Storms and Convective discussion - 1st June 2020onwards

[Lu.]

All morning I watched clouds build in the east, drifting off to the west
Leaving work just as the hail core hit was impressive.
The village I work in flooded very quickly. Definitely heart in mouth moments on the motorway home. Couldn’t see & the wipers wouldn’t go any quicker

some crazy crazy rain that around Portsmouth. 

 

[Man With Beard]

Phenomenal storm here in Portsmouth! One bolt of lightning too! 

[sheikhy]

Looka fantastic for midlands and east anglia tomorrow night!!could be a good show!!

[the storm fisherman]

Thunder just struck here in Eastleigh Hants absolutely chucking it down.

[Mapantz]

Certainly rapid cloud growth now that the temp has surpassed 20°C..

[Guest]

Activity moving into a more favourable environment, an increase in Sferic activity around Pompey/Southampton. 

[Zak M]

Towers are going up all around me now

[matt111]

Quite hazy here making it difficult to see much but can see this to the east 

[Paul Sherman]

Can you see the storms around Portsmouth and Southampton Zak - Asking for a friend 

[Man With Beard]

Still going! This is unbelievable here in Portsmouth! The roads are rivers! 5 claps of thunder so far! Over 30 mm rain in 30 mins! 

[Man With Beard]

More thunder! 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

Still going! This is unbelievable here in Portsmouth! The roads are rivers! 5 claps of thunder so far! Over 30 mm rain in 30 mins! 

Back building over Pompey! 

[Thunder and Lightning]

1 minute ago, Man With Beard said:

More thunder! 

Sounds crazy down where you are! The sun is really shining here, and it's feeling very warm with numerous towers going up to my north.

[Dami]

Heavy rain here, lovely dark clouds.

green grass.

[matt111]

Starting to go dark to the NE

[Lu.]

4 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

More thunder! 

What part of Pompey are you from...

im sat down in Old Portsmouth & I've heard  one clap of thunder

[Mapantz]

Current track takes it North, missing me.

[Lu.]

7 minutes ago, matt111 said:

Starting to go dark to the NE

You might be in for a show. The clouds heading your way are no longer clouds, one big black mess from my view

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Current track takes it North, missing me.

Ferdown probably will be southern extent precip so missing here too. 

[Man With Beard]

9 minutes ago, Lu. said:

What part of Pompey are you from...

im sat down in Old Portsmouth & I've heard  one clap of thunder

On Portsdown Hill. Did it miss you completely? 

[Zak M]

15 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Can you see the storms around Portsmouth and Southampton Zak - Asking for a friend 

Nah - View to my SW is obscured by showers and low level cloud 

[Eagle Eye]

the calais shower is coming closer although it looks like it is deterioating 

[Man With Beard]

Quick 5 minutes of sunshine before the next round of storms, oh my goodness it looks on the radar like it's going to happen all over again ... 

Good to see the netweather storm app working well, almost the same number of lightning strikes on the app as I've heard thunder in the past hour (only actually saw lightning once).  

[oliverek7]

Seems like the storm forcefield is coming back up around London and Kent again  all the action for the next few days appears to be further north and west. Is there an explanation for that? As usually a southeasterly wind is a more favourable direction for storms in our area with these setups, a good example is may 26th-30th 2018 where the weather pattern was very very similar. We will have the high temperatures, instability and high humidity like other parts of the country. 

Edited June 11, 2020 by Oliver Wyndham-lewis

[Lu.]

15 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

On Portsdown Hill. Did it miss you completely? 

There was one clap of thunder in town. I’m now facing  south hayling waiting for the next batch of rain