Storms and Convective Discussion - 25th June 2019 onwards

[TJS1998Tom]

Currently got my eyes on this lot

[harrywhiterowoutdoors]

i think this night was very much one of the best thunderstorms events i have witnssed for a good couple of years 

[Barbmac]

The wind suddenly started gusting, now lashing down with rain, frequent lightning. Mad out there!

[oliverek7]

Sky constantly flickering out west where I am in south London, the odd bright one direct south!

[LightningLover]

I’m going to TRY to sleep in this soupy, ludicrously sultry heat; There seems to be no point in staying up, as I’ve only seen a few very distant flashes. I don’t generally tend to be negative, as I enjoy seeing other people around me be happy. The same goes for this forum. But tonight... has been incredibly frustrating for the East Sussex coastline. I am feeling quite irritated, and sullen.

I am still very happy for all the storm starved peeps this morning! I’m glad you are getting a good show. Now, let’s see if I can even begin to fall asleep...

[Lynxus]

That was awesome

Shame it moved so quick!

[OddSpot]

Couple more screenshots from Ryde, Isle Of Wight

 

[Summerstorm]

Wow thunder and lightning every few seconds here this is awesome. Not seen a storm like this for years. 

[Grazy2266]

Great display from my back garden now, not so far away, it's lighting up some fantastic cloudscapes 

[harrywhiterowoutdoors]

1 minute ago, LightningLover said:

I’m going to TRY to sleep in this soupy, ludicrously sultry heat; There seems to be no point in staying up, as I’ve only seen a few very distant flashes. I don’t generally tend to be negative, as I enjoy seeing other people around me be happy. The same goes for this forum. But tonight... has been incredibly frustrating for the East Sussex coastline. I am feeling quite irritated, and sullen.

I am still very happy for all the storm starved peeps this morning! I’m glad you are getting a good show. Now, let’s see if I can even begin to fall asleep...

i hope you a big one this year man 

[Lynxus]

Now thats interesting..

Building westward. Frequent sferics from it too...

[WeatherWatchmanG]

Anyone got cloud photos? Want to see what were missing. 

[toggerob]

2 minutes ago, Supacell said:

Can see flashes to the west and south from here. That's about 60 miles away at least!

I visited the Shropshire Hills not too long ago and it's surprising just how near the Pennines are, no surprise looking out the window here towards that direction and the sky is lit up every couple of seconds with what looks like IC Lightning.

[Robert Lewis]

The intensity seems to have dropped a lot, was a lot of red and orange on radar replaced with greens and it fizzling out.

[A.J]

'scuse the language but all I can say is 'holy shitpants!!!!'.........what a round 3!.....power went down, roiling clouds spewing out copious bolts of lightning, CG's, anvil crawlers, biiiiiig hail, enough water to make me think we'd been hit by a tsunami.........oh, and hello, here's come round 4 to my south! 

[smethwickgg102]

Flashes to the NW of me I'm guessing that's the Shropshire cell. Keeping an eye south and fingers are crossed 

[lassie23]

woken up by thunder, was having a decent dream too, no rain yet.

[ThundersnowDays]

3 minutes ago, Lynxus said:

Now thats interesting..

Building westward. Frequent sferics from it too...

Yep just got an intense downpour with frequent lightning 

[Azazel]

Broke my storm duct in serious style here tonight. Dare I say it, that was even better than the Bournemouth supercell of 2015 as it was a direct hit.

Didnt get much in the way of photography as most of the lightning was high based and cc, but it was flashing honestly at 3-4 per second at some points.

Seemed to take an age to move closer but suddenly it picked up steam and with a tremendous roar of rain we bolted for the cars.

it was at this point CGs started raining down all around and anvil crawlers kept lighting up the sky directly overhead to the point it was blinding at times and looked like broad daylight.

I started to panic and chucked my keys in the boot with my tripod and couldn’t drive anywhere. The thunder was absolutely constant now and lightning flashes were all I could see in my peripheral vision. It was a bit like a stereotypical horror film. I started becoming hysterical and climbed into the boot via the parcel shelf to retrieve my keys at which point we drove out of there (up high on a hill with tall trees all around)

the drive back to Andover was like something out of an apocalypse movie. The horizon constantly lighting up, CG’s thudding down everywhere. Trees down in the road.

it was terrifying and glorious. 

Edited July 24, 2019 by Azazel

[StormLoser]

Well, the cell over Reigate limped its way north. I've seen more lightning activity on a Victoria Sponge cake. Looks like the intensity remains (and will remain) westward.

I have the patio door wide open, trying to get the temperature down from 26c!

Edited July 24, 2019 by StormLoser

[Robert Lewis]

The M3 corridor looks very sparse for lightning strikes.

[Norfolk Sheep]

4 minutes ago, Lynxus said:

Now thats interesting..

Building westward. Frequent sferics from it too...

Significant development in the eastern side as well. Maybe there is a very VERY slim chance.....

[Mr_ Nexus]

First clap of thunder , distant lightning getting more defined now .

Night storms are ace !

[Zak M]

Good to see everyone enjoying the storms  My home town Bedford is going to be in the firing line within an hour.

[spurskevin]

Almost constant lightning here for the past hour in Kidderminster, but not much showing on Lightning maps, and only just heard (first clap of) thunder.

Wind has suddenly picked up, and still very warm.

One last beer.