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conor123 Community Regular

conor123

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  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
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The rains just stopped here, now its a case of waiting to see if those showers over the South West explode and hoping to see some sunshine at least this afternoon to aid convection.

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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Still a lot of left over cloud being stubborn to clear....

...but still a lot of time left.

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weatherobsuk

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
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http://www.xcweather.co.uk/ higher temps still yet to edge their way into the Midlands through the clear slot. However the pieces are starting to fit together and it won't be to long before surface-based convection becomes initiated in one or two isolated areas. This will be enough lifting to trigger yet more showers around the inflow/outflow vicinity before the heating truly comes into work later on in the afternoon. North of Southampton is where i'm expecting the first of the homegrown storms to initiate from within the next hour.
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A.J Maestro

A.J

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  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: Hot Summer, Snowy winter and thunderstorms all year round!
  • Location: Sunderland
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Holy smokes!.....Convective energy has just exploded in the wake of the MCS remnant over the south midlands, already hit 1000j/kg, with a lifted index of -3 already...Thats quite remarkable considering that only an hour ago that area was under heavy cloud cover...Talk about a loaded gun scenario!

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Ross B Accomplished

Ross B

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  • Location: East Renfrewshire 180m asl
  • Location: East Renfrewshire 180m asl
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Very warm when the sun comes out and nice and humid :D A few cells also look like they are trying to form over SW Scotland for the central belters.

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Mesoscale Rising Star

Mesoscale

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  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Humid Continental Climate (Dfa / Dfb)
  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
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Last night I only got rain! typical haha#

Im hopeing for today as the sun just poked out from behind the clouds.

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Mesosphere Contributor

Mesosphere

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  • Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms, Warm summer evenings
  • Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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feels very humid/thundery outside , a little bit of a breeze but it makes no difference.

Temperature is 22.4C , Dewpoint 15.2C and Humidity 64%

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conor123 Community Regular

conor123

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  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
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Holy smokes!.....Convective energy has just exploded in the wake of the MCS remnant over the south midlands, already hit 1000j/kg, with a lifted index of -3 already...Thats quite remarkable considering that only an hour ago that area was under heavy cloud cover...Talk about a loaded gun scenario!

Great news, im hoping for some lovely warm sunshine this afternoon and then a big cell approach from the south.

I can dream :lol:

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littlemissy Rookie

littlemissy

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  • Location: Taunton Somerset(term time ) Sudbury, Suffolk weekends and holidays hoping to make Suffolk permanent soon ) . .
  • Weather Preferences: thunder/lightning ,gales and warm sunny weather
  • Location: Taunton Somerset(term time ) Sudbury, Suffolk weekends and holidays hoping to make Suffolk permanent soon ) . .
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had a very heavy downpour about an hour ago, sun out now and very humid.

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todd1970 Newbie

todd1970

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  • Location: East Kilbride (Glasgow)
  • Location: East Kilbride (Glasgow)
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Very warm when the sun comes out and nice and humid :D A few cells also look like they are trying to form over SW Scotland for the central belters.

A couple of strikes being detected also in the Dumfries region also Ross ?

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Tim B Explorer

Tim B

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  • Location: Darwen, BB3
  • Location: Darwen, BB3
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Looks like this area of rain over me is clearing, sun starting to shine through.

I imagine it will heat up rapidly once the sky turns blue and what with all the rain that has fallen recently there will be plenty of vapour to form storms. Bring it!

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Ross B Accomplished

Ross B

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  • Location: East Renfrewshire 180m asl
  • Location: East Renfrewshire 180m asl
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A couple of strikes being detected also in the Dumfries region also Ross ?

Which detector? I'm back in Killie today and don't have my favourites on this computer. Those small cells look to be heading this way.

Strikes may be from the very intense downpour just moving onshore to the west of Dumfries? Or they could be for the cells to the NW of Dumfries which are heading approximately this direction :D

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Kain Contributor

Kain

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  • Location: Highley, Shropshire, WV16
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, Snow
  • Location: Highley, Shropshire, WV16
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Rain has now stopped here and it feels like its getting warmer. Just looking at the GFS...CAPE is looking tastey!

