Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion

[Godot]

My sister is in Taunton today and has just txt to tell me there is lightning,talk about rub it in lol

Ah, that'll almost certainly be from the same cell I was just watching to the N/NE of me (as is Taunton). I saw one bolt of lightning from it although I wasn't watching until about 30 minutes ago. A good omen for others hopefully.

[sn0wman]

Thanks Jane!!

[weatherobsuk]

Crikey. Pea-size hail just 15mins ago here sending the grass into a white'is hue. Cell that passed wasn't much in the way of sferics but convection wise it was pretty lively while it was passing over, whales mouth as it approached aswell for a brief time.

[sn0wman]

Had some nice cumulus congestus around and the radar seems to show the showers in the North West moving North so hopefully Scotland will get some action.

[Stuart]

still plenty of time stu , CAPE + Li looks good until dusk

Look like someing Heading up the A7 Right now on the Rader

[I Cumbria Marra I]

west cumbria is just about to get a pounding

[davehsug]

Looks like something approaching on a mor direct line this time, although the rain today radar seems to show the showers dying very quickly

[paul m]

Its all gone quiet up here but for those in the SE a thundery area appeared

[grab my graupel]

Phew! it's certainly warm out there

Had no shower activity since just before lunchtime. However, there are some nice towers starting to build, so it looks as if things might start to get going again. I've been trying to keep my ears peeled for thunder, but there have been two F15 fighter planes flying around, which have given me quite a few false alarms :lol:

Anyway, glad to see that some of us are getting a little electrical action. I'd just like to see it all a little farther East.

[paul m]

Black clouds to the west and north but looks like we miss out again....

[Mesosphere]

Look like someing Heading up the A7 Right now on the Rader

Yep , keeping my eyes peeled to the south :lol:

[Raidan]

Looking towards the west it is very dark and stormy looking,not seen or heard anything as yet.

[Crimson_Sprite]

the cell to my east has gone quite potent looking on radar... (of course it had to miss me though.. ) but I can see the black sky to my east if I look out of my sky light on the 3rd floor. If it wasnt so windy out, i reckon I would be able to hear thunder from it. It might be the closest to a storm I get to today.

[windshadow]

west cumbria is just about to get a pounding

Yup, wind and hail here now.

[Terminal Moraine]

A heavy shower with small hail here at the moment. The wind has increased to f6-7 too.

[Crimson_Sprite]

Phew! it's certainly warm out there

Had no shower activity since just before lunchtime. However, there are some nice towers starting to build, so it looks as if things might start to get going again. I've been trying to keep my ears peeled for thunder, but there have been two F15 fighter planes flying around, which have given me quite a few false alarms :lol:

Anyway, glad to see that some of us are getting a little electrical action. I'd just like to see it all a little farther East.

funny that, as I had 2 HUUUUGE military helicopters go overhead about an hour ago and jumped up at 1st thinking it might be thunder! They were the ones with the 2 propeller front and back (transport?)

[PeteG]

the cell to my east has gone quite potent looking on radar... (of course it had to miss me though.. ) but I can see the black sky to my east if I look out of my sky light on the 3rd floor. If it wasnt so windy out, i reckon I would be able to hear thunder from it. It might be the closest to a storm I get to today.

One rumble of thunder and a spattering of rain was all it gave here..

[grab my graupel]

Nice line of showers to my South West - things are beginning to look very promising

[Crimson_Sprite]

One rumble of thunder and a spattering of rain was all it gave here..

really?????? It looked pretty juicy on radar... thats such a shame! Ive got some monster CBs now to my west, hopefully they will develop

[I Cumbria Marra I]

had no thunder or hail just very heavy rain

[Terminal Moraine]

I eat my words from earlier. One shower with small hail has moved away and another, to the south, has just produced a flash of lightning and a rumble of thunder. Looking at the radar it seems to be heading this way too.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Looks like my old home of Tyne and Wear is likely to see some thundery activity in the next hour or two as that band continues to inch eastwards. Norwich looks like it will be too far SE- the GFS outputs did suggest that convective available potential energy would be limited over East Anglia, and it's proving true.

[Jane Louise]

Nice line of showers to my South West - things are beginning to look very promising

Good luck Brian I don't want to have to hand you a membership for the No Storms Club :lol:

[James M]

Just heavy rain and a bit of hail for time here, not heard any thunder or seen any lightning, seems they lost their intensity as they approached, oh well!

[A.J]

somr distant thunder rumbling away....Some rapid development in those cells to the north of Birmingham/east of Stafford!