South West/Central Southern Regional Discussion Discussion 23rd July 2013 onwards

[Ben Sainsbury]

Trust me a good thunderstorm!

[Andy Bown]

Wow what a storm towards Bath and Bristol! Huge CB visible from here thanks to clear sky in between.

Had a few very close rumbles and 1 flash of lightning around 14.30 but it seems that the activity is now splitting somewhat ad the energy reserved for that main storm. The cell SW of Wincanton has recent lightning but is now moving more W-E than the SW-NE movement from earlier.

Looking at the NW radar accumulation facility a line from Wells to Swindon has had getting on for an inch of rain in downpours in the last 4 to 5 hours!

[gottolovethisweather]

0.2mm here so far in Newbury, Thunder nowt, fascinating skies though. Still managed to get to 23.3c so the run of Maximum Temps above 70f stretches to 26 days and counting. More heat to come later in the week.

 

Keep the excellent captures and reports coming, guys n gals.

[Ben Sainsbury]

Multicell I think storms keep forming behind the one over me.

[wimblettben]

Just saw a flash and heard some thunder and its coming this way.

 

I think I am going to get a direct storm now.

[jessandjon]

:-(

[Andy Bown]

Looks like a direct hit for you in Mere Ben! Hearing thunder from it in Warminster.

[ClevedonDave]

I think that's us done for the west of the area

[A.J]

holy smokes, field to the rear of our garden struck by lightning, I kid you not!......the resultant explosive concussion of thunder should be bottled and prescribed as an instant cure for constipation!!

[Mark -W-s-M]

After the torrential downpour.

[lfcdude]

Just all to north of me

[cartedj]

Trust me a good thunderstorm!

It was. It looks like it's lost a lot of its potency looking at the rainfall radar.

[Blimey]

Sunny Dorset living up to its name

[cartedj]

holy smokes, field to the rear of our garden struck by lightning, I kid you not!......the resultant explosive concussion of thunder should be bottled and prescribed as an instant cure for constipation!!

I remember being stood in the entrance to the old Do it All building over Greenbridge retail park before it was developed during a storm. Lightning struck the building directly opposite me about 100 yds away. Apart from being blinded for a second as if a flasgun had gone off in your face, there wasn't so much as a clap of thunder as just a loud bang. If you ever seen those tv programs where they try to simulate lightning in a test chamber when all you here is a loud crack as it discharges, it was just like that. No extended rumbles or anything, just a shotgun going off in your ear. Amazing to experience but a bit to close for comfort.

[wimblettben]

I eat my words from this morning now.

 

Just had my first direct storm of the year with frequent crackly sounding thunder before a burst of wind and rain came through.

 

When that cleared it was the occasional intra cloud lightning and I directly saw one of them.

 

I am currently hearing rumbles from another load of nice looking storm clouds to my northwest again.

[gottolovethisweather]

At long last, I believe I am hearing distant Thunder.

[gottolovethisweather]

I eat my words from this morning now.

 

Just had my first direct storm of the year with frequent crackly sounding thunder before a burst of wind and rain came through.

 

When that cleared it was the occasional intra cloud lightning and I directly saw one of them.

 

I am currently hearing rumbles from another load of nice looking storm clouds to my northwest again.

 

Well done Ben. Optimism is always better than pessimism, as in life itself.   

[AWD]

The expected clearance now coming into the SW.

Very happy with today though. One thundery shower and one thunderstorm takes my count up to 2 thunderstorms and 2 thundery showers so far this summer.

I hope we have further days like this to come throughout August.

Some amazing cloudscapes too.

Edited July 29, 2013 by AWD

[Andy Pepler]

more darkness in the skies with constant faint rumbleings ..ahhhh we did have out storm ok maybe a wweek late but better late than never..make that constant rumbles now ..no rain just a big dark someting in the sky

[ARTDEMOLE]

19.3c Humidity 84%.Sun does come out of the dark clouds at times. Thunder still heard rolling about..

[fromey]

afternoon all, today we have really been spoilt, 4 storms and now constant thunder lighting hail and monsoon rain!! 

this makes up for the disappointment of last week!!

 

fromey 

[lfcdude]

afternoon all, today we have really been spoilt, 4 storms and now constant thunder lighting hail and monsoon rain!! 

this makes up for the disappointment of last week!!

 

fromey 

 

 

Can hear it from here... hoping it does not miss me to my south....... Devizes storm shield been very active today with all just missing

Edited July 29, 2013 by lfcdude

[wimblettben]

Can here even more deep low rumbles to my North with some spectaculur looking cloud tops. I am taking some pictures of them and will try to show you lot later if I can.

[fromey]

Can here even more deep low rumbles to my North with some spectaculur looking cloud tops. I am taking some pictures of them and will try to show you lot later if I can.

its hitting me right now, constant thunder lighting hail monsoon rain, loving it!!

 

fromey

[Andy Pepler]

my rain gauge has just hit 27mm in the past 15 mins...bottom of westbury is flooded bloomin epic

Edited July 29, 2013 by Andy Pepler