Storms and Convective discussion - 1st June 2020onwards

[Ruck Bodgers]

Haha It's kicking off again in Stoke...

[Sparkiee storm]

2 minutes ago, Walsall Wood Snow said:

Yes that's right. Still flashing and rumbling away too. Don't know if it'll come this way but still good to witness it from afar.

 

Don't think it will come this way tbh, but the curve on the back edge might give a little something perhaps if it manages to continue to develop but i agree still pretty nice watching it in the distance.

[alexisj9]

And the sea mist has come in here. 

[Zak M]

Woohoo! Seeing some lightning to my north!

[Sweatyman]

9 minutes ago, Hirudine said:

We're almost encircled by storms at the moment (and the remnants of one). I'd hoped for some rain from the Southerly mass, just for some hay fever relief!

yeah and typically it just disappeared ad it hit Brum

[cyclonic happiness]

There's a hook developing on the latest radar to the storm just west of Coventry. Interesting...

[davehsug]

Hardly a storm  but about 1 flash a minute in Stoke, most of them not showing on the detector. 

[Zak M]

Omfg there are noctilucent clouds as well 

[toggerob]

Got distant lightning looking to the south illuminating the cloud tops, also spotted a Starlink Pass going overhead for a short time which was quite surreal.

[Walsall Wood Snow]

7 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Don't think it will come this way tbh, but the curve on the back edge might give a little something perhaps if it manages to continue to develop but i agree still pretty nice watching it in the distance.

Seems to have all quitened down again now anyway.

[MikeUpjohn]

Can see lightning in Macclesfield too from the Stoke cell every minute or so.

[MikeUpjohn]

Here is the video finally on Youtube of the funnel cloud I saw in Winsford, Cheshire this evening. All 4 minutes or so, including it roping out. It had rising motion about 5 minutes before this from the other side of the cell, and it also appeared to show some form of brief mesocyclone before rapid rising motion and this funnel appearing.

Enjoy!

Mike.

[Paul Sherman]

Lightning - NLCS geez what did you lot give to the Weather Gods this year up North lol

[Walsall Wood Snow]

Just now, Walsall Wood Snow said:

Seems to have all quitened down again now anyway.

I spoke too soon, I just saw another flash 

[Had Worse]

I'm seeing the flashes from the Stoke storm from Hadfield!

[sheikhy]

Storm and lightning still going strong here!!!what a privildge!!did not expect it which makes it even better!!!and there could be more over the next 3 days

[Cheshire Freeze]

Can hear distant thunder

[Sparkiee storm]

5 minutes ago, Walsall Wood Snow said:

I spoke too soon, I just saw another flash 

Haha i think i know what flash your talking about, that seemed pretty powerful and bright even from the distance lol, didn't hear any Thunder though.

[Ruck Bodgers]

Infrequent but this is getting pretty sweet!

[Ruck Bodgers]

Just now, Sparkiee storm said:

Haha i think i know what flash your talking about, that seemed pretty powerful and bright even from the distance lol, didn't hear any Thunder though.

I was outside for that one and It made me jump hard as it was almost overhead!

[Steve705]

Getting lightning over Rugeley Staffordshire.

Edited June 15, 2020 by Steve705

[Sparkiee storm]

3 minutes ago, Ruck Bodgers said:

I was outside for that one and It made me jump hard as it was almost overhead!

I can imagine, was it a close CG? 

[Ryukai]

Meh, just got kicked out of the bedroom I was hanging out of the window off watching it, as my mother has decided to go bed early..... perfectly bad timing as per usual. Least I got to see a few flashes, one of which arched out of the cloud, traveling a fair distance before going back into it, and one that seemed to be directly overhead, thunder started less than a second after the flash and had that sharpness to it.

Edited June 15, 2020 by Ryukai

[Ruck Bodgers]

4 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:

I can imagine, was it a close CG? 

I suspect it may have been Intra-cloud but ran the full length/height due to how bright it was overhead, and how bright it was for you far away, the thunder still seemed somewhat "muted" for a CG strike (given how close it was it would have been louder if it was a ground strike), but i could be wrong.

 

Edited June 15, 2020 by Ruck Bodgers

[Zak M]

Okay, that's enough recording now. Almost dropped my phone out the window.