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Had some huge dark menacing clouds to the south of MK around 4:30 pm, a little light rain for 10 mins and they cleared off to the east, one the way home a while ago I could still see large towering cumulus to the east. Very suprised it came to nothing, look like a classic summer thunder sky earlier.
Looked pretty promising here from a while. Ho hum
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Had a heavy spell of rain from the cell in North Essex. It's gone past now though and sun is back out. Sky was very dark and stormy but unfortunately nothing else came of it.
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Torrential rain here now.
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Some nice clouds going overhead. Not a spot of rain though.
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Had some promising looking CBs but they seem to have moved east at a rate of knots.
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Probably best day of the week. Big dark clouds around here. No lightning though!!
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On small cell has made it to Dunkirk, producing lightning as it goes. However, now it's crossing towards the UK the bit over the water has fizzled.
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This gives a good idea of what's going on currently...
http://www.meteo-mc.fr/satellite-ir-anime-eu.php
Looks like the big storm system in France is effectively being mashed as it hits the channel and pulled both NE and SW.
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The cell near Le Havre looks like it's died and the main one seems to be pushing ever further east towards Belgium.
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sky's gone quite dark here, with lower hanging clouds developing. Not sure whether to get excited or if it's just a thickening of the white stuff we've had for most of the day.
- Umm, may be just the latter
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Looks like the cell on the south coast is dying.
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Has passed over me now - dark to the east and especially south Chelmsford way. But has stopped raining here, big patches of blue sky appearing. All over pretty quickly.
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More thunder and lightning but seems to be trying to get brighter at the mo.
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Kicking off here in Essex. Several claps of thunder overhead and torrential rain.
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Yes, definitely looks like a mini version of shelf cloud pictures on Google. Thanks.
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Took these pictures a month ago. The cloud shown built up in front of my eyes with the bottom extending down, frothing and swirling around. It appeared to be an offshoot from another cloud. It ended up shaped a bit like a pyramid. The day was sunny, but with big clouds producing some hail. I'd be interested in any comments.
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Sky just went very dark here, with low cloud. Then torrential hail followed by rain for around 10 mins.
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Anybody any thoughts on the first street photo?
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chionomaniac - thanks for the thread link - I'm in the process of reading, looks like a busy day, but not so much reported down in my direction.
Any thoughts on the first street photo?
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Sprites, can you explain what features point to a capping inversion. Cheers.
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Thanks for the informative reply. The date on the photos is 7th July 2012. The first one was taken at 15.00 and the second at 17.30, near Great Dunmow, Essex.
I think it was a stormy day with plenty of cloud convection. When I took the first street shot there was lots of mamatus cloud right overhead and the sky was a strange colour.
With the second [field] shot, we sometimes see big convective clouds forming across the ridge line, and sometimes a line of them in summer - it can be quite spectacular - I've attached a couple of examples.
That area seems to act as a "seed" area for clouds.
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Can anyone give a techy explanation of the cloud formations in these photos taken near my house a year or so ago?
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Can anyone give an explanation of the cloud formations in these pics - taken near my house a year or so ago.
Convective / Storm Risk Discussion - 21st June 2013 onwards
in Storms & Severe Weather
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Looks like it could eventually be heading my way with a bit of luck, given wind direction around the low in the north sea.