Storms and convective discussion - 1st April 2021 onwards

[Mapantz]

48 minutes ago, Robbie Garrett said:

Different angle. Proper monster. Hopefully aided by the UHI effect.

I can tell you're using the full 108MP sensor! 

[Robbie Garrett]

37 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I can tell you're using the full 108MP sensor! 

Haha how on earth did you know   They've just updated the software too, so they say the picture should be better.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Looks like I’m now right under the low, can see the big CB towards NE Norfolk heading N, and out west, showers heading in the complete opposite direction! 

[Mapantz]

24 minutes ago, Robbie Garrett said:

Haha how on earth did you know   They've just updated the software too, so they say the picture should be better.

Sammy S21U? Exynos?

[Robbie Garrett]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

Sammy S21U? Exynos?

Oh the forum software tells you  

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[Andy Bown]

17 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Looks like I’m now right under the low, can see the big CB towards NE Norfolk heading N, and out west, showers heading in the complete opposite direction! 

There’s been almost the full compass of wind direction here today.
 

Southerly early then SW’ly after the first downpour. A slow change to Westerly with sunshine then more heavy showers around midday.

Further showers mid afternoon followed by a clearance from the NW and within the last half hour the heaviest rain of the day and the wind is now N/NE! 

[Iceman2606]

Big menacing cloudscapes from passing thunderstorms today here in Northamptonshire.⛈

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

28 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

There’s been almost the full compass of wind direction here today.
 

Southerly early then SW’ly after the first downpour. A slow change to Westerly with sunshine then more heavy showers around midday.

Further showers mid afternoon followed by a clearance from the NW and within the last half hour the heaviest rain of the day and the wind is now N/NE! 

Indeed, a very interesting day of weather! 

Its flat calm here at the moment, and being circled by CB’s as if I’m in the eye!  Watching for any U-turns of the heavy showers in the next hour! Most recent downpour was straight up from the S, the ones which I can see just to the SE have stalled, and now a big line of showers leaving Lincolnshire heading back SE having previously drifted out of Norfolk earlier! A bizarre day.

[Robbie Garrett]

Cell moving 100* or so to my west.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Not sure if this thing over Lincoln was a funnel cloud.

[Sprites]

@ Thundery wintry showers 

Could be something on your lens, doesn't seem to be attached to anything.

 

[Thundery wintry showers]

That's what was particularly strange about it, it didn't seem to be attached to anything.  But it definitely looked like that when I was observing the cloud.

[Sprites]

4 hours ago, Thundery wintry showers said:

That's what was particularly strange about it, it didn't seem to be attached to anything.  But it definitely looked like that when I was observing the cloud.

Perhaps it's a dissipating horseshoe vortex? 

 

[Zak M]

Here is today's storm! The excessive amount of CG strikes makes it the best storm I have seen so far this year.

                  

 

[Weather-history]

The cell that developed just to the west at around 10.00am, gave two loud claps of thunder, people have told me.

 

[Eagle Eye]

Caught this cell yesterday forgot to upload it. 

[Summer Sun]

Day 1 Convective Outlook

VALID 06:00 UTC Tue 25 May 2021 - 05:59 UTC Wed 26 May 2021

ISSUED 07:19 UTC Tue 25 May 2021

ISSUED BY: Dan

Upper trough lingers over central and northwest Europe on Tuesday, with the associated cold pool creating an unstable environment and yielding 300-500 J/kg CAPE in response to diurnal heating. The main trough axis and coldest mid-level air will be found in a zone from NW Scotland down to the Humber, and so it is this corridor that has the best potential for deep convection and some lightning activity. Areas of rain initially will likely turn increasingly convective through the day, and a few sporadic lightning strikes are likely - particularly S / SW Scotland and northern England, perhaps also East Anglia. A couple of low-end SLGTs (25-30% chance) have been issued, but in general the coverage of lightning is likely less than the past couple of days. Showers are also likely elsewhere, such as south Wales and SE England, but here the depth of convection will tend to be notably shallower and so the risk of lightning is lower. 

http://convectiveweather.co.uk/forecast.php?date=2021-05-25

 

[Windblade]

Lovely pictures in this thread.

As for my experience, throughtout this whole period we've had some heavy showers pass over but absolutely no storms. Nothing's gone live here, yet the same cells have drifted off and as soon as they've got out of range they've fired up on radar. Had the opposite happen as well - active cells headed straight toward me but as soon as they have got to within spitting distance they have died. Extremely frustrating, especially when you're in the firing line for five days straight yet get absolutely nothing.  My only storm action for this year remains the four flahes and bangs on May 5th. Hope this isn't going to turn out to be yet another disapointing year.  We badly need some storm action around here, it's been a real deadzone for storms for the past four years now.

Edited May 25, 2021 by Windblade

[Eagle Eye]

33 minutes ago, Windblade said:

Lovely pictures in this thread.

As for my experience, throughtout this whole period we've had some heavy showers pass over but absolutely no storms. Nothing's gone live here, yet the same cells have drifted off and as soon as they've got out of range they've fired up on radar. Had the opposite happen as well - active cells headed straight toward me but as soon as they have got to within spitting distance they have died. Extremely frustrating, especially when you're in the firing line for five days straight yet get absolutely nothing.  My only storm action for this year remains the four flahes and bangs on May 5th. Hope this isn't going to turn out to be yet another disapointing year.  We badly need some storm action around here, it's been a real deadzone for storms for the past four years now.

Kent clippers have become more Eastern by the Year just look at that morning storm and then evening storm when the French gave us some imports does this have anything to do with weather or just bad luck? 

[Delka]

19 hours ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

I do indeed! Back in 2016 I believe that was. That was pretty epic. 

Haven’t had a storm comparable since, i’ve never seen torrential rain that compares to it, the streets were all rivers in seconds. I remember it stopping and going outside, and you could see a cloud to ground wall of rain moving towards us again, never seen anything like it! Also can’t forget the strong rotation that we spotted just as it was clearing away, a funnel cloud was spotted not long after just off the coast 20 minutes away

[Freeze]

3 hours ago, Windblade said:

Lovely pictures in this thread.

As for my experience, throughtout this whole period we've had some heavy showers pass over but absolutely no storms. Nothing's gone live here, yet the same cells have drifted off and as soon as they've got out of range they've fired up on radar. Had the opposite happen as well - active cells headed straight toward me but as soon as they have got to within spitting distance they have died. Extremely frustrating, especially when you're in the firing line for five days straight yet get absolutely nothing.  My only storm action for this year remains the four flahes and bangs on May 5th. Hope this isn't going to turn out to be yet another disapointing year.  We badly need some storm action around here, it's been a real deadzone for storms for the past four years now.

Same here haven't even had any heavy showers really mainly light. Haven't heard thunder since August last year. Hope this year makes up for last year's quiet season.

[matty40s]

Zak has got his storm magnet on overdrive, these have appeared from sod all an hour ago.

[Eagle Eye]

Some possible funnel clouds recently today. 

Two timelapses as well. 

[minus10]

Small line of active showers north of London/home counties. Packs a punch, even some hail...

[Zak M]

Oh yes... this is also from Monday, in the evening. A nice shelf cloud along with some decent hailstones.

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by Zak M