[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

Looks like there's one line that's creeping ENE still, with the right side of it over Caen and the left side halfway over the Channel, but the added strike rate is coming to the east of that... the latter looks like the best bet for an actual UK storm I presume?

[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

1 minute ago, UKSupercell said:

Anyone know any good high spots or beach points to watch the storm, say around Eastbourne, over East Sussex way? 

Seriously considering getting in the car and hitting the M25 over the next 30-60 mins. Will take me 90 mins to smash it down the M25 south-east and get there. 

Beachy Head feels like a great spot. All of that downland is a good place for storm-watching because of how much vegetation there isn't.

[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

I would find somewhere on the A33 to park up, so you can be ready to go down the M27.

A31, surely?

Junction 2 M27 might be a good holding station, there's a Premier Inn off that junction and the car park has some views to the south.

[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

Popping up to 420/min just now! However, it looks like the bulk of that is the mess creeping out slowly ENE over Brittany, so how much in the way of an actual import flow are we going to get?

[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

1 minute ago, AL. said:

I'm going to head to the south coast now, Portsmouth first, then head east towards Brighton. Wish me luck!!!

 

I was going to say you should probably go east further than that right away and then I realised that from Swindon your alternative to going via the A34/M3/M27 route is... not great unless you're committed to going right the way to Brighton. So yeah, hitting the M27 and then keeping on churning along the A27 as far east as you need to is probably the way to go.

[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

Just now, Jcweather said:

Lol. I know what you mean. I used to be terrified of storms when I was younger. Now I find them fascinating and it's been very interesting learning more about them, though that being said, I know the chances are really low, but I always get paranoid that lightning will strike my house when there is a storm. Silly thing to worry about I know but it is what it is!

I think I only really got terrified of storms when there was one that struck about 100m away from me in 2004. You do not want to hear that sound in bed at 6am when you're already oversensitive to noise...!

[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

2 minutes ago, Jcweather said:

I do enjoy nights like this. The forum is a hive of activity, there's a storm potential, and a general air of 'will we, won't we'

 

I know, I'm odd.

Nothing wrong with that!

Funny thing is I don't like the storms but I love the excitement on here, the photography that can sometimes come out of an event like this... and all the updating on where the action is, even if in my case it serves as a warning to go into bat mode and hide under a duvet with headphones on and the world hopefully off. (I'm autistic, and find loud noises and flashing light overwhelming most of the time. Unpredictability makes them worse, so storm tracking really helps me!)

[Convective / Storm Discussion Thread - 27th Feb onwards]

2 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

57 mins drive down to Worthing.... is it worth trying? Anyone know any good spots to pork up and observe?

Devil's Dyke might be a good spot for you? Big car park too.