Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards

[Cheshire Freeze]

Nice cell developed over Congleton.

[Daniel*]

Just had a rumble. 

[Harry]

Thunderstorm here in SE London - am on a packed and sweltering train. The last flash and bang made most people on the train jump, lol!!!

edit - Train is at a standstill and we just had another extremely close CG and deafening peel. Awesome

Edited May 21, 2018 by Harry

[Daniel*]

Big rumble that wasn’t really expecting anything today.

Edited May 21, 2018 by Daniel*

[Lynxus]

Storm just south of me here in gloucester.

Seems fairly active currently.

[mulzy]

Thunder heard here in Waterloo.

[Mapantz]

Might just get side-scraped by this storm - constant rumblings going on.

[Lauren]

I can see the storm clouds from here but just clear blue skies here. Will be very surprised to see anything.

[Harry]

Had a number of flashes and bangs now, yay!!! However stuck on train as it’s knocked the power out, booooo!!!!!!

[Mapantz]

Look at the rain rate on that bad-boy..

Heading right this way.

[nanu]

Constant flashes and thunder here now... funny because it just died for about 5mins and now going mental!!.. oh and hailstones rather large, so be careful if your coming home from work or school,, may get nasty bump on head!

[Thunderstruck]

That’s a tiny little cell over SE London, but pretty intense! I would’ve thought I’d be able to see the clouds on that from here, but it’s really hazy. 

[nanu]

yeah storm or thunder head is only about a couple of miles wide, but non stop thunder... looks like a power outage somewhere as well got hastings trains diverting down the charing x - Hays line here.

[MP-R]

Had some thunder on the edge of a cell to the east of here not long ago. Really need those cells to move a bit further west.

Edited May 21, 2018 by MP-R

[Mapantz]

Well i'm quite content. Plenty of rumbles and 5.2mm of rain in around 15 minutes.

[Windblade]

Just had my first storm of the year. For once essex bred it for us instead of the other way around. Had three flashes of sheet lightning and about 10 rumbles. No precip though. HOWEVER...I had just jumped into the bath so couldn't actually SEE the storm through the frosted windows. On checking the radar the storm tracked southwest and when firing up near me it was to my west which explains the lack of precip as it never came directly over me (difficult to see through frosted glass).

Edited May 21, 2018 by Windblade

[Tom dewey likes thunder]

The dead thunderstorm cell from Dorset and I think here warminster in Wiltshire I am going get some heavy rain but no thunder 

 

[Windblade]

Activity's dying off everywhere on radar. Is that our lot?

[Hodgheg]

A great storm just met me as I got off the train. Great watching other storms grow as this one collapses! Also had tonnes of midges in the air just before the rain started

[Wilxy]

Few rumbles of thunder here!

[Tom dewey likes thunder]

South and west weather forecast 

Tuesday:

Plenty of warm sunshine will develop after any early mist and fog clears. However isolated thundery showers are possible for the afternoon, with the risk of hail. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

It will stay generally warm, after some early mist clears. Wednesday will be mostly dry and sunny, however the risk of thunderstorms increases later this week. From met office

[Tom dewey likes thunder]

A lot lighting in  France and kick off a lot of over their as 100 strikes in France

[Wilxy]

not bad for the first day of what could be a thundery week to come!

[Tom dewey likes thunder]

4 minutes ago, tomjwlx said:

5 minutes ago, tomjwlx said:

not bad for the first day of what could be a thundery week to come!

 

I saw two lighting in dots outside Bristol an hour ago

[Windblade]

Well, my newly adopted pessimistic approach to storm forecasts seems to be working, so I'll keep it up in the hope of more storms!