Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts - May 2012

[snow raven]

Right, I am throwing in the towel. Not even heavy rain here - pah!

[Norfolk Sheep]

yup, dead as a dodo.....nothing like Monday so far apart from the lack of anything here

[UK Weather Outlook]

Thunderstorm here in Sudbury, Suffolk!

[Buckster76]

central Essex here and hardly any notable rain

[snow raven]

Dear Mother Nature,

I am about to throw in the towel and go to bed in my neck of the woods. Please don't let me regret this like I did Monday night when I discovered we had a storm 30 minutes after my head hit the pillow.

Amen.

[essex coast matt]

There are some seriously impressive echos on the radar in Essex, moving over Colchester - how is nobody posting about this? Nobody live in Essex?

Mostly heavy rain ,only seen two flashes all night in clacton.as all this is high based stuff the rain is heavy but not that heavy

[Eskimo]

central Essex here and hardly any notable rain

Aren't you smack bang in the middle of the heavy precips?

[samadamsuk]

Hey all.

Looks like we could see some flooding under that mass of precip - as above, haven't seen many posts from that area though ..

[cloudsabove]

Looked out the window to my east a very short while ago, did not see any flashes, but just had a large rumble of thunder half a minute ago (actually as UKWeatherOutlook said, towards Sudbury way/direction) . Will go to look out window again, but I think it might be a very sporadic affair. Heavy rain in the area for a few hours now.

[essex coast matt]

Think local flooding will be major prob in morn,nearly 13mm so far.

[Norfolk Sheep]

Delete that last comment, just put the dogs to bed and one big big flash lit up the sky here, then a smaller one to the SE.

edit - think it might be from a cell near Lowestoft

Edited May 2, 2012 by Norfolk Sheep

[scotteboi]

Mostly heavy rain ,only seen two flashes all night in clacton.as all this is high based stuff the rain is heavy but not that heavy

Ditto but less the flashes!

[cloudsabove]

Some more flashes and rumbles of varying intensities, more rain, wind has picked up slightly. Hard to tell if it is going away or not really at the moment

[Buckster76]

Aren't you smack bang in the middle of the heavy precips?

meant to be ... and hardly anything

[Neilsouth]

I drove to the north kent coast and looked out across the sea, could see isle o sheppy and southend.. Not a single flash and it felt cold!, pretty much went as expected. Still though Monday night made up for it

[UK Weather Outlook]

Huge CG strike to my east just now......... and a big, loud crack of thunder. Rainfall is moderate, nothing too heavy atm........

Edited May 2, 2012 by UK Weather Outlook

[john mac]

Can someone put the latest radar image up please, just some light rain here atm.

[samadamsuk]

Pretty coarse, but this is what I use John - http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ - you've probaby got this link, but just incase ..

[Liam Ellis]

Wow, downpours here in Cardiff.

[scotteboi]

Some more flashes and rumbles of varying intensities, more rain, wind has picked up slightly. Hard to tell if it is going away or not really at the moment

Obviously going away then Any more action?

Apart from the rain I dont think we are going to see much in the way of storms tonight......still going to bed with the window open (blind faith and misplaced optimism kicking in again!)

[Norfolk Sheep]

Huge CG strike to my east just now......... and a big, loud crack of thunder. Rainfall is moderate, nothing too heavy atm........

ATD isn't showing anything new, my StrikeAlert has gone very quiet now. Enjoy whatever you get down there!

[Sprites]

Light winds are making the thunder audible from a fair distance , the cgs sound mega ,just had three flashes and booms ,although i heard thunder at 11.35 too .

[cloudsabove]

Obviously going away then Any more action?

Apart from the rain I dont think we are going to see much in the way of storms tonight......still going to bed with the window open (blind faith and misplaced optimism kicking in again!)

Yes you are right, it went away after another flash or two and rumble! Too tired to keep looking out windows, though think rain will be all that remains for a while.

[scotteboi]

Light winds are making the thunder audible from a fair distance , the cgs sound mega ,just had three flashes and booms ,although i heard thunder at 11.35 too .

Lucky devil..the stuff out East is looking a bit meaner in the last 10 mins or so....I wonder

Yes you are right, it went away after another flash or two and rumble! Too tired to keep looking out windows, though think rain will be all that remains for a while.

I dont know...the stuff to the east is looking very interesting in the last 10mins or so!

[Norfolk Sheep]

Lucky devil..the stuff out East is looking a bit meaner in the last 10 mins or so....I wonder

I dont know...the stuff to the east is looking very interesting in the last 10mins or so!

Flippin 'eck! I can't stay up any longer! I'll just sleep with one ear open then Guess it depends on how far that stuff extends northward.....hey ho!