Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts - May 2012 Part 2

[Aaron]

26 reached in your area, or just in general?

In my area.. lots of cumulus about but still sunny

Edited May 23, 2012 by Aaron

[NUT]

Tomorrow will likely be the day for us but saying that is has got a lot breezier than earlier and some cumumus I guess has shot up to the south. Does feel really humid but breeze cooling it down a bit

[Mapantz]

In my area.. lots of cumulus about but still sunny

Not far from 26°C myself. Dewpoint has just reached 18°C

Just took this image on my phone quickly ..

[Lynxus]

Not far from 26°C myself. Dewpoint has just reached 18°C

Just took this image on my phone quickly ..

Looks teh same here,

A few little puffy clouds. Nothing too worrying yet.

[A.J]

Some towers going up now to my east (Stone & then down through Cannock by the looks of things)....definitely Cu Congestus glowing orange in the heat haze...I'll definitely be keeping my eyes on these for next next few hours as the hi-res modelling puts me right under the area of surface convergence

[john175]

Tomorrow will likely be the day for us but saying that is has got a lot breezier than earlier and some cumumus I guess has shot up to the south. Does feel really humid but breeze cooling it down a bit

speaking of a breeze,was picking little one up from school ,really hot ,then this quite chilly breeze hit, felt out of place for how warm it is, stayed with us for a minute or so then it went back to a normal warmish breeze, quite strange. any idea what that could have been ?

[StormChaseUK]

speaking of a breeze,was picking little one up from school ,really hot ,then this quite chilly breeze hit, felt out of place for how warm it is, stayed with us for a minute or so then it went back to a normal warmish breeze, quite strange. any idea what that could have been ?

A ghost

[john175]

A ghost

lol if it was it was a rather large one

[weatherobsuk]

27.3'c here and climbing, just spent the good part of a hour outside but any cu which forms begins to dissipate almost as quickly, a few larger ones merging over Kinder Scout as predicted but the trigger isn't strong enough just yet to keep initiation going.

[Keraunic]

A portent of things to come...................

[stormchaser1]

Thursday Cape updated

[stormchaser1]

Typical , i go back too work tomorrow, else i would have gone for a drive up to the Pennines, Not that far from here , about 25mile to the North Pennines!

[NUT]

Thursday Cape updated

Not half a bit tasty! Just 1 of the factors though but if everything does come together.......could be interesting!

[Mapantz]

Thursday Cape updated

As long as the anti cyclone is as strong as it is, that CAPE will all be wasted.

[Aaron]

Ah, today is very warm and humid with high dew points.. perfect for storm development.. well, you'd think so, but sadly muggy conditions don't automatically equal storms.. many other factors to consider, too

Edited May 23, 2012 by Aaron

[Coast]

Thursday Cape updated

Just out of the area I'll be travelling through tomorrow, but I'll still have an eye on the sky!

That little spot around Portsmouth/IOW still looks interesting:

[Supacell]

It is very hazy in Bradford with some developing cumulus. It feels like there could be a storm but I think that it'll be a no go now

[davehsug]

Big towers going up to the North East & East over the peaks I'd say. Anyone know what direction any storms may head. Surface wind is light Northerly here, so I'd hope uppers had a touch more east about them.

[weatherobsuk]

Difficult to say, cu towers all day have been building against the wind which is a north-northeast flow, haven't seen the uppers yet but Cheshire reporting westerly winds and Nottingham easterly along the convergence. But purely going off visual obs anything that does develop initially will be heading slowly north.

[weatherobsuk]

I think we broke the CAP finally, big beefy cu now broken out across Kinder.

[Nick L]

Just the odd puff of cumulus here, really quite hazy though.

[stormchaser1]

still quite warm , up here no cbs to report, just a layer of Altocumulus. Looks like they moving from South East to a North west direction

Edited May 23, 2012 by stormchaser1

[Aaron]

Some heavy showers in Scotland, or a radar error?

Looking at the visible sat image, looks like some very heavy showers in southern Scotland near Livingston

Edited May 23, 2012 by Aaron

[Supacell]

Clouds are really building now around here, maybe there could be something after all. If I go out onto the hill nearby I have views for miles in all directions so I may head off in a bit to see if I can see any cb's developing.

On another note, has anyone seen all the lightning over Holland. Wish I was there!

[recklessabandon]

Some heavy showers in Scotland, or a radar error?

Looking at the visible sat image, looks like some very heavy showers in southern Scotland near Livingston

Livingston M 8 Motorway cameras show a lot of surface water so makes sense.....

Edited May 23, 2012 by recklessabandon