Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 8th July onwards

[Mark wheeler]

Rumbles here now , distant sheet lightning.

[Paul R]

Starting to see a fair amount of lightning off to the east at the moment. It's quite cool here at the moment too. 

[Marcus_surfer]

South Wales about to be hit! Very fast cell developing. Never seen a cell develop so fast

[robillustrates]

Can anyone confirm if they just heard Thunder towards Heathrow sort of way, Lightning Map has a couple of strikes a lot closer to home than I expected. 

[Mesoscale]

I could tolerate another storm, if that stuff on the South Coast wants to make an appearance.  

[chrcoluk]

5 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:

How far NNE are these likely to get? I know it wont reach as far as me lol, interesting to know though

wont reach either of us my friend

[Frosty hollows]

If anyone in London haas called this bust...shame....

[RichmondWeather]

1 minute ago, robillustrates said:

Can anyone confirm if they just heard Thunder towards Heathrow sort of way, Lightning Map has a couple of strikes a lot closer to home than I expected. 

Yes, I did, they seemed to land in horsley, it was a quiet growl. Just had another one

Edited July 18, 2017 by RichmondWeather

[Mesoscale]

Just now, robillustrates said:

Can anyone confirm if they just heard Thunder towards Heathrow sort of way, Lightning Map has a couple of strikes a lot closer to home than I expected. 

You could of heard thunder from SW London, its certainly not over heathrow yet. 

[West Sussex Kate]

How's worthing?

Edited July 18, 2017 by West Sussex Kate

[robillustrates]

Seems to be kicking off around Guildford sort of way then, that's further West than I thought. 

[tomp456]

 

[chrcoluk]

heaven in bournemouth, lightning hasnt stopped since opened web cam

[sunnijim]

8 minutes ago, robillustrates said:

I bet it looks incredible, so many recorded strikes! 

Just off the scale here.earsplitting overhead thunder,fork and sheet lightning constant points East, South, West and North

[TJS1998Tom]

Just now, chrcoluk said:

heaven in bournemouth, lightning hasnt stopped since opened web cam

If only we would have that lol

[Paul R]

2 minutes ago, robillustrates said:

Can anyone confirm if they just heard Thunder towards Heathrow sort of way, Lightning Map has a couple of strikes a lot closer to home than I expected. 

I saw lightning off in that direction a few minutes ago. There's a lot of lightning to my east, so your south east. Can't hear any thunder for definite yet, may have heard a very, very distant rumble before but not sure. 

[Andy Pepler]

https://www.facebook.com/devonlivenews/?hc_ref=ARTs4PmqBq_N4gFfL_jFG0UKJbAk0pCO_IjOkgxQcQ-DVEJc2RDehJluN2e5TfYQmKI has a cool feed running   devon live 

 

[robillustrates]

1 minute ago, Paul Roberts said:

I saw lightning off in that direction a few minutes ago. There's a lot of lightning to my east, so your south east. Can't hear any thunder for definite yet, may have heard a very, very distant rumble before but not sure. 

Looks like maybe you got some Lightning out to the West of you as well now. 

[toggerob]

No point dragging the night out for us in the NW, i'm getting a few more hours of shut-eye and cooling the PC down as the CPU fan is struggling with the inside heat at the moment.

[Mesoscale]

I can see lightning from the South/SW London area, but I keep getting distracted by the smell of HoneySuckle in the air! Its so gorgeous. 

[matt111]

Even louder thunder now and very heavy rain just started. 5mm so far in less than 10 minutes. 

[alexisj9]

Defo getting closer here now, funny feeling it will not be stalling this end, like with the rest of the south coast. 

[Ciderwithrosie]

Kicking off in Somerset at last . Slow,going but strong lightning when it does appear and deep rumbles . 

 

[Paul R]

Just now, robillustrates said:

Looks like maybe you got some Lightning out to the West of you as well now. 

Possibly but my view to the west is blocked by a thick tree line so can't confirm. Some great flashes to the east, very bright and orange in hue. 

[chionomaniac]

I don't think that I have ever witnessed a storm in the U.K. With such frequent lightning. Amazing spectacle!