Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 1st August onwards

[A.J]

blimey, went away from radar watching for an hour, came back, and it seems a dirty big muticell is heading my way, the northern edge is about 30 miles SSW of me.....can just make out the edge of the anvil in the haze....could be very interesting here in the next hour or two! 

[ThundersnowDays]

I can hear faint thunder now. I can see lightning too. 

Edited April 21, 2018 by ThundersnowDays

[James86]

[Hedge End weather watcher]

Gun shot thunder in hedge end shook the whole house and constant lighting at the minute 

[matt111]

Can’t see much lightning but still decent so far. 

 

[James86]

Just now, Hampshire Dan said:

Gun shot thunder in hedge end shook the whole house and constant lighting at the minute 

Yeah gone mad. Car alarms the lot around here. 

Edited April 21, 2018 by James86

[Mapantz]

Has anybody got any rain rate figures from your own weather stations? I've been scouting around, and surprisingly, the stations I found, the rainfall totals don't look particularly bad under those bright echoes.

Edited April 21, 2018 by Mapantz

[Harry]

14 minutes ago, Windblade said:

Still got all the digits crossed for the southeast tonight.

Me too. At a restaurant in Hythe at the moment so no chance at sky watching. Blitzortung suggesting the storms have very much a N motion at the moment. No hint yet of any E shift. I’m optimistic that cells have developed in the past hour or so then grown upscale. Should be an interesting next few hours. 

[ThundersnowDays]

The lightning has a pink tint to it. Constant rumbling too. 

Edited April 21, 2018 by ThundersnowDays

[toggerob]

AcCas forming at mid-levels to the SW of me near Buxton currently, returns now showing up close to Stoke-on-Trent so it's now or never for the NW.

[matt111]

2 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Has anybody got any rain rate figures from your own weather stations? I've been scouting around, and surprisingly, the stations I found, the rainfall totals don't look particularly bad under those bright echoes.

Nothing spectacular here, 22.2mm/hr was the highest just now.

[Andy Bown]

Nonstop lightning and thunder passing West and now NW of Warminster. It's almost the perfect elevated storm except it's come before dark. Although having said that seeing the cloud structure is stunning!

Edited April 21, 2018 by Andy Bown

[SteveB]

Sun shining out of my front window & black clouds with thunder  and lightning out of the back window.

[mike5900]

3 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Has anybody got any rain rate figures from your own weather stations? I've been scouting around, and surprisingly, the stations I found, the rainfall totals don't look particularly bad under those bright echoes.

mine was 205mm a hour here

[Man With Beard]

19 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

Cracking thunderstorm over Portsmouth right now. Just waiting for the torrential rain, which the radar says is coming?

Hmmmph! Seems my thunderstorms died out over the Isle of Wight and those pesky Southamptoners have nicked them all! Still, I can just about hear them, and the rain is decent at times!!

[Southern Storm]

Hi all I'm in highcliff with decent views all around, what I find e encouraging is that everywhere I look there is storm action,  and also a storm out to sea, which I can see the top of so hopefully more to come tonight.

Now if it could just hurry up and get dark that would be fabulous 

[Thunderstruck]

Strike off Dover reported on Blitzortung. Anyone able to confirm? 

[James86]

Not the best quality but got another. 

[A.J]

2 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Nonstop lightning and thunder passing West and now NW of Warminster. It's almost the perfect elevated storm except it's come before dark.

starting to get dark here as daylight fades, should be a good light show here soon

[Mapantz]

2 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

Strike off Dover reported on Blitzortung. Anyone able to confirm? 

False positive. No precip anywhere near Dover.

[Hodgheg]

What are the chances of that decaying mass popping off some convection ahead of itself and to the east? 

[Derecho]

3 minutes ago, James86 said:

Not the best quality but got another. 

Cracking picture! To think I went from Southampton back to Hull today .

Hopefully they will keep going to the North of the M4... more widespread across the South then forecast so maybe more areas of England could get hit.... I hope

[lottiekent]

3 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

False positive. No precip anywhere near Dover.

Agreed, clear skies here. Just some thin high level cloud

[PiggiePalace]

Farrington Gurney Bs39 currently having a strobe light show  with thunder...but not directly overhead. Suggest it is eastwards of here and we are on the cusp......alebit we have a shedload of rain too!

Enjoy all that find themselves in its path.
xxx

[Darren Bown]

Looks like the south has done well with this, kind of as per with set ups like this. Surprised it’s not kicked off up here. Especially with more potential here.