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

[Cheshire Freeze]

Light rain here....lol

[SteveB]

_{Had thunder in Nailsea}

Edited August 29, 2012 by SteveB

[Mark Neal.]

I'm guessing these severe storms in the Bristol/Gloucestershire area will be much less potent when they reach me in Oxon?

Be good to see another good T'storm, been plenty here in Oxford in the last few weeks.

[Wilxy]

Just had a torriential downpour come through here easing off now.

[bensainsbury]

Very gusty and torrential rain

[Weather-history]

Fantastic thunderstorm, marble hail, loud thunder, torrential rain

[Gord]

Heavy rain moving through here now.

[todd1970]

Great wee storm just passed through here overhead lightning loud thunder gusty winds and hail.

I want more now.

[SalopWatcher]

The line in the north seems to be pivoting between Manchester and Liverpool and as such that area has/is taking a beating... look great on the Radar!

[Norfolk Sheep]

Moderate to heavy rain, quite welcome really, August rainfall totals well down on previous years

[Chris W]

A second wave of sferics is coming through here, safe to say we're getting an absolute pasting. Been going on for half an hour, I so deserve this!

[SalopWatcher]

Another cell in Midwales (Bulth Wells) not linked to any of the lines in the north or south that's got Sferics attached... something for us Shropshire folks to keep an eye on over the next hour or so... (and watch it die!)

[Sunny Android]

The line in the north seems to be pivoting between Manchester and Liverpool and as such that area has/is taking a beating... look great on the Radar!

Had 1 hour now of Thunder, albeit distant now.

It's still black to my South so I might see a second pulse ..... watch this space

[Chris.R]

When you say pppivoting, do you mean heading back towards Liverpool again? Ppivoting around what? It's lovely and sunny here, you'd think we were under high pressure.

[Karl83]

Just as it was passing over my location... I caught these.....

[weatherobsuk]

A556 at A5034 will be the cam to watch for myself, although I can see the TCU shield approaching it's mostly low-level stuff in this confined line that's giving all the action, so about another 45 mins or so yet before it reaches us here in the Peaks.

[SalopWatcher]

No the north of the line moved faster than the south so it clears out from the lake district quickly, while its been over Chester and Warrington for some time... its gone from a North South line to more of a North East/South West line but all with an eastern movement...

If you get what I mean!!

Just as it was passing over my location... I caught these.....

The second photo is great... looks like you caught some lightening in it too

[Chris.R]

OK, just cluching at straws!

[Cheshire Freeze]

When you say pppivoting, do you mean heading back towards Liverpool again? Ppivoting around what? It's lovely and sunny here, you'd think we were under high pressure.

I think winds are backing more wnw behind, you can clearly see the orientation of the convergence line shifting.....initially it was more N-S alligned, now it's more SW-NE alligned

[Jane Louise]

Just as it was passing over my location... I caught these.....

Nice pics.. I've ran out of likes lol

[Sunny Android]

The southern flank is certainly slower 'salopwatcher' but the NW to SE movement is winning.

I'll be joining Chris R shortly for some late sun to dry us out !

[Weather-history]

Fantastic thunderstorm, marble hail, loud thunder, torrential rain

Still thundering, still raining torrential, hail now and then and yet I can see blue skies only a few miles away.

[NUT]

Getting dark to the south of me but missing the rain so far

EDIT: Just started raining

Edited August 29, 2012 by NUT

[Interitus]

I think winds are backing more wnw behind, you can clearly see the orientation of the convergence line shifting.....initially it was more N-S alligned, now it's more SW-NE alligned

Yes, in Warrington now we are being affected by cells behind the original one as the band becomes aligned more parallel to the flow.

[Karl83]

No the north of the line moved faster than the south so it clears out from the lake district quickly, while its been over Chester and Warrington for some time... its gone from a North South line to more of a North East/South West line but all with an eastern movement...

If you get what I mean!!

The second photo is great... looks like you caught some lightening in it too

It's actually a crane mate. lol. But I did wonder at first.