Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Hammering down here too right now at a rate of 60mm/hour. I think the weather's turned. No thunder though.

[Kain]

Well we had 2 rumbles out the cells that was pushing NE out of wales. Shame as they were quite meaty on the radar. Ahh well!

[paul m]

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?)

That would be a Chinook!!

[DeepSnow]

Storm just going to my west/northwest and just heard some thunder from it! Whilst in class thismorning I saw 4flashes of lightning and had about 7-8 rumbles of thunder which was nice, 2 of which were overhead and very loud! Had some very heavy rain and strong gusty winds with it too! Not a bad day to be honest, got more than I expected!

[grab my graupel]

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

Thanks JL They appear to be around 15 miles away, looking at the radar, so I shouldn't have to wait too long.

[Crimson_Sprite]

right- Ive just taken some pictures of the CBs out to my west. They are developing really quickly! The pictures dont do them justice really. Let hope these produce!!!!

[DeepSnow]

Storm just going to my west/northwest and just heard some thunder from it! Whilst in class thismorning I saw 4flashes of lightning and had about 7-8 rumbles of thunder which was nice, 2 of which were overhead and very loud! Had some very heavy rain and strong gusty winds with it too! Not a bad day to be honest, got more than I expected!

[Thundery wintry showers]

right- Ive just taken some pictures of the CBs out to my west. They are developing really quickly! The pictures dont do them justice really. Let hope these produce!!!!

Maybe not, but they look appetising to me even from the pictures!

[Crimson_Sprite]

these are developing really fast. Im off to take some more photos. wish me luck!!!

[A.J]

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

To illustrate the rapid development, compare the 2 NW radar grabs, 10 minutes apart.....Now, thats what I call explosive convection!!

[grab my graupel]

Wind has picked up a fair bit, and the sky is starting to turn very dark. I'm starting to get quite excited

[Alex95]

Distant rumbles of thunder every 10 seconds!! Could beat yesterday's storm I think!

[Static Prevails]

What's this? Storms ACTUALLY heading my way?

[Mesoscale]

loverly and sunny down here in the desert just a few passing small cumulus.

The high pressure is keeping everything away!!!!

I hope people are getting good video and pictures!

[Alex95]

Fantastic lightning out west!

[grab my graupel]

Get in!!! a nice crack of thunder right above me I'd better sign off for ten minutes

[Mesosphere]

getting dark to my SW now , stu is that thing coming up the A7 got any thunder?

[Marcus_surfer]

Another storm passing to the east of us...this the most active one of the day...very frequent thunder from this.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

still no thunder or lightning

[DeepSnow]

Another storm passing to the east of us...this the most active one of the day...very frequent thunder from this.

That must be the storm going to my west, keep hearing thunder from it every now and then! Looks like more to come from the south west also? just hope they can shift a little futher east to get a direct hit

[MikeUpjohn]

Distant rumbles of thunder every 10 seconds!! Could beat yesterday's storm I think!

Which Newcastle?

[paul m]

Heavy shower just passed over hailstones but nothing else

[mark24374]

Small storm just passed over tamworth good lightning and thunder.

[Coast]

loverly and sunny down here in the desert just a few passing small cumulus.

The high pressure is keeping everything away!!!!

This looked like a Wales into the Midlands and then NE event earlier today, but with the memory of Saturdays's no-show, there was a degree of caution going on first thing! :lol:

Nice to see people getting a good storm at this time of year and broadly following the info that was on offer this morning. I suspect the storms may rattle on up the country for a few hours yet.

We were never in the firing line though here in the SE, our day will come soon!

[Marcus_surfer]

That must be the storm going to my west, keep hearing thunder from it every now and then! Looks like more to come from the south west also? just hope they can shift a little futher east to get a direct hit

It looks huge from here, and the sunshine on it, making it look angry, looks like Neath is having most of the action, these storms are rather small in size but deliver alot of rain.