Storms and Convective discussion - 25th July 2021 onwards

[Eee]

Sky’s very dark to the west, but we have an easterly wind so it’s moving away.

[minus10]

Nice flashes now visable...

[WeatherWatchmanG]

I'm watching the airshow at duxford and wow its a nasty sky.

[FairWeatherLow]

Hi Homerr,  battening down now, looks like it could get nasty and can hear the thunder now, you’re not far away from here

[minus10]

Yes you can do it..

[minus10]

Come on!.....

[Eee]

Just now, minus10 said:

Come on!.....

Almost there...

[StormLoser]

Three rumbles of thunder, then heavy rain. I started drowsing off in the patio doorway to the sound of the rain.

Plenty of dark and impressive cloud going past. Funny, some of the scud looked exactly like a giant V sign as it marched past our house.  

So much for a storm! Oh well.

[Guest]

Suns out but too little too late and the arome 12Z has entirely removed any development west of the current line - absolutely pants. Still not seen a close cg in a few years.

Edited July 25, 2021 by Alderc

[Stabilo19]

3 hours of constant heavy rain with thunder & lightning in my patch of N London. Incredibly loud thunder causing everything to shake at times.

Can now hear fire engines darting about dealing with the flash flooding. Would be interested if someone has rainfall accumulation data! I can see some local stations had 2-4 inches of rainfall.. 

 

 

[minus10]

Rain started but light...no now larger drops..

[Justin1705]

Think I could be in with some luck in Luton. But then again knowing my luck it’ll fizzle away to nothing or miss me by a few miles and slide away S!!!!!

 

but let’s not jinx it

[Eee]

Not a single drop of rain here. Almost got a storm, but it missed me. Still see some storms in the distance, but all of them are moving away.

[oliverek7]

 lightning activity is waning now across most of London, going strong north of London and in East Anglia though 

Edited July 25, 2021 by oliverek7

[Typhoon John]

Finally had a decent storm, the first of 2021. Lasted
about 2 hours with fairly intense rainfall but never anything exceptional. Lightning about every minute at the peak with a few good CGs. I'd say it looked better on the radar than it was.

I'd give it a 6/10, definitely one I'll remember.

[WeatherWatchmanG]

4 minutes ago, Stabilo19 said:

3 hours of constant heavy rain with thunder & lightning in my patch of N London. Incredibly loud thunder causing everything to shake at times.

Can now hear fire engines darting about dealing with the flash flooding. Would be interested if someone has rainfall accumulation data! I can see some local stations had 2-4 inches of rainfall.. 

 

 

 

[minus10]

Phone out of charge plus lunch to do...hopefully back to report a good storm...loud rumbles again...

[Stormhog]

My sister is in Herts and just had an absolutely crazy storm there. Kitchen flooded, water pouring through the roof and the chimney was collapsing.

She just had time to run across the street with her mother-in-laws dinner before the next heavy rain hit.

 

[jamesbhx]

Met Police just declared a "Major Incident" for London due to flooded roadways and multiple persons trapped in vehicles in different locations.

[Homerr]

22 minutes ago, Follywood said:

Hi Homerr,  battening down now, looks like it could get nasty and can hear the thunder now, you’re not far away from here

Looks like it's all fizzling out ahead of getting to us

[minus10]

Big stuff to the north east again on this storm train. Still only spitting here but sounds if some areas are having a real bad time....

[FairWeatherLow]

Homerr oh no!! I guess just a bit of rain then now! So close it was too! 

[Eagle Eye]

Flooding after about ten seconds of the rain from this new storm, torrential is an understatement. 

[Frosty hollows]

Storms died out now. Back to claggy mess now

[Atmogenic]

thunder has been heard again