Convective Weather General Discussion

[Kain]

Dunno what the hell is going on, but east of here we have a huge CB lighting up the sky, but no thunder heard. Iv'e got some vids I'll upload shortly

[Gordon]

I Really hope this misses me (Killjoy I know) but it's too close for comfort even it is a a little bit away

[Kain]

Funnel on the wolverhampton storm on the back edge...and it's too telephone boxing dark to photo it!

[Stormraider]

I keep thinking we are over the worst then FLASH BANG!!! lol, lightning doesnt seem so frequent now.

[Wet'n'Dry]

Clear starry skies here, I could cry

Enjoy it while it lasts lads

[Stormraider]

not had storm like it for some time....

[Costa Del Fal]

No more lightning here now i dont think. What a spectacular display though!

[Katherine]

Where the BLOODY HELL has THAT just come from?

2 intense lightning bolts, loud thunder and a sudden downpour!!!!! Was this forecast?

Edited September 23, 2010 by Katherine

[SalopWatcher]

the sky keep lighting up here no thunder tho but some pretty bright flashes must be from that cell over wolvo

Well Im further west still some 37 miles from the storm over Brum and too can confirm the flashes in the sky... no thunder... nothing here all day, not even rain

What a difference 37 miles makes

[BlueHedgehog074]

No more lightning here now i dont think. What a spectacular display though!

Lightning does seem to have died down a bit with about one flash around every 4 - 6 minutes.

Also managed to film two of the flashes and perhaps put one/two still images of the video up where the flashes occured.

[Gordon]

getting very scared now

this may be heading in my direction

[Costa Del Fal]

getting very scared now

this may be heading in my direction

It isnt heading to you. Lightning nearly stopped now anyway.

Edited September 23, 2010 by Blizzards

[Gordon]

It isnt heading to you. Lightning nearly stopped now anyway.

Thanks I hope your right

Hope you enjoyed it for those that like them

Edited September 23, 2010 by Gordon

[matt_in_dudley]

think it's all over! Was brill though? Anymore in the works?

[Kain]

Here one of the vids...camera don't enjoy the low light apprantly

[in the vale]

Katherine - follow the storm here.

http://www.netweathe...d=1285269295871

[Stuart]

all you lucky ones down there getting all the storms

[Stormraider]

No lightning here for a while either, Dont think its heading for you Gordon so you should be ok... I know how you feel... though love watching them.

I think urban heating played a big part in this storm, was watching it grow on radar, as soon as it hit Wolves it exploded.

Edited September 23, 2010 by Stormraider

[Gordon]

No lightning here for a while either, Dont think its heading for you Gordon so you should be ok... I know how you feel... though love watching them.

Thanks

[saint]

2 lightning strikes and 2 rumbles around 7:30pm. Nothing else, apart from heavy rain.

[conor123]

I can officially say that after a 17 month storm drought and just minutes after i said about how the storms were going round here we got hit by one around 5:30pm which gave several flashes of lightning, some fairly loud thunder and also some majorly intense hail and the first proper downpour of the year so far.

Very nice and theres been a few distant flashes of lightning since actually though its been really humid all day and still is.

[SalopWatcher]

I can officially say that after a 17 month storm drought and just minutes after i said about how the storms were going round here we got hit by one around 5:30pm which gave several flashes of lightning, some fairly loud thunder and also some majorly intense hail and the first proper downpour of the year so far.

Very nice and theres been a few distant flashes of lightning since actually though its been really humid all day and still is.

Im totally fuming at that report! Bloody Telford having all the fun again!

[Kain]

Im totally fuming at that report! Bloody Telford having all the fun again!

Tell me about it SW, Telford gets it all...Wolvo too!

[jk]

:lol: Funnel on the wolverhampton storm on the back edge...and it's too telephone boxing dark to photo it!

Glad someone saw this too, Had a very good view of it was like wtf.

jk.

[Alex95]

Well today has certainly been an impressive day for storms around here! All over the local news about landslides and road closures, including the Central Motorway which is one of the main roads around here. Possibly the best storm since 2005, simply because of the amount of lightning strikes which were so close; many were followed by thunder less than 5 seconds afterwards. Probably won't be another like it until 2015 though!

The only disappointing thing was that there was only 5 minutes of medium-sized hail, the rest of the time it was just extreme rainfall. I recorded 29mm in an hour, and 34mm today :lol:

Edited September 23, 2010 by alza