Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 8th July onwards

[dave reid]

23 minutes ago, sendandreturn said:

lulworth?

Forgot my wallet so had to pop home again. Currently sat back on bmouth cliffs, towers going up here now....   .what to do , what to do

[sendandreturn]

Just now, dave reid said:

Forgot my wallet so had to pop home again. Currently sat back on bmouth cliffs, towers going up here now....   .what to do , what to do

lucky you mate, you are in the right spot...

[TJS1998Tom]

Current skies with a cool breeze here

[UKSupercell]

And as I said that just had a huge flash and much closer strike.....and another....back to the window I go..... 

 

 

[robillustrates]

2 minutes ago, samadamsuk said:

That mass on the radar looks evil going up through reading! I'm still near cirencester waiting to see if storms kick off to my south. This current system may well take all the mid level juice prog'd for my area, but I'll keep watching!

Sitting in my studio I'm just getting this fantastic panorama of it all, one of the most enjoyable I've seen in this town, was not expecting that at all. 

[tomp456]

2 minutes ago, sendandreturn said:

So.....straw poll?...........chances of anything new 

a) south of the west london one

and.or 

b) east of the ones heading towards poole...?

 

for us Portsmouth / east/west sussex peeps...

Nothing is coming to West Sussex!

storm shield is on max right now

[saint]

Close strike just now, and some very heavy rain. 

[steve86]

Quick development from the shower just on the southern tip of the IOW.

[Daniel*]

26 minutes ago, Harry said:

Any ideas where this trough is?

Nowhere to be seen yet reaching the south coast by 0100 then I’d expect it to go boom.

Edited July 18, 2017 by Daniel*

[sendandreturn]

I took this shot 5 years ago this very night...Selsey...

 

[wimblettben]

Not heard anymore thunder since that last rumble.

Think I am going to have to just spend the night looking out for distant heat lightning now for potential arriving storms.

Got a horrible feeling that thats our chance gone for the period now though.

[Paul R]

6 minutes ago, essex coast matt said:

Lots of planes holding to get into heathow on runway 09 

Yeah there's a BA A320 that's circled over my house twice in the last 15 mins still waiting to get in. 

 

[Mapantz]

Shaping up quite nicely to the South. I just hope I don't have to mind the gap!?

[Sainsbo]

The storm has just about passed now, dropped over 37mm in under an hour.

[Allseasons-Si]

The channel is full of fuel right now and forming a distinct trough of thunderstorms moving due north,this i think is where the main action is coming from besides that nice thunderstorm NW of london.

[wimblettben]

Just now, Mapantz said:

Shaping up quite nicely to the South. I just hope I don't have to mind the gap!?

Thats got to be my lot later thats in the channel, shurely!

[sendandreturn]

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

This is my only fork (so far)

 

 

Edited July 18, 2017 by DiagonalRedLine
Can't remove the second pic :-( [RedLine Edit: Removed for you :)]

[tomp456]

2 minutes ago, wimblettben said:

Not heard anymore thunder since that last rumble.

Think I am going to have to just spend the night looking out for distant heat lightning now for potential arriving storms.

Got a horrible feeling that thats our chance gone for the period now though.

Welcome to the club

[matt111]

Looks like round 2 springing to life in the channel. 

Edited July 18, 2017 by matt111

[Harry]

7 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

Nowhere to be seen yet reaching the south coast by 0100 then I’d expect it to go boom.

Wicked thanks! I forget it's still quite early lol

[Staffordshire]

Considering going out to chase but only just came on and don't have time to read through to find where may be a good target... willing to travel to an hour or 2 south, do I head sw/s/se, any quick help would be much appreciated!!! - starting from Lichfield - Staffordshire

Edited July 18, 2017 by Staffordshire

[tomp456]

Calling it a night.

 

 

to the chosen many.....enjoy!

[BlueHedgehog074]

3 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

This is my only fork (so far)

 

 

Terminated the second pic for you  

Edit: Great shot by the way

Edited July 18, 2017 by DiagonalRedLine

[Harsh Climate]

Strikes even in the irish sea now, storms could break out just about anywhere tonight!