25th into 26th Aug 2011 - Storm/convective Forecast Discussion And Reports

[Cheshire Freeze]

is it my wishful thinking or are the sferics moving down with the cells from Liverpool

Arnie Pie

SW Birmingham

Wishful thinking- lol. I've not even seen a distant flash of lightning.

[JinxTheCat]

Typical. Wait all year for a midlands storm and on the day we travel Portsmouth way the mids get one! shucks. Not a sausage down here either

[IanR]

saw the liverpool storm from here at about 9 oclock, noticed the cb against the dusk sky with fairly frequent flashes from

within it, a nice sight , just seen a couple more distant flashes but seemed to have died off now

[Cheshire Freeze]

The showers feeding in around the Irish Sea should continue for most of the night, though the sferics will taper off.

[Phil UK]

Typical. Wait all year for a midlands storm and on the day we travel Portsmouth way the mids get one! shucks. Not a sausage down here either

I sympathise with that. Was early September 2008 with all the flooding in the south west. No storm of note where I live apart from intense rain on the Saturday morning that we travelled south west in pouring rain for a family holiday in Exmouth.

Then what happens,,, On that same Saturday evening, an overhead thunderstorm in my part of Solihull. Now if that isn't Sod's Law, then I don't know what is.

Phil.

[ZONE 51]

Looks like it wont arrive here until saturday afternoon at this rate 0: And by then it will have the heat of the shine to pulse it up again..

..more stuff tomo in places!

[matt_in_dudley]

Not a sausage here again all day here again! Story of the summer!

[Nick F]

Had a second storm pass through Heathrow area around 19.40, was driving through it with rain so heavy with lightning flashing around - it reminded me of core punching on the Plains of the Mid-West for a moment, though without the hail.

Looks like the turn of southern Scotland, E and NE England tomorrow, T+24 fax shows a trough where storms are possible tomorrow:

[Cheshire Freeze]

Had a second storm pass through Heathrow area around 19.40, was driving through it with rain so heavy with lightning flashing around - it reminded me of core punching on the Plains of the Mid-West for a moment, though without the hail.

Looks like the turn of southern Scotland, E and NE England tomorrow, T+24 fax shows a trough where storms are possible tomorrow:

Indeed Nick, Metoffice also keen for showers around North Wales, Northwest England and the North Midlands too

[Chris.R]

Just had an incredible downpour! No thunder but the rainfall was unforgetable.

[ZONE 51]

Those afternoon and evening storms across London looks big from here, im sureit was exciting under them! did get a violent afteroon downpour though, im sure i heard deep rumbles with that one and a few flashes at dusk that must have been lighting. ive realished that its not the SE thats had many storms this season but London or stormdon!

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Those afternoon and evening storms across London looks big from here, im sureit was exciting under them! did get a violent afteroon downpour though, im sure i heard deep rumbles with that one and a few flashes at dusk that must have been lighting. ive realished that its not the SE thats had many storms this season but London or stormdon!

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[weatherobsuk]

Those at Creamfields should be getting a nice soaking tonight with the showers moving through the NW coastline from Liverpool up into Cumbria at the minute

[gpspete]

if you have not seen any lightning hire these guys

hmm perhaps i should of posted this in the no storms club

http://lightningforhire.co.nz/

Edited August 27, 2011 by gpspete

[Chris.R]

another incredible downpour has just woke me up, the garden is flooded again! There's some powerfull cells out there this morning.

edit, that rain was so heavy it's set a car alarm off!

[Norfolk Sheep]

Oh lovely, still raining.........and I bet as I'm away from home today we get a blasted TS....