Storms and Convective discussion - May 2024

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Nice little storm in the channel near Dover

[ChannelThunder]

Salisbury plains coming to life on the radar; expect the lightning to start soon

[Daniel_c150311]

 

are these some small mammatus?

[Allseasons-Si]

 Daniel_c150311 No,...just Cu (Cumulus cloud) bubbling up

this is a Mammatus cloud...

 

Edited May 6 by Allseasons-Si

[WillinGlossop]

Torrential tropical style large raindrops… keeps getting heavier… no thunder yet… developed just north of here but very slow moving… 

edit lighter now… 10mm from that one prolonged shower 

Edited May 6 by WillinGlossop

[The PIT]

Zippo here and very little lightning on the radar. Plenty of showers around.

[Ellozee]

Some nice convection here in Darley Dale, expect it will be bucketing down within the hour

[matty40s]

 Daniel_c150311

There has been some short lived mammatus occasionally today, the middle level air is very cold.

[LIGHTNING ACTION]

took another timelapse cus i was bored, looking like action is starting

>>1.00<<

 

 

[LIGHTNING ACTION]

cells in leeds are now firing up

[Rufus Butterfield]

Despite some hefty showers nearby that I'd usually be able to see, I can’t see them cause it’s so hazy.

[LetItSnow!]

Purple colours showing on the radar while these cells are basically not moving... Got a feeling flash flooding will be being reported this afternoon/evening.

Edited May 6 by LetItSnow!

[Wade]

wow very fierce storm over Bradford, lots of lightning as well, not to mention it is very slow moving so flooding seems very likely indeed

[Thunderspotter]

Not much happening in the south... I blame the Met!!

[TJS1998Tom]

Just going to be cloud here today I think

[matty40s]

As per previous...

 

[The PIT]

These are just going to annoy me and keep just to the north of Sheffield

[LetItSnow!]

Would love to know if anyone's under that Bradford area cell / see footage

[LIGHTNING ACTION]

just got hits of loud thunder on that cell near York... gonna go for a walk and hopefully see some bolts if it doesn't die... i was recording and got a flash and ima see if i caught a bolt on my recorder

[weatherobsuk]

Looks like convergence winds is what's needed to kick off any storms for today, the current cells lining up nicely with what the xcweather obs is showing.

 

[Mapantz]

Strikes just north of Sherborne, outside of the Met Office' warning  

Looks like I picked something up

Edited May 6 by Mapantz

[Mark Parsons]

 Mapantz they are seldom correct at getting it right! It looks to me like development is taking place as you have stated outside the warning area.......

[Ben Sainsbury]

We've got what looks to be a well-organised cell with possible supercellular characteristics NE of Yeovil. Two cells moving S across Bristol underwent a merge about 3:30pm and then proceeded to steer right of the mean flow across Somerset. Within the last 15 minutes it has undergone another merge and has resulted in the lightning NE of Yeovil. Anyone in the vicinity with a visual on the cell?

Two cases of constructive interference it seems, may have the potential to produce a funnel/weak tornado if it maintains organisation.

Edited May 6 by Ben Sainsbury

[mike5900]

Just heard some thunder.

[Dangerous55019]

Well the sun has finally broken through here… And the temperature has sky rocketed to… 16° Celsius!

Exceptionally weak and fluffy convection is the result. It doesn’t feel right for a storm for me.

So unless something exciting happens… I’m gonna call this one a bust for me.

But I’ll leave the latest rainfall radar and lightning map in the hope that they’ll be useful to other members.

Good luck to everyone else, and yet again, over and out from storm starved in North East Wales.