Storms and Convective discussion - May 2024

[Sprites]

 Mitch the motorbike storm  

That's in the North Sea headed for north Kent/Thames estuary.

Edited May 1 by Sprites

[Eagle Eye]

It's getting closer. Also feeling a lot more humid again. 

[Summer tyre]

Just spotted a flash

[Thunderspotter]

An incredible kick-off for those clusters entering the channel now. One minute a cloud, the next full-blown thunderstorm. Wow.

 

Glad to see the rewards coming in for Kent now haha

[Mitch the motorbike storm]

Someone wanna explain why it’s so foggy here now on coast 

[CoventryWeather]

Is that cell even moving near Beauvais?

[Fen Wolf]

Tonight’s The Night Folks ️

[James Maidstone]

 Supacell go to Dungeness area

[Electricmumma]

Plenty of lightning visible in the channel off of bexhill, hearing thunder now too.

[Summer tyre]

Fresh cell opening up just off the Baie de la Somme

[Biggin]

Numbers in Channel increasing

 

[Sprites]

 Mitch the motorbike storm Probably North Sea fret or mist , always turns up when the surface wind is East or North East.

Edited May 1 by Sprites

[Eagle Eye]

 Biggin

I think it's underdoing it. I think it's actually the channel storm that I see and it's lightning every 2 seconds with this storm. 

[Sam jackson88]

nice for the SE im looking just below LE HAVRE as that looks to be heading in my direction

 

[Callie]

Damn, typical I go away to Lanzarote and the storms kick off!

[Mitch the motorbike storm]

 Sprites im right by Margate cost , that cell closer to me is very hidden , lots of flashes tho 

 Eagle Eye is that the one next to Belgium 

[Neilsouth]

Thunderstorms are now active in the channel! Rapid development - Will they survive the channel crossing though. We wait and see

[Eagle Eye]

 Mitch the motorbike storm No I think it's the one in the channel. Looks to be headed just south of me so hopefully it expands eastwards. Lots of crud in the way at the mid-levels which will be what's stopping you from properly getting a good view of it but they're so tall that I can see the lightning still. 

[Thunderspotter]

This storm is making my desicion to sleep extremely tough...

My very (in)accurate drawing just outlines what the current radar direction is, and, if it survives, looks like the smaller storm under the main supercell part might reach S'ton or at lease southern IOW.

I've got a busy day tomorrow, but I can't miss a thunderstorm....

[ChannelThunder]

 Sam jackson88 Le Harve one has been steering westwards for a while. We need to be watching the cluster that's just been born in the eastern channel. They're heading in this direction and that's backed up by the steering flow chart @Mapantzposted a short while ago.

[Harry's House]

 Eagle Eye Frequent lightning in my SE quadrant

[LeeRoyxD]

distant rumble heard in Seaford !

[lottiekent]

 Neilsouth just heard my first rumble from those in the south, very distant though 

[ChannelThunder]

Changed my mind about going to sleep. This new cluster has grabbed my attention! That steering flow should clip it nicely along the coast!

[Julian 777]

Low frequency rumble heard from Saltdean just east of Brighton