Storms and Convective discussion - 1st June 2020onwards

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

8 minutes ago, viking_smb said:

its a weird one tonight, doubt there will be any thunder.

Do high level converging winds do the opposite to a CZ? Do they actually push the air downwards instead?

[viking_smb]

1 minute ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Do high level converging winds do the opposite to a CZ? Do they actually push the air downwards instead?

not sure mate good question. 

[matt111]

Looks a bit stormy to the SW where the rain is

[Rush2019]

1 hour ago, Chris.R said:

Lightning on the radio and instantaneously reporting on Weather Flow station. 24 km apparently.

I see about an hour ago there were sferics off the N. Wales coast, thickening darker skies to my west too, I'll put my radio on, see if I'm picking up any sferics.

[Azazel]

You couldn’t buy a storm in CS England.

[Thunder and Lightning]

45 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Do high level converging winds do the opposite to a CZ? Do they actually push the air downwards instead?

I know that upper air divergence is a good thing as all the air rises in it's place so I guess that maybe it's not exactly what you want for storms but I don't really now

[Paul Sherman]

26 minutes ago, Azazel said:

You couldn’t buy a storm in CS England.

Ahem

Dont forget the Cone Of Silence (Otherwise Known as SE Essex) which has dodged every set up since last summer and not registered a single CG Strike

[ChannelThunder]

26 minutes ago, Azazel said:

You couldn’t buy a storm in CS England.

Yep! This is why I'm pessimistic about the coming days. Saturday could be fun for some, but it looks like you'd need to be 100 miles north of us!

[Azazel]

2 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Ahem

Dont forget the Cone Of Silence (Otherwise Known as SE Essex) which has dodged every set up since last summer and not registered a single CG Strike

Jeeez yeah that’s bad - I must say last July we had that incredible storm, but since then I’ve seen a couple IC flashes in the dark in December and that is literally it.

[James1979]

16 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Ahem

Dont forget the Cone Of Silence (Otherwise Known as SE Essex) which has dodged every set up since last summer and not registered a single CG Strike

And the circle of inactivity here which has great views of the tops of cumulonimbi (is that a word??) just passing by on all sides for each convective set up since last summer! 

I'm sure Saturday will deliver the goods 

[matt111]

1 minute ago, James1979 said:

And the circle of inactivity here which has great views of the tops of cumulonimbi (is that a word??) just passing by on all sides for each convective set up since last summer! 

I'm sure Saturday will deliver the goods 

Same down here. Usually see the clouds to the north while there's clear sky overhead here. Happens most of the time we get normal showery weather too not just when thunderstorms are possible. 

[Hodgheg]

That's a whole lot of heavy rain and no lightning in the west

[Dami]

1 hour ago, Zak M said:

Is this better? 

yeah that'll do. 

[Marcus_surfer]

When is the system to pivot? Alot of rain has fallen here in south wales already!

[viking_smb]

Just now, Marcus_surfer said:

When is the system to pivot? Alot of rain has fallen here in south wales already!

How heavy is it down your way mate? 

[Vestan]

I can't believe how heavy that rain is down in the South West, whilst here in W Oxfordshire I have had to water the garden once again as the ground remains rock hard. Barely any rain and not a rumble heard all year. I think there is a corridor from Oxford stretching West to take in Glos and Wilts that has seen nothing majorly connective for a good couple of years. Hence, I can't get excited about any potential for the weekend as it will all undoubtedly be North & East of me.

Bah!

Edited June 10, 2020 by Vestan

[Marcus_surfer]

14 minutes ago, viking_smb said:

How heavy is it down your way mate? 

Borderline near torrential for the last 2 hours

[viking_smb]

Just now, Marcus_surfer said:

Borderline near torrential for the last 2 hours

its light-heavy by us, not torrential yet though.

[Mapantz]

1 hour ago, Paul Sherman said:

Ahem

Dont forget the Cone Of Silence (Otherwise Known as SE Essex) which has dodged every set up since last summer and not registered a single CG Strike

Ahem too, Paul... 2017 was the last for me..

[Frosty hollows]

2 hours ago, Azazel said:

You couldn’t buy a storm in CS England.

I watch storms build after they pass me and hit the Chilterns.  Then High Wyvombe cops the lot

[chapmanslade]

1 hour ago, Vestan said:

I can't believe how heavy that rain is down in the South West, whilst here in W Oxfordshire I have had to water the garden once again as the ground remains rock hard. Barely any rain and not a rumble heard all year. I think there is a corridor from Oxford stretching West to take in Glos and Wilts that has seen nothing majorly connective for a good couple of years. Hence, I can't get excited about any potential for the weekend as it will all undoubtedly be North & East of me.

Bah!

Plenty here in West Wilts last year. Especially on the 24th and 25th July which was the best storm here for years (included most of England)

 

[Argyle10]

1 minute ago, chapmanslade said:

Plenty here in West Wilts last year. Especially on the 24th and 25th July which was the best storm here for years (included most of England)

 

That was a good night

[Cheshire Freeze]

1 hour ago, Charlie Harnett said:

That was a good night

Yeah what a night it was. Best storm in years here.

[Weather-history]

6 hours ago, CreweCold said:

Yeah what a night it was. Best storm in years here.

Had a good start to the year for thunder at least this area but the very dry spring and now approaching mid June, it has reverted to type of the last 10 years. 

[Eagle Eye]

I think that was the day it missed me luckily later on that week i got a good one