Convective weather - 2nd-3rd November 2011

[Harry]

Hello Coast, I need about 2000-3000ft You only seem to be alive and well when theirs storms Mr Harry, what about snow? Suns out in London where I am and the clouds are moving away to the north, Whilst a batch of clouds are staying put, I am guessing this is instability?? Certainly looks horrible, and lots of Ac where I am.

Haha! Yeah I have to spread my time so thinly its only when we have real chance of some action I throw everything else to one side and get my backside on here.

I won't be on here tonight though sadly as I'll be enjoy birthday festivities. Won't be around all weekend either as I'll be ooop nuuurth so I'm getting my fill while I can

[Robbie Garrett]

Haha! Yeah I have to spread my time so thinly its only when we have real chance of some action I throw everything else to one side and get my backside on here.

I won't be on here tonight though sadly as I'll be enjoy birthday festivities. Won't be around all weekend either as I'll be ooop nuuurth so I'm getting my fill while I can

Oh happy birthday, whenever it is!! Today I am guessing??

And yeah looks stormy out their, shame this is not that day it was 34*C, I'd be pretty much s****ing it right now!

[Harry]

Oh happy birthday, whenever it is!! Today I am guessing??

And yeah looks stormy out their, shame this is not that day it was 34*C, I'd be pretty much s****ing it right now!

Thanks, yeah its today.

Indeed, we never seem to get the right conditions...the only day this year was 28th June (iirc) when it was 31C with very high humidity and the atmosphere went pop.

Still, fingers crossed for later this evening

[Robbie Garrett]

Oh fantastic, hope you're having a good day

But I am liking this storm that's powering up through the channel straight for me, *us* - is that by any chance a MCS? As I am not very familiar with how you categorise it as being so..

[Harry]

No that's not an MCS...within an MCS you have organised, multiple updraughts and downdraughts which for all intents and purposes form one large thunderstorm.

Based on the radar I can only make out one primary updraught. Interesting shape to it though, very 'hook' like.

[Coast]

But I am liking this storm that's powering up through the channel straight for me, *us*

Looking at the radar and out of the window there is certainly something on it's way. I hope it's just not more rain

[Cheshire Freeze]

Dark to my E/SE but nothing seemingly headed for here ATM

[Harry]

Fingers crossed Coast

The warmth and humidity here is obscene - feels like one of those muggy and overcast July/August days and certainly not early November!

[dallas]

Seems to be intensifing in rainfall amount at least

[Coast]

Fingers crossed Coast

The warmth and humidity here is obscene - feels like one of those muggy and overcast July/August days and certainly not early November!

I've had to put a makeshift steady bar onto my office widows as I really want them open as it so stuffy and warm, but the wind is almost breaking them off the hinges!

Note to self - 'it's actually November' :wacko:

Come to Daddy!

*** NexStorm TRAC Report generated 03/11/2011 14:47:36

Tracking 2 thunderstorms

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Thunderstorm ID M-2633 detected 13:10

Storm location bearing 161.9 dgr distance 203 mi from IOW

Last recorded activity 14:47

Intensity class Weak

Intensity trend No change

Current strikerate 1/minute

Peak strikerate 11/minute

Total recorded strikes 176

Cloud-Ground strikes 48 - 27.27%

Intracloud strikes 128 - 72.73%

-- Strike type distribution --

Positive Cloud-Ground [+CG] 10 - 5.68%

Negative Cloud-Ground [-CG] 38 - 21.59%

Positive Intracloud [+IC] 75 - 42.61%

Negative Intracloud [-IC] 53 - 30.11%

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Thunderstorm ID R-1849 detected 14:43

Storm location bearing 138.6 dgr distance 153 mi from IOW

Last recorded activity 14:47

Intensity class Weak

Intensity trend No change

Current strikerate 2/minute

Peak strikerate 9/minute

Total recorded strikes 13

Cloud-Ground strikes 3 - 23.08%

Intracloud strikes 10 - 76.92%

-- Strike type distribution --

Positive Cloud-Ground [+CG] 0 - 0.00%

Negative Cloud-Ground [-CG] 3 - 23.08%

Positive Intracloud [+IC] 8 - 61.54%

Negative Intracloud [-IC] 2 - 15.38%

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*** TRAC Report end - NexStorm V1.8.0.7025:PCI

[Robbie Garrett]

Thanks Harry, I was thinking that.

Starting to drizzle here,

[Coast]

Thunder and lightning in Burgess Hill!!!!!

[Harry]

I've had to put a makeshift steady bar onto my office widows as I really want them open as it so stuffy and warm, but the wind is almost breaking them off the hinges! Note to self - 'it's actually November' :wacko: Come to Daddy!

Sounds a rather chipper place you work at their Coast....I mean isn't there employment law protecting "office widows" from having makeshift steady bars stuck to them....shame on you!

Thunder and lightning in Burgess Hill!!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY....send it my way pleeeeeeeeeease

Pardon the pun, but it strikes me that the current conditions could be ripe for nocturnal cooling...very warm and moist temperatures combined with (I'd expect) rapidly falling uppers!! Be interesting to see if nightfall brings with it a heightened incidence of lightning!

Edited November 3, 2011 by Harry

[Coast]

Oww lovely, getting louder!

[Harry]

Oww lovely, getting louder!

Getting redder on radar too

[EML Network]

couple of distant rumbles (probably heard what they're getting in Burgess Hil, and Eastbourne), big blob of marmalade heading this way on raintoday.co.uk, so remaining hopeful

[Harry]

I'm starting to sweat it's so humid (sorry ladies and anyone else who finds that image unsavoury!)

Atmosphere just FEELS right to unleash....not long to wait now until we find out!

[bobbydog]

Thunder and lightning in Burgess Hill!!!!!

you stole my thunder!!!!

[Eskimo]

Not sure what will happen in North Herts. My eyes are on that area of VERY heavy rain in southern France which will extend northwards over central-eastern England. As many have said, there will be imbedded activity for some, but most of it will be just unusually heavy rain for this time of year!

[Coast]

Good god it's night time here, the rain seems to be going upwards!

you stole my thunder!!!!

Only two claps so far

[chionomaniac]

Good god it's night time here, the rain seems to be going upwards!

Only two claps so far

Fantastic. A few claps over Brighton. Torrential rain and as dark as night. Lovely!

[EML Network]

Thunder (all be it a distant rumble)

[tcc]

Gettign darker here, and just started raining. Looking south it looks pitch black! Lovely jubbly!

[Stormyking]

Thunderrr oh wait no sorry I believe I just let one off haha, not really.

Yeh sorry, anyways we had some pretty heavy downpours this morning and one was with a rumble of thunder accoridng to a few of my mates but I was in college so couldn't hear it.

[chionomaniac]

Thunder (all be it a distant rumble)

Saw that flash and thunder within 2 seconds!