3rd Aug 2011 - Storm/convective Forecast Discusion And Reports

[flump]

Been thundering on and off for about half an hour now,very heavy rain...seems the storm is all around at the moment.....temp out side is 24

[Staffordshire]

lol I know how you feel, I'd be happy just seeing some rain

Too right! However this rain tommoow looks like it will effect the people who are having the storms today...

[Jane Louise]

Don't know about you jane but the grass here is all yellowy brown,, and the ground is starting to crack think it's just west middlanders in NSC now

It's awful isen't it? It's like that here. Rain is needed so much .I'm looking to tomorrow for some rain but this has been forecast before and we've had nothing.Sadly i'll see you back in the NSC.

[Coast]

Three storms close to each other now!

*** NexStorm TRAC Report generated 03/08/2011 14:48:55

Tracking 3 thunderstorms from Burnham on Crouch

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Thunderstorm ID C-5695 detected 14:01

Storm location bearing 300.8 dgr distance 105 mi

Last recorded activity 14:43

Intensity class Weak

Intensity trend No change

Current strikerate 2/minute

Peak strikerate 3/minute

Total recorded strikes 36

Cloud-Ground strikes 6 - 16.67%

Intracloud strikes 30 - 83.33%

-- Strike type distribution --

Positive Cloud-Ground [+CG] 5 - 13.89%

Negative Cloud-Ground [-CG] 1 - 2.78%

Positive Intracloud [+IC] 22 - 61.11%

Negative Intracloud [-IC] 8 - 22.22%

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Thunderstorm ID T-6055 detected 14:07

Storm location bearing 327.3 dgr distance 119 mi

Last recorded activity 14:48

Intensity class Weak

Intensity trend Weakening

Current strikerate 2/minute

Peak strikerate 5/minute

Total recorded strikes 61

Cloud-Ground strikes 14 - 22.95%

Intracloud strikes 47 - 77.05%

-- Strike type distribution --

Positive Cloud-Ground [+CG] 6 - 9.84%

Negative Cloud-Ground [-CG] 8 - 13.11%

Positive Intracloud [+IC] 32 - 52.46%

Negative Intracloud [-IC] 15 - 24.59%

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Thunderstorm ID M-369 detected 14:19

Storm location bearing 314.1 dgr distance 105 mi

Last recorded activity 14:48

Intensity class Weak

Intensity trend No change

Current strikerate 2/minute

Peak strikerate 4/minute

Total recorded strikes 28

Cloud-Ground strikes 4 - 14.29%

Intracloud strikes 24 - 85.71%

-- Strike type distribution --

Positive Cloud-Ground [+CG] 2 - 7.14%

Negative Cloud-Ground [-CG] 2 - 7.14%

Positive Intracloud [+IC] 17 - 60.71%

Negative Intracloud [-IC] 7 - 25.00%

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*** TRAC Report end - NexStorm V1.6.0.2553:PCI

[Snowangel-MK]

I think storm no:2 is heading for MK, they are like buses, none for ages then they come all at once.

Sounds good to me..we've waited long enough at the bus stop !!

[BA Baracus]

Just noticed the Met Office have issued a severe weather warning (at 13.14) for much of eastern England from the North East to North Norfolk from 15.00 to 22.00 today. Looks like they are expecting storms to build for many more hours to come.

[Staffordshire]

It's awful isen't it? It's like that here. Rain is needed so much .I'm looking to tomorrow for some rain but this has been forecast before and we've had nothing.Sadly i'll see you back in the NSC.

Yep there can't be many of us left now?

[lewisosd]

Looks very good Milton Keynes/Cambridge area! Lets hope something pops up just a little further East for me to enjoy!

Just noticed the Met Office have issued a severe weather warning (at 13.14) for much of eastern England from the North East to North Norfolk from 15.00 to 22.00 today. Looks like they are expecting storms to build for many more hours to come.

