Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 31st May 2017 onwards

[TJS1998Tom]

1 minute ago, IMP757 said:

I'm keeping an eye on the triangle between Stoke, Birmingham and Shrewsbury for storm development which may effect us.

Yeah, the sun is coming out quite strong again now so hopefully that's a sign

[sparky1972]

2 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Fingers crossed it'll reach us

look north says storms to the north of us tonight which puts you firmly in the firing line, tomorrow showers further south, which means this area misses them all together

[Luke Best]

Updated skies over Bournemouth:

[tomdewey]

And

[tomdewey]

It is hot and sticky and humid and we need a thunderstorm in south and west in Wiltshire.

[IanR]

can see

a huge anvil through the humid haze to my south, and hear very distant booms of thunder  

[Carl46Wrexham]

What is very noticeable about these showers/storms is their rate of movement. Looking back on the radar images shows them zipping through at a hell of a rate of knots. If you get one then expect it to be here and gone within half an hour!

[Dangerous55019]

9 minutes ago, SarahWxm said:

Hi dangerous. I'm originally from Wrexham but currently on holiday just to the south of Hull. Are my chances better there? Would hate back home to get more than me whilst I'm away lol (which would be typical tbh!!)

Hull could be a good a place as any this evening. 

The atmosphere over England and Wales is like a loaded gun at the moment. 

[Tempest]

Here's a question. How come forecasts are always spot on when the say no thunderstorms for me, but consistently wrong when they say i will get one?  

[Allseasons-Si]

Sferics should start showing N of stoke soon,cells rapidly growing.

[P-M]

I'm watching for the line of mini storms around the IoM at the moment - seem to be headed NE so let's see if they grow as they do...!

[Dangerous55019]

Well that was an unexpected but most welcome little storm. 

... And here's the current state of the sky after it! 

... The heat has gone right up now!! Very, very humid. 

[tomdewey]

[cheshire snow]

All kicking off here in South Cheshire some loud claps of Thunder,dog is going berserk 

Think my Internet signal is about to go.

C.S. 

[Dan the Man]

I know its not completely relevant to this thread (UK bias), but I see an ESTOFEX Level 3 is presumed to be "eventual" across Germany and Central Europe...

This extended forecast was issued to highlight a risk for a possible severe weather outbreak over CNTRL Europe including tornadoes, very large hail, damaging wind gusts and excessive precipitation.

Stay safe if anyone is over there.

[Pat Butcher]

15 minutes ago, SarahWxm said:

Hi dangerous. I'm originally from Wrexham but currently on holiday just to the south of Hull. Are my chances better there? Would hate back home to get more than me whilst I'm away lol (which would be typical tbh!!)

There's no better place to be than the Hull area tonight, and that's not something I'd often say.

[SarahWxm]

4 minutes ago, Dangerous55019 said:

Hull could be a good a place as any this evening. 

The atmosphere over England and Wales is like a loaded gun at the moment. 

Keeping fingers crossed! I'm just on my way from Sheffield back towards Hull and on the M62. Skies has darkened considerably but looking mucky and few spots of rain started. Very oppressive and temps 25c. 

[Mark Walker]

Seems to be building to my south (Barnsley direction) now. 

 

[tomdewey]

I hope some thunderstroms come over the south and west from nw of France or some home grow ones come over me in Warminster in Wiltshire

[Hodgheg]

Omg this is pain staking. Everything feels right 

[weathermadbarnsleylad]

5 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

Sferics should start showing N of stoke soon,cells rapidly growing.

Look like some heading our way now

[StormChaseUK]

Those cells are really tapping into the HEAT/NRG

[TropicThunder]

4 minutes ago, Dangerous55019 said:

Well that was an unexpected but most welcome little storm. 

... And here's the current state of the sky after it! 

... The heat has gone right up now!! Very, very humid. 

Very nice, reminds me of the sky in Florida when there's a storm!

[Karen Gauntlett]

will there be any chance of anything in sunny ole portsmouth tonight or tomorrow can i leave my washing out tonight or will it get rained on ?

[Derecho]

More cells firing up to the North of Stoke, I think this could be happening now after earlier inactivity