Storm/convective Discussion 26th June >>

[sparky1972]

hello everyone, any one know if sth lincs are due any storms this afternoon, forecasts i have seen have us in sunshine but very dark clouds building in now.

change that, now have thunder.

[saint]

Well........

After my 5 mile run for Charity at about 1:30-2:00 we had a strom which seemed to pass extremly close, no lighting seen but plenty of deep and loud rumbles of thunder with only a small amount of rain but the sky over in the distance was sooooooo dark, Shame nothing major has happened but it is still very Humid.

[Crimson_Sprite]

Dark clouds approaching Nottingham now from the south moving west. Looks promising! Sun is blazing out as well (finally)- Can see the Cirrus tops of thunderheads approaching, but no thunder yet... About to go out with my Anti-sheild axe and smash the Nottingham sheild!!

[stormnut]

I think some fast developing storms could form anywhere south of the main area later. Some proper convection happening here now. Will be interested to see if anything kicks off later. Someone from another board said there are new storms forming way south into west france north of spain as well. But I think it will be homegrowns that could pleasantly suprise people later in the evening.

[JamieUK]

woweeee, real humid here, 22c, but overcast as it's been all day. Few storms now with quite a few sferics to my East.

[johnholmes]

Comment on the trough line/storms

At about 1000 this morning the trough line or wind convergence area, was roughly Thames to Bristol Channel area

Its now roughly Mersey-Wash

Much of its activity does appear to be shearing from about a direction of 110 degrees but its overall movement is about north.

Just whether it will continue north with a similar intensity is very difficult to judge.

Much may depend, see latest Vis and IR sat piccs on the clear slot between the low cloud/layer cloud from about north Notts north and the layer+deep convection layer associated with the trough itself.

[JamieUK]

Lucky French...it's a feast for the eyes lol

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar...;soort=satradar

[SnowJoke]

Gone all quiet here again now, only 1 more rumble heard in the last 10mins, allthough the winds picked up a little bit and the clouds are still present. Oddlt though when it was thundering the sky wasn't very dark, the clouds were highly elevated without low dark bases and no rainfall making it to the ground.

[Lynxus]

Finally its now 18c yeahh!!! +1c

Keep going up my beauty.

Lets hope something kicks off down south from this clear sky.

[stormnut]

Hi Johnholmes

Just a quick question. To the south of the main trough have we lost any trigger for storms for the rest of the day? We seem to have a clear slot with some strong sun, but without any forcing I guess it could be another sunny day.

[dogs32]

cell up North as greatly lost alot of the electrics....

Yes and the greedy French are being bombarded with wide spread storms

Edited June 26, 2009 by dogs32

[Summer of 76]

A developing storm is moving north from my location, som pretty close strikes in the last few minutes although we have the sun out at the same time.

Grass cutting appears to have stopped and not supprised at the last couple of thunder cracks.

[Lynxus]

South of bristol is showing some convection.

Will be interesting to see what happens down there over the next 2 hours.

[VillagePlank]

Slightly OT but your guide to Skew-T diags in the Learning forum is missing some links

This might be helpful - although JH's is more in depth - here

Edited June 26, 2009 by VillagePlank

[Shaun L]

Loads of deep convection on the wirral now which ever direction you look in. Temp still above 23c so hopefully .....................!!!!

[tinybill]

cell up North as greatly lost alot of the electrics....

Yes and the greedy French are being bombarded with wide spread storms

will they jump the channel later!!! to the east

http://www.meteox.com/gmapstatic.aspx?zoom...x=272&y=264

Edited June 26, 2009 by tinybill

[anvilhead]

uksys on another forum has just reported a tornado over the brecon beacons! - was coming straight for him, and has lifted for now

[kerensa]

South of bristol is showing some convection.

Will be interesting to see what happens down there over the next 2 hours.

yes i see that too, it may be heading my way, feels like someone turned on oven here so humid temp 20

[fromey]

South of bristol is showing some convection.

Will be interesting to see what happens down there over the next 2 hours.

THE SUN IS TRYING TO BREAK THOUGH!!!temps up to 22.0 with 59% humidity so it could be heavy rain then again it could turn into a storm,who knows

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Does anyone know if there was and lightning around in Wiltshire when the heavy rain was here at about 9:30am, or was it just rain?

[dogs32]

no wonder we went to war with them at the battle of Waterloo

now that's just greedy!!

anyone got any sun towards Bristol yet........we have no chance of convection here with this cloud

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

have checked and yes there are several which I thought had been correct in 2008.

I need to redo those and will do so but not sure when I'll get a chance to do so but I've put it on my list of 'to- do'

John

Thanks, If you let me know when you've done them, I'll then continue my ejucation, oh all right education

[Albion Snowman]

Had 2 very heavy downpours today. The first 1 around 2 hours ago was stair rods for a good 20 minutes must have dumped well over half an inch. And secondly not quite so heavy but still a lot of water. Currently going dark again and very humid and still, but oddly no thunder/lightning.

Edited June 26, 2009 by Albion Snowman

[fromey]

no wonder we went to war with them at the battle of Waterloo

now that's just greedy!!

anyone got any sun towards Bristol yet........we have no chance of convection here with this cloud

we have blue sky here temps have jumped 0.7c in 11 mins humidity is has also jumped up.

if you look on sat24.com you can see the clearer slot moving up from the south

Edited June 26, 2009 by fromey

[Lynxus]

no wonder we went to war with them at the battle of Waterloo

now that's just greedy!!

anyone got any sun towards Bristol yet........we have no chance of convection here with this cloud

Shouldbe completely gone in the next hour..

I just hope maybe the late evening heat may help. But considering down south have had it for longer and yet nada.

Im not holding my breath.

Edited June 26, 2009 by Lynxus