Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts - April 2012 Onwards

[Allseasons-Si]

Had a heavy shower go down the eastern side of me in doncaster earlier and saw one lightning strike and heared a rumble,but that was it,oh well plenty more to come i hope

[Andy Bown]

just looking to my N/E towards brizzle and its pitch black,

heres hoping

fromey

Mmm, lovely gust front passed over 5 mins ago with a few strong gusts after it was calm beforehand along with impressive structure, shame the rain has decayed to just a sharp shower again!

[Supacell]

There is a thunderstorm northeast of Chester currently looking at the netweather lightning detector. Not looking likely for here though today and too late to chase now I feel. Tomorrow looking okay though.

Have fun down south - a nice W-E line of storms.

[SalopWatcher]

Got my Eye on that storm by Chester... if it maintains its direction we could be inline.. if not I might head out in the car and take alook if it skirts to Telford and is still a thunderstorm

[Allseasons-Si]

There is a thunderstorm northeast of Chester currently looking at the netweather lightning detector. Not looking likely for here though today and too late to chase now I feel. Tomorrow looking okay though.

Have fun down south - a nice W-E line of storms.

yeah spotted it too,i think these showers(in my neck of the woods anyway) are moving a bit too quick to be chasing them,besides,they are not active enough

i am keeping my eye on this shower to my NE to see if it picks up in ppn

[StormChaseUK]

Some lovely CB tops out there this afternoon, once the cloud clears and sun allows clarity.

Courtesy of H.Kirby, Herefordshire of StormChaseUK.

[Costa Del Fal]

Just heavy showers here today. Oh is that parts of the SE having storms again???

Looks like luck really isnt on our side here thus far.

[Flash Elvis]

looks like a squall line developing on rain today radar.. from colchester through north london then right over to western super mare

Idiot here, what does the squall line look like on rain radar, and can you see it in the sky?

[Stormraider]

Idiot here, what does the squall line look like on rain radar, and can you see it in the sky?

A squall line is a line of thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front.

[Flash Elvis]

A squall line is a line of thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front.

How does it show up on a rain radar??

Also if your looking at the sky, is it easy to pick out?

[Eskimo]

Think that is it for thundery convection, i could be wrong though.

[matt_in_dudley]

Rather heavy shower around an hour ago, hail with it, that's it really lol

[Eskimo]

How does it show up on a rain radar??

Also if your looking at the sky, is it easy to pick out?

You might see the sky get very dark but that's all I can think of.

[Stormraider]

How does it show up on a rain radar??

Also if your looking at the sky, is it easy to pick out?

If you look on the NW radar from say Bristol to North of London you should see a long line of showers/storms... that is the squall line. Wouldnt say you could see it in the sky though.

[Robbie Garrett]

It's gone pitch black here in London, looks like a very low based Thunderstorm is about to pass through....

Thunderstorm 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOHOOOOOOO!! This is a massive one, going to record it for you....

[Radiating Dendrite]

Fantastic gust front over central london at the moment. Some of the best structure I have seen for a while.

[nanu]

It's gone pitch black here in London, looks like a very low based Thunderstorm is about to pass through....

Thunderstorm 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOHOOOOOOO!! This is a massive one, going to record it for you....

can confirm.. huge long booming thunder coming from london.. about every 30 secs now.. and im in firing line

[Costa Del Fal]

It's gone pitch black here in London, looks like a very low based Thunderstorm is about to pass through....

Thunderstorm 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOHOOOOOOO!! This is a massive one, going to record it for you....

Nice but you really are lucky with all these storms! Still waiting for the first one here but it never seems the right set up here.

Everytime the set up seems right for London yet weve had winds from all directions, endless chances here but nothing. Boring as hell here!

Edited April 19, 2012 by Blizzards

[Radiating Dendrite]

In croydon now. Storm just to the north over london. Just seen some distant lightening! Wow!

[Evening thunder]

It's gone pitch black here in London, looks like a very low based Thunderstorm is about to pass through....

Thunderstorm 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOHOOOOOOO!! This is a massive one, going to record it for you....

Not at all jealous, honest!

There's a line of large heavy showers going to pass about 10 miles to my east typically, I can't go out and chase it because tea will be ready soon and got work to do. Dry here again.

[Supacell]

Looks like London is proving the place to be so far this year. Last year it was the NE that got all the storms.

I can chase tomorrow if the chance arises but no chance over the weekend. I really hope something can happen tomorrow.

[weatherobsuk]

Damn, if only the BBC had held interview with their political correspondant some 15 mins later. Noticed the same black clouds lurking behind Westminster, a shame the Tower Bridge cam has been resigned also.

[D-J-V]

Nice bit of lightning over the city EC3 , working on the top floor has its benefits!

[Harry]

Just heavy showers here today. Oh is that parts of the SE having storms again???

Looks like luck really isnt on our side here thus far.

YEP!!! And it's about flaming time....the last 2 years have been storm droughts!!!

Last year, I had 8 thunder days in total - over the last 9 days I have thunder and lightning on 5, with 2 fairly decent cells on one day.

What an awesome month so far - just hope this isn't the half a dozen quota for the year!

[Allseasons-Si]

Some nice dark clouds over to my east over doncaster again,ive took some pics and post them later

looks fun down in SE