Storm/convective Discussion

[Chloe]

yes, the storms seem to be building south west of london and travelling north west right through london.

Yipeeee! no lightning as yet just low booms

[Kain]

And the Bridgnorth shield holds!

Type in WV16 lol.

Some reason it wont let me upload a BMP image.

[azores92]

thats the second shower passing through now. i would imagine thats a lot of rain already

[Rustynailer]

Thundery activity in NW France, satellite pictures show intensifying cloud there. Might yet get some distant rumbles this evening.

Looks nice in the Midlands :o

[dogs32]

Thundery activity in NW France, satellite pictures show intensifying cloud there. Might yet get some distant rumbles this evening.

Looks nice in the Midlands :o

yes its building down there Rusty.....this must be Tuesday's event

[johnholmes]

And the Bridgnorth shield holds!

Type in WV16 lol.

Some reason it wont let me upload a BMP image.

it won't you have to use jpg

[weatherobsuk]

I can also see the tops of a developing CB at the moment. Its hard to tell wether its the Birmingham storm or a seperate cell altogether but the heads are towering in the far south.

[UKSupercell]

Is it me or are the metoffice actually serious about this warning? Well I'm in the area (Buckinghamshire) covered by the severe weather warning and there's damn all positive convection around here, it's very muggy and earlier was pretty hot but it's generally just hazy flat cumulus cloud and there isn't much strong convection, no real towers exploding upwards.

All I can say is my money is on no thunderstorms but I can see on the metoffice rainfall radar a line of showers have formed stretching from Bucks up to Birmingham.

[azores92]

I can also see the tops of a developing CB at the moment. Its hard to tell wether its the Birmingham storm or a seperate cell altogether but the heads are towering in the far south.

thats a good hour of torrential rain, must have had a good inch by now.

[twister2005]

which way are the showers moving, the ones near oxford are getting closer to here, you never know?

Also when are we likely to see the rain tonight?

[jk]

Really good storm yet again today :o

The rain was unbelievable, Also the wind that came with it i thought it would do some damage it was that strong.

[Wilxy]

Im hoping to at least get some distant flashes tonight :o but i may be getting my hopes up a little.

[dogs32]

which way are the showers moving, the ones near oxford are getting closer to here, you never know?

Also when are we likely to see the rain tonight?

Twister the convection earlier as moved to the North and East of us...so at present nothing on the horizon..

hopefully a chance tomorrow

[Kain]

it won't you have to use jpg

Yeah I know John, I'm just lazy today, I cba to change the type in photoshop.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand, the cell towards Wolverhampton seems to have stopped rumbling.

Sadly my swearing and cursing Wolverhapton hasn't lol.

Edited June 29, 2009 by Kane

[Noctilucid]

Serious convection visible through the haze to my W and SW.

T'is odd that there is a storm the other end of town yet I can't see it, I hate haze.

[johnholmes]

Is it me or are the metoffice actually serious about this warning? Well I'm in the area (Buckinghamshire) covered by the severe weather warning and there's damn all positive convection around here, it's very muggy and earlier was pretty hot but it's generally just hazy flat cumulus cloud and there isn't much strong convection, no real towers exploding upwards.

All I can say is my money is on no thunderstorms but I can see on the metoffice rainfall radar a line of showers have formed stretching from Bucks up to Birmingham.

I think, perhaps because of Wimbledon they may be being over warning, to me the main threat and even then for isolated storms has always been about Birmingham and an arc about wnw-nnw of that area.

[Nick L]

Several distant rumbles of thunder and now a flash of lightning.

[Costa Del Fal]

Thunderstorm here but with someLightning and Thunder but a MEGA Downpour with the road flooded!

[Nick L]

Jesus christ!! Just had a bolt of lightning literally yards from my house, scared the life out of me!!

[Costa Del Fal]

Well there you have it, another storm passes by. Only seen one flash and a few rumbles. I would say aj will be getting this storm soon. Ridiculous, cannot believe my luck.

Armagedon of a downpour just passed! Was the best downpour ive seen in ages! The Lightning was good and the thunder quite regular!

[Wilxy]

Clouds increasing fast and temps dropping now just so wondering what is going to happen with this import later. 26.6°C

[twister2005]

Just seen BBC weather and they just said patchy rain tonight, nothing thundery?

[Jane Louise]

A couple of lovely anvils here with some great convection.

[Nick F]

Distinct tall cumulus towers looming to the NW of here, probably SW London way, radar reveals a line of showers stretching in a line from SW London up into the Midlands, looks like this is to due to NW-SE wind convergence zone looking at recent wind map:

[tornadomanuk]

Just seen BBC weather and they just said patchy rain tonight, nothing thundery?

Yes I think I have to agree with them I'm afraid. Looking at the latest radar image shows a clump of strong cells in France but they look to be on course in a NNE direction - possibly towards Brighton and surrounding area. There is some light rain just off the coast of Brest and unless it intensifies over the channel or if it hits land (Lyme Bay area I reckon) then its just a damp night for us.