Jamie M

My report for Tenterden WWW.BBC.CO.UK Tenterden, Kent Bit wet in Tenterden

Was about to come on here and mention it. Had someone message me about 'biblical rain' in Woodchurch and those guesstimates look nasty!

Never seen anything like it from a timelapse. Convergence lines are fascinating to be under!

This probably tops off one of the most bizarre things I've seen through timelapsing the sky. Two shelf clouds meeting, stopping then one turning back? Potty. Untitled.mp4

It looks like I caught some sort of rotation/shelf mashup earlier. Not entirely sure quite what was happening but there we are! merge.mp4

My report for Preston WWW.BBC.CO.UK Preston, Kent Brilliant funnel from outside of Canterbury, might of touched down but can never tell going off one picture. Another funnel from Maidstone too.

Forgot that my webcam did timelapses to accompany it as well. Looking W to N but predominantly NW. No obvious rotation apart from a bit of scud but seems to gain a sort of tail around 4 seconds in but probably another thing teasing. I'd of got better shots of that if I wasn't cowering under a shelter! 1_TimeLapse_2021-07-31_15-49-34.mp4

This might be a spammy post full of things but rather do it like this then in separate chunks clogging this thread up. First look in the distance as I walked it down to Hampton Pier to do my own mini 'storm chase': Video and photo for when I walked it down a bit further past the play park looking towards Whitstable and Studd Hill: 20210731_154951.mp4 I feel like this is the only photo I have that truly shows just how dark it was looking over towards Sheppey! More video looking towards Sheppey as it drifted towards me accompanied by some structure in front of it and the shelter you can see that I hid in! 20210731_160226.mp4 More video from when the storm began to hit: 20210731_160517.mp4 Storm really then began to come in after a brief CG close off the shore with the wind picking up tremendously afterward so dashed it to the shelter: Drowned out rumble of thunder can be heard from about 8 seconds in but wind really does kill the audio: 20210731_160940.mp4 Storm begins to hit with a loud but again drowned out close rumble of thunder: 20210731_161204.mp4 Rain begins to gradually pick up and can be seen getting heavier: 20210731_161355.mp4 More of a show of the constant heavy rain: 20210731_161454.mp4 Peak intensity of the rainfall, really was throwing it down with pictures accompanying: 20210731_161550.mp4 20210731_161656.mp4 Weird old looking sky after it finally calmed down, no rotation but certainly was very odd: Some shots of the Canterbury cell and the cell that went over: Then decided to leg it home and caught this brief shot of lightning whilst doing a good sprint home:

No funnels were there when I was looking from my angle. I'll send a few videos in a minute but it absolutely threw it down.

Lovely

That is one good looking storm.

Kent's day to shine currently.

CW Forecast Day 1 Convective Outlook VALID 06:00 UTC Sat 31 Jul 2021 - 05:59 UTC Sun 01 Aug 2021 ISSUED 07:33 UTC Sat 31 Jul 2021 ISSUED BY: Chris A broad upper trough will linger across Britain leading to a scattering of showers, a few perhaps heavy with a rumble of thunder into the afternoon. The area with the largest chance for lightning appears to be a zone across London, Essex and Kent during Saturday due to a combination of around 300-500 J/kg of CAPE and weak surface convergence aided by a little terrain induced lift. There is very little shear in this set-up and profiles aloft are rather warm, so convection may be limited, and in most cases too weak to produce lightning. Elsewhere the risk of lightning will be low, however convection/showers will likely develop across southern and eastern parts of England as well as in a zone from north Wales southeastwards down through the Midlands and into SE England.

Aye, not something that immediately sticks out as something you'd remove them with!

Good video on the storms a few days ago. Good action from about 8 mins onwards, might be a wall cloud forming just after 9 mins but can't be sure.

Doh. Completely missed that, thank you!

Hi there, I've had this problem for a little while where I've been trying to remove the different green triangles for different spots I've put down on the radar over the last year or so. Clicking away the locations on 'Amend locations' on Virtual weather stations doesn't seem to help the cause either as they still appear. I might just be having a moment but any help is appreciated greatly! Jamie

Showery days again on Friday and Saturday according to UKV Friday seems to be associated with a low that moves through so main stuff is in EA. Wouldn't be sure how much of a bang they'll have but would certainly be something!

Sheerness shelf cloud

Clacton cell in the distance

These views never get old across the Estuary. A lot of will it or won't it scud over Essex.

That jetstreak is certainly helping. 15z GFS sounding from within Norfolk goes a bit potty

Rotation from Dublin Airport earlier. Not sure if that'd be regarded as a funnel or not, would need a wider view.

Showers starting to go up.