Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 1st August onwards

[ChezWeather]

Some hefty showers heading this way

[Chris.R]

14 minutes ago, Jules777 said:

I too was up till 4am in my case. Strange as through the afternoon quite a few Cb,s were moving over the South Coast from North to South but by night fall they seemed to stall at the French coast and head back to mid channel like a waving front..Wish I was on southern tip of IOW last night.

Maybe a land breeze from the continent developed overnight and created a convergence zone as it met the northerly flow?

[Bradowl]

We've had some very loud cracks of thunder here in South Yorks over past hour. 

[bazookabob]

I thought there were supposed to be less showers today than yesterday? We had nothing yesterday and now I have a half cut lawn and torrential rain ☔ Quite annoying but should have cut it yesterday I suppose lol! 

[matt111]

21 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Maybe a land breeze from the continent developed overnight and created a convergence zone as it met the northerly flow?

I was looking at the wind data last night and it certainly did look like there was a convergence zone just southwest of the IOW. 

[Eye to the sky]

First overhead thunder of the year here with brief but biblical rain.Didnt see any lightning though.All still and calm again now.Could be more to come looking at the radar!.

[SenlacJack]

I woke up at 5.30 this morning and could see what I thought were very faint and distant lightning flashes. I checked the radar and the nearest sferics were just off the Hampshire coast, approximately 100 miles away.

Skies overhead here were clear and starlit so I thought it couldn't possibly be lightning, but my own observations from my back garden and other reports from elsewhere seem to confirm it was indeed lightning from a storm in that area.

[Bradowl]

After thunder stopped we had an unbelievable amount of rain and hail in a short space of time. 

I've not seen it come down like that for many years. 

[Allseasons-Si]

I think all us storm fans should move to Lincolnshire lol

[Allseasons-Si]

Watching this to my NE that has produced sferics a short while ago.

[Chris.R]

A-up what's this; some sferics not far away in Cheshire. Got a bit of CAPE this evening, let's see what happens. 

[cheshire snow]

9 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

A-up what's this; some sferics not far away in Cheshire. Got a bit of CAPE this evening, let's see what happens. 

Yes Chris

Some bangs and flashes accompanied by some moderate rain and Hail

C.S. 

Just lost sky signal 

Edited September 17, 2017 by cheshire snow

[Chris.R]

4 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

Yes Chris

Some bangs and flashes accompanied by some moderate rain and Hail

C.S. 

Just lost sky signal 

 Enjoy it :-) If only the flow was SouthEasterly. 

[Allseasons-Si]

10 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

A-up what's this; some sferics not far away in Cheshire. Got a bit of CAPE this evening, let's see what happens. 

Yes,a line of heavy showers developing from W midlands up to S Cumbria s,so you could be in with a chance this evening

as for here,i have been watching this cell to my NE for ages now but i think the most of the action will drift SE of here(Lincolnshire)

still some nice pics though and in the latest photo's there is another Cb shooting up south of the cell and the north one is dying now.love the last pic with the new Cb starting to spread out.

 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

very active up there today, real power showers, but still no thunder/lightning, none yet this year

[Mokidugway]

Love how the showers today moving in almost the opposite direction to usual fail to deliver 

[Weather-history]

 

 

[NorthYorksWeather]

Quite spectacular scenes around my village this morning as a huge cumulonimbus cloud passed to my North around sunrise, accompanied also by mist in the valleys and in the fields as the temp fell to 6c first thing.

The first pic is what I saw when I opened my bedroom curtains, and the rest from around where I live.

 

 

 

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Edited September 17, 2017 by vizzy2004

[sparky1972]

had 2 or 3 beefy showers here today with hail and very loud thunder mixed in, was a good excuse to stop laying the patio and watch the grand prix and the footy lol

 

[Dangerous55019]

Just had a few flashes of lightning and a couple of good rumbles of thunder here. 

[Carl46Wrexham]

2 minutes ago, Dangerous55019 said:

Just had a few flashes of lightning and a couple of good rumbles of thunder here. 

Yep saw the flashes to my NNW...unexpected thunder again...nowt like it.

[Dangerous55019]

Hiya @Carl46Wrexham 

I fully agree mate... I saw the top of the storm cloud when I was in Porthmadog earlier this evening... But I didn't think it was going to do anything either. 

It looks like it over Hope Mountain... And I can still hear distant grumblings. 

[Carl46Wrexham]

 

Was outside just 5 minutes ago...loud thunder from a strike over my home village of Coedpoeth (3 miles west of me)

[Summer of 95]

Just seen a flash to the north/NW: must be the storms over N Wales as no Cbs or thunder here, just bits of raggedy cloud and drizzle. At least I can see it....

[Carl46Wrexham]

Intense echoes to my west..have had info from friends there they have a covering of hail.