South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 21/05/2018 Onwards

[Skullzrulerz]

22 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

.. bit of cloud moving in here now. Storms have fired in Nantes, France, and near Brest and the rain is making its way into Cornwall on forecast radar. ...

You sure ? Don't know if it's me or the worst of is missing Cornwall ?

[EllyTech]

2 minutes ago, Skullzrulerz said:

You sure ? Don't know if it's me or the worst of is missing Cornwall ?

There's a circulation there. Not too heavy precip just now but we've a plume I believe. Convection will commence soon... keeping an eye on it.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

4 hours ago, Christchurch storm nut said:

I would love to be able to stay at home and watch storms, but it's quite built up where I am! Luckily I'm not far from the coast, so only a short drive from some lovely open views.

Problem is, all my lightning photos have the same landscape lol

I think I need to be a bit more adventurous.

I’m having this issue - so today i’m trying out some new spots - but it comes with its own set of disadvantages... got to find somewhere BEFORE the storm starts or usually end up on some 30km long stretch of tree-lined A road

[Skullzrulerz]

21 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

There's a circulation there. Not too heavy precip just now but we've a plume I believe. Convection will commence soon... keeping an eye on it.

Ah I see you mean this? looks like I'm sightly too south for the storms from the south east

[lettice]

Just hit 27.8c here.
The cloud is building up here slowly. Gone are the earlier clear blue skies.

[EllyTech]

8 minutes ago, Skullzrulerz said:

Ah I see you mean this? looks like I'm sightly too south for the storms from the south east

Yeah. Its a slow cooker is this one. Nantes storms going well. Just have to wait and see.

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Spotter this in the distance to my SE from near Reading / M4 - possible this could kick off a few SB storms as it passed through over the next half hour?

Or am I going a bit mad?

[EllyTech]

1 minute ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Spotter this in the distance to my SE from near Reading / M4 - possible this could kick off a few SB storms as it passed through over the next half hour?

Or am I going a bit mad?

Edge of anvil or... stratus... unlikely to be stratus... juicy mid layers... surface based storms at some point... only you know what you saw there.

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3 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

Edge of anvil or... stratus... unlikely to be stratus... juicy mid layers... surface based storms at some point... only you know what you saw there.

I’m calling it -

Tornado

[EllyTech]

Just now, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I’m calling it -

Tornado

Such a maximum name for such a lame bit of condensation.

[EllyTech]

2 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

Such a maximum name for such a lame bit of condensation.

Historic damage to tree. Tree grows leaning. .. and a possible Crepuscular ray.

[CheesepuffScott]

Increasingly breezy here in Weymouth, relatively cloudy now. Still feels warm. 

[A.J]

just hit 25C with a dewpoint of 19C recorded.....not so much sticky, more slimey!

[EllyTech]

1 minute ago, ajpoolshark said:

just hit 25C with a dewpoint of 19C recorded.....not so much sticky, more slimey!

Time to change your socks?

[CheesepuffScott]

23C with a dew point 16C - relative humidity 66% here in Weymouth according to Dark Sky

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Towers going up to my SE now - over Chichester way I think

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I reckon first wave a line of discreet electrified showers to move up over Basingstoke in the next hour

[A.J]

17 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

Time to change your socks?

what socks?.............and not I'm definitely not talking underwear....not going there  

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Clouds all burning off as they get near Berks. Think this could work as an advantage as you’ll be able to see the storms tracking up a bit better later (provided they fire).

Think I’m gonna move further south now though, daytime SB potential seems to be on the wane

[Mapantz]

27.3 °C not long ago, only .1°C off of this year's high.

Edited May 26, 2018 by Mapantz

[Evening thunder]

Warmest air not quite reached here (as ever), it reached 21.9C but a fair amount of mid level cloud recently. However it's clearing a bit and may well get a little warmer.

Lower surface temps shouldn't detract from any elevated storms this evening though, one hopes.

[Duane S.]

Lovely (and unusually) warm strong breeze here in Weymouth right now. This evening’s potential building nicely, coming up through Loire.

[Southern Storm]

1 hour ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I’m having this issue - so today i’m trying out some new spots - but it comes with its own set of disadvantages... got to find somewhere BEFORE the storm starts or usually end up on some 30km long stretch of tree-lined A road

Good luck for tonight!

Still very breezy here, but with a temperature of 26 according to Google.

The last time we had a similar setup to today, we had a storm that can only be described as bonkers. Which was on the 03/07/15 which I'm sure most people remember! if it is roughly the same, then I estimate it kicking off sometime around 10pm somewhere to the west of the isle of Wight.

Not very scientific but that's what one going with

[fromey]

Evening all.

just watching satellite images on a large cell over France looks to have our name on it, done bit of a painting job looks to be moving N/NNW 

anybody have any other thoughts on this

fromey 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

6 minutes ago, fromey said:

Evening all.

just watching satellite images on a large cell over France looks to have our name on it, done bit of a painting job looks to be moving N/NNW 

anybody have any other thoughts on this

fromey 

Studying satellite and it looks like the airmass over central France is moving more N / NW.

Think that trend is occurring to the east too.

Reckon Solent and hants will get a direct hit later on