Storms and Convective discussion - May 2024

[Daniel_c150311]

clouds bubbling up really fast here

 

(photos taken 2 minutes apart)

[Sprites]

 Jamie M Off topic

Saw your Aurora photos from yesterday, clouded out here though.

30 miles north of me had some clear skies  

 

Edited May 6 by Sprites

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Looking good out here

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already going up

[Summer tyre]

14.8mm of rain so far.  Raining hard. Thick cloud out to the channel that isn't going anywhere today. There is nothing to give any surface heating.

[alexisj9]

 Summer tyre rain band from France is just hitting now, very heavy rain in it, perhaps we need to look behind this?

[Summer tyre]

I'm reading the visible radar as showing thick cloud back into France. The rain is certainly steady.

 

Perhaps I should change my handle to rain tyre

 

Edited May 6 by Summer tyre

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>>1.00<<

 

 

[Sparkiee storm]

Bubbling up nicely around here too.

[Azazel]

Can’t see anything happening here today. Just another big standard rainy day like 90 percent of the last 8 months. 

[Wade]

 Azazel don't you mean bog standard?

[Dangerous55019]

 ANYWEATHER Afternoon @ANYWEATHER

Funnily enough, I thought exactly the same! Lol

For the record… The sun is trying to break through here, so watch this space…

[ChezWeather]

Feels very thundery here, milky skies and cumulous bubbling up all around

[Azazel]

 Wade yes mate. Autocorrect on phone. 

[Jamie M]

 Sprites I know @Eagle Eye wasn't best pleased when he had cloud overhead whilst I had the aurora.

I'm sure the next G4 storm will be full cloud cover here anyway so not to worry!

Anyway back on topic, the rain is definitely coming and ever hoping for something convective

 Southern Storm We will have to see how it goes, always up for something 

[Summer tyre]

Well, knock me dahn wiv a fevver. Just been two strikes off Dunkirk!

[TJS1998Tom]

Looking convective here towards the North of us

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 Thunderspotter Not a chance. I won't be looking

[A Face like Thunder]

Play off football match at Crawley called off due to a waterlogged pitch. At this time of year! I assume this has to be as a result of steady rain rather than a flash flood.

[Thunderspotter]

Seems to be a heavy burst just south of Newbury... Maybe something to keep an eye on over the next 30mins or so.

[weatherobsuk]

The cap looks to be stubborn in burning off when compared to the UKV model which was showing thundery showers that should have developed from 10am, so far aside from a few light convective showers across the Pennines there isn't much going on for now. Hopefully some topographic lifting or convergence will kick things off now we're at peak daytime heating.

[Cain]

Seems to be struggling for things to take off 

[daveinSB]

Quite surprised at the lack of action so far, I might even be well placed as the rain in the SE quadrant possibly becomes more convective. The dew point is on the increase, so it's got the feel. 

Still find it pretty unlikely though.

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the first few

[iand61]

Took this picture of a developing funnel cloud over the South Pennines about 90 minutes ago.

It was a few miles south of here and to far away to know if it reached the ground but a good bit of timing to see it.