Storms and Convective discussion - 16th June 2021 onwards

[janmac]

Thunder and lighting to the east and west of me, but no rain? What's that all about???

Oh, and an England victory too...

Cracking night all round! Cheers!

 

[MikeUpjohn]

Lightning on the Stoke cell now. Can just see the anvil lit up white above the lower clouds. No lightning here yet.

[East Lancs Rain]

Nice T + L storm here, frequent flashes and a few big rumbles. Had torrential rain for about 5 minutes as well. Rain stopped but storm still quietly rumbling on with frequent flashes.

[Muffelchen]

IC lightning lighting up an anvil top my NW now. Not too frequent.

[Allseasons-Si]

Not a bad day here,OK the thunder and lightning was a bit infrequent and there was some good visual lightning,..i will upload the stills and vids later but in the meantime here is some cloud shots.

first convection of this afternoon was this Cb to my W/SW

then the Derby storm arriving from the south

Lincolnshire cell to my SE

then as the Derby storm died out this developed into a storm just to my east tracking N/NE

and finally i could see the Stoke on Trent cell to my SW.

What bummed me was when i was filming the approaching Derby storm i stopped recording because i thought that the storm died out,i missed a superb tripple Cg,i was gutted,still i have a lot of footage to get through and there is a lot of visual IC's and a few Cg's so i am quiet chuffed.

 

 

[MikeUpjohn]

Lightning South and North of me now. Leek cell and Bolton cell seem to be sparking around once a minute high in the anvil.

[Peachy]

5 hours ago, LeeKay/ said:

Several deep rumbles of thunder within 15 mins or so.

Yes some lovely rumbles this afternoon. 

I'm just next door in great wyrley and apparently a lightning strike hit a house in Norton canes and caused a lot of damage. 

[Had Worse]

5 minutes ago, mikeofmacc said:

Lightning South and North of me now. Leek cell and Bolton cell seem to be sparking around once a minute high in the anvil.

The cells to my South 

[Rush2019]

6 minutes ago, mikeofmacc said:

Lightning South and North of me now. Leek cell and Bolton cell seem to be sparking around once a minute high in the anvil.

Just seen a flash south of me from the Congleton cell, no rumble heard though.

[Had Worse]

4 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

Just seen a flash south of me from the Congleton cell, no rumble heard though.

Showing near Chapel en le frith

[TJS1998Tom]

So close yet so far 

[Rush2019]

1 minute ago, Had Worse said:

Showing near Chapel en le frith

Another flash couple of mins ago SE Leek way, absolutely throwing it  down now. Wow.

[Had Worse]

 

[Peachy]

4 hours ago, Sparkiee storm said:

Tropical style downpour here with a few decent overhead loud rumbles, didn't see any lightning but the detector shows there was, and got soaked through walking home. Not complaining though its part of the fun and it certainly kept me cool from he mugginess  A couple of snaps of the skies after the storm, which looks like a newly forming anvil.

There certainly was a lightning strike.  Just further north in Norton canes.  Caused a lot of damage to a house apparently. 

[TJS1998Tom]

Can see quite a few flashes of lightning now from a small storm nearby

[MikeUpjohn]

10 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

Another flash couple of mins ago SE Leek way, absolutely throwing it  down now. Wow.

Torrential rain for 5 mins or so. Lightning seems to have stopped now. No thunder at all. How strange!

[Turquoise]

The mess currently heading into Wales, will that electrify do we think or is it more general rain? 

[Rush2019]

5 minutes ago, mikeofmacc said:

Torrential rain for 5 mins or so. Lightning seems to have stopped now. No thunder at all. How strange!

Definitely strange considering the intensity of it.

[Rush2019]

Just now, Azuremoon2 said:

The mess currently heading into Wales, will that electrify do we think or is it more general rain? 

Just had a cell from Congleton/Leek direction pass right over Macc.  A few flashes came from it as it tracked here but no thunder. Did you see it?

[Rush2019]

15 minutes ago, mikeofmacc said:

Torrential rain for 5 mins or so. Lightning seems to have stopped now. No thunder at all. How strange!

Also, the lightning didn't register on either blitzortung or the radar maps.

[TJS1998Tom]

  Just witnessed an incredible bright flash of lightning and a loud crack of thunder, pretty sure it was anvil lightning I just witnessed  

[Turquoise]

12 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

Just had a cell from Congleton/Leek direction pass right over Macc.  A few flashes came from it as it tracked here but no thunder. Did you see it?

no, although to be honest i was on a bus coming from Sandbach way, was quite heavy rain on the walk through Congleton when i arrived but no thunder heard or lightning seen which is a shame....im sure overnight and tomorrow will be more opportunities, hope so as air is still muggy and opporessive

[Chris Lea-Alex]

Here's a video of today's thunderstorms in London:

[Peachy]

Well its been a fantastic day in South Staffordshire today.

I've been out on a 16 mile hike and witnessed some fantastic cloud formation,  several thunder cracks and lightning. I remained dry throughout my hike without a drop of rain.

Absolutely loved it and now chilling out with a beer and some good food

[StormLoser]

I see plenty of you are having a good time. Enjoy! 

My forecast for Reigate was spot on (small "toot" as I blow my own trumpet). On Friday I forecasted a high pressure slope to the south and east that I thought was under-represented in the general forecasts. Sure enough it was present today (Saturday) and  dried everything out exactly as I expected.

After this morning's bit of rain, we had a mix of sun and cloud for the day. There is nothing threatening now.

As for the Met Office's seaweed-based forecast of heavy rain for this area after midnight tonight, it is already being sold off with discounted DFS sofas.

Met Office. All that cash and what can they do?        Hope tomorrow will bring me some luck.

Edited July 4, 2021 by StormLoser