Convective Weather General Discussion

[A.J]

A couple of potent looking cells have popped up in the west midlands, one over birmingham, another further south near Alcester....No sferics on the nw detectors, but thats not to say there isn't any...Can any members in those areas confirm?

not sure what's fuelling that storm in Herts....Little energy, negligible lift, and no low level convergence to speak of, yet it's there alright.....any clues anyone?

[TonyH]

Plus another one now just west of Coventry.

[Ross B]

Woo, just heard my first rumble of thunder for the year in September! No idea where it came from though, whether it was the developing CB to my west or the larger one to my east.

[A.J]

and off topic in terms of UK convection, but check out sat24 satellite imagery, and see those storms go bang over central-southern France....explosive development !!

The area of thundery rain progged for eastern parts overnight is certainly getting its act together over Biscay & Northern France....High, cold cloud tops suggest deep convection, thus might be an interesting, certainly wet night for those areas

Plus another one now just west of Coventry.

yep, currently over Atherstone heading up to Ashby....The birmingham cell core is disappating, but new towers have gone up to the north of it, I've a nice view of them out of my lounge window, but daylight & heating are on the wane, so they probably wont amount to much now

[Wet'n'Dry]

The area of thundery rain progged for eastern parts overnight is certainly getting its act together over Biscay & Northern France....High, cold cloud tops suggest deep convection, thus might be an interesting, certainly wet night for those areas

At the rate that's moving It's probably gonna hit the Southern coastline around 10 tonight, could be interesting

[bazookabob]

Nice unexpected storm here for the past half hour or so, clearing now- took this picture as it approached and developed. Some good lightning and rumbles from this one!

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[TheToastPeople]

At the rate that's moving It's probably gonna hit the Southern coastline around 10 tonight, could be interesting

do you think there will be any chance of thunder and lightning? would be great to have a nightime storm

[WS Evolution]

massive storm now north of York! lightning everywhere and flash flooding!

[Bluebreezer54]

do you think there will be any chance of thunder and lightning? would be great to have a nightime storm

Apparently not much chance of fireworks by the time it gets across the channel but it does look like quite a lively feature with some heavy rain in there.

[Tom Montalbano]

Yes, certainly looks interesting tonight for southern districts, with some heavy rain moving out of N.France now, looking to hit Central Southern Counties in a few hours time, with the possibility of some embedded thunder and heavy rain breaking out further east as the night wears on.

Regards,

Tom

[Stuart]

well my next day is weds i hope

[liambailey09]

The cell over herts is dead now i think, haven't heard thunder for at least 45 mins and not seen any flashes, just plain old rain. nothing too heavy either. Seems the stevenage storm shield is going to be in effect all year!

[WS Evolution]

Storm clearing here now. Water started coming under the font door but was able to weep it away. Still rambling away to my north, very intense storm.

[TheToastPeople]

Apparently not much chance of fireworks by the time it gets across the channel but it does look like quite a lively feature with some heavy rain in there.

well i guess i will just have to grab a beer and wait and see

[Kris T]

Yes, certainly looks interesting tonight for southern districts, with some heavy rain moving out of N.France now, looking to hit Central Southern Counties in a few hours time, with the possibility of some embedded thunder and heavy rain breaking out further east as the night wears on.

Regards,

Tom

Yes Tom, that rain looks good for a hit on the Home Counties, guess I'll just sit here and wait....

[WS Evolution]

That was the best storm of the Summer / Autumn for us. Storms do seem to explode into action when they cross the vale of York. Edited September 7, 2010 by WS Evolution

[Me & angel fiance]

The cell over herts is dead now i think, haven't heard thunder for at least 45 mins and not seen any flashes, just plain old rain. nothing too heavy either. Seems the stevenage storm shield is going to be in effect all year!

oh no.. Stevenage storm shield!! I just moved here from Shoebury in Essex where we had the Shoebury snow shield.. 2 of my most favourite weathers. From one shield to another

My fiance said he drove through the recent Ware storm and it was Ware and nowhere else

Edited September 7, 2010 by eveee38

[liambailey09]

oh no.. Stevenage storm shield!! I just moved here from Shoebury in Essex where we had the Shoebury snow shield.. 2 of my most favourite weathers. From one shield to another

My fiance said he drove through the recent Ware storm and it was Ware and nowhere else

I definatly heard thunder when it was nearer ware but it stopped as soon as it got anywhere near here

and we certainly didn't have a snow shield the winter just gone, 2 separate weeks off of school in december and february

[Cloud 10]

That was the best storm of the Summer / Autumn for us. Storms do seem to explode into action when they cross the vale of York.

Theres some really menacing looking cloud just to my east at the moment,maybe something brewing up?

Just started absolutely hammering down!!!

Edited September 7, 2010 by Cloud 10

[cloudscapes]

We've looked as though we could have had some really heavy showers/thunder storms today, but they have all passede on without anything happening.

[Cloud 10]

Its tipping down again here and i have just heard a rumble of thunder.

[multi cellular thunderstorm]

Its tipping down again here and i have just heard a rumble of thunder.

What a shock that was, bright flash of lightning and quite loud thunder, didn't expect that :lol:

[stormchaser1]

What a shock that was, bright flash of lightning and quite loud thunder, didn't expect that

No Thunder here {again} lol Typical

[Stuart]

had a few flashs of lightning this evening

[Alex95]

Been some torrential rain this evening, no thunder though.