Storm Reports: 4th July 2006

[A Gower Guy]

Post your storm reports here:

[Damone]

Was out at the time, so couldn't report it, but we had a storm in Newquay between 7 and 8Pm. Sounded pretty bad, but was a fair few miles away.

Also had one, I think, out to sea at Newquay between 8 and 9am this morning. Again, sounded very loud, but there was long intervals between thunder. Didn't see any lightning.

[nanu]

Looks Like A Huge storm developing right over my house.. Constant thunder Cant see the lightning as must be high up Rain absolutly tipping it down now

[kold weather]

Thunderstorm just to my west, decent lightning and some nice deep rumbles of thunder, not that bad!

[johnholmes]

Situation with mid day skew-t ascents

Abbreviations=t=temperature; td=dewpoint; 850mb=5000ft; 700mb=10000ft; 600mb=14000ft; kt=knots

First for France

Brest= with temp 24C and dewpoint 17C cloud tops to 37000ft

Trappes(Paris)=T=30 td=16, cloud tops to 37000ft; 850mb=17020kt(?) not sure

600mb=210 25kt

England

Camborne(sw England)

T=26 td=15 tops to 35000ft; 850mb=12025kt; 700mb=17010kt

Herstmanceux(se England)

T=30 td=15 tops=37000ft; 850mb=19010kt; 700mb=17015kt

Watnall(Midlands) t=29 td=15, tops=36000ft and fairly dry at top; 850mb=19010kt; 700mb=21015kt

Albemarle(n England)

Has a marked lid/cap and is unlikely to generate storms in its area, you would have to wait for imported storms further south

Other factors

Heat over France and England will tend to generate small centres of low pressure which aid lift, these are likely to move on a generally northerly track.

minor convergence zones which may develop into local troughs, again over France and England/Wales, will further aid convective devolpment during day time today and tomorrow.

One other factor to be aware of is that whilst convection generally decreases overnight, cloud tops can increase, due to cooling at the top as the sun is no longer there, and this can 'pep' up some storm areas at times.

The 500mb low off Corunna(nw Spain) is predicted to edge slowly about due north over the next 24-48 hours. This will help in the general destabilization of air at most levels over and south to south south west of the UK= in simple terms, more chance of thunderstorms occurring more widely.

Edited July 4, 2006 by johnholmes

[carinthian]

brief sharp shower and rumbles of thunder around 1.30pm

broken alt cast and sunny intervals now. 27C

Tamara

Hi Tamara,

Looking at the latest radar from the French Met service,there seems to be some clusters of home grown storms now developing in the Paris Basin. As John Holmes has just pointed out they may trundle into your part of the world later this evening. Worth watching out for.

C

[Fitz]

Heavy rain and loud thunder. Lightning overhead in Amersham Bucks at my work location but storm seems to have passed over to theN in about 10 minutes. Still vry humid

[kneely200]

massive massive storm right over me, 'll get pics ok, temps of 31 degreez.

heading right for us, HIDE!!!!! lol

[Summer of 76]

Slight storm overhead which seems to be building, large spots of rain temperature 28.8 falling along with the pressure

[Tom D]

a passing storm is all, very humid, todays max, due to the storm coming at the hottest part of the day, a mere 30.6c

very muggy now though, current temp 27c and rising again the sun is coming out once more.

phew!

[flump]

dark clouds forming & slight rumbles of thunder heard in the distance coming from bedforshire.

No rain but very very humid.

I have tied the back garden down lol

Flump

[kneely200]

well, that was over in a flash (funny hey) lol.

only brushed past,

lightning detectors show that a storm is in south somerset,

i hope it heads north. yay. B)

[Tim]

Thunderstorm in Bristol for the last hour, now moved north, seems to be weakening

[textmum]

Around 2.30 came over dark, started to thunder, then came the lightning, some light rain at first. This seemed to stop, then the storm broke overhead. We had torrential rain, large hailstones, thunder/lightning. Looking out of the window the weather looked like what you see on a hurricane report! Local infant school flooded. Reports of storm drains being lifted. I work locally, came in and my porch and garage have been flooded.

At this moment in time, you wouldnt know there had been any rain, and it is so hot again!

Just checked a bucket in the garden and it has about 2.5 inches of water in it!

Edited July 4, 2006 by textmum

[carinthian]

Hi Tamara,

Looking at the latest radar from the French Met service,there seems to be some clusters of home grown storms now developing in the Paris Basin. As John Holmes has just pointed out they may trundle into your part of the world later this evening. Worth watching out for.

C

Big storm now pushing out of the Paris Basin and moving north into the Somme Region and Pas De Calais. Kent and Sussex should soon starting seeing the affects of this storm zone ?

C

[weather_it_will]

Thunder just starting in North Oxfordshire.

Very dark storm clouds aproaching from the North

[Rob W]

A storm's approaching us from the south east. It's producing fairly heavy rain and some tunder, but I've not seen any lightning, yet.

It's horribly muggy, at the moment, as well

[Louise]

Argh just started with thunder now here in Market Drayton (Shropshire), looks like it's coming from Telford way...

GO AWAY!!!!!!!!! I HATE storms.....

[Marcus_surfer]

We have had two more thunderstorms today ... i have added them to the bottom of my thunderstorm 2006 list...

[autumn chill]

Thunder heard from around 20.20, occasional flashes of lightning to south. Could it be your storm Louise?

20.38 Getting closer. Here comes the rain.

21.05 Storm moving away, rain ceased, passed to east of my location.

Edited July 4, 2006 by autumn chill

[weather_it_will]

The thunder here never progressed into anything more.

It went off to the north and east of here.

Can't see any sign of stormy weather now.

Maybe when trying to sleep it will be stormy ?

[I can't believe it's not better]

Thunderstorm in Bristol for the last hour, now moved north, seems to be weakening

Just arrived back from west Wales to that at 5pm Also a storm at about 3 am on Monday morning near Cardigan (some hours after the dry hay was put away - just ) Strange, lightning quite close, but very, very quiet thunder. Some strange atmospheric phenomenon!

[kar999]

Thunderstorm with large raindrops and some hail at 6:30pm. Some CG and storm had passed to the North towards Stafford area by 7:30pm

Further storm seen to the west over mid-Shropshire/Welsh border area.

[Cakie]

Just had a storm track North east of here (half an hour ago), could hear the thunder but must have been a mile or so away so no rain

Apparently it was raining in Bourton on the Water at 8Pm

[rob_weiss]

We had a storm pass overhead at 5pm frequent CG lightning and many close strikes and torrential rain, passed quickly though but knocked out power to whole of Northampton for well over an hour.