Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion

[Mezzair]

Currently half a mile north from Birmingham Airport, looking west over Birmingham City Centre is looking tasty!

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Is it me or are those storms over France building mega quick and heading towards the south, if they kept the same pattern by the time they reach us they will me huge?!

The one over the bay of Biscay is just growing so fast!!

[philglossop]

3 very short sky flashes coming in land from the sea towards Plymouth in the last minutes.... and that's it

[Steve_De4]

Confirming Chapmanslade and Andy, it's quiet in Westbury - I'd even say it's brightened up a bit, although it is of course 9.30, and how bright can it get But it is noticeable.

[matt_in_dudley]

We ave lightning to the west, 2 flashes in less tan 15 seconds. x

Edited May 6, 2011 by Matt_in_Walsall

[wallopweather]

Any news from teh guys down south?

Bath, Devon, Somerset etc etc whats the deal down there.

Nothing, Absolutely dead calm after a brief windy period about an hour ago.

[Zephyr]

Nothing but rain in this part of Bristol hoping we get something but can't see it at the moment tomorrow could be the best chance here..

[Lynxus]

Currently half a mile north from Birmingham Airport, looking west over Birmingham City Centre is looking tasty!

Good curry house there?

but yeah, Theres a nice storm moving that way at the moment.

If i was in brum,, I would get to the West of it..

[SnowJoke]

Aye lynxys the sat image looks very impressive in biscay, huge circular anvil showing up. Not sure if it's a single severe storm or a huge developing MCS. Worth watching though.

[chapmanslade]

Thanks for reporting in guys...

Good stuff. Sorta confirms that the cells are giving thunder down there...

The stuff coming into the bay of biscay as the moment is HUGE!

I swear one of the cells is like the size of Cornwall.

Good sign that theres plenty of stuff down there ready to get here

Yes but the leftover cloud from some of the Biscay MCS's may ruin our day a bit on Saturday

[DeepSnow]

Thanks for reporting in guys...

Good stuff. Sorta confirms that the cells are giving thunder down there...

The stuff coming into the bay of biscay as the moment is HUGE!

I swear one of the cells is like the size of Cornwall.

Good sign that theres plenty of stuff down there ready to get here

Hope that those of us that missed out from the current batch will see something from that lot!

[Jan]

Severe thunderstorm just passing to the north now, had torrential rain and gusty winds with fork lightning about every 30-40 sec at one point.

That must have been the lightening I saw on the radar James, nothing here yet just a short sharp shower, it went dark early though.

[PhilM1]

nice IC / anvil crawler spotted just south of Sedgley and as I type a more overhead flush and rumble

[weatherobsuk]

Just awoken from 30mins kip. Think i'm going to be in/out of bed tonight looking at whats coming out of the Bay of Biscay, getting increasingly larger on IR every pass. Shorter-duration however the Birmingham cells are becoming sustained with continual activity being reported from these parts. Night has truly set-in here nearly, so I await with baited breath.

[ZONE 51]

looks like i'm staying up until 4am then if their right, i'm not missing the storms nor am I getting woke up at 4am, i'll be here most of the night people!

join the club..drink tea and strong tea..its hard fighting tiredness after a tough day, but when storms are on the horizon then its worth the fight!! stay calm everyone and if your that shattered get sleep as its a long night on here...

[smethwickgg102]

A couple of big flashes and a rumble or two and here comes the rain

[Buckster76]

I don't know why - but I have a hunch the S-East is going to get something of a surprise in the early morning

just feels right to me

MetO Invent seems to suggest this too

[matt_in_dudley]

Nice big deep rumbles to my west over Willenhall way!

[dave48]

Thunder and lightning here in Exeter, and apparently in Westbury too.

[Cakie]

Oh my we do have one heck of a storm coming in. Big flashes and huge rumbles

[camiscool]

Hope so! winning the euromillions and a few storms would do nicely.

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I don't know why - but I have a hunch the S-East is going to get something of a surprise in the early morning

just feels right to me

MetO Invent seems to suggest this too

we can only hope

[03jtrickey]

The storm near Salisbury looks pretty epic on the radar! Any updates from that area?

Here's a useful lightning detector site that gets data from the Met Office... someone posted it on here a few days ago:

http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/i_dag_na.html?

[Liam J]

That was a beasty, whens the next one coming...

Intersting read on torro http://www.torro.org.uk/site/forecast.php