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

Supacell

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MP-R Maestro

MP-R

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
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Another case of the right skies leading to absolutely nothing no doubt. Still got some altocumulus grimsleyus here.

 

 

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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Ok, despite trying to not build up too much hope for it to lead to disapointment, I just checked the radar and saw that line of cells (some looking quite intense) approaching from the southwest and noticed some have dropped a couple of sparks near west london. Apologies if this has already been mentioned, I havent been keeping up to date with the thread during this quiet period. I'll be keeping an eye on these cells and even if they don't produce any more sparks I welcome the rain which will hopefully cool things down a bit.

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stainesbloke Maestro

stainesbloke

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  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and warm in summer, thunderstorms, snow, fog, frost, squall lines
  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
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Bloody hell, the lightning and thunder here are very impressive. Loudest for a long time. Properly pouring rain now.

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Thunderstruck

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  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and breezy with a bit of cloud, about 20C
  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
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Doesn't really feel stormy now, but still looks unstable up there...

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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Any chance of a night time storm once cloud top cooling kicks in?

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Nick F Maestro

Nick F

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  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
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Got an elevated storm just to the south of Heathrow where I am at work this evening with several white/pink forks of lightning seen, though fairly infrequent. Planes still landing despite the lightning close by...

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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@Surrey - boy did we get this wrong!!! lol. On the train home from London and saw a gorgeous IC bolt stretch across the SSW skyline (possibly the sferic showing near the M25 Surrey way). Seen another flash too from further west. 

Gobsmacked by the heat and in particular the humidity - it feels much more humid than I was expecting, possibly why storms are more readily breaking out compared to the very isolated storms the MetO for example was predicting. 

Happy days :D

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NO LONGER POSTING

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4 minutes ago, Harry said:

@Surrey - boy did we get this wrong!!! lol. On the train home from London and saw a gorgeous IC bolt stretch across the SSW skyline (possibly the sferic showing near the M25 Surrey way). Seen another flash too from further west. 

Gobsmacked by the heat and in particular the humidity - it feels much more humid than I was expecting, possibly why storms are more readily breaking out compared to the very isolated storms the MetO for example was predicting. 

Happy days :D

Hold my hands up lol! Got it well wrong! Stunning fork lightning cracker of a,storm right over my head 

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stainesbloke

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  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and warm in summer, thunderstorms, snow, fog, frost, squall lines
  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
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Yes, that was a bit unexpected! Loudest thunder for quite some time, lovely bright pink forks too, 10 mins of heavy rain. Moved on as quickly as it started but skies are still threatening...

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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3 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Well worth watching

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/1041782

Unless you're seeing lightning illuminations Summer Sun, that webcam is facing NE whereas all of the action is S and W of Tower Bridge 

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Mr_ Nexus

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  • Location: The Port with no sea , Sandwell , West Midlands
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: The Port with no sea , Sandwell , West Midlands
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No thunder here (yet) but I'm looking out my window towards Birmingham and there's a lovely rainbow , So there's rain falling somewhere between here and Brum !

 

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
Posted (edited)

Very dark to my west and southwest. Looks like those stormy cells are slowly coming...

EDIT - Just checked the radar again and it seems they're going to pass to the west of here. Unless the wind changes or something develops to my south it looks less likely we'll get anything. Blast.

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Aside from the storms, it is still 29C and almost dark!!!! 

Look at Blitzortung and you'll see that the storms across London/Hampshire at the moment follow a line all the way to Portugal (including cells across NW France and Biscay). 

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Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Just now, Mapantz said:

20160824_201459.jpgA nice rainbow here, to the East.

 

But it's only red.....!!!!! Wow!

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Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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My daughter just said she saw a rainbow too. 

Currently all the activity is going to run to the east of here but all the forecasts I have seen show another wave moving up during the early hours which is further west than the first batch. The odd spot of rain here but nothing more. I am quite interested in tomorrow, it looks like there could be some good storms, although the risk does look slightly east of here again on that Convective Weather UK map.

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Mesoscale

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  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Humid Continental Climate (Dfa / Dfb)
  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
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They seem to lose electrical activity the further north they get. I heard a distant rumble of thunder but nothing more. 

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Sweatyman

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  • Location: Bournville Birmingham
  • Weather Preferences: Hot n cold
  • Location: Bournville Birmingham
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10 minutes ago, Mr_ Nexus said:

No thunder here (yet) but I'm looking out my window towards Birmingham and there's a lovely rainbow , So there's rain falling somewhere between here and Brum !

 

Yep lovely sky in sth birmingham 

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stainesbloke

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  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and warm in summer, thunderstorms, snow, fog, frost, squall lines
  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
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Another storm moving in here

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Sparkiee storm

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  • Location: Walsall, West Midlands 135m/442ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Heatwaves, thunderstorms, cold/snowy spells.
  • Location: Walsall, West Midlands 135m/442ft ASL
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Is that a small shower east of Plymouth or just a blip on the radar?

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