scotland Scotland Regional Discussion16th July 2013 onwards

[mardatha]

Thick white mist here and thunder in the distance

[lorenzo]

Morning All, some AMAZING Imagery on Radar, Lightning Detector and Satellite right now.

 

Forward speed of the main band of activity indicates hitting the Central Belt within the next 80 minutes or so. Estofex Briefing Here.

 

UK getting properly tasered - 3000+ strikes within the last couple of hours as this heat goes with a bang.

 

Satrep shows the two organised Mesoscale Convective Systems over the UK.

 

Looking forward to an electrifying day and going to take a wee drive to the Borders I reckon. Looks like nature is going to deliver a great summer treat today. Missus says am like a kid at Xmas today.

 

 

[shuggee]

Looks like the first proper storm to hit Edinburgh for many years is about to arrive on a NNW trajectory...  Signalling and trains already knackered at Dunbar.

[lorenzo]

Edinburgh directly in the firing line Shuggee, looking good.

[Michael Kaii]

Really spooky in whitburn its calm and foggy and knowing the fact its going to go boom later its exciting!

[Ceitidh]

Is it likely to go boom in East Kilbride later ?

[Kayemill]

Is it likely to go boom in East Kilbride later ?

I would say in 5-10 mins as we are getting it now on the other side of Whitelee.

[Ross B]

Had a storm in Edinburgh above the low cloud, weird but I'll take that!

[101_North]

Had a few flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder in the last hour. I've changed job and really miss the great views of the Pentlands and out west which I had from my old office (about all I miss to be fair). I'm now based in town which has it's advantages but a great view of the surrounding sky isn't one of them.

Edited July 23, 2013 by 101_North

[lorenzo]

Image at 1000 from the excellent Net Wx V6 Radar. Shameless plug as it is excellent, best choice of overlays out there and realised better than the others Meto, Blitzortung, Meteogroup etc.

 

Red Xs are the most recent strikes and you can see the line progressing North into Fife now. The main band dialling in on Glasgow and surrounds.

 

Very eery foggy day here, such a strong blanket of mist cannot see through to  any of the towers. Pretty surreal when the light keeps changing pitch. Atmosphere feels still, but charged like a slow burning fuse wire has been lit.

 

Edinburgh Airport Metar reports Cumulonimbus TSRM - Light Thunderstorm Rain and Mist.

Edited July 23, 2013 by lorenzo

[sn0wman]

Image at 1000 from the excellent Net Wx V6 Radar. Shameless plug as it is excellent, best choice of overlays out there and realised better than the others Meto, Blitzortung, Meteogroup etc.

 

Red Xs are the most recent strikes and you can see the line progressing North into Fife now. The main band dialling in on Glasgow and surrounds.

 

Very eery foggy day here, such a strong blanket of mist cannot see through to  any of the towers. Pretty surreal when the light keeps changing pitch. Atmosphere feels still, but charged like a slow burning fuse wire has been lit.

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Edinburgh Airport Metar reports Cumulonimbus TSRM - Light Thunderstorm Rain and Mist.

Arghh really hope Alloa isn't stuck in the middle of these two storms! Looks like the one heading into Fife is too far east and the one heading into Glasgow etc. could be too far west. 

[Ravelin]

Got a text not long ago from my mum, who is in Ayrshire at the moment, to say they've just had a thunderstorm. For those that get them...enjoy!

 

Currently in Dyce it's calm and dry but overcast with light grey cloud. Not sure if we'll get any of the more potent rain/thunderstorms here as I'm not sure the temperatures have been high enough to put the energy in. Radar seems to show the band of heavy showers coming up the north sea heading roughly our way though.

[Boydie]

Thunder storm in Glenrothes area, very heavy rain.

[DR(S)NO]

Very ominous looking,dark clouds ....feeling this could turn into a very interesting day!?

[lynp]

Torrential rain here in West End Glasgow. Drainpipes on tenement not coping.....and sooooooo dark!

[A Winter's Tale]

Very dark here with rumbles of thunder. The radar suggests some really heavy rain is on the way. 

Edited July 23, 2013 by A Winter's Tale

[Glaswegianblizzard]

Heavy rain and frequent low booms from the sky now in Glasgow. It had went very dark for a while too.

[Allyw12]

The thunder and lighting is here

[NUT]

Think it safe to say the dry spell has just gone goodbye 

[GrangemouthBairn]

Had a heavy shower with 2 rumbles of thunder at about half 10 which lasted 5 minutes

[sn0wman]

Just some light rain at the moment. Looks like the thunderstorms are going to miss me.

[todd1970]

Seems to have side-swiped us here in EK , half an hours worth of low rumblings some rain and a few flashes of lightning.

 

Seems to have died a death now and moved up towards the Glasgow area , cant even hear thunder anymore.  

 

Wonder if there is more to come later.

[mardatha]

Was spectacular lightning and rain here earlier, we were driving up to Edinburgh in it. Fork lightning and torrential rain, eased off and roads dried within an hour - but now the rain has started on heavy again.

[NUT]

Well that was a little disappointing!

[Glaswegianblizzard]

A bit of a damp squib in Glasgow. Some heavy rain, plenty rumbles, a few flickers of lightning, and that was it. Brightening up now.