General Storm Discussion Thread

[sbiggs]

for the forecasters. is there now a big probability that no "thundery downpours" are going to happen tonight, only rain? or is there something else you can see happening

[andy_leics22]

absolutely smashing it down here now, this shower is heavier than the one before!

[sunny scunny]

A few showers in the last 30 mins and it's just started raining again.

[TonyH]

Second little storm in Coventry reported by my Aunty/ Looks torrential there on radar.

[SteveElbows]

Im almost through the band now and three more loud thunder instances at 17:37, 17:41 and 17:43

[andy_leics22]

Rumble of thunder heard in the greatest city in the world... Leicester :unsure:

[Joey.G]

Have been sat on a hill for the past 30 mins looking North toward Birmingham area, thought it looked interesting! Sudden intensification on radar. Ive just got a nice view of a long line of congestus feeding into the back of it. Looks like its all past here now :unsure:

[SteveElbows]

Several more loud ones, last one just seconds ago was very 'crackly' for the first 4 seconds.

[BlueHedgehog074]

absolutely smashing it down here now, this shower is heavier than the one before!

Yep, and it looks like more is yet to come for Leceister:

Andy's Shower

:unsure:

Edit: although it looks like you are already receiving the heavy stuff. Also great to hear you've got thunder).

[Jane Louise]

A update from me again Lol.

Convection still everywhere and the sky is darkening a little to my East. I'm wondering if the rain in Wales is heading this way! Pat, Lynux, Tricky, twister can you all see it lol

[cyclonic happiness]

Some of the ehaviest rain i've seen for a few years at work a couple of hours ago with hail and thunder, and now we have another storm sitting ontop of us with heavy rain and a few flashes and bangs.

[SteveElbows]

Some of the ehaviest rain i've seen for a few years at work a couple of hours ago with hail and thunder, and now we have another storm sitting ontop of us with heavy rain and a few flashes and bangs.

Ta for the info, wasnt so heavy here and it looked like Bedworth got it better, so good to hear the reality.

More thunder here but as its now showing up on the various onine lightning detector sites I will stop going on about it.

[andy_leics22]

Yep, and it looks like more is yet to come for Leceister:

Andy's Shower

:unsure:

Edit: although it looks like you are already receiving the heavy stuff. Also great to hear you've got thunder).

Cheers bud Heard a few more rumbles too, not seen any lightning though.

[dogs32]

realy shame for here today...Im glad I abandoned the chase early seeing it wasnt going to be much around Glossy :unsure:

so many anvils without the duracell batteries

[tornadomanuk]

could this be the start of round two here? I'm watching the showers in Cornwall as they make progress ENE. Wonder if they might intensify like the first lot did earlier this afternoon.

[sbiggs]

looks quite promising now (although hope i dont speak to soon)

the northern rain band is shifting southward (ie, the line has more rain starting afresh on the south tip) , so hopefully might hit me, at the same time as the southerly band! :unsure: (wishful thinking)

[TonyH]

Very active through Stratford and Warwick and east of Coventry now.

[Andy Bown]

Backbuilding downpours over BA12 at the moment, guess they'll do if there's to be nothing thundery.

There are strong Westerly gusts blowing in as the clouds are funneling in a NE direction. Over the last

half an hour each time it's looked to be clearing another burst crops up.

[BlueHedgehog074]

Cheers bud :unsure: Heard a few more rumbles too, not seen any lightning though.

No problem. Seemed to be one or two lightning strikes somewhere to the South, according to the UK Lightning Detector overlay around 17:50pm.

[andy_leics22]

Seems to be dying down now :unsure:

Radar doesn't look as good.

[A.J]

realy shame for here today...Im glad I abandoned the chase early seeing it wasnt going to be much around Glossy :unsure:

so many anvils without the duracell batteries

Aye, there was only one thing wrong with the anvils up here mate, there weren't any!

[Andy Bown]

Oh my :unsure: . I nipped out to the garage in between the downpours and there was....

....

.... thunder, very close, just to the SE as the heaviest cell passed a mile or so away.

That is the first thunder I have heard since 17 July last year, only 364 days!!

Stunning anvil and double rainbow as it's clearing but my viewing is not good for photos.

[chapmanslade]

Backbuilding downpours over BA12 at the moment, guess they'll do if there's to be nothing thundery.

There are strong Westerly gusts blowing in as the clouds are funneling in a NE direction. Over the last

half an hour each time it's looked to be clearing another burst crops up.

First rumble of year from one of those showers

[vortex_liam]

That band of rain by oxford is shifting east... Good, its moveing towards me also there is now a strike on it...

[vortex_liam]

Starting to cloud over...