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Just thinking the very same..up to 2100j/kg of energy today gone/going to waste must be awful for you people under that and getting absolutely nothing.. No trigger no bang..!!

The 18z is known as the pub run and not the 06z..

Brisk Northeasterly wind scuppering temperatures here on the NE coast only 14.7°C. At least we have wall to wall sunshine and no low cloud or haar to contend with, but looking on the visible satellite there's some beginning to form out in the North Sea heading in a North Westerly direction towards North Northumberland.

Cleadon Hills acts as a great barrier for you Ian and luckily for me, my back garden is south facing and my house is my barrier..lovely little 'sun-trap'. After last nights 'pea-soup' fog I had my doubts whether today was going to be one of those dull days, but a tiny shift in surface wind direction made all the difference...I still prefer my sou'westerlies though..

Just goes to show what can happen in the space of a hour or so..Looked for a moment that the storms initiating in New Mexico where gonna fade away into just 'average' thunderstorms..patience paid off for you with some 'disgusting' looking structures and spectacular hail.. Nice control on your 360° Sterling Sherman..!

Yahyoo..!! Just hit 14°C here on the Northeast coast... At least its sunny and the dirty 'haar' isn't shrouding the skies..Yet.!

Just shown ya photo Dave on Channel 5 weather...

Probably that rare phenomenon known as 'Ball lightning'..!!

Perhaps one day we might see this in the reliable time-frame..!! ..

Great start to the annual stormchase Paul. Watched the stream last night and overall received pretty good coverage and the quality of the picture was up there with the best.. Hope you all can get some sleep as the area is still under a Tornado watch...Ear-plugs at the ready!.... think you'll all need em with the thunder crashing around..(Then again you'll need to hear tornado sirens..dilemma..!!)

' TORRO TORNADO WATCH 2012/002 A TORRO TORNADO WATCH has been issued at 1445GMT on Monday 7th May 2012 Valid from/until: 14:45- 21:00GMT on Monday 7th May 2012 for the following regions Parts of (see map) SW England SE Wales Midlands E England THREATS Tornadoes; wind gusts to 60mph; hail 10-15mm diamter; CG lightning; torrential rain DISCUSSION Cold front moving in from the west is being held up by a developing frontal wave as an upper trough moves in. Sunshine ahead of this has allowed scattered thunderstorms to develop in a region of favourable vertical wind shear for organised thunderstorms, with low-level veering profiles suggestive of low-level rotation and possible tornadoes. Further convection is approaching SW England and may contain strong wind gusts although a more veered surface flow here suggests a somewhat lower tornado threat. Convection may continue overnight as the cold front drifts eastwards with strong shear suggesting a mainly straight-line wind threat. A further forecast may be required later. http://www.torro.org.uk/site/forecast.php

Looking super-cellular those two, wouldn't be surprised to hear of funnel reports or even a tornado..

An upgrade to moderate risk for parts of central eastern Kansas into western Missouri. MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0602 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0616 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CNTRL-ERN KS AND FAR WRN MO CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE VALID 271116Z - 271215Z THERE WILL BE A CATEGORICAL UPGRADE FROM A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OVER CNTRL-ERN KS AND FAR WRN MO FOR THE UPCOMING 1300Z DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK. CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED REGARDING A GREATER THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS POTENTIALLY CAPABLE OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

Saw several swallows in Durham City yesterday, but as yet, nothing here in South Shields right on the NE coast.

I'll have a punt, not that I hold much hope...!! Never ever won anything not even a tenner on the lottery..!!

A plethora of chasers yesterday focusing around N Texas and W Oklahoma in hope of seeing a tornado. A few unconfirmed reports of touchdowns (probably funnel clouds) in that area but reports of large hail and damaging winds were definitely present. Tornadoes were reported in Nebraska and S Dakota http://www.nptelegra...9bb2963f4.html. SPC give a Moderate risk and a 10% tornado chance around Central/N Texas including Dallas Metropolis into SE Oklahoma today. http://www.spc.noaa....k/day1otlk.html Just had a quick look on youtube and seems there was at least one tornado in Mangum Oklahoma spotted by Jon Stone.

Pleasant afternoon here on the NE coast with the sun finally showing and temperatures climbing to around 13℃ well done to the MetO for an accurate forecast yesterday stating the cloud would break.

Many reports of tornadoes yesterday through parts of 'Dixie' alley with the current preliminary count standing at 95. A few tornadoes were reported to be large and long tracking with one estimated to be around a mile wide as it swept through Henryville Indiana. http://www.spc.noaa....orts/today.html http://photos.denver...h-2-2012/30798/ http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGbczFjbik&feature=related

Somehow I dont think in the near future we'll be seeing 'ice-storms' quite like Canada experience..

Overloading the server as its gone down Peter..But ive found this one and they're getting hammered..!! http://hdtv.webcam.nl/website/page1/page7/h264_streaming_video.html

Snowing currently in Amsterdam... http://www.terena.org/webcam/

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The MetO have agreed to take part in testing the reliability of forecasts along with other 'big' profile names such as Piers Corbyn and Joe B. The Weather Test, which is being run by the BBC’s Today Programme, will see the performance of the assorted forecasters being evaluated by the Royal Meteorological Society and Royal Statistical Society. http://www.telegraph...sting-test.html

Most of the UK was covered by a level 1 warning from ESTOFEX mostly for severe wind gusts, but the SE corner of the UK was covered by a level 2 yesterday for severe wind events including tornadoes.

Amazing photo of 'wave-like' clouds called Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability over Birmingham Alabama recently. http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/12/wind-shear-makes-amazing-waves.html