Storms and Convective discussion - 25th July 2021 onwards

[Cheshire Freeze]

Looks to me like almost anywhere could see a flash of elevated lightning tonight?

[Chris.R]

Big upgrade on recent WRF runs for my location tomorrow showing in excess of 1000 J CAPE..

Also sows modest instability in the early hours from whatever will be moving up across England tonight. Not sure whether to do an allnighter or get some sleep around midnight. I do like the anticipation, that’s part of the fun.

on another note, it was the first thunderless August around here since 2009. Hopefully September will make up for that.

Edited September 8, 2021 by Chris.R

[Stroudley]

Rain has started here just now on the coast. 

[Tom dewey likes thunder]

i think that the thunder lighting is going miss warmister in wiltshire to night

 

[alexisj9]

Looks like conditions for storms improving to NY west.

[Neilsouth]

Lots of Altocumlus flooding up from the south/south west over Ashford, and it's extremely muggy.. Hate it!

[Eagle Eye]

Darkening sky

[Mapantz]

I still don't think there's anything worth getting excited about tonight. Everything is weakening as it trundles to our shores. 

Tomorrow will hold more interest further inland.

[Tom dewey likes thunder]

2 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I still don't think there's anything worth getting excited about tonight. Everything is weakening as it trundles to our shores. 

Tomorrow will hold more interest further inland.

okay cool and lets wait and see what happens tomorrow.

Edited September 8, 2021 by Tom dewey likes thunder

[LightningLover]

Very distant thunder from the weakening stuff in the channel here

[Robbie Garrett]

[LightningLover]

Distant orange flash towards beachy head

[Callie]

7 minutes ago, LightningLover said:

Distant orange flash towards beachy head

[tomp456]

[Eagle Eye]

Looks like a nuclear bomb from Ashford. 

[Jamie M]

On 08/09/2021 at 19:24, tomp456 said:

Wow. Decent sunset there! Might get a good light show from there!

[Stroudley]

Thunder now over the channel and lightning visible too. Bright orange sunset!

[D22]

Lightning to the west of Reading at the moment, no thunder though.

[OddSpot]

Nice CG on the Brighton webcam

 

 

Live Cam Brighton Pier

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Live Cam View of Brighton Pier and beach from the Queens Hotel

 

Edited September 8, 2021 by OddSpot

[SummerShower]

A couple surprise of claps of thunder here, must have come from a developing storm now going north.. looked like nothing was on the radar at all lol

[Kiwi]

Sporadic thunder and lightning here.

Storm looks to be off to our north west heading towards Newbury.

[SilverWolf]

39 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

Looks to me like almost anywhere could see a flash of elevated lightning tonight?

In my extremely limited knowledge, I agree with that.. nothing is going to plan compared to this mornings forecast. At least some storm activity is coming towards central southern England right now, and it’s moving NW - not east then north as predicted. And still some of the activity was not expected til later tonight, even in southern England. Radar watch time! I remember 3 years ago something came up from France that wasn’t expected earlier that day, and even in the stormless zone I live in I saw the best lightning show I’d seen since the 80’s. Hopecasting I am! Good luck for everyone else like me whose seen f all this year… 

[Cheshire Freeze]

On 08/09/2021 at 19:36, SilverWolf said:

In my extremely limited knowledge, I agree with that.. nothing is going to plan compared to this mornings forecast. At least some storm activity is coming towards central southern England right now, and it’s moving NW - not east then north as predicted. And still some of the activity was not expected til later tonight, even in southern England. Radar watch time! I remember 3 years ago something came up from France that wasn’t expected earlier that day, and even in the stormless zone I live in I saw the best lightning show I’d seen since the 80’s. Hopecasting I am! Good luck for everyone else like me whose seen f all this year… 

Non forecasted lightning shows tend to be the best. Can’t help but think there’s a chance of some fairly decent (but scattered) elevated stuff moving generally N across England tonight. Then again I’m no expert!

Edited September 8, 2021 by CreweCold

[Eagle Eye]

Looks like it's going to miss me any North-Easterly steering to help it hit me, looked like it was going to hit me earlier but now it looks like it's going to miss me. 

[Superstormuk]

Heavy rain and decent flashes of lightening over Brighton rn