Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts, 4th August 2012>

[SnowJoke]

Raining heavily in the center of MK now, main storm is to the NW, but more thunder heard from the south, another cell forming to the SE of the main storm I think.

[Cloudwatcher]

Just been for a tour and I have to say it's turning out to be hugely disappointing here today. Hoping for something late afternoon

[Lynxus]

very heavy rain here. just east of chelt... i cant quite figure out the best placement for the cells south of me!!! grrr these cells dont seem to be moving like normal lol

[Aceman]

Ace man where are you?

Bradford on Avon (Bath side)

[Stormeh]

Big crack of thunder just to my east, central Scotland doing good for storms this year

[IanR]

Lol, yes i have spent a lot of money on petrol this summer - yesterday was around £35 in total, just to hear a few rumbles. BBC forecast on N24 showed lots of blobs over me this afternoon and even more so just to my north and east. Maybe i wasn't far off when i was thinking somewhere like York.

yes dont make the same mistake of coming into the north west storm void,

this morning looked promising, huge columns of vigorous excited convection nearby like ash plumes from a huge volcano, but as they approached the wigan force field they got quashed into just messy looking clouds, poor things , they would have turned into good 'bonny' storms in the east

[anything-but]

Near gravesend here,can see the cells passing either side of where i am,heading over into Essex. Had some big raindrops but no thunder/lightning yet,but the way things look like developing today i`d be suprised if we don`t get a direct hit at some point today.

[Paul]

Latest radar with lightning overlaid

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

The storm tracking north from Basildon is getting more electrified, good luck to those in its path

That looks a beast that one, was hoping that would do an inward draw towards Cambs, but looks like progressing more NNE now.

Edited August 5, 2012 by East_England_Stormchaser91

[Mapantz]

Missing everything .. yet again.

[Wet'n'Dry]

That looks a beast that one, was hoping that would do an inward draw towards Cambs, but looks like progressing more NNE now.

It seems to be back building, Not sure if the tail end will hit here but the AM radio is going mental with at least 10 strikes per minute!

Edited August 5, 2012 by Wet'n'Dry

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Very loud crack of thunder there

[Cloudwatcher]

something has electrified over liverpool to our north. Too far away to see it though.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

It seems to be back building, Not sure if the tail end will hit here but the AM radio is going mental with at least 10 strikes per minute!

Sounds wicked ! That one over MK/Northaptonshire looking more likely to hit us.

[P-M]

Distant thunder heard here in Shields from the storm to the west of me I think...

Edited August 5, 2012 by Paul-Michael

[NUT]

Another astonishingly heavy burst of rain. Could be flooding around the town in general if this keeps up

[P-M]

Cell has exploded to the south of me thunder is becoming more frequent now but will not have time to intensify enough to be spectacular until it passes over me.

[Paul]

For those who may not know, you can track the latest rain and lightning strikes using the:

Rainfall Radar

ATD Lightning Detector

[AWD]

Nothing in Clevedon so far. Journey down was wet though, heavy rain which has now cleared to the North, and flooded roads.

Had a flash and a couple of rumbles back in Bristol. Sun has made an appearance now which should hopefully get things started for this afternoon.

[IanR]

something has electrified over liverpool to our north. Too far away to see it though.

yip, can see the sharp looking anvil, wont come here though , it wont even dare, these storms know better now not to venture into the northwests very own storm exterminator........ will see you in the NSC later for a good moan and a drink

[Deluxe]

line of developing cunimb to my south. hoping it can electrify! its been lovely and sunny so far, but later this afternoon looks promising

[AderynCoch]

Finally some action in 2012! Lots of loud gunshot thunder here.

[Paul]

A bit grainy, but a funnel cloud over Leeds:

https://twitter.com/manley40j/status/232093823407362048/photo/1

[THE MISSFITS]

Further to our posts about not having thunder in Marlow, we just had three or four rumbles, one fairly loud.. Hoping for more... Some great cloud porn going by too.

[maxemoo]

Raining in Bury St Edmunds with rumbling heard!!