General Storm Discussion Thread

[TonyH]

Well..not that many very heavy showers around so far over E&W, we had quite a few this morning here though.

[A.J]

well if the future radar is to believed then Wiltshire will be hit from the Brest Storms around 4.pm

With a bot of luck they'll regenerate as they head up into the midlands, although I would expect more home growns before then....If GFS is to be believed, the most conducive time for home growns in the midlands is between mid afternoon & late evening

[andy_leics22]

Seems to be a heavy shower just East of Oxford heading straight North. I would like to see that intensify!

[dogs32]

With a bot of luck they'll regenerate as they head up into the midlands, although I would expect more home growns before then....If GFS is to be believed, the most conducive time for home growns in the midlands is between mid afternoon & late evening

yea thats what Im hopeing for myself...they re-ignite as they hit Sidmouth area and spread up into Avon,Glos north eastwards...long shot...but this does look like the track

IOW radar shows a lot of lightning with this lot.....just hope it doesnt die

desperation

Edited July 14, 2010 by Pat Carter

[DeepSnow]

Those showers over the south west and over the channel, are they likely to turin into anything interesting?

[A.J]

yea thats what Im hopeing for myself...they re-ignite as they hit Sidmouth area and spread up into Avon,Glos north eastwards...long shot...but this does look like the track

the only problem is, as W09 mentioned, is the amount of high level cloud, it has a natural dampening effect on convection, indeed Sat24 visisat shows thats extensive over the mainland

[Stuart]

I not holding much hope here right now

[Harry]

Supercells over France/Benelux look stunning on Sat24 at the moment! Lucky gits!!!

[Supacell]

Supacell, clouding over here, some pretty nice cloud formations, certainly some bases firing up.

Wind has picked up a little also.

lewis

Thanks mate.

Highest CAPE still west of here if GFS charts are to be believed, so certainly west of you. GFS shows best storm probablilty for this evening, but Met Office seem to think showers will die out after 7pm.

Alhough an interesting line of showers pushes north overnight on the Meto rainfall predictions.

And... does anyone thing the French storms will survive the channel. If they do and turn multicellular then they would probably get quite far north too.. (heres hoping lol)

[andy_leics22]

I not holding much hope here right now

It's surprisingly quiet for anything stormy in your area at the moment. I was expecting to see something better than that for the Scottish borders.

[vortex_liam]

Seems to be a heavy shower just East of Oxford heading straight North. I would like to see that intensify!

thats what i'm tracking its going north east ... towards me...

[willinkent]

Anyone have any links to webcams in N France/Benelux region? Seems only place thats going to get any thunder/super cells....

[dogs32]

wouldnt surprise me the cells in Devon exploding either as the afternoon goes by.

sat24 showing some nice deep convection building around the Cornish coast also

[Harry]

MetO invent still quite keen on a line of heavy showers/storms to stretch NE'wards from Wales down towards the SE, seemingly along a trough!

[ZONE 51]

hi all! been reading posts all very exciting, think best chance for a very long time for surrey , watching france and channel of course, some parts of the south/se have risk of storms overnight as much as afternoon and eve i think.

And for north its late afternoon and early evening storms as said in the convective forecast, no ones said any downgrades have they? its between 3 and 7pm best chance (:

[we1330]

do you you any great places to view the skies? I regularly go to fen drayton nature reserve as you can see for miles in all directions.

Fen Drayton is nice, Fenstanton where I work is good. Anywhere along the road near RAF Wyton is good too

[liamcymro]

Thunderstorm now kicking off here with a few rumbles.....and downpours

[Guest]

Seem to have a small gust front preceeding a shower here. I'm timelapsing it now.

[Wilxy]

Im guessing that line of heavy rain?storms near jersey are gunna hit somewhere between dorset and IOW not only that it seems to be expending more on its eastern side.

[Lewis]

Dew points seem to be dropping around Eastern areas, we had a 17.4c dew here a few hours ago now down to 14.3c

[Marcus_surfer]

Very interesting afternoon unfolding to say the least, looks like the showers are becoming more beefy now and the sun has come out quite a bit here now, feeling warm and humid. Hope to see thunder in these showers soon.

[sbiggs]

can see a heavy band of rain to the cambourne area in cambs which is coming towards me. nothing in the sense of flashes or bangs, but looks torrential none the less

[Lewis]

Dew points seem to be dropping around Eastern areas, we had a 17.4c dew here a few hours ago now down to 14.3c

Scrap that, its gone back upto 16.4c in the space of 7 mins

Temp of 22ºc

Edited July 14, 2010 by North Sea Breeze

[Coast]

Ahhhh yes, I remember why we're in here now.......

[westysweather]

i hope they do come up through sidmouth..... ill be there lol! very strong gusts here with a steady breeze which is pleasently warm...........