Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards

[Farmer Dave]

Heavy rain, loud and almost constant thunder

[Thunderstruck]

Flash flooding taking place here now. This could get bad if it doesn’t ease soon. Couple of bright CGs seen too. 

[Atmogenic]

Just got out of bed after hearing loud rumbles of thunder outside whilst its raining, I hope we get more later today

[weirpig]

Yep Kicking off in the South of England   After the weekend  you are welcome to your share.  Have fun

[snow raven]

29 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I’m in London Bridge and it appears to be coming right this way! 

I'm just down the river from you at London Southbank.  Fingers crossed it continues in this direction... 

[Thunderstruck]

Looks like it’s backbulding out into the North Sea. 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Today is a prime example of how having low cloud doesn't always scupper thunderstorms. One of the very rare occasions where we have the right ingredients and don't require sun as one of them... Could be a long day, given more elevated thunderstorms are expected tonight as well

[LightningLover]

nothing here in Hastings...

[Derecho]

Some really heavy rain here no but no sign of any lightning yet, the SE looks like as though its getting a bit of a battering

[Chi-gareth]

We have just had around 45mins of heavy rain, nothing special. Thought we might of had a couple of rumbles but nope.

[Thunderstruck]

Close bright CG just then, very loud thunder

[Chris.R]

Liverpool John Lennon metar reporting smoke  weirdly. 

[Guest]

Looks like the mass of rain near Southampton is losing its organisation and becoming a wet mess! More Sfercis being reported from it

#bournemouthstormsheildbackupandrunning

[AWD]

I'm having a day out at Chessington today.  Been glancing at the radar between rides.

I can't work out if the storm over North Kent is heading towards me or moving more NW towards London and Watford etc.

[Lauren]

Sounds absolutely beautiful. Heavy rain, occasional rumble. This is the kind of stuff those relaxing thunderstorm videos are made of.

 

Storm just a few miles away now.

[TheFlyingDuck]

Heavy blanket of apparently ‘broken’ cloud here (Exeter) according to the METAR. Definitely OVC. 

Doubt will get much GA later on as the embedded CB’s pop up above the blanket. 

Very interesting to see the Met Office Ammended their low level forecast! Haven’t seen seen that happen in a while!

[Chi-gareth]

2 minutes ago, Lauren said:

Sounds absolutely beautiful. Heavy rain, occasional rumble. This is the kind of stuff those relaxing thunderstorm videos are made of.

 

Storm just a few miles away now.

And a nice chill temp to boot

[JonGill]

Gone very dark to the south here, but bright overhead and to the north, no thunder heard as yet.

[JonGill]

No sooner had I written the previous post, that the dark to the south has passed, and it's brighter all round again.

[Farmer Dave]

Massive storm here in Upchurch, Kent. Close CG's with constant thunder and lightning overhead!

[toggerob]

Granada Reports weather saying the NW might be seeing thunderstorms from 5am until 5pm tomorrow, can't see where they've got this forecast from as the models are quiet for the north up until Friday.

[Farmer Dave]

This storm seems to be going nowhere fast!

[Thunderstruck]

Still going on with torrential rain and frequent lightning. Been a good hour and a half with still a bit more on the way. 

[Derecho]

I'm glad I decided to work from home today... that's all I'm saying...

Some grumbles of thunder audible amongst this epic downpour.

Edited May 29, 2018 by Quicksilver1989

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I’m up in the air London Bridge - this could be rather exciting - found a corner where I get an unobstructed view east...