Convective Outlook & Discussion Mon 6th July 09

[Carl46Wrexham]

Which county is that in the West Midlands on the warnings map thats still green?

Edited July 6, 2009 by Carl43Wrexham

[sparky1972]

hi all, back online after a decent storm here in spalding. hoping there is more to come

[Paul Sherman]

I think its bang over me now although its gone as dark as night outside nothing electrical has yet to come from it.

Looks like you are right at the northern end of that Cell - The Sferics are/were further South

[londonsnow]

Harry

That Ex Wilsthire Storm is taking a direct Hit for London if it keeps its current track and Intensity.

Should be here between 4-430pm

Paul S

I hope so Paul. The huge excitement in SW london town today, thus far, has been 30 seconds of drizzle. The West End seems to have got wetter briefly, going by BBC TV footage of the Traf square plinth. I guess the optimum time in london will probably be 4 to 8pm.

[NL]

I understand your frustrations, i really do! Storms have been rare here aswell although this past week we have seen 4 thunder days in the last 6 days which is pretty decent for this location.

I suppose paitance will finally be rewarded and a storm might visit your location later this afternoon perhaps.

Unprecedented i'd say 4 Ts days out of 6, seems locations that used to be abundant in storm activity have somewhat decreased but locations like Tyne & Wear which has been storm starved for more years than i can remember has seen a rise..., thundering (again) as i type albeit very sporadic ....!!

[Harry]

Which county is that in the West Midlands thats still green?

It's a county whose resident NW members will exceptionally p**sed off about when they find out!! lol

[Paul Sherman]

I hope so Paul. The huge excitement in SW london town today, thus far, has been 30 seconds of drizzle. The West End seems to have got wetter briefly, going by BBC TV footage of the Traf square plinth. I guess the optimum time in london will probably be 4 to 8pm.

Yes that timescale looks quite good - The main band behind looks like it could turn into a potent squall line if it holds together

[Lincs Observation]

afternoon all

back online after storm that passed through an hour ago, it lasted around 30 mins, however plenty of noise and no light show.

rain was in ten min pulses ranging from spitting to a full on stairrod event.

raintoday.co.uk shows plenty of convection still to come over the next few hours.

LO

[evil monkey]

I've now taken a couple of photos of that cell!

That passed close to my NW- no precip. faint thunder heard, looked very unstable around it's downdraft base- fantastic cloud structure!

Edit to add- another cell developing SSW of me!

Edited July 6, 2009 by evil monkey

[Markh737]

'I understand your frustrations, i really do! Storms have been rare here aswell although this past week we have seen 4 thunder days in the last 6 days which is pretty decent for this location'

Its rubbish here in Darlington, the sky is more angry than an angry thing, nothing to report apart from a sharp shower at 2pm timed perfectly between car and office :lol: . At least I saw (and got stuck) in a 'humdinger' just north of Morpeth at around 18.00 yesterday coming back from a jaunt to Northumberland. Two pathetic ministorms in Darlington in 2009 might have removed me from the NSC for this year but only just!

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

That passed close to my NW- no precip. faint thunder heard, looked very unstable around it's downdraft base- fantastic cloud structure!

Edit to add- another cell developing SSW of me!

Regrettably, the computer software that lets me download pictures to my computer has deleted itself and the disk is in an inaccessible cupboard.

[Harry]

Yes that timescale looks quite good - The main band behind looks like it could turn into a potent squall line if it holds together

Like the sound of that - I think the first cell is looking like swerving away from us...JUST!!!

I think the line behind it which is still looking increasingly strong could have our name on it - and, could be at a favourable angle when it moves through too, meaning we get longer under it - here's hoping anyway!

[NorthantsSnow]

The yellow advisories have been removed for western areas now so some places have gone green i.e. most of Wales & the West Midlands.

[SalopWatcher]

http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/NewsDeta...1712892,00.html

Story from today about a storm in Mansfield...... Almost took out an entire football league team!!!

[Methuselah]

Still very black over Will's mother's!

[dallas]

Its getting increasingly windier, well defo more gusts

[Carl46Wrexham]

The yellow advisories have been removed for western areas now so some places have gone green i.e. most of Wales & the West Midlands.

Surprise Surprise.........zzzzzzzzzz another poxy naffing day of bullplop

Congrats to all you lucky peeps...jammy sods!

[Tim B]

That storm to my north looks quite mean on the radar, I can see the cloud out the front.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/NewsDeta...1712892,00.html

Story from today about a storm in Mansfield...... Almost took out an entire football league team!!!

They should have been checking the NW 5-minute radar!

[peterf]

a stonker approaching from my SE

[Harry]

Its getting increasingly windier, well defo more gusts

Hmm I'd say - cloud starting to pile in now - hope we get some thunder!! Seeing some lightning would be a nice bonus too though I won't be too picky, lol

[Tim B]

Looks interesting on the radar at the moment, the way all these showers and storms are spread around looks the arms of a spiral galaxy.

[PersianPaladin]

Reasonably frequent lightning here and loud thunder, with mostly some CC's and a couple of CG's before the main cloud canopy came over.

The rain is heavy, but not torrential. Oh, and I have bloody headache.

[dogs32]

WHATS WRONG WITH MY PLACE....

MISSED .....

something tells me to live in Kansas

its so nice here im doing gardening

Edited July 6, 2009 by dogs32

[Harry]

In all the excitement watching the radar, I completely forgot that as these approach the SE quarter generally (S Midlands/EA/SE/CS) these could turn severe and tornadic!