Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts, 28th June 2012>

[Sainsbo]

sferic NW of swindon.

Hopefully I'll get to see soemthing, then

[I Cumbria Marra I]

looks like the crewe storm shield might be broken today

[Cloud 10]

Still some decent energy available in eastern regions even at 9pm this evening,should be

some good photo opportunities.

The CAPE and LI over on the continent is a bit distracting though.

[Chris.R]

Liverpool airport going for heavy thunderstorm rain this afternoon

EGGP 301100Z 3012/0112 19014KT 9999 SCT035 TEMPO 3012/3019 7000 SHRA PROB30 TEMPO 3012/3018 19017G27KT 4000 +TSRA BKN014CB BECMG 0104/0106 7000 -RA BKN014 BECMG 0109/0112 26012KT

Forecast valid from 30 at 12 UTC to 01 at 12 UTC

Wind 14 kt from south

Visibility 10 km or more

Scattered clouds at a height of 3500 ft

Temporary

from 30 at 12 UTC to 30 at 19 UTC

Visibility 7000 m

rain showers

Probability 30% :

Temporary

from 30 at 12 UTC to 30 at 18 UTC

Wind 17 kt from south with gusts up to 27 kt

Visibility 4000 m

Broken clouds at a height of 1400 ft , Cumulonimbus.

heavy thunderstorm rain

Becoming

from 01 at 04 UTC to 01 at 06 UTC

Visibility 7000 m

Broken clouds at a height of 1400 ft

light rain

Becoming

from 01 at 09 UTC to 01 at 12 UTC

Wind 12 kt from west

http://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/united-kingdom-ireland.php?icao=EGGP

[Chris.R]

Can't hear any more sferics now, seems like activity has died off in the NW although there are some distant sferics >100 miles away.

Edit, OK I spoke to soon, two sferics a bit closer, one about 50-70 miles and one that sounded quite close indeed. I shouldn't have opened my big virtual mouth, although not that i'm complaining.

[Backtrack]

Yes that is strange, perhaps St.bees has a micro climate.

Nah, winds straight off the Irish Sea, right on the coast with frequent showers. Plus it's further North, most of Cumbria looks cooler today anyway.

Can't hear any more sferics now, seems like activity has died off in the NW although there are some distant sferics >100 miles away.

Edit, OK I spoke to soon, two sferics a bit closer, one about 50-70 miles and one that sounded quite close indeed. I shouldn't have opened my big virtual mouth, although not that i'm complaining.

Very heavy, potentially thundery cell just West of Kirkby, that's what you just heard, probably.

[Raidan]

Has turned out nice here sun shining feels quite warm,lots of convection about but not expecting anything here though this is Bristol it never does lol

[Chris.R]

I guess it was, no more from it though and its still to far east for me.

[Chris.R]

Surtainly very humid feeling here now with the sun coming out every now and again.

Sorry certainly, GRRR. I am rubbish at spelling things.

[Sainsbo]

Very dark sky here in Swindon now...Hopefully see soemthing soon.

[Chris.R]

There goes the Kirkby cell again, or may be it was a new one.

[Alex95]

Lightning visible to the south of the tyne, less than once a minute though.

[lfcdude]

Very dark sky here in Swindon now...Hopefully see soemthing soon.

Im hoping aswell... hoping that cell near melksham continues to grow missed it by 2 miles... but cant here anything from it so just rain i guess

Edited June 30, 2012 by lfcdude

[MP-R]

Just had a monumental downpour, only lasted 5-10 minutes but now there's 5mm in the rain guage haha. Clearing up again with warm sunshine reappearing.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Lightning visible to the south of the tyne, less than once a minute though.

El Geordieo aftershock !

[I Cumbria Marra I]

look at the radar, cumbria convection free as always

[Alex95]

El Geordieo aftershock !

Ha ha yeah, I've only seen a few flashes, and it looks like its a good few miles south of the river. Nice to see though, along with the fantastic cloudscapes.

[Raidan]

Light rain here now but sun still shining,wish these showers would do more than they are.

[Chris.R]

I'm weighting for the day when el liverpoodlieo happens. AAAA that doesn't really work does it.

Or should it be el scowso?

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Ha ha yeah, I've only seen a few flashes, and it looks like its a good few miles south of the river. Nice to see though, along with the fantastic cloudscapes.

Ah. fingers crossed it maintains its Northerly migration other than pushing totally out to the east, as is sometimes the case !

[Liam J]

Pretty dry afternoon here with glimpses of sunshine and feeling quite warm, 18.2c the max so far.

Nice to see some of you having yet more thundery cells today!! I'm not a bit envious....

Edited June 30, 2012 by Liam J

[Alex95]

Pretty dry afternoon here with glimpses of sunshine and feeling quite warm, 18.2c the max so far.

Nice to see some of you having yet more thundery cells today!! I'm not a bit envious....

I've only seen 5 flashes of lightning today, all from 5-10 miles away. I saw that much lightning every 10 seconds during Thursday's storm!

[Kain]

Or should it be el scowso?

El Scowso works

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Possible storms heading in towards Peterborough, as im sure i can see approaching cumulonimbus from SW. Been watching this since N Devon and Somerset. Keep building you beast please !

[I Cumbria Marra I]

I've only seen 5 flashes of lightning today, all from 5-10 miles away. I saw that much lightning every 10 seconds during Thursday's storm!

move to west cumbria for a year, you'll get a shock