The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 8

[Bishop Brennan]

Big rumble of thunder here in Solihull, and the second heavy downpour of the day so far.

Bish

[Barbmac]

Rain and hail passed through just now but no thunder/lightning.

[02476lisa]

Big hailstorm in Coventry right now

[BlueHedgehog074]

Big rumble of thunder here in Solihull, and the second heavy downpour of the day so far.

Bish

Same. Had had some quite big hail, too, which I admit I wasn't expecting.

[Costa Del Fal]

Nice storm between Kidderminster and Stourport-On-Severn now.

[conor123]

There does seem to be a trend at least for an increase in pressure to start May, it's just going to be a case of hoping it doesn't end up to far south and provide the trademark slate grey murk Telford loves so much :lol: e.g GFS 06z.

This week looks rather grim again, these showery setups get rather boring 20 hail showers later especially when its just cold and grey inbetween them still.

[Shane Wheeldon]

Nada here after it looked so promising!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

big shower to my SW, caught the tail end, looks like going AJ's way, but cant see lightning

Edited April 22, 2012 by Storms? norfolk n chance

[A.J]

big shower to my SW, caught the tail end, looks like going AJ's way, but cant see lightning

It produced nothing more than steady rain for a while unfortunately

[picog]

The rain action today looks like it's staying south. Probably another dryish day.

Edited April 23, 2012 by picog

[Bishop Brennan]

The rain action today looks like it's staying south. Probably another dryish day.

Yes, it's actually quite pleasant at the moment. Hazy sunshine and some broken cloud, although the breeze is rather chilly.

Bish

[Costa Del Fal]

A Dry, pleasant and mostly sunny day at last!

One of the few and first places to see a proper dry day since all this shower spell started.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

short sharp hail shower earlier, convection really got going here, heavens opened again

[tibby]

This is the storm that we were on the edge of (unfortunately), we were travelling and was hit with huge hail stones and lightning. Shrewsbury btw, we were heading towards Telford.

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Edited April 23, 2012 by tibby

[Staffordshire]

Was too far SE, to catch anything today but hope those who did had fun

[PolarWarsaw]

Talk about marginal then. It's been chucking down here on an off since about 6.30-7.

[BlueHedgehog074]

This is the storm that we were on the edge of (unfortunately), we were travelling and was hit with huge hail stones and lightning. Shrewsbury btw, we were heading towards Telford.

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Wo! :0 Impressive. Looks so dark and dramatic on its edge.

[Costa Del Fal]

Tony from UKWW Forums has the West Midlands region under a special box for the concentration of Sferic activity tomorrow.

http://www.ukweather...388#entry798388

Lets hope he is right! Certainly doesnt look like most of the East will see much activity for a change.

Edited April 23, 2012 by Blizzards

[Cheshire Freeze]

Tony from UKWW Forums has the West Midlands region under a special box for the concentration of Sferic activity tomorrow.

http://www.ukweather...388#entry798388

Lets hope he is right! Certainly doesnt look like much of the East will see much for a change.

He's usually quite good. Though he has to be wrong about tomorrow as I'm in the same box as you

[Costa Del Fal]

After tomorrow, a small risk of something on Wednesday but more so on Thursday and it also looks like there will be a moderate amount of shear around so some longer lasting cells and organisation is possible - something that is yet to happen this year.

Tomorrow will have next to no shear though so very short lived cells again but still for those who catch a storm, they will be potent with hail likely also.

[A.J]

Tony from UKWW Forums has the West Midlands region under a special box for the concentration of Sferic activity tomorrow.

http://www.ukweather...388#entry798388

Lets hope he is right! Certainly doesnt look like most of the East will see much activity for a change.

yes, the guys over on MetServ & the UKASF are quite keen on shower/thunderstorm development over the midlands today and into this evening...Shallow convection has already initiated here, but again with the lack of shear it's a 'blink and you'll miss it' affair with regards to sferic activity, updrafts will build and then die quickly leaving residual rain showers

[PolarWarsaw]

Everything looks to the west and a little to the east today. Going to be later afternoon/early evening if we get anything here and it looks as though the sun coming out might be required to boost convections rates.

[Costa Del Fal]

Everything looks to the west and a little to the east today. Going to be later afternoon/early evening if we get anything here and it looks as though the sun coming out might be required to boost convections rates.

Models dont forecast much until late afternoon so lots of time left yet.

[Cheshire Freeze]

I think the north Midlands will be the place to be this afternoon....winds look set to converge around 4 through the evening. Places like Telford, Shrewsbury and across towards Staffs could do well in a bit.

[picog]

In the west midlands, we could be in for quite a splash according to the NAE.