Storms and Convective discussion - November 2023 onwards

[Azazel]

Interesting cell maybe passing over Andover just now. Couldn’t make out too much structure as the sky is just varying shades of grey, but the wind changed direction rapidly as it went over suggesting some shear 

[Alderc 2.0]

Those small separated cells coming into Bournemouth and Christchurch are developing very quickly could be something to watch out for….

[ChezWeather]

Cracking start to the season!

[Frosty hollows]

Shotgun thunder,lightning, torrential rain and some pretty heavy hail. And I thought I was going to miss out!Impossible to see any structure, though

[Alderc 2.0]

Just got caught in some sort of little swirl or eddy type wind. Trees down and laying 90°s to the left of the prevailing wind direction. Pretty scary!

 

[Supacell]

The storm risk may expand a bit further north tomorrow and so I'm contemplating getting out for my first chase of the year. If I see a storm it'll be the first time I've seen and chased a storm in March throughout my 20 years of storm chasing. Although the speed of them may suggest "chasing" would be impossible. It'll be a case of getting in the right place at the right time.

[Robert1981]

Heavy rain now hitting st Neots Cambridgeshire on the A428. 

[Dami]

Well i never we have thunder in beddy

[WorldHerson]

Potential hook near Leicester?

[James1979]

In the firing line for a change, coming right at me! Lovely surprise storm albeit fairly tame but some big flashes and booms in there, i'll take that! Please 2024 be decent for once, great start! 

 

 Dami and st neots... shocker isn't  it... excuse the pun.

[Robert1981]

This is at Bedford at 6.30pm so.e big lightning and now had so.e heavy hail 

[James1979]

OK not so tame now, some isntaneous thunder with lightning a couple of times and cranking up. Oo er.

Edited March 28 by James1979

[Dami]

 James1979 nice lil surprise. lets hope its just a taste of things to come

[Rush2019]

 Supacell looking forward to hopefully a few of your storm chasing recordings out on the road this season.

[Zak M]

First thunderstorm of the year here! Plenty of CGs and loud thunder, with some hail thrown into the mix.

[Metwatch]

Well the hail finally got me! Surprised I couldn't hear thunder given how heavy it was. Didn't see any mammatus once it passed either, (I think Coventry is immune to mammatus at this rate ) but looks like others caught it from further north / west of here. 

 

 

Some CG's around Leighton Buzzard from that line of storms:

 

 

Edited March 28 by Metwatch

[James1979]

And now one of the heaviest downpours I've ever had!! What a storm.

[Robert1981]

More pictures from Bedford had some torrential rain and hail.

[LIGHTNING ACTION]

new lightning south of Manchester

[Asher]

 Metwatch thanks here's some more less interesting images and videos

      

 

 

 

[Stuart Norman]

9 year olds Football training outside at Biddenham near Bedford. Id already warned the coach at 6pm and I was getting a bit jittery by 6.20 so I ran over and said it’s getting close you need to bring them off then first big flash.

He brought them off but other groups were still out then two close CGs but still plenty of people in the open.

scary start to the season for us lightning had a violet tinge too.

[Jamie M]

My report for Church Stowe

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Church Stowe, Northamptonshire

Largest hail I've seen for March 

[Asher]

 Stuart Norman yeah I came in from the greenhouse when I heard the first rumble... I don't fancy being in melting aluminium and glass box if it got struck.

 

Although saying that it could have fused the broken panels together

Edited March 28 by Asher

[Sprites]

 Jamie M I take it you were out chasing today?

[Jamie M]

 Sprites

Sadly not this was just one of the Weather Watcher images I found searching through - bloody wish I was though