Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts - April 2012 Part 4

[Norfolk Sheep]

Phew! Just spent the last hour unblocking drains etc., the river has gone from being about 4in deep to about 4ft with all the run off from some incredibly intense rain (and we only caught the edge of it here) very squally winds with trees bent almost double,a couple of nice CGs and loud booming thunder as a bonus

[I Cumbria Marra I]

KK, 9GF, HH????????? English please

[Cloud 10]

KK, 9GF, HH????????? English please

Kevin Keegan 9 Goals For Huddersfield at Home?

Amazed there's not more electrical activity across the country looking at the radar.

Certainly nothing here,unless i turn the light on and off really fast!

Edited April 25, 2012 by Cloud 10

[Wet'n'Dry]

KK, 9GF, HH????????? English please

Sorry trying to lighten the atmosphere (pun intended)

2 Koi Carp, 9 GoldFish and 1 HedgeHog.... I looked out the back towards the South and that's all I saw! Now raining but no sferics so don't despair those in the North it's just as lousy here in the South!

[maxemoo]

How do you post screenshots of the Netweather radar?

[Cheshire Freeze]

Sorry trying to lighten the atmosphere (pun intended)

2 Koi Carp, 9 GoldFish and 1 HedgeHog....

And a partridge in a pear tree?

[gottolovethisweather]

How do you post screenshots of the Netweather radar?

Just PM'd you 1200.

[gottolovethisweather]

An up to date radar grab for those interested, unless you're in the far North or the far South as I've chopped that bit off.

Looking pretty wet countrywide, it must be said.

Cheers

gottolovethisweather

[Snowangel-MK]

Sorry Azores it is "The Low Level Jet"

It is a rare beast in the Uk but can happen on odd occasions but more prevalent in France and Continental Air Masses

........wherever it is I would have thought it best to avoid it, I blame those French air traffic controllers myself

[viking_smb]

Do you work for the BBC or something?

Nope, just love the south west.

[Paul]

Today's lightning map - all the action in the south and particular the southeast.

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/15814-lightning-25th-april-2012/

[Andy Bown]

I know thundery activity is unlikely now, however I can't believe the frequency and rapidity of the bands of showers that have been

and still are streaming up from the South. They have been ongoing ever since the drier slot behind the main rain band which gave

sunshine here between 12-13.00, barely half an hour of dry gap before the next shower/downpour rushes up on the gusty wind.

A recent heavy shower has pushed the rainfall today to 33mm and another looks on direct course in half an hour from now, if it

pushes the total beyond 35mm then I'll have to look further back than 2nd Oct 2010 for the last such wet day!

[maxemoo]

Lets see what tommorrow will bring!!

Edited April 25, 2012 by 1200max

[Darren Bown]

Any indications of severe weather tomorrow?

[Eskimo]

Potential for some hefty showers tomorrow.

[Eskimo]

Showers intensifying when they hit land, pretty impressive!

[Cheshire Freeze]

Tomorrow is looking potentially severe in some places....especially where wind convergence and CAPE overlap somewhat. Shrops, Staffs, Derbys and Cheshire could be in the firing line tomorrow from the looks of things but who knows?

[Nick F]

Quite a defined sfc wind convergence zone on 18z GFS for tomorrow afternoon from mid/north Wales NE to the North York Moors, so would expect showers and storms to concentrate in this area:

And with light winds aloft - should be ideal for funnel formation too.

Not expecting any storms here tomorrow, the SE probably becoming dry and sunny by the afternoon after morning showers. Midlands, Wales and Northern England looking best for storms tomorrow.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Quite a defined sfc wind convergence zone on 18z GFS for tomorrow afternoon from mid/north Wales NE to the North York Moors, so would expect showers and storms to concentrate in this area:

And with light winds aloft - should be ideal for funnel formation too.

Not expecting any storms here tomorrow, the SE probably becoming dry and sunny by the afternoon after morning showers. Midlands, Wales and Northern England looking best for storms tomorrow.

Was thinking along the same lines Nick

[Costa Del Fal]

That is a proper Convergence zone in place for tomorrow! Could be interesting.

[IanR]

Quite a defined sfc wind convergence zone on 18z GFS for tomorrow afternoon from mid/north Wales NE to the North York Moors, so would expect showers and storms to concentrate in this area:

And with light winds aloft - should be ideal for funnel formation too.

Not expecting any storms here tomorrow, the SE probably becoming dry and sunny by the afternoon after morning showers. Midlands, Wales and Northern England looking best for storms tomorrow.

Looks intersting for here,but... I know I sound like a stuck record but the wigan storm sheild will put a dampner on anything, bet the east gets the cream of the storms again . Seen it all before

[Eskimo]

Have a funny feeling central and eastern areas will have a lot of showers as well tomorrow, just don't have any evidence to back anything up.

[snow raven]

Well, today in my neck of the woods, it turned out to be a very big damp squid! Still, the rain was needed I guess - its a shame most of it ended up down the drains and on its way to the sea or leaking out of the water companies pipes

[Robbie Garrett]

GFS is lining up 30th April to go out with a massive bang...with temperatures close to 19*C at Diurnal max.

Hi-res showing this nicely...

[Kain]

Estofex seems to give tomorrow a chance

http://www.estofex.org/cgi-bin/polygon/showforecast.cgi?text=yes&fcstfile=2012042706_201204252216_1_stormforecast.xml