Storms and convective discussion - 1st April 2021 onwards

[OddSpot]

Blimey that was close....and bright

[Rush2019]

4 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Seems like nocturnal cooling has come into play to help storms intensify this evening.

Must be alot going on, the sferics on my radio are far more active than what is being shown on the lightning maps.

[OddSpot]

Really going for it now. Nice little storm this

[ChezWeather]

Wow! Just had a massive crack of shotgun thunder!! Shook the house! 

[OddSpot]

Lol @ChezWeather

What a bang that was....and that

Surprised they are still playing at the football ground.  You can hear it over the radio on commentary

[Chris.R]

Blackpool boy, 9, killed in lightning strike on playing field https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-57080526

[Weather-history]

A few showers, can see the Merseyside and west Lancashire storm cells this afterrnoon. Not sure what passes over at about 16.40pm on timelapse. 

 

[carl1980]

Seeing the odd flash of lightning south of me

[Chris.R]

Lightning 14 km away but I think it’s too far east for me.

[ChezWeather]

Absolutely belting little storm here, frequent flashes and loads of IC bolts, and a few extremely loud rumbles 

Great start to the season and it's still rumbling off to the North 

[OddSpot]

Enjoyed that too @ChezWeather

 

Not very often I have seen a night storm around here, but yeah that was a good one that has just passed. Frequent bright flashes with a couple of bangs that sounded positive

Edited May 11, 2021 by OddSpot

[Chris.R]

Lightning getting more frequent but still just too far away to hear.

[Chris.R]

Very distant boom of thunder.

[Weather-history]

Heard distant thunder 

[Zak M]

I'm seeing lightning all the way from here? What the hell?!

[ChezWeather]

Nice IC bolt I captured 

[Chris.R]

Died now

[Zak M]

Oh my goodness. I can see the Sheffield CB from here. This is beyond insane.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

7 minutes ago, Zak M said:

I'm seeing lightning all the way from here? What the hell?!

Super-vision Zak! 

And wow!!! Did anyone just see a meteor shoot across the sky heading NorthEast?!? 

[Supacell]

2 hours ago, ChezWeather said:

Looks like I missed a trick tonight not heading into the Peak District, only had a few rumbles here and dark skies to the West.

Guessing @Supacell has been in the midst of the action?! 

Yes I have . Just heading home now from several hours of chasing. Plenty of footage to edit.

[Huntsman Steve]

Fantastic storm tonight, managed to capture a bolt. Creswell in Derbyshire

[Allseasons-Si]

I have a looooong video to upload,...WHAT A STORM

one of the best i have witnessed with a close +Cg,...amazing.

[Zak M]

Quadruple CG anyone?

 

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

I can see that storm from King’s Lynn!! It’s amazing how far you can see when the conditions are perfect! 

I remember seeing lightning from that storm over Crewe last August from Peterborough! 

[Supacell]

Home now and what an afternoon and evening. First encountered a storm near to Longnor which produced some nice lightning against the dark approaching sky. This was the first of many intense storms. Main thing in them was the hail which was pelting down and totally covered the roads in ice at times, making them treacherous. Especially with greatly reduced visibility, bright lightning and an accumulation of frozen hail on my windscreen. Hail was mainly pea sized but encountered some bigger stones, possibly marble sized, around the villages of Hassop and Calver. Some bright lightning, ICs and CGs with loud bangs of thunder. Then on the way home encountered storms near to Matlock. I was in the car but the lightning was very bright and the thunder so loud I could hear it whilst driving in the torrential rain. Finished up with watching a nice night time lightning  display to the east, in the direction of Chesterfield.