General Storm Discussion Thread

[A.J]

same here Pat....some nice beefy showers setting off over the Pennines and the border.....If I was a god, I'd throw up a big mountain range over say, Wolverhampton, and watch storms explode towards me....lol.....of course, there are those out there who'd think burying wolverhampton under a mountain range is a pretty good idea anyway without the storms.... :lol:

I'll fetch me coat...

[Alex95]

Just had a very brief warm light shower, a few large rain drops on the patio but nothing else.

[A.J]

wanna see some jaw-dropping eye candy for next saturday?.........then indulge & enjoy.......and dont blame me when this absolute orgasm of a chart downgrades...lol

[NUT]

Let's see it all disappear on the next run! :lol: Does look very impressive for next weekend but we all know charts tend to get downgraded. I suspect it won't be as extreme as GFS is showing just now (Although if it's still there by wednesday then I'll begin to believe it's possible)

[DeepSnow]

Just looked at the 10day weather forecast for my area, next saturday it says 30C with an 81% chance of storms, that would really be amazing! Seeming this weekend looks like nothing will happen for here, it would be really good if somehow it happens next weekend :lol:

[Alex95]

What are the chances of anything kicking off this evening? Warm rain here with huge drops, but the Meto warning doesn't mention thunder.

[Cloud 10]

What are the chances of anything kicking off this evening? Warm rain here with huge drops, but the Meto warning doesn't mention thunder.

Heard a couple of rumbles of thunder in the last 10 minutes.

A nice line of thundery showers developing and spreading north-east.

ROFL! i need to change my avatar!

[Alex95]

Heard a couple of rumbles of thunder in the last 10 minutes.

A nice line of thundery showers developing and spreading north-east.

Great news! The showers are getting heavier here now, but no thunder yet. I'm going to go outside, but I've got a horrible feeling it'll all slip to my south and I'll miss out by 10 miles.

Edit: very distant rumble of thunder.

[peterf]

Heard a couple of rumbles of thunder in the last 10 minutes.

A nice line of thundery showers developing and spreading north-east.

ROFL! i need to change my avatar!

lashed it down here and looks like more to come.

[Thundery wintry showers]

I note that there is a sea breeze, hence temperatures of only 16-18C today at South Shields. This means that some convergence will be setting up across inland areas which will increase the chances of heavy showers, merging to longer spells of rain at times, becoming widely electfified, though I think the rain will be more of a prominent feature than the thunder.

However I expect that precipitation and thunder activity will tend to fizzle out as it reaches the coast, again due to the sea breeze, so probably nothing more than a sprinkling of rain at places like South Shields.

[Alex95]

Just heard another rumble of thunder, after seeing a flash of lightning to my south. I might not have noticed if I hadn't been expecting some

[Cloud 10]

Looks to be sliding just east of my location.

[Alex95]

Looks like Tyne and Wear will miss out, with Durham getting some decent downpours this evening. Deja vu.

Edit: Sunderland may clip a storm looking at raintoday.

[OldGreggsTundraBoy]

i highly doubt any big thunderstorms over the next few days despite the heat, definitely exceeding 30C in london. The air mass is pretty dry and stable atm. Im hoping sometime next week we will get the big thundery breakdown!

[Cheese Rice]

Am surprised at the showers on the radar, mostly because of constant cloud cover. Anyway 3 down-pours in last few hours, with a temperature of 25.c, very tropical feeling.

[Stuart]

i see a downgread for sat storm risk but still long way off yet:)

[Coast]

i see a downgread for sat storm risk but still long way off yet:)

I think you may be lucky today, I'll also stick my neck out for anyone around Cambridgeshire.

[r6 steve]

Wll what a hot mornng it is o far!! I was wondering if that system down the western side of franc could make southern britain? it seems to of

steadily progresed north from spain? any ideas?

[Ben_Cambs]

I think you may be lucky today, I'll also stick my neck out for anyone around Cambridgeshire.

You've probably jinxed it Coast.....

[Ross B]

Looking quite good for us Scots today. There are already a number of showers around although it is very cloudy and therefore difficult to see what is going on - not likely to be photogenic storms then.

[BornFromTheVoid]

Met Eireann says a slight risk of some thunderstorms today. Not much showing on the radar yet, although we had a very short, sharp shower just 5 minutes ago.

[Ross B]

It will be interesting to see whether those showers make it over to the west coast from ni. They look pretty heavy! I'm in kilmarnock for the weekend.

[Neilsouth]

Storms over france , one little one over NI

[NUT]

Had a quite strong shower here not that long ago (Which seemingly formed out of nothing) No thunder/lightning though. Quite interesting to note despite being really quite breezy all day long? The wind has died back to nothing like it was yesterday. No more showers looking like they are on the horizon (For now)

[Tim B]

There seems to be a cap in place where I am, no storms for me today unless it breaks.

Which it wont.