[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Clearer skies out West leading to yet more convection, seeing the top of a cell just to the south of Shrewsbury i think that popped up out of nowhere in the space of 5 minutes. No lightning on it yet though.

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

7 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

That CG is impressive. Nice captures.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Cells popping off in the West Midlands again . We had 40c last summer with no thundery breakdown. Today we have this. Just shows what can happen if we have the right ingredients whether its hot or not.

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Decent May thunderstorm, a lot of lightning, some shotgun thunder and a lot of rumbles even constant at one point, even had some hail with the downpour. Caught a bolt on cam.

More looks to be building behind the main storms too.

The East and Southeast should join the action later.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Bolt right across the sky  

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Same as others, thunder every couple of seconds or so, heading towards us.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Much darker in person, camera doesn't do it justice.

EDIT - Thunder heard!

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Looking good so far, very dark to the West looking towards those showers/storms.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

3 minutes ago, Tamsin said:

I wonder if it was one... those things can create their own weather systems, great spot if it was 

Pretty sure it was as i tracked it on radar for quite a bit and it continued spiraling, if it was first one I've saw since 2017.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Not much here today except a couple of rumbles from a near by cell as it moved away to the NorthEast at around 3ish, a part of it seemed to have developed over us too as we had a few massive convective drops. The pic below is of that cell.

Another beautiful day for cloudscapes though.

The thunderstorms in the NE, before and as they were decaying look to have formed into a MCV with a swirl to the system.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

Not sure about that at this stage

Cheers Sparkiee

You were right about the convergence zone, cells were moving all over the place, and still all over the place

We soon lost the mugginess and the dewpoints fell through the floor

view of the cell as it travelled Eastwards

Edit; Now its hammering down

Yeah looked like one when they started to form and just went chaotic from there pretty much, still didn't manage to get one of the heaviest downpours though somehow lol and yeah got noticeably fresher now.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Impressive capture @Arnie Pie, been missing the downpours here just to the north or just to the south, and been stuck in the middle with light/moderate rain, just like this morning.

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

7 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Law of Sod i`m afraid

It`s beginning to look a bit more beefier over your way Sparkiee

 

Haha,

I think that's about a mile or 2 to the North as its much darker , just a few spots here so far, looking out NW though, im not sure if im seeing a weak shelf cloud or not but it looks similar. Quite a few pretty potent cells firing and decaying, surprised none of them have sparked.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

32 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Yes agreed, dewpoints are over 12° around these parts with some convection starting at mid levels and blue skies above

Later may be interesting

Sadly my old Canon (Brumcam) has finally given in and died so no more streaming for a while

 

Yeah starting to look very interesting here, we might have a convergence zone activating by the look of the clouds and radar. It would be sods law that we get our first thunderstorms when your cam isnt working .

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

The first time i've felt a bit of mugginess in the air this morning at 12c, even with the showers. Could be a good sign for later if the cloud breaks.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Nothing up here in the Midlands just general April showers, some with hail. Hopefully we can get that early plume later this month to bring more widespread thundery conditions.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Hail, downpours, rainbows, but no thunder. Interesting day still though.

[Midlands Regional Weather Discussion]

Wild weather to come this week, a lot of hail and downpours today too, developing in clusters as forecast. No thunder here though. But good to see some has seen some thunderstorms earlier especially in the East of the region.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Some nice cloudscapes about again today. 

[Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards]

Some of the convective skies around Walsall yesterday.

 

[Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards]

5 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Still looking ominous

Edit; was looking ominous

Looks like no lightning from these, nice rainbow now though, and some small potent showers developed further west again.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards]

6 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

that cell seems to be caught in a CZ by the way its moved over the last couple of radar returns

I wouldn't be surprised it is as it would explain the funnel Metcast posted earlier. Also seems to be a weak shelf cloud on your stream.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards]

Just missed here, but sferics now near Leicester and still in the cell near Worcester which looks to be back building.

Edit - Now raining heavily as i typed this.

[Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards]

9 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Cell to the S us has popped

 

Hopefully the one we're watching will spark as its looking more potent on the latest radar return.

Also it's the most threatening looking skies since last year. 

[Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards]

1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

It feels a little more potent out there today 

Closely watching the pop cells coming in from the W later on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82wI8SGY0Jk

 

Yeah a few cells coming into our area now, very dark out west. The same as what's on your stream.