Really like this post

[Neilsouth]

Anyone near canterbury, look towards Herne.. Looks like some development but it could just be sea breezes causing some slight convection :whistling:

[weatherobsuk]

Got towers building just upwind of the Valley towards Brown Knoll (southern end of Kinder Scout for anyone who knows the area, towards Edale.) Again with topographic uplift similar to the Leeds cell.

[Coast]

Looks very good Milton Keynes/Cambridge area!

Keep an eye on the Cambridge webcam then!

http://www.camplus.co.uk/webcam.htm

[<<Ryan>>]

Anyone near canterbury, look towards Herne.. Looks like some development but it could just be sea breezes causing some slight convection :whistling:

Im in sutton vale near Dover and i can just about see clouds building to my north west, hopefully something a little greater will form shortly :blush:

ITS SOOOOOO HOT!!!

[Paul Sherman]

Anyone near canterbury, look towards Herne.. Looks like some development but it could just be sea breezes causing some slight convection :whistling:

Can see that from here in Leigh On Sea on the Northern Estuary as well Neil.

Looks pretty but not been doing much in the last hour or so. Still the positive is that it is even there and we can see TCU Which I did not even think we would see today.

[BA Baracus]

Dark skies now forming to the south of Leeds and to a lesser extent over towards Morley. One of the (very) few benefits of working in an office is the view you get of the surrounding area!

[weatherobsuk]

Isn't the England Cricket on at Trent Bridge today? might be worth keeping a eye on developments down in Nottingham later on, nothing in that general area just yet.

[pinball wizard]

Beginning to see TCU round here now, temp has rocketed to 29c!!

[andy_leics22]

Isn't the England Cricket on at Trent Bridge today? might be worth keeping a eye on developments down in Nottingham later on, nothing in that general area just yet.

We won the test match a few days ago, it's just the repeat on Sky Sports 1 now.

[Carl46Wrexham]

Don't know about you jane but the grass here is all yellowy brown,, and the ground is starting to crack think it's just west middlanders in NSC now

I'm open to correction on this one but it looks now as if NSC membership is pretty much now confined to people in an area from the Welsh Marches eastwards into parts of the North and West Midlands west of Birmingham.

Edited August 3, 2011 by Carl43Wrexham

[Paul Sherman]

If any of you want to see a Classic Sea Breeze Convergence Zone which set off the Shower North of Norwich just google "Sat24" and click on the UK & Ireland Option.

Watch as the CZ Gets it's act together from the Sea Breeze Boundary pushing against the SW Breeze and Booooom :lol:

Beginning to see TCU round here now, temp has rocketed to 29c!!

Yep

Nice CU Fields showing across Suffolk and Kent atm

[Arnie Pie]

There's an area of cloud just coming into South Wales atm....hopefully this might bring us Brummies something to smile about come teatime

Don't want to be straining my neck towards the East all day to see all the fun

Edited August 3, 2011 by Arnie Pie

[Wivenswold]

Can see that from here in Leigh On Sea on the Northern Estuary as well Neil.

Looks pretty but not been doing much in the last hour or so. Still the positive is that it is even there and we can see TCU Which I did not even think we would see today.

There's something building WSW of me towards Chelmsford too. Sea breeze has really picked up here.

[lizziek]

Enjoying lots of rumbling over Shipton at the moment but the main storm is south of us

[lewisosd]

Beginning to see TCU round here now, temp has rocketed to 29c!!

It's a lovely sight isn't it. Poleroids are a must today, so hazey!

[Jane Louise]

I'm open to correction on this one but it looks now as if NSC membership is pretty much now confined to people in an area from the Welsh Marches eastwards into parts of the North and West Midlands west of Birmingham.

Yes, most definitely agree there Carl. At this rate with the East side having storms it looks like we are never going to see a storm again .

[Crimson_Sprite]

the sky is absolutely BRIMMING with CGs and blackness and total stormesty!! Surely the skies will explode into storms all at once around me- it looks so thundery out!!!