Storm Reports - 27th April 2005

[Stuart]

Please post any storm reports for today here. Thanks.

[Kent Snow]

A single roll of Thunder 0958.

[johnholmes]

hi

the skew-t's suggest that the midlands and sw are probably the best areas for cloud tops to get high enough for thunder; mind you there will always be the chance for other areas. Most cloud tops between 18000ft and 20000ft but maybe 24000ft.

regards

John

[moogyboobles]

A friend in Cranbrook, Kent just told me about thunder, lightening and a layer of ice in her garden from the hail thats just come down.

Gorgeous here though.

[Paul]

Couple of rumbles of thunder here, along with a fairly heavy hail shower. :blink:

[Andy Bown]

2 rumbles as a deluge cleared E at 1214,1220.

Expect more reports later :blink:

[WBSH]

OMG!!!!!! Just heard almighty claps of thunder and lightening! must of lasted about 10 - 15 MINUTES. Its gone all dark now and I have just heard another one whilst typiung! Dogs barking and everything!

WBSH

[Nath]

Nice hail here a min ago. Distant thunder but I think the main clouds north of me :blink:

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

just had a storm in slough, the back edge is just clearing through now, half a dozen IC lightning and half a dozen rumbles of thunder along with heavy rain mixed with hail at times. the wind became very gusty.

[Matt B]

Can confirm that Jimbolob. Copy of post in Storms section

Storm in Slough NOW. Heavy rain with hail mixed in. Green tinge to the cloud cover with booming thunder and lightning strikes. Superb.

[Andy Bown]

Green cloud Matt, I've only ever seen that once and it was a bad storm!!

One nearby deep rumble of thunder at 1325 but the heaviest of the line of storms has stayed S.

[Kent Snow]

Just experienced a T-storm during the past 30 minutes.

Thunder, Lightning(IC), hail and fairly heavy rain.

As I type another roll of thunder booms out.

:blink:

[Matt B]

Green cloud Matt

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Yep a defo tinge of Green in a section of the cloud. Not extensive but and area near the leading edge.

[Paul Sherman]

On the edge of a Nasty storm here In Central London, Main activity is to the North West of me, Lots of CC And distant rumbles, the outflow winds are about 25mph pretty impressive anb great cloud structure.

Paul Sherman

This is heading into Hertfordshire

[Cableguy]

probably catching the same storm here in woking, torrential rain and about half a dozen rumbles of thunder

[Mikel Nimbus]

That would make sense Paul seeing as i'm in NW London :blink:

Loads of thunder, heavy rain/hail.

[desperately seeking]

Same storm here I think - Central London (Strand) torrential rain and rumbles of thunder...

DS

[nanu]

Woooo... Big Flash of Lightning..loud booming thunder (just love the base in that).. new one was gonna happen sooner or later.

Starting to clear up here now :blink:

[Cableguy]

Another thundery downpour, now heading away towards C.London by the looks of it

[nanu]

nasty storm now.. lightning flashing overhead in an absolute downpoor, i just love these april showers :blink:

[johnholmes]

hi

I think one reason why what some term the M4 corridor is seeing so much activity is due to some convergence occurring bewteen the coast and 50-60 miles inland. This is causing rather more upward motion than the skew-T's might have suggested for so far east. Once the showers/storms have generated then they will migrate ENE in the general flow at around 5,000ft, say 25-30mph. This should show on the radar echoes.

regards

John

[snow raven]

A storm is just passing over head in Bexleyheath. Dont think we are going to get much from it, had a few flashes of lightening and a rumble of thunder so far....

[tugmistress]

Just a stupid question, why don't we get much up here?.... i think in 3 years i have been here we have had 3 storms with thunder and lightening only :blink:

[nanu]

A storm is just passing over head in Bexleyheath.  Dont think we are going to get much from it, had a few flashes of lightening and a rumble of thunder so far....

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That one turning into a full blown thunderstorm now .. lightning is immense :blink:

[kold weather]

thunder from a storm to my WSW at present,going to clip me for sure at least.

and john,yes looking at the Satiite images i'd agree with that I'd certainly think there is a convergabce line set-up along the M4 Corridor.