Storms and Convective discussion - 16th June 2021 onwards

[OldGreggsTundraBoy]

hhm looks like the good stuffs got stuck and left to die in the English Channel tonight ? Any Night sailors out?, soz not better news guys !

[Sam jackson88]

on the IOW needles webcam who crawler bolt flashed, hype 

 

[Ben Sainsbury]

2 minutes ago, mike5900 said:

lightning to my south.

You currently in Sherborne?

[Harry]

2 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

Hopefully once the rain clears you lot on the south coast will have a much better lightning show on your hands!

I went out earlier and can’t see any flashes due to the cloud

[Cornishdave]

Hey everyone have seen distant flashes in Exeter looking out towards sea, what on earth is with the gale force winds in the last 15 mins, really strong gusts here. 

[matt111]

Just about saw this on the Southampton ferry webcam 

Closeup and clearer

Edited July 23, 2021 by matt111

[camturbo]

Seen 4 flashes to my south 

[viking_smb]

3 minutes ago, OldGreggsTundraBoy said:

hhm looks like the good stuffs got stuck and left to die in the English Channel tonight ? Any Night sailors out?, soz not better news guys !

have a look on AIS, which is a yacht tracking site, 

[thunderhead 2005]

Checked about 10 mins ago can't see nothing yet, but expect to see something soon

[Harry's House]

Occasional lightning to S'ly, odd very faint rumble.

[Dorset_Weather]

Wow huge cg over the harbour, lovely show here but very sporadic.

[tomp456]

HOLY EF ING F. LIGHTNING FLASH JUST WITNESSED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE MY NORTH WEST. 

[Turquoise]

1 minute ago, tomp456 said:

HOLY EF ING F. LIGHTNING FLASH JUST WITNESSED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE MY NORTH WEST. 

North West?????

[thunderhead 2005]

Nothing to see yet from North Hants im interested in the bright echos on south of IOW.

[tomp456]

1 minute ago, tomp456 said:

HOLY EF ING F. LIGHTNING FLASH JUST WITNESSED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE MY NORTH WEST. 

YEEEEESSSSSS BOIZ AND GIRLZ. DISTANT BOOMING. 

 

YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH

[mike5900]

9 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

You currently in Sherborne?

 

10 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

You currently in Sherborne?

yes in Sherborne. my lightning detector going off a few times.

[tomp456]

1 minute ago, Azuremoon2 said:

North West?????

it was out of the corner of my eye, it was probably southwest

[Harry]

Saw my first distant flash from Dymchurch and encouragingly a band of AcCas in the twilight - maybe chances for the far SE?? 

Edited July 23, 2021 by Harry

[Turquoise]

dummy question....

How do we tell the difference between a false strike and a real one on the lightning radar??? few random strikes on there in seemingly random places but not sure if they are genuine

[Woodboss]

Just seen a monstrous cg followed by a crawler off the coast of Brighton from the top of the south downs! 

[StormLoser]

Judging by the progress of the system, it looks like the bulk of the "severe" weather forecast (i.e. rain) will be over the west country, with a tendency to decrease to a few heavy showers from around Basingstoke eastwards.

An increasing slope of higher pressure and dryer airmasses to the east are going to knobble the system. We'll still get some, but not as much as the west by a long way.

My barometer flattened out about an hour ago and it's not doing the "bottoms dropped out of the barometer, Jim!" thing.   Hmph.  Enjoy the show, folks!

[Mapantz]

Just had a cracking fork of lightning traverse the sky here.

Edited July 23, 2021 by Mapantz

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Hoping that nuisance residual cloud clears for you southerners. Second bout of electrical activity now established over Cherbourg and Channel Islands. Wish them storms had the same amount of energy that one East of Limoges has though!! Good grief that’s going mental. 

[OddSpot]

[matty40s]

7 minutes ago, Azuremoon2 said:

North West?????

He's new and enthusiastic.