[Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023]

 The low cloud that was here has risen up a fair bit.

 Fingers crossed

[Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023]

A lot of low-level cloud up here which will obstruct any decent lightning shots unfortunately. 

[Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023]

18 minutes ago, A.J said:

the answer is straight forward, I moved ooop north a few years ago from Wilts and took all the storms with me ! 

Man, we used to get some crackers breaking out over Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs, some absolute monsters ! 

Also, to add, I love it over that way, Salisbury plane, and especially Marlborough downs over Pewsey vale, Knaphill, Walker is Hill, Golden Ball Hill milk Hill area. Such a beautiful part of the world which I regularly visit stay overnight. Some great dark skies over there.

[Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023]

15 minutes ago, A.J said:

the answer is straight forward, I moved ooop north a few years ago from Wilts and took all the storms with me ! 

Man, we used to get some crackers breaking out over Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs, some absolute monsters ! 

Brilliant!  Now i know why ! All is forgiven now just move baak dan saff 

or bake deown serth ( sorry, my poor attempt at putting Wiltshire twang onto that last part) 

[Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023]

5 hours ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Tired of waiting for autumn to deliver. We will get our turn but it will be in the dying days of the hot season and I wouldn’t be surprised if all we have is a bunch of squally messy convective showers.

Total joke.

At the same time I’m quite enjoying the hot spells, but hate that we are always robbed of a concluding chapter

Could not have put haveCould not have put that better myself one thing I’ve noticed over the last few years is the distinct lack of a proper stormy Spanish plume. We haven’t had one for years, a proper one delivering electrical lightning in amongst the heat and humidity. I’m not talking about a cold front coming in from the west hits the warm, which often doesn’t really do that much, but more so proper storms flooding up Through France or developing in France and then giving us a brilliant light show. Most hot spells we half an hour just seem to fizzle out without any severe activity at least in my part of the world.

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

I swear the temperature did not drop below 20 up on top of the hill where I was
I just got back now and normally the coldest part of the night would be around 4 am

But I literally was walking around in a T-shirt. Unbelievable I have been up there in June and July and it is felt better like winter as it’s high up and 98% of the time it’s windy but this felt like I was back in Spain.

 

Remarkably warm, but I love it so nice to be out without having to have jumpers and layers and a coat on top

There was some rain around which left a lot of dust from Sahara but no storms

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

I am currently near mere on fairly high up ground after attempting a little timelapse earlier, but it became too cloudy. 
 

During the sunset, I noticed some pitted clouds, which we would all normally get excited about as indicative of convection and potential storms. Also saw one cloud rose quite high cumulonimbus i think it was. 

 

Then I thought I would just have a look at the radar, as you never know, and lo and behold a fair crop of showers down in the channel. Nothing seemed to be forecast, so I wonder if the showers could intensify as they move inland and over the heat of the day. 

I have never been up on these hills and encountered it so windless and so warm any time of the year, let alone September and with the days that getting shorter. It’s really humid very Mediterranean like. 

I wouldn’t be surprised to see a storm or two develop.

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - August 2023]

Is the lower pressure coming up from the south at the weekend likely to generate storms?  Warmer humid air coming in with it. 

[Storms and Convective discussion - August 2023]

3 hours ago, offerman said:

On a flight back from spain shortly to bristol, might be the best chance of me setting sferics( have a window seat too. 

Just landed no sferics 

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[Storms and Convective discussion - August 2023]

On a flight back from spain shortly to bristol, might be the best chance of me setting sferics( have a window seat too. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

40 minutes ago, Somerset girl said:

Very wet all day today and looks like more light rain for a few hoursyet .

On plus side sweet peas , lavender,  outdoor tomatoes,  second early potatoes are all benefiting from the rain - the strong breeze not so much. 

 

I was thinking similar to you, but in terms of the grass, the outdoor plants as my places on the market at the moment and I was having to water the lawn which I would never normally do. I will just wait until autumn. But as I need to keep it good for viewings, the rain is welcome to a point , although I would like some warm hot weather again soon. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

1 hour ago, Andy Bown said:

Bit wet isn’t it! 
 

Certainly is especially around our area on the radar earlier

[Storms and Convective discussion - July 2023]

1 hour ago, Paul said:

This is today, so far

Unbelievable Paul, in that it’s not just today concentration over in north and north-east. It does seem to have been like that most of the summer this year. Quite strange really. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

I see they’ve put Amber, severe thunderstorm warnings over the region again. I’ve lost count how many times last year and this year they put thunderstorms on us and we just don’t get any. 

[Storms and Convective discussion - July 2023]

Can actually see the tops of the Cardiff storms from all the way over here in frome 

Good luck everyone hope you get some good storms over there and the rest of the country. 

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - July 2023]

4 hours ago, chapmanslade said:

 

Look on the metadata for the picture - it will tell you exactly when it was!

You missed off 'pestilence' 

Hi Chapmanslade,

 

Thanks for your suggestion but I had already done this before posting the question. Unfortunately i couldn’t find the original as i thought it was 2018
according to the photo information when i had checked it said 1st May at 18.54 soo thought i May have screenshot it as the information was only 653KB 

 

if indeed that was the date would  you or Andy Brown be able to find radar images of that memorable small cell. 
thanks if you can 

 

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - July 2023]

6 hours ago, chapmanslade said:

I would read the sticky thread on thunderstorms in the UK - what you are suggesting will never happen 

Morning Chapmanslade,

i just wondered if you can remember a few years ago when when a single cell spectacular afternoon storm ( was pretty much the only storm that day in the whole of the uk)  came from Westbury direction passed nearly over you then over to Cley Hill and on to Longleat and beyond. I think it lasted near on two hours and it spawned before Westbury. 
 

Think it was 2018 but can’t be 100% but it was incredible . I’m trying to find old radar images of it. May have been September time. It was extremley rare and doubt that will happen like that again just single extremely slow moving cell. 

Heres a strike i caught that afternoon. 
 

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - July 2023]

29 minutes ago, Alderc said:

What’s evenrone using for lightning apps/websites? 
 

Nothing seems to work on my iPhone. Not even netweathers. Real-time lightning is patchy. Shows their being nothing over most of England or is that the case, even the channel. 

 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Looks like the storm chances are over once again for us in our region. 

[Storms and Convective discussion - July 2023]

Very humid out there.

 Breeze picking up along with storm darker clouds . Not sure if it will just rain from this or storms but certainly feels ripe and humid enough for one. 
 

[Storms and Convective discussion - July 2023]

Good luck everyone for some decent storms this weekend! 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Looks like thunderstorms forecast for Monday and Tuesday

 

 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

18 minutes ago, Saint coolio said:

Looks chilly

Seriously wth is the bbc app up to?

I was just talking about this with a friend, but it’s not just the BBC have a look!!!

 

 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Possible storms coming? 

[Storms and Convective discussion - June 2023]

18 hours ago, Andy Bown said:

Wasn’t it just! Like all the energy got expanded in one go! Just wish I had seen the lightning! 

I know Andy I had exactly the same thought of you after the thunder happened! The lightning bolts must’ve been incredible. Certainly some CG, and probably some good crawlers as well.

1 hour ago, ScottSnow said:

I took these earlier today on the A69 in Northumberland. The first picture, the funnel was actually touching the ground with a clear form all the way to the ground. The picture is a couple of mins later when it had dissipated somewhat.

Great photos!