Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 1st June onwards

[Lauren]

According to Facebook memories,  it seems on 3 seperate years we got some serious thunderstorms on July 18th. Lucky day for storms.

[80sWeather]

Increasingly dark to my west here in Godmanchester.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

You can see on sat the big ‘squeeze’ happening along the likely CZ.

I’m parked up near Winkfield and it’s 27° according to the van - (but that might be a degree out as i’ve been stationary for a while)

Think it’s only a matter of 10 - 20 mins before we see something kick off...

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just now, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

You can see on sat the big ‘squeeze’ happening along the likely CZ.

I’m parked up near Winkfield and it’s 27° according to the van - (but that might be a degree out as i’ve been stationary for a while)

Think it’s only a matter of 10 - 20 mins before we see something kick off...

Where do you think the CZ lies at present?

[Petorious]

Has been very warm and humid all day in Northamptonshire, plenty of sunshine and now the clouds are building well have been building for a time. The people moaning about no storms coming and the conditions are wrong in their area, well that's because your in the wrong area, looking at where they said storms may happen for some, I would say they where spot on. Draw a line from Reading up towards Milton Keynes then to Peterborough and out towards the wash then give 40 miles either side and you could be in luck. :) 

[Allseasons-Si]

7 minutes ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Where do you think the CZ lies at present?

looks roughly where i have drawn the red line

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

you can see it visibly on the sat too as flash bang says,with a squeeze from both the NW and SSE.

https://en.sat24.com/en/gb/visual

Edited July 20, 2018 by Allseasons-si

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

1 minute ago, Allseasons-si said:

looks roughly where i have drawn the red line

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

you can see it visibly on the sat too as flash bang says,with a squeeze from both the NW and SE.

https://en.sat24.com/en/gb/visual

That's where I thought - thanks for the confirmation.  I suspect I'm going to sty dry, being a fair way east of that area.

[Petorious]

Just looking at charts! Then went in Garden and just sat down and looked up, if I look slightly south and east I can see clouds bubbling up high and moving ever so slightly north and west and then if I look West I can see different flatter clouds approaching and getting darker! That CZ is right above me! Location is Great Doddington, Northamptonshire.

[Allseasons-Si]

I wish lightningmaps would stop putting randon sferics around the place,it's very annoying,i keep on thinking a storm is kicking off

Edited July 20, 2018 by Allseasons-si

[Stephanie Starr]

Currently stopped for a breather been doing housework extremely humid here no breeze clouds starting to build. Think it's going kick off anytime 

[sparky1972]

1 minute ago, Stephanie Starr said:

Currently stopped for a breather been doing housework extremely humid here no breeze clouds starting to build. Think it's going kick off anytime 

hope your right, looks dark heading towards Bourne 

[TJS1998Tom]

Seems like a few more cells around Peterborough

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Going very dark and eerily calm now, and the humidity is rocketing! 

[Stephanie Starr]

11 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Going very dark and eerily calm now, and the humidity is rocketing! 

I'm waiting lol I'm just located around 20 miles from Peterborough town called Spalding fingers crossed looks really dark towards Bourne

[sparky1972]

13 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Going very dark and eerily calm now, and the humidity is rocketing! 

fingers crossed it heads this way

[Cambridgeshire Weather]

In Peterborough and can feel something developing, the wind is picking up become gusty at times and it looks like cells popping up in the distance:)

[TJS1998Tom]

Just now, Stephanie Starr said:

I'm waiting lol I'm just located around 20 miles from Peterborough town called Spalding fingers crossed looks really dark towards Bourne

I think our chances have gone this time round, too cloudy from this patchy rain we've just had

[Cambridgeshire Weather]

2 minutes ago, Stephanie Starr said:

I'm waiting lol I'm just located around 20 miles from Peterborough town called Spalding fingers crossed looks really dark towards Bourne

Very dark here in Peterborough, the clouds look very patronising  heading your way

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I think for the best potential at about 6pm should note the clear skies to the south over parts of Hants, along with areas around Maidenhead up towards MK.

I wouldn’t expect anything too prolific but wondering if storms will be moving very slowly, varying in intensity (not quite popcorn showers) and fading just after it gets dark.

Of course we could also see that nobody gets anything 

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

12 minutes ago, Stephanie Starr said:

I'm waiting lol I'm just located around 20 miles from Peterborough town called Spalding fingers crossed looks really dark towards Bourne

Good luck  reckon something’s gonna fire up very soon! 

[matt111]

13 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I think for the best potential at about 6pm should note the clear skies to the south over parts of Hants, along with areas around Maidenhead up towards MK.

Clear overhead here but to my east it now looks like this. 

[sparky1972]

looks like everything is going to skirt around us, will be a close but no cigar kinda evening

[Petorious]

Quite a big shower now built right above me and showing on radar with the white center, just south east of Northampton, no electricity yet though, though it feels prime!

[matty40s]

Just west of Northampton,  according to radar it's raining,  according to me, it's not.

I can see rain further west and sun to the south,  above is a mishmash of clouds which don't know which way to go!!

 

Northampton is under this....

[Petorious]

Rumble of thunder a few seconds ago! Northampton cell..