Dale Hay

I was out having a fag in the back garden of the pub when this passed... I didn't hear a single bit of thunder - just rain. Am gutted. :/

Currently [14:59] drifting (left) past my window ... so, I'm guessing that's towards Tamworth (so North)

Hello Martin and welcome!

North of Hastings seems to be starting up.

Strike in the South-East now.

Strike just reported near Burrington, Devon. ** Edit: Beaten to it **

Absolutely hammered it down about 10 minutes ago, it's calmed down a bit now - but still raining.

The rain's just started here.

It's now all connected (pic from 0315)

Estofex (for 22nd May 2014) "A level 1 was issued for eastern France, Benelux, and south-eastern British Isles mainly for tornadoes and severe wind gusts." "A dynamic weather pattern is forecast for eastern France and western Germany. In the wake of the cold front, dry air advection is initially expected. Additionally, clouds and showers reaming from overnights convection may limit low-level heating. However, to the north of another mid-level jet streak that is located across southern France at noon, low-level backing winds are forecast, and a southerly flow will result in moisture increase. Given increasing lapse rates due to DCVA, some CAPE is possible. Storms are forecast to form along the convergence from eastern France to the south-eastern British Isles during the afternoon, spreading north-eastward and clustering. Main focus of severe weather will be the nose of a low-level jet spreading north across eastern France. Latest GFS indicates 20 m/s winds at 850 hPa, resulting in strong low-level vertical wind shear and curved hodographs (0-1 km bulk shear 15 m/s and SRH near 200 m²/s²). Current thinking is that low-topped supercells can form that move north-eastwards. These storms may be capable of producing tornadoes, while the threat moves from eastern France to the Benelux countries and south-eastern British Isles in the evening. Large hail and severe wind gusts are also not ruled out." -> Source: Estofex -> forecasts

The sky's looking pretty at the moment here. (No filters on this image)

Around 16.5 at the moment here - already starting to feel unbearable... I hate the heat. Sure I was a polar bear in a previous life... or a Great Auk. Meh. Oh, random question... when would it be (almost) best to judge if it will or won't rain (be it light or heavy) this coming Bank Holiday weekend? About Tuesday? Wednesday? Wondering if it'll start raining again for Pride... seems to everytime I'veventured there for the Saturday. :/

^ This cloud's just dropped a massive load of hail... been going for a good 5-10 minutes and only just stopped. Wished there was something else from it... oh well. :/

Light rain here - that horrid fine stuff that soaks ya through.

Well, all-in-all, today's been nice. Also I think I've seen pretty much every type of cloud today too... couple more pics of the clouds around.

It's sunny outside, slight cool-ish breeze. Although a fair bit of cloud.

Tipping it down. That's pretty much it. Ha. The radar's showing some red's nearby and the rain's trying to get heavier, but the sky's still brightish too - overcast though. Do hope there'll be something stormy. *fingers-crossed*

Awesome pics! I'd definitely warrant that a FC. Nice one!

From earlier on... nice timelapse-type video.

The sky's full of just miserable grey cloud and it's travelling quite quickly too, accompanying it is just a few specks of pathetic rain. The radar's been great to look at during the night, however doesn't seem to want to do anything when nearby. :/

"The first multi-day, significant severe weather outbreak of 2014 is set to begin Saturday in the Great Plains. Very large hail and damaging winds are the primary threats Saturday, with isolated tornadoes possible. An even greater threat exists Sunday, including strong tornadoes, focused in the Ark-La-Tex region. Heavy rainfall could also bring flood concerns to parts of the Miss. & Tenn. Valleys." - NWS/SPC (Correct as of 05:30GMT)

Just saw this picture posted on Reddit, did a reverse image search on it and it seems to have done its rounds online, so thought I'd also share it, mainly because it's one of those picture's that make you go "WOW!". (Note: This picture is *not* mine (never been lucky enough to get to the States), however the person who took this picture goes by the name of Ryan Shepard.) -> Full Size (2880x1920) (414KB)

Some awesome pictures being shown currently on the BrumCam.

In the past 15-20 minutes, this has started to wonder in...