Intense Thunderstorms, 6th July 1991

[Portland Paul]

1991 - Following a cold, dull, very dry May, and a cold, dull, wet June, temperatures rose markedly in early July as very warm and humid easterly airflow arrived from the continent.

Late on Friday 5th and during the early hours of Saturday 6th, an intense belt of torrential thunderstorms moved north across many parts of England and Wales. There was much lightning where I lived, in Birmingham, as a series of dramatic storms moved through for several hours, during what was a distinctly warm and sultry night.

Strangely, I can find very little info on the net about those storms, and was wondering does anyone have any stats or personal memories of that event?

Edited February 13, 2012 by Portland Paul

[Jane Louise]

Certainly no memories here Paul Lol. Hopefully someone will come along to help with some information.

[Grimsby Snow Lover]

Here are a few charts from the two dates you mentioned. The first one shows the warm, humid easterly you was talking about

http://www.wetterzen...00119910705.gif

This chart show the upper 850 temperatures with 15 degrees quite widely across southern England.

http://www.wetterzen...00219910705.gif

The next one shows a small area of low pressure, probably the cause of those intense thunderstorms

http://www.wetterzen...00119910706.gif

Edited February 14, 2012 by Grimsby Snow Lover