lewisosd

Really nice towering nimbus clouds covering the sky today. Hoping for some decent convection later on

Good luck to all of you today!!! Even though we are not forecast thundery weather at all I will never rule out the chance of one sparking off! Some nice convection beginning to take place but the low pressure is too far West for us

Good luck guys. Lets hope next year is much better as i'm coming out there on tour 4!

I am not getting my hopes up in the East. No forecast mentions any sign of thundery weather Sure we will get some really nice convection going on though this afternoon to tease us!

Looks like I will still be stuck in the 'no storms club'. It's utter sh...!!!

Nice pics! This is very near to where I live

Getting soooo inpatient about the lack of stormy weather here. Storm forecasts are like yoyo's at the moment

Finally!!! Suffolk gets a half decent downpour this morning!

hopefully suffolk will get some much needed rain tonight at some point

With this SE movement, East Anglia may be in for some rain finally! Possiblility of a storm too? Fingers x'd!

LOL :lol:

Seriously, this is getting stupid...We have had no rain for ages. I have not seen storm for ages. Just want some action here in East Anglia tonight!

Just checked the 5 min radar. Lightning detector has some X's in my county!

Please head Eastwards tonight. That would be a grand end to my weeks holiday from work! I'm not gonna get my hopes up but there is a slight possibility I suppose

My fingers and toes are x'd for tongiht. Window and blinds half open and camera is all set up and ready to go just in case. Lucky ******** down south!

Is there ANY possible chance we may get some action tonight in East Anglia? Cloudy skies look eerie and the wind has died right down

Haha! All that prep before hand and the build up to it and they didn't even have any bloody 72oz's left!!! LOL!!! How did Fish get the nose bleed?

Got caught in two short downpours of hail today within an hour of each other in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Some lovely convection today.

Hail in Bury St Edmunds about half hour ago. Some nice convection going down today! Will take some photos later Lewis

Thanks, will give them a call at some point. Lewis

Thanks for the info. Will check that out. Want to get a camera in the next couple of months so I can get used to using it properly. Lewis

Around 300-400 quid.

Hi guys, Couple of questions.... Camera? Want to buy myself a half decent one but don't want to spend big time! Any recomendations? Travel insurance? Was thinking of taking out a years travel insurance. What companies do the tour usually recommend? Thanks Lewis

Hi guys, New to the forum and have just booked my place on storm chase 2012. Thought i'd share a few pics with you. 2 seperate storms, 1 of which I chased towards Gt Yarmouth from Diss. Hope you enjoy them. These first pics were of a 'cell' type structure that came over my house 10/06/2009. Some rotation in this with funnels reported at the Mildenhall air base (no planes allowed in or out). Me and my brother watched this in our garden for a good hour. It fizzled out quite quickly. No thunder or lightning strikes seen. No precipitation either. This next picture was one I took on the way back from a fishing trip in Hinderclay near Diss. I could hear thunder in the distance when packing up and saw this structure on the way home. Chased it for a good hour before deciding to head home. Thunder and multiple lightning strikes

Thanks Paul, hate flying but just decided that I gotta get on with it and do something I have wanted to do for a long time. Any good advice for travel insurance companies? Ian at Netweather said to book my flight around Christmas sale period.