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weatherobsuk Veteran

weatherobsuk

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
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RASP keen to keep the CAPE further out to the West, with convection breaking out over Wales into the Irish Sea. Realistically if you shift the projection Eastwards over Central area's somewhat it gives a more accurate depiction of whats going on. I think the RASP was compensating for the area of rain being slower than it actually was so shifted it all out West.

However rainfall projections are moderate-torrential in these forecasted cells which is good if you like your SLW potential, bad in terms of photography unless your lucky enough to be on a SE quadrant of anything that passes over (or chasing.)

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I remember Atlantic 252 Maestro

I remember Atlantic 252

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  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
  • Weather Preferences: obviously snow!
  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
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Not sure whats happened to the warm sunny (storms later) 24C? been horrid morning around 14C, although now brighter at 15C, was expecting today to be hottest of year so far, after 25.4C max yesterday

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Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Not sure whats happened to the warm sunny (storms later) 24C? been horrid morning around 14C, although now brighter at 15C, was expecting today to be hottest of year so far, after 25.4C max yesterday

This mornings rain was forecast last night imo. However it will quickly warm up and become very humid now.

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The PIT Maestro

The PIT

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
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Still cool and dull here. 14.8c. No activity yet on the radar to the south.

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Dean E Community Regular

Dean E

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  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
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What a night!

Was up Portsdown Hill near me till 3am this morning, just watching the main bulk move in (with quite a wind shear and some small rotating funnels) then smaller but more active sferics move across, was fantastic to watch!

Heres for tonight! drinks.gif

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Kain Contributor

Kain

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  • Location: Highley, Shropshire, WV16
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, Snow
  • Location: Highley, Shropshire, WV16
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Just gone outside to spray some warhammer...big gaps of blue sky and convection kicking off. feels very humid out there. anticipation is building now

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Mesosphere Contributor

Mesosphere

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  • Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms, Warm summer evenings
  • Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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SkyWarn UK Alert Update (11.30 UTC , 12.30 BST)

SKYWARN UK SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING #026

ISSUED: 1130UTC, SATURDAY 7TH MAY 2011

SKYWARN UK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING REGIONS:

NORTH WALES

MIDLANDS

EAST ANGLIA

NORTH ENGLAND

SOUTH SCOTLAND

DISCUSSION:

HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE AND PARTNER AGENCY WARNINGS ARE PROVIDING SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE OF A SEVERE CONVECTIVE THREAT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MAINLAND UK FROM LUNCHTIME ONWARDS. THE CURRENT UNSTABLE AIRMASS ADVECTED NORTH FROM THE CONTINENT WILL INCUR A STRENGTHENING WIND PROFILE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. ISOLATED STORMS WILL INITIATE IN WALES, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ENGLAND, CONTINUING THROUGH THE MIDLANDS, WITH EXISITING STORMS MATURING AND THE CHANCE OF SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILE. STRONGER SURFACE WINDS THROUGH NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN ENGLAND INTO SOUTHERN SCOTLAND LATER IN THE DAY MAY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SUPPORT FOR TORNADOES, MORE LIKELY STRONG TO SEVERE GUSTS OF UP TO 60MPH. STORMS MAY WELL EVOLVE INTO AN MCS INTO THE EVENING THOUGH THIS DOES NOT DIMINISH THE WARNING.

http://www.skywarn.org.uk/current.html

Once this band making its way up from N.England clears through , i think the probability of the southern half of scotland getting t-storms is very high :drinks:

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DeepSnow Community Regular

DeepSnow

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  • Location: Barry, South Wales (40M/131ft asl)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold snowy Winters, warm stormy spring & sumemr, cool frosty Autumn!
  • Location: Barry, South Wales (40M/131ft asl)
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Im glad to say that the sun has come out and temp now 20.4C and humidity 73%, which should help with any convection?

Got some pics from the video I took last night (sorry for the bad quality)

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