Storm/convective Discussion

[dogs32]

Yep agree with that number, the first flash appeared to be in the Barnwood / Abbeymead area of Gloucester and the last was more Sandhurst direction.

Edit.

Rain has eased up a fair bit too now.

yes just another....looks like where ever it is it might intensify as the morning goes on......Its got brighter here now so hopefully the sun shows it self

[Neilsouth]

Sun is out , feeling VERY humid !

Looking good for storms though

[Coast]

All going very much to the GFS plan at the moment.

[dogs32]

for us in the South....

South West England: Bristol Gloucestershire Heavy Rain 1200 Fri 26 2359 Fri 26 Isolated thunderstorms will move across the area this afternoon and evening. The thunderstorms will bring very heavy rain, with 15-30 mm of rain falling within 3 hours in places, possibly in excess of 40 mm locally.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice regarding traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Issued at: 1002 Fri 26 Ju

[03jtrickey]

Could someone with access to the NMM model post for this afternoon? Or is that against the rules?

[Kookylou]

well looks we had our fun here last night!! good luck to everyone else!!

[Neilsouth]

It's gone black to my south west

[Herefordweather]

Very dark in Hereford now, how much rain did you lot in Chelt/Glous get?

[Neilsouth]

Thunderstorm near east kent!!

Woohoo

[Lynxus]

There appears to be a line of convection going up from the east of IOW to bristol way.

I think this is something to watch over the next few hours.

[StormChaseUK]

which side of hereford are you, north, east? south?

[dogs32]

Very dark in Hereford now, how much rain did you lot in Chelt/Glous get?

quite a bit.....gutters overflowed around here.....But only last 20 mins of very heavy rain

on radar I think it is intensifying

Edited June 26, 2009 by dogs32

[03jtrickey]

The sun almost wants to come through now

Yes a fair bit of rain for the time - probably about 7mm, looking on the Netweather cumulative radar thing.

Edited June 26, 2009 by 03jtrickey

[Herefordweather]

Im right in the City of Hereford, heavy rain now, really big convective type drops.

[Marcus_surfer]

Well, What a superb night of thunderstorms we had last night. The first batch of storms hit around 9.30pm til 10.30pm. After 10.30pm till around 12.30am we had very frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and very loud thunder, the rain was very intense. It all calmed down again, only to become very loud again at around 3AM!

[Herefordweather]

Wow, torrential rain. Monsoon like.

[VillagePlank]

GFS 6z moves main area of risk northwards from Hampshire centering on Oxford, now, and, a very special nod in the direction of Mid to North Wales, with perhaps a nice suprise for those near, or in corridor from Cheshire to Birmingham.

[Neilsouth]

Thunder!!

Huge towers to my east

[Coast]

K-Index: 20 to 25 Weak, 26 to 35 Moderate, > 35 Strong.

Total-totals: 48 to 49 Weak, 50 to 55 Moderate, => 56 Strong.

KO-Index: > 6 Weak, 2 to 6 Moderate, < 2 Strong.

S-Index: < 39 Weak, 40 to 46 Moderate, > 46 Strong.

[VillagePlank]

Thunder!!

Huge towers to my east

That'll be this lot, then ...

[dogs32]

Thunder!!

Huge towers to my east

yes there is a huge explosion happening on Sat24 near Kent

[Herefordweather]

Severe conditions in hereford, 10mm already. Never seen rain like it.

[Noctilucid]

Trough is bursting back into life only a few miles NE of here. plenty of dark cloud bases about.

Torrential rain just begun falling from a developing cloud base right overhead.

Edited June 26, 2009 by jshaw

[VillagePlank]

I'm looking at the Sat, and the cloud looks like it may well persist throughout early afternoon, so if this is the case, no one in the Midlands will be seeing any storms today.

I reckon there's a nice surprise late in the day (18z) for NW Midlands, myself, but, then, there you go - we will know soon enough

[Herefordweather]

I'm looking at the Sat, and the cloud looks like it may well persist throughout early afternoon, so if this is the case, no one in the Midlands will be seeing any storms today.

Rubbish, I am!