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

[Nick F]

21 minutes ago, Pixel said:

Tornadoes hit Wales and the Midlands, aparently

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38016701

Difficult to ascertain for now whether there were tornadoes causing this reported damage or just strong straight-line winds from the squall line based on anecdotal rather than pictorial evidence, though wouldn't be surprised there were tornadoes. 94mph gust at the RNLI weather station in Aberystwyth is astonishingly strong and unlikely to be synoptic driven and surprised it would be straight line wind gust either. Will have a look at the radar images for the time it went through places which reported tornadoes.

I somehow managed to be in a gap/break in the squall line when it came through the SE, lol:

[toggerob]

Twitter search brings up a .gif video recorded in Aberystwyth today showing a trailer rolling over, SLW indicative from this as from initial reports it seems quite a wide swathe of the town was affected.

 

Edited November 17, 2016 by SNOW_JOKE

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Sferics here around an hour ago as squall line moved through.  Winds became gusty, rain heavy with hail and seemingly two cells of sferics, one to my north, one to the south.

[Nick F]

Radar between 1035 and 1045 shows a 'hook' coming ashore just north of Aberystwyth - the hook then maintains across Wales and N Midlands all the way to the Lincolnshire coast some 3 hours later!! Could have been multiple spin ups or tornado touch downs in this time within the hook:

Hook appears to be where the 'triple point' was in the frontal system, an area well-known in the storm-chasing community for strong ascent, shear and tornadoes

Edited November 17, 2016 by Nick F

[Stormraider]

A friend of mine near Market Drayton said she witnessed very strong winds at work, is this a hook just SW of Stoke?

[toggerob]

Comprised a quick-map of the current damage reports in/around Aberystwyth as they come in.

 

[Snowyowl9]

Most damaging prolonged squall I`ve ever seen storm force winds,lasted about 15 to 20 minutes after normal wind well we`ve had little wind all autumn.

Roofs have been  blown off in a nearby village.

Half a beech tree blown down along with 6 or 7 branches.

[alexisj9]

1 hour ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Twitter search brings up a .gif video recorded in Aberystwyth today showing a trailer rolling over, SLW indicative from this as from initial reports it seems quite a wide swathe of the town was affected.

 

Well it doesn't look like straight line winds, to me, things are moving in different directions. Doesn't look like a tornado either though unless it was very wide.

[alexisj9]

Don't think the north sea is somewhere I want to be right now. http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

That band looks very dangerous.

[Mapantz]

30 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Well it doesn't look like straight line winds, to me, things are moving in different directions.

That is just down to eddies due to how the building is positioned.

[Frosty hollows]

7 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Don't think the north sea is somewhere I want to be right now. http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

That band looks very dangerous.

Yes, I was just watching that hook forming. Glad am not under it

[Weather-history]

Everything whistled through after a clear morning

17th November

 

[MP-R]

There be lightning in them clouds this evening! Saw a few flashes from a CB over the Severn Estuary on my drive down the M5 about half an hour ago.

[cardiff lad]

Lighting here in Cardiff hail shower now 

[Raidan]

Thunder here!

[Wilxy]

thunder and lightning in Winterbourne! 

[Raidan]

Some great cracks of thunder here!

[Wilxy]

and another! wasn't expecting that.

[MP-R]

Yep had thunder and lightning here too and just drove through a really heavy splodgy sleet storm.

[Raidan]

Four or five flashes and decent thunder seems over now but was something.

[MP-R]

3 minutes ago, Raidan said:

Four or five flashes and decent thunder seems over now but was something.

There's a nice cluster of strikes on blitzortung just over Bristol... Makes a change lol.

[Raidan]

5 minutes ago, MP-R said:

There's a nice cluster of strikes on blitzortung just over Bristol... Makes a change lol.

Ha ha yeah thunder and lightning around here is as rare as penguins in the desert lol.

[Wilxy]

Just saw another flash to my west with thunder!

[Bristawl Si]

Thunder, lightening, hail, heavy rain and blustery winds here at mo

[Chris K]

Yep T&L up here just North of Bristol too! Where was this in the summer eh...