Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion

[Coast]

OK folks, fresh new thread to discuss convective activity, present and future!

[pinball wizard]

Well I'm in BSE and there's no sign of storms here, sky is slate grey certainly not looking like any convective stuff is about to happen.

[paul m]

There is still plenty of time just hope we are in the firing line again

[Harry]

Well I'm in BSE and there's no sign of storms here, sky is slate grey certainly not looking like any convective stuff is about to happen.

It was looking really good about half an hour ago, though seems to have collapsed

[Richie V]

just 1 big bang of thunder eariler and 4mm rain. Looks to be getting lively suddenly round Manchester..... Good news for here with the lot drifting E

[r_dancing]

Grrrr I'm in North Manchester. A storm just developed to my North East and I can hear the thunder as it moves away from me! *Cries*

[Richie V]

Grrrr I'm in North Manchester. A storm just developed to my North East and I can hear the thunder as it moves away from me! *Cries*

Man thats harsh, I can see the tops of that storm here.

[r_dancing]

Man thats harsh, I can see the tops of that storm here.

I know. i hope we get a shot at another storm today!

[Cheshire Freeze]

Grrrr I'm in North Manchester. A storm just developed to my North East and I can hear the thunder as it moves away from me! *Cries*

LOL that's exactly what has been happening here all week. Not good is it.

[pinball wizard]

It was looking really good about half an hour ago, though seems to have collapsed

Thats often the case, it seems the intensity just falls away the further into EA the PPN gets

[Andy Bown]

Small cells popping up ahead of the 2nd trough that's still affecting Devon/W.Somerset. If you put BA12 into the NW

postcode zoom then play from 14>30 you can see a few that developed very quickly. We had a 5 min downpour from quite

mid-high level cloud, thankfully I'd just brought the washing in lol!

Now surrounded by angry, disturbed cloud without a breath of wind.

[tara303]

Sunbury Middx - had gusty winds and a good heavy shower about 20 mins ago, hoping for a proper flash bang pleeeease!!!

[Mesoscale]

Heard a large boom to my south about 20/30 mins ago, an aircraft was flying over at the time unless it broke the sound barrier or exploded mid air then im pretty sure that it was thunder haha

Edited June 10, 2011 by Mesoscale

[Richie V]

Woahhhh, jet black horizon to the west.

Edited June 10, 2011 by Richie V

[lfcdude]

have heard two distant rumbles of thunder now 4 its cloudy and cant really work out where its coming from lol

Edited June 10, 2011 by lfcdude

[Richie V]

Deep growling thunder present now. Charging camera, stunning viewing out west here.

[Muffelchen]

If you have NW Radar, zoom in on S Lincolnshire, run the animation for an hour and you can clearly see the rotation: there is even a faint hook in there at the resolution of the map! I wonder what conditions are like on the ground - they can't be good with that much rain.

Also in the last half an hour, new heavy cells have appeared off the Yorks' Coast and have rapidly intensified and are now lit up electrically. Are they going to link up with the ongoing storms out in the N Sea?

[Andy Bown]

Sporadic pea sized hailstones from what appeared to be a gust front, but my view to where it's coming from

isn't that good - there was quite an increase in wind as they fell though and now raining heavily.

A distinct line of cells breaking out from near BA12 and to the SSE into S.Wiltshire/Hampshire, those of you

to the East may be in business if it continues to develop.

[Harry]

The next three hours could be interesting across C/S England, along with the continuing flooding risk between the Wash and the Humber.

CAPE levels should be on the increase in the next three hours with fairly lengthy sunny spells and heating as a result.

Some of the precip on the leading edge of the trough and indeed entering the higher CAPE region is beginning to intensify nicely, though not much electricity at the moment.

The trough however is beginning to take the form of an area of low pressure, with distinct precip bands denoting warm/cold front. The MetO have this feature on their pressure chart, however a fair bit further south than is currently tracking.

[lfcdude]

Sporadic pea sized hailstones from what appeared to be a gust front, but my view to where it's coming from

isn't that good - there was quite an increase in wind as they fell though and now raining heavily.

A distinct line of cells breaking out from near BA12 and to the SSE into S.Wiltshire/Hampshire, those of you

to the East may be in business if it continues to develop.

thanks for your post here in devizes its cloudy but dry and have hered four rumbles of thunder in the last 10 mins, but cant work out where its coming from

[Chris K]

Very dark cloud slowly approaching from the southwest now...but no rain/thunder or anything as of yet.

[Andy Bown]

thanks for your post here in devizes its cloudy but dry and have hered four rumbles of thunder in the last 10 mins, but cant work out where its coming from

Another cell has exploded in Wiltshire, at a guess not far from you in Devizes. It's gone from nothing to a rate of 250mm

per hour in less than half an hour. Staggering!!

It's situations like this when the NW postcode zoom comes into its own!!

[paul m]

Looking nasty to my west now. Cmon let me get to and from the doctors first.

[chionomaniac]

Impressive looking cell between Downham Market and Kings Lynn.

Any one have a visual on this storm?

[Harry]

Looks as if a CZ is now forming south of the Wash with a line of increasingly intense rainfall.