Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts - April 2012

[Coast]

New thread to discuss the convective activity associated with the current April showers!

[Coast]

Eastbourne has missed pretty much everything so far, even Hastings got the rain - we just had bright sunshine!

[Weather Wizard]

I have gone to heathrow to chase to combine my hobbies of weather and planes, I think cells should start hitting here at around 5:15 anyone have any ideas it looks very convective already

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How long is left approx till this stroms loose there energy source? I heard someone mention that there is some unstable air this evening that will build in the south that will help aid the storms?

[Supacell]

Looks to be a bit of a beast around the Worksop area, east of Sheffield. Unfortunately nothing but moderate rain around me. i am debating driving east towards East Yorkshire although don't know whether it is worth it now.

EDIT: Its spitting out sferics too, lucky buggers lol

Edited April 11, 2012 by Supacell

[Static Prevails]

The Peak District is again doing an amazing job of ruining everything here yet again.

I just want to hear thunder again.

[Evening thunder]

I have gone to heathrow to chase to combine my hobbies of weather and planes, I think cells should start hitting here at around 5:15 anyone have any ideas it looks very convective already

Surely a bit of a conflict there with all that rumbling from planes taking off though? :lol:

[Nick F]

Disappointingly all heavy thundery showers have so far avoided SE25, so bar a few drops of rain it's been dry as a bone today.

[MP-R]

I think I just heard thunder to my west. Someone on facebook just wrote about hail, thunder and lightning in south Wales too. Heres hoping.

[Weather Wizard]

as the cells approach oxford the cells seem to be finding increased energy

[Robbie Garrett]

Posted 12 minutes ago

Robbie Garrett, on 11 April 2012 - 16:12 , said:

A possible MCS cluster?Possibly so, although, that one appears to have broken up by 4pm, although, checking the same image, there may be another MCS forming over Ripon.

Ripon is where?

Looks to me some nice potential cells gathering strength in the afternoon sun, destination London!!

as the cells approach oxford the cells seem to be finding increased energy

Probably drinking lucozade.

[vortex_liam]

Possiably as the wind may be higher there!

[k66yla]

Thunder & lightning almost continously for the past 20 mins here. I knew we were due for something today, have had a headache for hours.

[johnholmes]

Disappointingly all heavy thundery showers have so far avoded SE25, so bar a few drops of rain it's been dry as a bone today.

same here Nick

east-south-west-north lovely cb tops at various times through the day but dry here.

[robt]

same here Nick

east-south-west-north lovely cb tops at various times through the day but dry here.

If the rain working its way SSE from North Yorkshire strengthens at all, we could have a little bit of action this evening.

[BlueHedgehog074]

Definitely have some sort of super powerful hail and thunderstorm shield over me at the moment. Every shower that has reached here today, as well as the ones from yesterday, have been nothing more than light rain affairs.

Think I might have to get the axe out and do something about this shield!

[weatherobsuk]

Nice gust-front 10 mins ago as a small cell passed over New Mills/Hayfield. Rain shafts completely obscuring the hills but yet again no thunder.

[Static Prevails]

Wow, things are actually looking promising right now! Some hail now, although it looks more like snow strangely. A shower that's coming my way has recently had a lightning strike associated with it, so we will see.

[Mesosphere]

dark to my north now, and got a Cb to the south west

[weatherobsuk]

A nice hook-echo on the 1705 radar return north of Buxton. I was looking at the cell around the same time but nothing evident seen, other than a gust-front prior.

[Lewis]

Chased a lovely cell earlier, all recorded, uploading it too 750mb, it was a good 25 min chase. Will post the link later

We have Live streams now on the website, Chris Johnson is chasing a cell currently "video link may go down during low 3G coverage".

http://www.null/chase-events/

Anyone else had any good storms?

Edited April 11, 2012 by UK Storm Chasers

[Supacell]

I'm just outside Selby and things seem to be dying out. I will hang around a little but not holding out much hope

[Joey.G]

Id say im probably outta the nsc already, cell hitting Reading atm dropped a bunch of IC strikes and then a lovely big CG right where I was looking Lightning seems to have stopped now and now were getting dumped on, big rain & small hail.

[Ross B]

Thunderstorm just moved in here next to edinburgh airport. Very slow moving, has taken 40mins to move in off the forth!

[Mesosphere]

Thunderstorm just moved in here next to edinburgh airport. Very slow moving, has taken 40mins to move in off the forth!

Would explain why i saw a jet out here, looked to be on his way to edinburgh. Just did a full loop of the forth on flightradar24.com and now on his finals

Edited April 11, 2012 by Calum