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Thats better They have an APP btw, with alarms and stuff.

Oh lawd Please just use blitzortung.

One thing i will say is that is very weird to see so much INactivity in Europe. Seeing so much close to home is just .. odd.

Ohhhhhh its happening! Not far now!. Many beeps now.

Hells yeah! Its official when estofex have a level2!!!

Huge towers to my south here. Wow, some people gonna get some great views tonight. Next load expected to start down south in an hour or so. -G

WOAH!!!! FLASH FLOODING! Kangaroos in the road. People looting! Its gonna be crazy!

Oh havent you seen? Its gonna look like this later! /s

Isnt for the most part unstable air in the shaded area? I suspect things to kick off properly down south/SW in about an hour.

Wont be long now. Activity starting in the SW.

I personally look at a few things. Storms are generally caused by converging different masses of air. (Ie, hot air hitting cold air) , This difference creates the condensation, convection etc needed for larger clouds, storms and in extreme cases tornadoes etc. There is a good guide here about UK storms: That said, Here is what I look for. Sea level pressure, Gives a good indicator of air masses, Their direction and where you sit between them. This shows the UK being suck between pressure systems.. So we have movement.. Air is moving about.. Its not like we are stuck dead under a high pressure system. I also look at wind directions. These can show where air is "converging" and likely a good place where storms may be. Precip charts are obviously a good chart to show where rain and intensity may be... Its a bit of a cheat, but shows it none the less. Cape and Lifted index is also a good one to look at. These show how much potential energy is about for a storm to use and the lifting values along with it. Strong cape values and low lifted values are good indicators. Lack of these doesnt mean no storms but with it can mean bigger and more likely storms. The above 3 charts all show the convergence line, the PPN and cape values in the same place roughly. This is a good sign for say 09:00 tomorrow morning that the south of the UK have some big storms. There are other charts can help bolster out the detail but this is a good indication. There is also a storm risk chart that is useful for confirming your thoughts. ----------- This afternoon does indeed look good for the south.

Storm just south of me here in gloucester. Seems fairly active currently.

I used to get so excited about the storms. Id go chasing them half way across the country mostly to find disappointment. Unless estofex have a level2 for my area etc, I dont get my hopes up

Dont be daft. They wont be out in this weather.

Heavy snow here. 1p sized flakes.

Fingers crossed! Been having steady small ice snow for hours. Probably a good 2 inches in general. 10+ in the drifts. Even had snow pushing under the fire escape down the local

Yeah 100%. I still suspect a fair amount of PPN from the thicker stuff on the south.

Some very interesting growth to the south currently. Circle 2 (second from left) i think is what the MetO were alluding to for the red alerts..

Boooo Looks like all the panic over nothing. intense snow up north and now a nice clear skies on its way.

Its good fun, Just been wizzing around a parking lot for funzies! Gotta love the "drifting" #mycardrifts

Hi, Welcome to the forum, Please visit your profile and add your location (roughly) With regards to the forecast, it (to me) seems more east that projected. I am expecting it to head north a bit, however the showers seem to be loosing strength quickly.

What sthe update? I dont see it.

That sucks so badly. However , you are like, next to a massive body of warmer water. So.. The snow as it is is like ultra rare! Make the most of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!iiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Just light stuff here. Shame really. Hope for some bigger flakes. So much for blizzards aye lol

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