jimbo36

new tornado warning issued from brooksville to bushnell, path runs just to north of clermont

yep, quieter than 15 mins ago where another tornado reported near Kathleen, edge of storm just passing us now, nothing major and no gusts to speak of guys, there's another cell off the coast west of tampa i've just spotted, could be of interest in an hour or so

cheers coast, have found that one on orlandojustweather.com from what i'm seeing, it looks like the tornado warning activity is on the front southern edge of these storms, guess this is usual? all quiet here at clermont at the moment, just dark!! one question puzzles me, these areas of storms are moving at 50-60mph, how do you keep up with these things when you are out storm chasing in the mid west?

must be the same one, getting info off channel 9. best i get in the car now and do some tornado chasing practise, (if i knew what i was doing!!)

looking like the worst will be just south of clermont, but will still be affected by the severe storms, eta 9.34. towns of eva and pol city in firing line, another tornado reported just south of crystal springs

tornado on the ground west of crystal springs. this cluster of storms due to reach us in 32 minutes. Gusts of 70-80mph reported

yes mate, been up for 2 hours now woken up by the thunder. Exciting storms so far this morning but only straight line gusts. Watching channel 9 at the moment and another cluster of storms reported north of Tampa heading our way, so another tornado warning issued. Watch is in place until at least 1300. Looks like our plans for Universal Studios is off for today, and sunbathing a write off lol. Looks like we'll have to go shopping in the factory outlets instead. Cold front should be to our south tomorrow so hoping for a better day and yes next tuesday and wednesday could see all this start up again. will keep you posted if anything exciting happens and look forward to meeting you on tour 4 :-)

Currently on holiday with family in Cleremont, Orlando. Fascinating storms at the moment, heavy rain, hail and tornado warnings. Seeing rotation from some of these storms but no funnel clouds or tornados yet. Just a taster for my storm chase in June. Supposed to be out getting a sun tan!!

Looking at latest UKMO GFS and Euro, they all seem to be heading towards high pressure close to us around 27-29th with an Arctic storm around 960mb at it's centre, north of Lapland. I'll be in Sonka, near Roveneimi at this time, so not looking forward to blizzard conditions and stuck in the middle of nowhere!! Interesting to see how this all pans out.

off course i bumped up my own post, i went against everything else and came up trumps, sure anyone would do the same and again goes to prove that meto and bbc are lacking in funding. Agree that the Glasgow snow tonight looks unlikley but being another marginal event, guess they're playing safe. Would have thought it would have been better for them to show their forecast as marginal, then they're covered whatever happens.

Hi MurcieBoy, Interested in your forecast for the storms in Feb 2011. I've got family in Sweden and Finland so would appreciate yours or anyone's views of how they would be affected in this scenario. Cheers Jimbo

Well said Kev, perhaps i will start a thread in the summer when the forecast shower didn't happen and i didn't water my garden on the strength of it and write to my MP at the same time.....if i knew who he was :-)

Interesting thread this one and I have to agree with TEITS that it was always a marginal situation and a nightmare for forecasters to get right. The real problem for the meto and bbc is the limitations on their resources and their funding with further cutbacks being made this year. They did downgrade and removed warnings closer to zero hour. I think the real reason and contributions to this thread is that we've got the usual childish adults who didn't get the snow they were expecting, start throwing toys out of the pram and start looking for someone to blame. Just got to laugh really.....IMHO

Third rain band producing snow in the South East. Brother driving on M25 northbound, between junctions 16 & 17, temperature dropped 3C in 12 mins and now has lieing snow at junction 18-19

Sorry to disappoint guys but the storm / tornado forecast here in the US for next month is low. April currently 5th lowest on record. Have high pressure over east and jet stream is way north and no buckling trend forecast to set up as it it should be. Also gulf waters are 5 degrees lower than usual for this time of year, fishing has been poor both on and offshore. Due to fly back on Saturday to UK, don't rate my chances, as Iceland volcano still erupting and jet stream still pushing it UK wards until Tuesday when it flattens out. Good luck on the storm chase, will maybe join you forthe 2011 season. Jimbo

fantastic radar graphics......you're beautiful by the way!!

Woudln't build your hopes up for London and the SE. Looks like the worst of the PPN will be over North Sea by time it reaches us and all we'll be left with is some snizzle apart from the far eastern counties jimbo

Afraid it looks like the UKMO has this channel low tracking further north, so all we'll get in the SE tonight and Monday night is rain, maybe sleet on the hills :-( Jimbo

Hi, Looks like there'll be dissappointment from this snow event tonight. Looking at the radar, although ppn is moderate, bands are narrow and fragmented with bulk of it heading towards sw wales and southern ireland. jimbo

Hi, Looks like there'll be dissappointment from this snow event tonight. Looking at the radar, although ppn is moderate, bands are narrow and fragmented with bulk of it heading towards sw wales and southern ireland. jimbo

What's that then Pete?

Hiya, Currently have clear skies, nearly a full moon and -5C. What i haven't seen before is thousands of tiny ice crystals floating in the air, caught in the beam of the outside light. It's not foggy or misty, so just wondered if anyone can offer an explanation Cheers Jimbo

Hey Everyone......I don't normally post on here, but i'd plead to everyone getting so upset over the GFS 06z run. It is just one run of many. Look at how all of the other models have behaved over the last 48 hours. They're all over the place and because this set up is so unlike anything we've had for a number of years, they don't know how to handle it past 24hrs. I feel most of you won't be dissapointed by what happens later this week, bearing in mind whay NOAA have been showing. Remember this is the beauty of British weather. You never really know what is round the corner until you're nearly there. If you want snow that much, then try a holiday in Lapland or Canada. Once you've been there a week or two, you'll soon rave for the warmth and light of summer!!! Sorry to write something that doesn't entirely flow with the model output discussion, but i feel too many people on here are basing their future hapiness on just a few computerised models. Remember, what will be will be...........these models will change again and i know most of you will be happy with the results!! Be lucky, be happy.......Jimbo