Convective Storm/Discussion thread - 02/09/16 onwards

[Azazel]

i need things to fire further south and west:(

[TheToastPeople]

awww its just a wee baby one! Id rather the storms waited till after rush hour... much better chase prospects. Good luck everyone!!

[AL.]

Where are the bulk of these storms going to come from? Will it be from the cold front from the west against this humid air we have now?

 

[Hodgheg]

Cell over west London looks spectacular from here in Walton. Really rock solid and the anvil tanking shape. 

[toggerob]

Strike rate going up now in W.London, up to 14/s per minute.

[Homerr]

Reporting in from Harefield thunder is pretty constant at the moment but sounds distant and elevated 

big nasty looking clouds over head and wildlife has now gone quiet too 

 

here's hoping for a big one 

[Thunderstruck]

Seeing some very very distant convection to the WNW

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Sheeeeeeeez she's pretty 

[Paul R]

Got a fairly good visual of the cell in West London from here just east of Basingstoke. The back edge of the anvil looks very crisp and sturdy.

[weathertoski]

Yep, just heard first thunder

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Very good view from here on that cell I'm almost under it but not quite can hear the thunder it's almost stationary 

View from the deck chair..

 

[NUT]

Just now, Surrey said:

Very good view from here on that cell I'm almost under it but not quite can hear the thunder it's almost stationary 

View from the deck chair..

 

That's a beauty!

[Hodgheg]

Northern part of the storm is mature now. New bubble just to the south of it 

[Weather-history]

Shows up well on Sat 24

[A.J]

new daughter cells firing just to the south of the original cell, fresh strikes detected in that area....it does look rather pop-corny though  i.e single cells with updraughts getting quickly swamped

[sunnijim]

Incredible storm cloud mushrooming before my eyes from that Nw London cell.

[Hodgheg]

[Ben Sainsbury]

Just now, John Hodgson said:

Wow that looks incredible!

[Mesoscale]

The anvil is right over my head now, it looks tropical and feels it too. To bad it's heading away but I can here thunder from it. 

Edited September 15, 2016 by Mesoscale

[Vestan]

I am looking out the office window over the Chilterns and hoping that activity makes its way WNW over the next 2 hours

[Windblade]

Afternoon all. Apologies if this is already mentioned/being discussed - I haven't been keeping up with the thread much tis week due to zero activity in these parts, but a potent little import has come out of france and headed northeast. Its now sitting in north west london dropping loads of strikes. I'd love to be under that right now. I'm hoping for an import to come this way, but as every plume so far has resulted in nothing but absolutely cloudless skies and a muggy, humid stinking, boiling hot mess in these parts I'm erring on the side of caution. 

Edit - looking at the radar again it looks as though the import died and this is homegrown. The seems to be convection building further east now towards north london. Could it be possible a convection zone has developed and is slowly expanding east?

Edited September 15, 2016 by Windblade

[West Sussex Kate]

I'm near horsham,  looking north I can see some clouds building, it's really warm.

[Mesoscale]

The thunder sounds metallic

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Can see developments over towards Cambridge and stansted way, and can even make the top of that NW London cell out from here even through slight haze! 

Currently in St Neots 

[Mapantz]

Looking back at the 16:10 and 16:15 frames, it suggests there could be quite a hail core in amongst that: