Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 1st June onwards

[Guest]

Rumbles of thunder now from a small cell heading for the western side of the city.

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The strike rate on that cell leaving France is steadily increasing:

Was 400 about 30mins ago

We might well be in for a very good night...

[Putting on my thunder trousers...]

[AderynCoch]

I'm flying to Budapest shortly. Got a feeling I'm in for a bumpy ride.

[Guest]

Huge fire just to the west of Bournemouth airport apparently started by a lightning strike.

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Just now, AderynCoch said:

I'm flying to Budapest shortly. Got a feeling I'm in for a bumpy ride.

Was nearly sent to Madrid this week - would have been returning to Gatwick at about 11pm tonight - i’m glad they cancelled it or I would have probably ended up stuck in Spain or redirected to Birmingham or somewhere

[bazookabob]

Towards Leeds City centre 

[Cambridgeshire Weather]

Was in the ‘firing line’ north of Peterborough today but did not get any storms I guess storm shield , 32.6 celsius still at 7:30pm with humid feel and bright sky 

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3 minutes ago, Alderc said:

Huge fire just to the west of Bournemouth airport apparently started by a lightning strike.

 

 

 

Which one?  

[TJS1998Tom]

Pretty much clear skies to my South now, hopefully it'll charge up some storms later

[johnholmes]

the last storm was even heavier than the earlier one peaking at 221.6 mm p hr, so total now 16.0 mm in 3 short spells=almost the total for June.

Drought well and truly broken after rain on 16 June until today.

[Robert Lewis]

West/East Parley is west of Bournemouth Airport, around that way?

Edited July 26, 2018 by Robert Lewis

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, Robert Lewis said:

West/East Parley is west of Bournemouth Airport, around that way?

Correct.

[alexisj9]

17 minutes ago, Alderc said:

Huge fire just to the west of Bournemouth airport apparently started by a lightning strike.

Probably that really loud strike people reported, was definitely a positive strike.

Edited July 26, 2018 by alexisj9

[Ben Sainsbury]

For those in western areas disappointed by lack of storms, do not worry we have a nice little treat Fri Night into Sat Morning which has gone under the radar. May produce some nasty thunderstorms for a time.

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9 minutes ago, Robert Lewis said:

West/East Parley is west of Bournemouth Airport, around that way?

Goes to show the radar definately doesn’t show all the strikes  

... unless it was the pilot throwing his cigarette out of the window?  

[Robert Lewis]

I wonder where it landed, used to work in that area and had a job interview by the airport only last week!

[Mark wheeler]

Looks quite bad hope all are safe and the fire fighters get it under control.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Bournemouthecho/status/1022540312428851208?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

[LightningLover]

So... how are things looking in terms of the elevated activity later on?

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Edit: I read they’ve already put it out

Edited July 26, 2018 by Flash bang flash bang etc

[toggerob]

Cell to the west of Sheffield just moving past Ladybower Res and Stanage Edge at this time

[convector]

that patchy rain north of salisbury is starting to look interesting 

[Cableguy]

Looks like we'll remain dry down here until later in the weekend

 

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What the chances that Estofex will give the U.K. a level 1 somewhere for tomo?

Looking at what Tony is suggesting over on UKWW tomorrow has even better parameters in place for eastern England and suggests ‘low-end supercells’ could be a result

Obvs its dependant on factors still in play but his forecasts are regularly pretty spot-on  

[tomp456]

Hoping for something decent on the sussex coast tonight.

mother nature needs to MAKE THE WEATHER GREAT AGAIN.

[LightningLover]

1 minute ago, tomp456 said:

Hoping for something decent on the sussex coast tonight.

mother nature needs to MAKE THE WEATHER GREAT AGAIN.

*Applause*