Weather-Voyager

Yer.. heavy shower is passing over and the sun is trying to break through again - no more rumbles of thunder heard for a few moments now from that storm.. Rain starting to ease off now and it's sunny!!

near to Jn5 of the m62.. Very heavy rain now passing over too...

Just had another loud rolling rumble of thunder to my south.. seems to be getting closer, still no lightning seen..

Well done..! Hopefully more of us in the north west will get a good storm today too..

Just had another louder rumble to my south, maybe this one has my name on it! The storm over to my west is moving north (one for Chris R??!!)

Now going dark both to my east and west.. I'm stuck in the middle in an avenue of sun! - I can hear distant thunder every minute or so to my west..

Gone dark a few miles to my west towards Liverpool city centre area.. can still hear the rumbles of thunder but cant see any lightning yet. Sun is now breaking through here now..

I can hear the brontide to my south.. Had a passing moderate shower a few moments ago and now the sun is trying to break through, looking forward to what develops later on.

I'm here quietly in the background!.. Keeping a eye on todays potential, it's been nearly a year since our last good storm here, so well over due for some action today... Currenty scattered / broken skies and feels quiet nice in the sun. WV

Yep, one to keep an eye on... It's getting too far away to see it now but a few minutes ago the back end of it was slate grey as it was moving away.

I had a direct hit from that cell about 30 minutes ago as it was developing, gave some very heavy rain and seems to still be growing in intensity too, nothing electrical seen or rumbles heard from it.. Best of luck if it makes it too you..

Just had a heavy shower pass through here, gaining in intensity too and heading off to the east. Now heading in the direction of St.Helens, nothing electrical yet..

About an hour ago I was traveling back from Manchester to Liverpool along the M62 approaching the junction with the M6 in the Warrington area and could see at the base of the clouds rapid condensing of vapor and that being sucked up into the main body of the clouds. I didn't see any rotation but the rain was incredibly heavy and had waterlogged the motorways. I am surprised it wasn't producing lightning given the intensity of the rain.

I agree and I am open minded on what it could be, maybe it is a bird or other easily explained object. This same phenomenon was also caught on May 25th 1997 near Loco, Oklahoma. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIO37eVlLJc Skip forward to 4:00 minutes to see it.

it's been overcast here for most of the day with a slight drizzle around lunchtime. A slight to moderate breeze and temps ~ 8.5 - 9.0 c

UK, south Europe to see colder than usual spring - report LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and southern Europe will experience lower than average temperatures between March and May while northern Europe is to see warmer than usual weather, Weather Services International (WSI) forecast on Monday. Although the UK is expected to see a warmer-than-usual March, temperatures are forecast to be colder than normal in April and May, while for the rest of Europe the outlook is mixed, according to WSI. For the energy sector, WSI said "wetter and windier conditions should return to the northern hydrological/wind generation regions, with drier and less windy conditions at more southern latitudes." WSI also said that the recent cold that has dominated continental European weather in February would be coming to an end by the end of the month. "The exception will be in parts of eastern and southeastern Europe, where recent excessive snowfall will likely delay the transition towards warmer temperatures until later in the spring," said WSI Chief Meteorologist Todd Crawford. Below is a breakdown of temperature forecasts for Europe's four main weather regions. MARCH: Nordic Region - Warmer than normal UK - Warmer than normal Northern Mainland - Warmer than normal Southern Mainland - Colder than normal APRIL: Nordic Region - Warmer, except southern Norway/Sweden UK - Cooler than normal Northern Mainland - Cooler than normal Southern Mainland - Cooler than normal MAY: Nordic Region - Warmer, except southern Norway UK - Cooler than normal Northern Mainland - Warmer than normal Southern Mainland - Warmer, except southeastern Europe (Reporting by Henning Gloystein; Editing by Anthony Barker) http://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-south-europe-see-colder-usual-spring-report-113804626.html

The last memorable thunderstorm I had here was around 24th or 25th of May last year. It was a very brief storm that started around 2am and started off as heavy hail. The first lightning strike sounded like a shot gun being fired. It was a bright flash and instant bang but no echo. This set car alarms off and terrified my kids. A few minutes later another very close discharge just as loud as the first one happened and rather strangely at the same time I heard a click inside the house like somebody turning on a light switch or mains socket switch. The next morning I woke to find we had no Virgin service - Phone, Broadband or TV in our road until lunchtime. It also blown our HDMI connections on our TV (We have not got an Ariel on our roof). A few weeks later I noticed the top of the tree at the bottom of our garden was dead, I don't know if this was stuck or not. Also the hail stones damaged all the foliage on the plants too. I also remember the late August Thunderstorm in Liverpool last year. I was right on the edge of that storm where I live and had an amazing light display for most of the evening. I also was told the Liver Buildings got struck from the same storm?

I remember back in October 2008 on a flight from Singapore to Melbourne witnessing St. Elmo's fire from the tips of the winglets on a Qantas 747 as we passed through dense high cloud near to Jakarta. You could see the discharge extending about 1ft rearward of the wing tips. It lasted just a few minutes but was quite spectacular. Also another phenomenon is Lightning rods which are caught on film but rarely seen with the naked eye. These are witnessed as fast balls of moving light near to CB's / supercells. I think this video was made by one of our members here. Look above the houses at around 0:30 seconds into the video and you can see one passing left to right leaving a vapor trail behind it.

If you look here you can see how it developed http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html - Amplified jet? Anyone with more knowledge help?

No change here - temps ~0c and drizzle. icicles are getting bigger, hanging from the edge of all surfaces.

temps still ~0c with light drizzle and slight signs of sleet - been like this for around an hour with no change. I hope it picks up a little more wintry later on.

ermm getting a bit of sleet / light snow flakes in the drizzle now.. temps dropping to -0.3.. !

Still light drizzle, temps starting to fall now -0.2 from a high of +0.2..

ditto here - temps still at 0c

still light drizzle here with the occasional small lazy snow flake. temps around 0c getting icicles on cars and from surfaces.