General Storm Discussion Thread

[Arron]

Just got back from picking my car up near the Wirral and also headed across to Conwy before driving home..I've never seen so much rain :lol: Obscene amounts and still battering it down here on West Wales!

[dogs32]

Heres another weird ufo shaped cloud i keep seeing. Another storm?

thats nice mate...shame it blows up so large when clicked

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better now...Very interesting...reminds me of a Supercell forming

Edited July 20, 2010 by Pat Carter

[Geordiesnow]

How many do you want? :lol:

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As i said, this thread is not busy and i can leave it for 20 mins and not have to trawl through page after page of posts!

Anyways, despite the promising skies, no thunder/lightning here sadly, oh well, i suppose i had my fun!

[Harry]

Just got back from picking my car up near the Wirral and also headed across to Conwy before driving home..I've never seen so much rain :lol: Obscene amounts and still battering it down here on West Wales!

The only thing battering here Aaron is insects, lol!! A very still, very humid 26.5C here atm...quite uncomfortable actually - be sure to send some of that heavy stuff this way

[cyclonic happiness]

Just started to rain here and is looking very very dark towards the south.

[Hodgheg]

thats nice mate...shame it blows up so large when clicked

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better now...Very interesting...reminds me of a Supercell forming

Yes wanted to say it looked a bit like an Lp supercell. Seen two similar features today. Obviously far smaller but interesting to look at anyway.

[stormchaser1]

Getting reports of thunder being heard up this way, one report from Gateshead

and the other report from the west end of Newcastle , my camera is ready, nothing heard my way yet

typical,

[dogs32]

Yes wanted to say it looked a bit like an Lp supercell. Seen two similar features today. Obviously far smaller but interesting to look at anyway.

reminds me of a miniture Plainview Supercell in the early stages..I have photo of this and you would see a similarity...colour and the edge of it

anyway good photo...thanks for taking my mind back to real storms in the USA

Edited July 20, 2010 by Pat Carter

[Nick F]

Heres another weird ufo shaped cloud i keep seeing. Another storm?

Looks like a 'beavers tail' inflow cloud bottom right ...

[Paul Sherman]

reminds me of a miniture Plainview Supercell in the early stages..I have photo of this and you would see a similarity...colour and the edge of it

anyway good photo...thanks for taking my mind back to real storms in the USA

Sssshhhhh

We dont get Supercells in the Uk...........Durgh!

[Harry]

Our only hope (confidence of which lies at 0.1% currently lol) is that the rain heading NE from the Brest Peninsula can tap into some of the instability currently being displayed across southern skies.

MetO suggesting end of July could reep some dividends - mentioning driest and warmest in the SE with heavy and thundery rain around at times...basically suggesting plume setups COULD be on the cards...of course, pretty futile so far ahead, but the signs that a setup could be on the cards is always nice!!

Edited July 20, 2010 by Harry

[dogs32]

Sssshhhhh

We dont get Supercells in the Uk...........Durgh!

lol....we might scare it off being here :lol:

[philglossop]

18.2mm from that rain here- no storms. Damn you storm shield!

[Nick F]

Our only hope (confidence of which lies at 0.1% currently lol) is that the rain heading NE from the Brest Peninsula can tap into some of the instability currently being displayed across southern skies.

Clutching straws now! Some nice light rain that evaporates as soon as it hits the ground seems the order of the overnight period for the SE.

MetO suggesting end of July could reep some dividends - mentioning driest and warmest in the SE with heavy and thundery rain around at times...basically suggesting plume setups COULD be on the cards...of course, pretty futile so far ahead, but the signs that a setup could be on the cards is always nice!!

No sign at all of that happening in the charts atm, apart from the dry bit. R.I.P the long gone Spanish Plume. Maybe we will see you again one day.

[Hodgheg]

reminds me of a miniture Plainview Supercell in the early stages..I have photo of this and you would see a similarity...colour and the edge of it

anyway good photo...thanks for taking my mind back to real storms in the USA

Very interesting. :lol: Starting to give up hope on anymore lightning this evening though. radar shows everything just to the west of me, and no lightning on the detectors. o well

[dogs32]

Very interesting. :lol: Starting to give up hope on anymore lightning this evening though. radar shows everything just to the west of me, and no lightning on the detectors. o well

If I saw that I personally would watch it and track it to see anymore developments

and jump in the car if need be...you never know

lovely sunny day here today..I take it for us down in the desert South all is over for now

Edited July 20, 2010 by Pat Carter

[remymartin]

Hmm i suppose i better water the veg patch again then, that front is not going to deliver much here :lol:

[Hodgheg]

If I saw that I personally would watch it and track it to see anymore developments

and jump in the car if need be...you never know

Just keeping my eye on it. getting a bit too dark now, but still can make out the shape and it has appeard to grow. No lightning though, or anything else.

Edited July 20, 2010 by john2006

[dogs32]

Hmm i suppose i better water the veg patch again then, that front is not going to deliver much here :lol:

its been so bad here realy we have had two confifers die..

could of done with some heavy rain even if there wasnt any lightning

[Paul Sherman]

Anyone pinning their hopes on breasts offerings might be dissapointed. Looks like it might just be a Kent Slapper from the way it is moving, should just go through the gap between Dover and Calais :lol:

Roll on 2011 - 278 days until Thunderstorms every day.......and large hail.........oh and Tornadoes.............

RIP UK THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN & SOUTH EASTERN ENGLAND

[Stuart]

guys still long way to go yet thing could still fire up later this evening

[remymartin]

its been so bad here realy we have had two confifers die..

could of done with some heavy rain even if there wasnt any lightning

Yes mate tap water is no good really just keeps the plants alive. Worst year for sometime for storms around here, bring back the 1970 s and 80s had some real crackers then.

[The PIT]

Poor old Wales getting another battering judging by the radar. At least the Sheep will be clean.

[dogs32]

Yes mate tap water is no good really just keeps the plants alive. Worst year for sometime for storms around here, bring back the 1970 s and 80s had some real crackers then.

Ive searched aorund the Net for the answer of the lack of storms compared to the 80's and 70's but cant find the reason..

I have given up!!

thankgod for StormChase and Euro storms

If this didnt exist I would get a new hobbie

Edited July 20, 2010 by Pat Carter

[A.J]

My goodness.......hail!.......lightning!.......thunder!

....yep, you guessed it.....three things not seen here today...lol