Storms and Convective discussion - 10th April 2020 onwards

[PurpleLED]

Lot of cloud developing to my north. 

[Gonzolio Martinez]

Lots of convective looking cumulus all around from where I am. Some looking like they want to turn into something bigger. One can only hope

Edited May 8, 2020 by Gonzolio Martinez

[AMeltedFlake]

Looking at satellite imagery, the clouds near me (East Walea) look pretty beefy! But no echoes yet, is there usually a long delay?  

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Lots of vertical cumulus rising now, and it feels very warm if not, hot!

Cap looks on the verge of giving way somewhere round here soon. 

[Allseasons-Si]

8 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Lots of vertical cumulus rising now, and it feels very warm if not, hot!

Cap looks on the verge of giving way somewhere round here soon. 

Just mowing the garden and i am dripping wet through,could do with a heavy downpour and i will dance in it lol but i don't think owt will happen here

i reckon around where i have circled is my best bet for some heavy showers to kick off soon.

also showers breaking out in NE England too.

Edited May 8, 2020 by Allseasons-si

[TheToastPeople]

Beautiful sky this afternoon

 

[Paul Sherman]

Problem is Lack of Da Trigger 

Storms in NE England probably been triggered by the Higher ground to the West and Sea Breeze under Aniticyclonic flow 

[ancientsolar]

some quite potent downpour across Powys!

[Zak M]

Some more showers starting to pop up now in CS England, with some more potent downpours in Wales as @ancientsolar mentioned above.

[AMeltedFlake]

Shocked there aren't any sferics from the downpour in Powys! Must be a pretty strong cap in place? 

[Zak M]

Clear hail core in that cell now 

[Dami]

Some nice clouds around for sure.

 

[Josh Rubio]

Something developing just to the south of Leicester? Conditions feel right for it - very muggy and sticky right now. 

[Chris Lea-Alex]

It's warm down here it's warm up there, it's not gonna thunder any erm where. Is what my guess says

[Zak M]

Is the BBC really going for this?

[staplehurst]

Just now, Zak M said:

Is the BBC really going for this?

well, the EURO4 is... 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

35 minutes ago, AMeltedFlake said:

Shocked there aren't any sferics from the downpour in Powys! Must be a pretty strong cap in place? 

I think the issue is that even the strongest convective showers can’t easily attain the height required for deep convection to occur. The best bet is you get a fairly weak and shallow updraft/downdraft in place, but not enough for decent separation of charges.

lightning is still possible but I wouldn’t be surprised if the total number from today is only in single figures

[Zak M]

Just now, staplehurst said:

well, the EURO4 is... 

I don't believe so 

[Dami]

4 minutes ago, Zak M said:

Is the BBC really going for this?

Of course it is right, missing Bedford by miles!

[TheToastPeople]

That shower over Towcester has peaked my interest 

Can just about see it from here 

Edited May 8, 2020 by TheToastPeople

[Arnie Pie]

Simmering nicely here @22c atm... and using my trusted V4 radar i can see we have cape at 140 and a CIN value of 0.....just awaiting the cells to come over from the SW

 

[Dami]

2 minutes ago, TheToastPeople said:

That shower over Towcester has peaked my interest 

Aye I noticed that a while back, seems to heading MK way -be it slowly.

[laddie]

Looks like somethings brewing to the west of Peterborough

[TheToastPeople]

1 minute ago, Dami said:

Aye I noticed that a while back, seems to heading MK way -be it slowly.

Very slowly lol! Looks more likely to head towards Olney then maybe just missing us to our north lol

[PurpleLED]

looks like the powys cells have electrified finally.