Storms and Convective discussion - April 2024

[Thunders]

 Thunderspotter hope you get some things later on in the season, I’m guessing night time ones tho

[Thunderspotter]

 Thunders haha thanks!

After GCSEs I'll have a plethora of free time, so I hope there's gunna be some massive storms that'll keep me entertained. Hopefully there will be some cool stuff for you too!

[Eagle Eye]

Smells of bust. That's why I didn't want to go moderate. 

[Thunders]

Edited April 8 by Thunders

[Eagle Eye]

This is ramping up though, starting to gain a proper shelf cloud. The definition on this is crazy. 

[Harry's House]

Looking threatening here too

[Eagle Eye]

Oh for a little bit more favourable lightning conditions. 

[Bolt From Blue]

Elevated Supercell north of Hastings?

[Shaunado]

A few rumbles approaching here - 1st of the year!

Edit around 2 or 3 bangs a minute - getting loud!

Edit:Torrential downpour and a very close bang now!

Edited April 8 by Shaunado

[Eagle Eye]

 Bolt From Blue

Looks like it. Got insane photos. 

[Bolt From Blue]

That’s awesome, looks like you can never say never. I wonder if we can get any scraps here on the East Anglian coast 

[Ryan H]

And now I got hit by the rain.

[ChannelThunder]

The difference that tiny stretch of water can make...

[CoventryWeather]

Not a particularly strong supercell in terms of lightning if that was the case. 

The line west of Eastbourne is interesting but whether it does anything is another question. 

[ChannelThunder]

Happy first Kent Clipper of the year! And it's only 8th April. 

[TJS1998Tom]

Watch this turn out to be a night show for the North Sea, I'm betting on it lol

[Eagle Eye]

Quite possibly an elevated Supercell and some of my favourite photos I've ever taken. It was incredibly menacing as it moved it. Lots of striations showed themselves occasionally. 

Edited April 8 by Eagle Eye

[Bolt From Blue]

Beautifully taken pictures. I guess the level of saturation is suppressing potential lightening from these cells. A shame in a sense as things have picked up a lot.

[Snowy Bob]

Rumble just now. Wonder if @lottiekentheard it too?

[Atmogenic]

nothing here yet and looking at the radar it's like the heaviest bits are intentionally dodging me 

[alexisj9]

Storm in Dover.

[Methuselah]

 alexisj9 Hopefully headed this way! 

[pinball wizard]

 Methuselah was just pondering whether it may clip the Suffolk coast, will have my answer in an hour

[Methuselah]

 pinball wizard Here's hoping! 

[Shaunado]

 Eagle Eye wow! Shame I wasn't able to get outside to see it approaching (health reasons). Thanks for sharing.

The 1st outbreak was a direct hit over here. Brief-ish but quite active.