Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards

[viking_smb]

Just now, Bristle boy said:

Rumbles of thunder - to my SE.

that's the heavy thundery showers coming in from Weymouth way, should clear this area by 10pm

[A.J]

[JK1]

Hoping we get something in Worthing area as nothing at moment, cell doesn’t appear look that intense on radar in France to are south 

Edited May 26, 2018 by JK1

[A.J]

[PiggiePalace]

Very distant thunder rumblings currently heard from Farrington Gurney BS39......looking at the radar we could be "in the gap" between cells. Can see distant towers but being covered by lower cloud over me. Wind springing up.
7 day forecast for my postcode shows torrential rain in the early hours tomorrow but no electrification. Time will tell.

Edit: thunder now getting closer!

[viking_smb]

nice pics mate

[Ben Sainsbury]

Have a great vantage point currently on top of Chelwood hills, a nice bright purple flash as I speak! 

[Andy Bown]

A brief downpour with huge drops and a few close flashes/rumbles over Warminster but it seems to be intensifying as it heads away - now almost continuous thunder away to the N/NW, very messy sky too with low cloud so hard to make out the elevated storm cloud. I would expect this to be quite a storm system as it heads towards Bath/Bristol and further West.

Seems the plume got going about 25 miles inland in this part of the region as opposed to on the coast which is what I thought would happen when I posted this morning.

[Swansonson69]

That France storm still going north?

[Harry]

Some AcCas here has given way to some precipitation. Amazing sunset too.

That MetO forecast is amazing!!!!

[viking_smb]

looks like according to blitzortung it has split.

[tomp456]

7 minutes ago, JK1 said:

Hoping we get something in Worthing area as nothing at moment

I wouldn't hold your breath 

There's some stuff in the channel we will have to see if that electrifies after sunset which is in about 20 minutes 

[StormChaseUK]

Lightning activity really picked up in last 5 minutes on lightningmaps.org,  pretty much continious from the devon and somerset line.

[R Alto]

12 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

See that first ledge? I walk all the way around that, in to the bay the other side, then around to the second ledge - great fishing around there.

Probably take a look one day, always enjoy finding new places in the area

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Alderc said:

Heading Bournemouth clifftop for a poke About.

I can see the French storm from my apartment - amazing it’s a hundred plus mile away! 

Most of what I see from the clifftop in Bmth is the anvils from the storms in France over a hundred miles away.

[Wilxy]

Hearing lots of thunder now!

[tomp456]

15 minutes ago, Quicksilver1989 said:

According to the meto forecast radar, the mass of moisture coming off the channel should intensify and develop some thunderstorms with it. So an important hour or two coming up

The SCENES if that verifies! 

[Harry]

Raining here now - just from an isolated bit of AcCas. Irritating really lol

[Harry]

1 minute ago, tomjwlx said:

Hearing lots of thunder now!

Gorgeous!!

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Just now, tomp456 said:

The SCENES if that verifies! 

pretty spot on looking at it IF it continues mimicks the AROME slightly..  

[tomp456]

1 minute ago, Surrey said:

pretty spot on looking at it IF it continues mimicks the AROME slightly..  

Lets hope so then! 

Would you put money on it though? 

[PiggiePalace]

Wow - here we go - trees and shrubs being blown all over the place. Rain  starting with a vengeance. Sky very dark - but we are on the periphery of the electrical activity me thinks as no visible lightning yest and thunder clearly some miles away although frequent.

 

[R Alto]

16 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

It was always going to be messy convection - was hoping the storms would fire first, but I’ve watched cells collapsing for a couple of hours now.

Holding out for something to kick this all into gear before 10pm...

That would be good, plenty of old anvil gubbins heading up from the South now, but you never know.

[alexisj9]

8 minutes ago, Swansonson69 said:

That France storm still going north?

It has split in two, west side heading north west, east side does still seem to be heading north for now.

[Lynxus]

Huge towers to my south here.

Wow, some people gonna get some great views tonight. Next load expected to start down south in an hour or so.

 

-G