seen a few flashes of lightning from the distance, it was more noisy than anything. 

[P-M]

We have some more initiation around Lancs coast area moving NNE - seems to have burst from nowhere looking at the radar.  West of Manchester now...

Edited July 20, 2016 by P-M

[Mapantz]

15 minutes ago, P-M said:

Sky went blue before after that line of storms , become hot and humid and now the sky has turned to this.... anyone tell me what clouds these are?

 

 

It looks like stratus undulatus.

Edited July 20, 2016 by Mapantz

[Chris101]

12 minutes ago, P-M said:

Sky went blue before after that line of storms , become hot and humid and now the sky has turned to this.... anyone tell me what clouds these are?

 

 

Looks like Undulatus Asperatus, an amazing cloud to watch on timelapse

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

 

17 minutes ago, P-M said:

Sky went blue before after that line of storms , become hot and humid and now the sky has turned to this.... anyone tell me what clouds these are?

 

 

Looks like stratus off-the-chartus

Edited July 20, 2016 by Flash bang flash bang etc

[P-M]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

It looks like stratus undulatus.

Thanks mate - and for those who still haven't a clue here is the description:

The altostratus undulatus is a type of altostratus cloud with signature undulations within it. These undulations may be visible (usually as "wavy bases"), but frequently they are indiscernible to the naked eye. These formations will generally appear in the early stages of destabilizing return flows, especially over the southern plains of the United States, when the surface temperature is still relatively cool.[1] The wavy strips of clouds are generally near an inversion surface.

 

So I'm guessing a good sign?

 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

The heating's on in Chertsey!

[Gonzolio Martinez]

19 minutes ago, P-M said:

Sky went blue before after that line of storms , become hot and humid and now the sky has turned to this.... anyone tell me what clouds these are?

 

 

I believe that is Undulatus Asperatus - a sign of an unstable atmosphere

Edited July 20, 2016 by Gonzolio Martinez

[Love Snow]

It's 29.c In Wakefield surely we must get something this afternoon.

[Ben Sainsbury]

Netwx SR in line with current radar with precipitation over SW, could spark over this possible thunderstorm over CS England/SE Midlands!

 

Edited July 20, 2016 by Ben Sainsbury

[P-M]

Storms building nicely around Manchester area now - moving east to NE from the looks of things.  Anyone east NE of this area could see some action soon...