Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts - April 2012 Part 4

[bobbydog]

had a few rumbles here- unfortunately, just my stomach....

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Yup, a rumble here too!

Edit: Just changed my location, forgot to change it back to Reading!

Was hopeful then as hour ago your location said cannock!

[Joey.G]

sferic shows up on NW lightning detector, looks pretty lonesome in all that rain!

[chionomaniac]

Very messy picture indeed - no supercell there. I would look Cherbourg to Le Havre region in the next couple of hours to see if something more discrete can form there.

[Kain]

Sun is trying to come out here now, but I think the whole thing looks messy and will be suprised it anything of note kicks off :S

[bobbydog]

storms my @rse! the weather is such a let down.

anyone fancy a pint?

[Costa Del Fal]

I stick by my opinion earlier that the picture is messy. Its mostly cloudy here. Not enough sun. Ramped up today was.

Still a few hours left but the risk is low.

Edited April 25, 2012 by Blizzards

[Kain]

storms my @rse! the weather is such a let down.

anyone fancy a pint?

The fickle british weather strikes again! I spose we can't write today off yet though as there a few hours left that could produce something. Though is there any suggestion as to why it didn't materialise?

[SteveB]

Just plain old rain here, pretty much has per this morning but with the odd break.

Not a chance in hell of seeing any storms today.

[Sprites]

CG boom 6miles west of here now, very dark base and again thunder.

[Kookylou]

nothing but grey skies and rain. all that excitement for nothing. back to revision i go! next time...

[Weather Wizard]

I have had loads of thunder here today (haven't seen much lightning due to low cloud bases)

[Aaron]

Rain warning for Yorkshire? Why? Where is this rain worth a warning going to come from?

[Nick L]

Was hopeful then as hour ago your location said cannock!

Sorry!

[A.J]

I stick by my opinion earlier that the picture is messy. Its mostly cloudy here. Not enough sun. Ramped up today was.

Still a few hours left but the risk is low.

Sorry matey but I disagree, there's a nice line of showery rain gaining in intensity over the south midlands and it's got lots of energy and lift to tap into...Ahead of that band it's sunny so diurnal heating can be brought into the mix...add that to the converging surface winds & shear that's present...

...Mix together, pop in the oven & bake for 30 mins and some garnish, et voila, the perfect homegrown storm.. ...or of course it also end up a messy area of sludge

[Team Jo]

Not much in the way of Thunder here, but the rain and wind has been pretty squally. The last band to pass through made the air oddly warm, Whereas this morning it was just cold winter rain!

Looking at the radar, there seems to be another fairly decent blob coming up from the central south coast, so I am optimistic there will be a few more bubbling up soon....

[Coast]

Yep another squally attack here in Benny Hill!

[maxemoo]

CG boom 6miles west of here now, very dark base and again thunder.

I thought I heard something but it is bin day here.

It has gone very dark to my west/NW.

[Chris K]

Been a bit muggy and damp out there and sun has been going in and out for most of the afternoon. Looks like a fair bit of rain heading up.

Edited April 25, 2012 by Bugganuts

[Team Jo]

Yep another squally attack here in Benny Hill!

This is making me think of little clouds on legs chasing round in circles.....

[Norfolk Sheep]

I thought I heard something but it is bin day here.

It has gone very dark to my west/NW.

Can just about see that on radar! Here it's just yucky mucky cold dank yucky muck. Did I say it was yucky?

[Azores Hi]

Yep another squally attack here in Benny Hill!

Beans for lunch?

Still time for something here in the far SE, Frustratingly we've been stuck in a relatively dry slot here in Ashford since the front passed, but as I speak I can see something on Radar bubbling up around Rye. The sun keeps popping out so you never know I may get something yet!

[A.J]

As I expected, the arc of showers edging slowly northwards into the midlands are getting well organized with some impressive radar echoes....Looking to my south, the line of anvil tops is most impressive, in fact I could go as far as to say that the shower/storm clouds to my south have the 'M&S 21 day matured fillet steak' look about them....i.e very beefy!

[Azores Hi]

Latest radar shows rapid intensification just north of Chelmsford...

[Convective]

I don't know what everyone is squeaking about.. as soon as 1 person says the whole thing is a mess, everyone joins in for the hell of it. Look at the intensity of some of the showers on the radar at the moment! There is no sign of these showers dying out soon overnight.. there is tomorrow aswell, once this band of rain has moved through, cloud will become thinner allowing solar heating tomorrow then Cb..? Also, it is ONLY 25th of April! There is May, June, July, August, September and October for storms! Chill out!