Storms and convective discussion - 1st April 2021 onwards

[Liam Burge]

Here it's overcast but I'm forecast to have a slight chance of thunder anywhere from Midday to 4pm so I'm keeping hopeful. Unfortunately the clouds are gonna be here all day which will limit it slightly.

[Azazel]

small messy looking cell just moving over Andover now.

[Atmogenic]

funny thing to say but we didn't get any storms here but on and off bits of rain especially when it got dark. But when I was getting in bed at 12:30am, I was all cosy inside and about 20mins later rain started to fall exactly on my window edge and it gave me a jumpscare, I've never been scared from rain before 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

The radar showed lightning not far from here yesterday but didn't see any or get any thunder, some structure shots 

Cells were getting going to the south at the same time 

[minus10]

Convection starting again

[Azazel]

Second downpour of the day. Stuck in the office so my view is limited, but pretty messy/ragged structure looking out the window.

[Arnie Pie]

Cells starting to pop

 

[mickblue]

2 hours ago, Harry said:

Wow! Thanks for sharing @mickblue. Sounds like a bit of a hair raising experience. Couldn’t begin to say really what winds might have been involved.

You should however consider reporting this to Torro  

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Thanks, I have submitted a report to Torro.

[Azazel]

thats a big old clump moving up from the SW. Sferics too.

[Eagle Eye]

Got some pics of a heavy rain shower moving south of here. 

[Harry's House]

Still no thunder here  this year yet, although we had some useful rain from showers recently. Sunny here at the moment, but I saw this cb top in NW quadrant a few minutes ago.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

All the pre afternoon cumulus now fading, and more pronounced towering cumulus taking over with many breaking the cap now. Expecting the best to erupt in the next two hours of peak heating. Got my eye on that lot heading over the midlands as it tracks East. 

[minus10]

Convection very scattered now and appears to have stalled somewhat. Lots of sunshine. Less than yesterday so far. 

[Dami]

Lovely storm just missing me again.

[Azazel]

that big clump about to move over - incredibly dark to my west.

[Arnie Pie]

Strikes to the East of Brum....to far to the S atm...and moving away towards the E

just a few more miles to the N and we might be in luck

[Mitch the motorbike storm]

Hail here 

 

[Azazel]

Area has merged into one big long line of rain. Looks like i'm in for a disgustingly wet couple of hours.

[minus10]

Sky looks more lively now. Towers going up all round.

[Arnie Pie]

4 hours ago, BrickFielder said:

lobe of vorticity

Looks like this will be impacting shortly  

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[Sam jackson88]

Extremely humid with warm and muggy breeze in Southampton, dark clouds to my west and north, feels charged to me. Fingers crossed for some nice storms

[AndyFromDonny]

Very small cell popped up over Doncaster with an incredibly intense rain/hail core.  Absolutely tiny, one flash and bang and moved away.  Noticeable on radar too.

 

Rapid towers shooting up all around particularly looking north and east so could well be an interesting afternoon towards the Humber.

[Atmogenic]

Wow it's been a good day for weather.

Went up to Wye downs and had this heavy shower which seemed to be attached to more thundery cells as the rain was proper big raindrops you get in the subtropical regions like Florida

 

 

Then after being up there for about 40mins of non-stop heavy rain. We encountered a very loud and messy hail/rain shower but unfortunately i was too immersed into what was happening and only got the extreme part at the end of the hail on the start of the video, just imagine the start but that lasting for 2 mins (idkw its only 360p maybe because it just been uploaded it but it should be higher quality)

 

 

After it calmed down a bit we went to a lake area (which I forgotten the name of) I saw this lovely celling growing.

 

and finally when heading back home I saw this behemoth in the distance that did make me say "wow" out loud

 

Edited May 18, 2021 by Atmogenic

[Eagle Eye]

Closing down on Ashford. 

[Zak M]

A storm passed by an hour ago. Managed to see a few flashes and hear some deep rumbles.

Here’s a picture of the CB as it moved away.