Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion

[Static Prevails]

It might be a tad to your west.....JEEZ its active!....lightning flashed every 2-3 seconds to my SW.....I love twilight storms, the flickering lightning just looks do damn eerie!!

It sounds good, and it's hopefully heading straight for me! Please, please will it on for me, unless it crumbles into a pathetic light shower by the time it gets here.

[matt_in_dudley]

It might be a tad to your west.....JEEZ its active!....lightning flashed every 2-3 seconds to my SW.....I love twilight storms, the flickering lightning just looks do damn eerie!!

It looks brilliant! I'm dying for it to come this way, haven't had much this last few days!

[A.J]

sorry to keep harping on, but this is one of the most electrictivly active storms that I've seen in years!!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

yes saw lightning with very faint thunder to my W/SW

[Kain]

sorry to keep harping on, but this is one of the most electrictivly active storms that I've seen in years!!

Think you have the storm thats now starting to move on from me. Lighting litrally every 2/3 seconds, and thunder just one constant rumble

[Jane Louise]

Oooh you lucky lot... :)I'm watching the radar here hoping they'll move East. I have a decaying anvil here slowly dissipating in the distance lol

[Sprites]

sorry to keep harping on, but this is one of the most electrictivly active storms that I've seen in years!!

And your just looking at your computer lol ..

[Andy Bown]

sorry to keep harping on, but this is one of the most electrictivly active storms that I've seen in years!!

Cloud tops cooling as the sun sets = more activity in the lightning department!

[A.J]

And your just looking at your computer lol ..

multitasking mate!...lol.....unbelievable lightning here!

[Lauren]

Quite possible, but at least a plane is metal, RIP little goose

Did it fall anywhere near you? That's dinner sorted for tomorrow!

In all seriousness, I love animals, poor goose

[Sprites]

multitasking mate!...lol.....unbelievable lightning here!

hope your getting good pics of it then lol..

[weatherobsuk]

Send it this way please lol. The vectors are looking so, but everything that's come near to us these past 4 days has died a death before rejuvinating across the other side of the Pennines (fuming somewhat about that.) I'm not one to whine and moan about these things but given we had 1200CAPE across the weekend and missed out to places that were expecting to see nothing, I think were granted something in the way of sferics this time round. Just going to have to wait and see.

Edited May 9, 2011 by SNOW_JOKE

[tom_f123]

Awesome sky here atm, almost looks like mammatus.

[kar999]

sorry to keep harping on, but this is one of the most electrictivly active storms that I've seen in years!!

I have to agree with that .. almost constant sheet and CG lightning... could only capture the storm, rather than the lightning as it came at a really rapid rate from the south like a huge brick wall. The western flank had some nice swirling low clouds with potential but couldn't get any decent shots.

Sorry about the rain drops on the lens and crap exposure!

[matt_in_dudley]

multitasking mate!...lol.....unbelievable lightning here!

You are right, it's side swiping me! I'm gutted!

[jimi86]

It does appear to my headed my way - and it's going very dark to my South West. Fingers very much crossed here (thought we were about to have one earlier but just got the rain)

[lboaty]

I can't believe I was stuck inside a leisure centre watching my children swim when an almightly thunderstorm was going on outside. Happenned about 5.15 pm near West Bridgford, Nottingham and haven't seen rain falling like that for ages. Very loud thunder and bright flashes from the lightning. (Remember I was inside beside a very noisy swimming pool so what was going on outside was pretty deafening for a decent storm)!!

Back home and all quiet now! I think we maybe in for an interesting stormy summer this year hopefully!

[Costa Del Fal]

The storm is to my North but lightning flashes every few seconds here!!!!

[Static Prevails]

Send it this way please lol. The vectors are looking so, but everything that's come near to us these past 4 days has died a dead before rejuvinating across the other side of the Pennines (fuming somewhat about that.) I'm not one to caravan and moan about these things but given we had 1200CAPE across the weekend and missed out to places that were expecting to see nothing, I think were granted something in the way of sferics this time round. Just going to have to wait and see.

I agree completely with this! It's about time Derbyshire got some decent storms! The last really good storm I had was the tornado producing cell of 14/9/06.

[jello]

Sorry folks going to take a while to upload videos. 3.45GB. ooops.

[Sprites]

I have to agree with that .. almost constant sheet and CG lightning... could only capture the storm, rather than the lightning as it came at a really rapid rate from the south like a huge brick wall. The western flank had some nice swirling low clouds with potential but couldn't get any decent shots.

Sorry about the rain drops on the lens and crap exposure!

That looks like supercell structure!

[neil_b]

bloody hell what just passed over Bridgnorth - I've never seen anything like it !!!!

[lboaty]

The storm is to my North but lightning flashes every few seconds here!!!!

Would it be coming towards the Nottingham area?

[Stuart]

what a let down here

[kar999]

bloody hell what just passed over Bridgnorth - I've never seen anything like it !!!!

Western flank looking over Bridgnorth...

See earlier post for Eastern flank and leading edge pix.