Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion

[Static Prevails]

Nice feature moving into South Wales. Looking like a squall-line feature beginning to form on the frontal edge or a bow-echo reflection.

When do you think we'll start seeing these things become actual thunderstorms?

[Dean E]

I can't believe the rain the amount of it! Have no idea what happened to these thunderstorms?

Roads around here having been rivers for hours, with a lot of mistyness around...

Currently 16.2c with heavy rain

[95 Degrees]

Solid moderate bodering on heavy rain for the last hour, currently got 8.2mm from this lot tonight, no thunder though,still think they'll be brown patches in the grass tommorrow although less so than yesterday, but a dry week expected here so the dry feel generally continues!

[weatherobsuk]

Won't be for a good few hours at least before the front is crossing over Central England. I'm half-tempted to set the alarm for 3am and get at least some kip, but i'm flicking between the weather and Family Guy at the minute lol. But 3am earliest for Midlanders/those in the North, with southern parts getting the front sooner due to the axis orientation.

[Costa Del Fal]

When do you think we'll start seeing these things become actual thunderstorms?

Who says they will become storms? Its quite unlikely anything will get going now imo. Not impossible but certainly not worth staying up for.

Edited May 7, 2011 by Blizzards

[matt_in_dudley]

Off to bed my fellow storm nuts!So close but yet so far! No sparks this evening and distant sparks yesterday evening! BBC and Met Office seem to be right on this one! Heavy maybe thundery showers overnight, nothing here but heavy rain!!! Grr!

[Static Prevails]

Won't be for a good few hours at least before the front is crossing over Central England. I'm half-tempted to set the alarm for 3am and get at least some kip, but i'm flicking between the weather and Family Guy at the minute lol. But 3am earliest for Midlanders/those in the North, with southern parts getting the front sooner due to the axis orientation.

I'll keep an eye on things around that time, then.

Who says they will become storms? Its quite unlikely anything will get going now imo. Not impossible but certainly not worth staying up for.

I'm just living in hope. Optimism will of course OBVIOUSLY cause this rain to become thundery.

[Winter Warmer]

am staying up anyway to watch the manny pacquiao shane mosley fight so a storm would be a bonus

[Dean E]

Sorry guys, been away from the comnputer/radar this evening, what happened to the thunderstorms? or at least thundery rain?

[Mesoscale]

im staying up as theres a mythbusters marathon about to start on Discovery! :lol:

I was hopeing for something today as i hadn't seen anything yesterday as I was to tired to stay up, if anything did happen yday then i slept through it.

im gonna sit this one out untill about 5:00am ish. heres hopeing!

EDIT: Plus I still have 3 cans of stella to polish off.

Edited May 8, 2011 by Mesoscale

[paul m]

Very quiet out there at the moment

[SimonP]

I'm holding out hope courtesy of the cold front moving east behind the trough and the fact the MetO have released the flash warning with the word "thunderstorm" - we all know how cautious they are usually!

Fingers crossed...

[paul m]

Im going to give it until 2am then get to bed

[95 Degrees]

I'm offically addicted to radar watching! even when there's nothing interesting to look at.:lol:

[paul m]

Radar im looking at is only showing rain

[scotteboi]

Blitzortung picking up a few strikes in the south/east in the last 20 mins... Maybe something starting to fire?

[paul m]

Lets hope so

[lfcdude]

am staying up anyway to watch the manny pacquiao shane mosley fight so a storm would be a bonus

manny is boss..... no wonder why floyed wont fight him

[95 Degrees]

still no rain in eastern kent! must be getting parched there.

[Static Prevails]

Blitzortung picking up a few strikes in the south/east in the last 20 mins... Maybe something starting to fire?

Are you there Thor? It's me again...

[scotteboi]

Still got that muggy feel in Braintree its still 16 degrees with 77% humidity. We have had very little rain to mention so far this wekend, yesterday we got a 15 min light shower in the morning at about 6.30am ish and have had a few drops in the air tonight but nothing more so far. Its gotta break sooner or later!!! (Forever the optomist...why do we do this to ourselves!!)

[Winter Warmer]

just watchin weatherview on bbc and they said heavy rain with rumbles of thunder here and there through the night

[paul m]

14 in Leeds

Rain seems to be intensifying down towards Wales

[SimonP]

I'm going into pessimistic mode now as it seems this CF is doing nothing in terms of storms

I'd be interested to know why, purely from a learning standpoint - any of those in the know what to shed some light?

[SnowJoke]

Been hammering it down in CMK for three hours now, no lightning or thunder but atleast it's giving the plants and trees a nice drink.