Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts, 3rd July 2012>

[Chris.R]

OO that was a close one

[Cloudwatcher]

Might.........just put the camera in the car................just in case

[carl1980]

Last of the blue sky going now ,dark clouds to the east

[Cheshire Freeze]

Sky is PITCH black to the ENE now

[Tim B]

Can hear sferics but they seem too far away to be coming from the Manchester cell. Well we will see when it gets a bit closer

They will be from the one on the image I posted on the last page, too far away to give our areas any fireworks I am afraid.

[AWD]

Nothing in Bristol, or anywhere close too, today. Been rather warm and pleasant actually. Earlier on the week, Friday showed promise, but I think this has diminished somewhat now.

[Weather-history]

Rain just starting here but no thunder and I suspect nothing at that barring the odd crash.

[Cloudwatcher]

Sky is PITCH black to the ENE now

Thats it.....I'm rolling!

[Karl83]

Might.........just put the camera in the car................just in case

Take that chance! You must!

[Chris W]

Looking like about half an hour for a hit, sat24 looks great. Crewe - maybe a smaller cell to the south of the big one?

Shall we call this El Millennio given the frequency of them coming?

[Sunny Android]

Might.........just put the camera in the car................just in case

Might not have to go anywhere, cool air drafting down the Dee and Mersey Estuaries hitting that humid weather head-on !

[P-M]

yeah strikes are showing now - lucky NW'ers why are all the storm in the west!!

[Cloudwatcher]

yeah strikes are showing now - lucky NW'ers why are all the storm in the west!!

yeah I'm seeing some strikes on the v6 :-)

[weatherobsuk]

Well that was a short but sweet storm, handful of visible lightning before it moved off out into Cheshire. Little in the way of rain here but looking down towards Buxton it was pretty dark with convection building up across the Goyt Valley.

[Chris W]

yeah I'm seeing some strikes on the v6 :-)

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[Sprites]

Meanwhile the storms that were active over France have packed up hahaha, what a surprise!

[Cheshire Freeze]

I can't begin to describe just how black it's gone. To the ene there is what looks to be some form of shelf like cloud. Surprised I've heard no thunder TBH

[Cloudwatcher]

We are in a direct head on path...........surely it can't miss!

[Chris.R]

from the cell in chesher. You think there will be a convergance zone?

Just had an increase of sferics and a few that sounded like they were

[Aaron]

There was frequent thunder to my SW not long ago & lightning.

So I hear some parts of Leeds have had a good storm!! Guess it was closer than I thought.. still nothing here lol

Edited July 5, 2012 by Aaron

[UKSupercell]

I rest my case that the midlands and north get the most thunderstorms of any region in Britain.

Metoffice was looking promising for this week (yesterday to Saturday) and look what's happened in South Bucks!

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!

Nothing on wednesday, nothing today, will be nothing tonight looking at net-weather's Premium Euro Radar and I'm healthily pessimistic there will be, as per usual, NOTHING tomorrow.

The Home Counties get absolutely bugger all in terms of storms and I'm sick of it.

[Chris.R]

And another closer one. Sorry don't know what happened to my last post, the end bit went at the beginning!

[Chris W]

We are in a direct head on path...........surely it can't miss!

Can it beat the...um...Tarvin storm shield?

My housemate didn't believe me when I just told him a storm was coming.

Edited July 5, 2012 by Chris W

[Methuselah]

We are in a direct head on path...........surely it can't miss!

It could just go 'poof' though?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

missing me to the north!!!! very stormy skies looking N/NE