Storms and Convective discussion- August 2024

[ChannelThunder]

If you play the satellite animation, the anvil from the old French storms earlier almost seems like it has acted like a trigger for the rapid development in the eastern channel in the last 20 minutes. It's similar to what you see on the radar in the USA where outflow boundaries cause things to blow up. Might just be a coincidence in this case as you'd need doppler radar to confirm.

[Alderc 2.0]

That’s how Storms fire - zero to heavy radar returns in 15mins. Kent Clipper, so good night.

[Southern Storm]

 ChannelThunder If so, any chance of it triggering anything further west?

[Cain]

Ahh the usual place again I can’t see nothing happening here tonight really 

[Jamie M]

That is some very active lightning to my south - didn't expect to see it so active when I decided to have a look

 

One flash to prove 

[viking_smb]

 Cain  Nor me 

[Harry's House]

Also seen lightning to my south

[ChannelThunder]

 Southern Storm afraid not; even if it is an outflow boundary of sorts, it's too far away from here & its strongest push would take it with the steering flow, aka, the direction that the decaying anvil is moving in (NE)

Edited July 31 by ChannelThunder

[Tamsin]

 Southern Storm

According to a wind website there appears to be a couple of bits of convergence roughly where the lightning is.  [Edit] but my goodness, those little cells are exploding!  Look at the precipitation underneath the strikes 

 

Edited July 31 by Tamsin

[Eagle Eye]

Nice.

[Eagle Eye]

Ridiculously frequent. This is the high energy showing itself up. 

Also, just heard thunder. 

Edited July 31 by Eagle Eye

[Southern Storm]

 Eagle Eye very nice  

I hope those cells continue to develop 

[Stormhog]

Lightning a little further West now, just South of Eastbourne, just popped out to the garden and watching the flashes.

[LIGHTNING ACTION]

Web cam from Berck shows active cells over English channel

 

 

[Cain]

Good luck to you all in the south east 

[Eagle Eye]

Deep rumbles of thunder! 

Big flashes of lightning as well. 

[alexisj9]

 Jamie M must be to much cloud here, can't see flashes southof me, and Iknow there's nothing north of me, might not have been hearingthings, when I thought iheard thunder though, Sound like the distant end of a positive strike.

[viking_smb]

Good luck to those in south east 

Off to land of zzzz now but if i wake up due to heat then might pop on for 5 mins during night

[Southern Storm]

It's started raining here in Mudeford, I'm not expecting much more than that, the action over in the southeast is keeping me entertained though

[Tamsin]

 Cain

I don't know what the models have said for tonight but the wind inland appears to be doing this:  No idea how significant that is 

 

[Eagle Eye]

The rumbles of thunder are deep long and booming. Probably the best kind. 

[Mitch the motorbike storm]

Christ that cell has exploded , where should I go to watch that or am I fine in Manston 

[ChannelThunder]

This looks like it's going to be the very definition of a Kent clipper. Absolutely textbook 

[Thunderspotter]

It's going for it!

[ChannelThunder]

 Eagle Eye they're where my username idea came from  - they always sound so incredible after traveling over the sea for at least 10 miles.