The Midlands Regional Discussion 23rd July 2013 onwards

[WillinGlossop]

Still 23c and humid, everything going east of here..... Nice breeze though.... Feeling sleepy....

[matt_in_dudley]

Well i've had an absolute awful end to the day! Got woke up at 4:45am this morning by rain, then the thunder came which was awesome! Started out from Brownhills at 7:15am, got to the A38 just to my south and boom...heaviest rain i have ever seen. The sky went pitch black (was like driving at dusk), street lights came on, had to pull over twice. Massive cracks of thunder that shook the car. Drove through Coleshill, Water Orton and Kenilworth and the rain and thunder continued and just as i thought i was safe, driving into Leamington the heavens opened! Got there at 9:45am!! Amazing stuff! It was dangerous at times, couldn't see anything but water and the wipers physically couldn't go fast enough.

Reason why i've had a problem of a day is not the storms, they were awesome, but because i locked my car key in the car and accidentally broke a window trying to get it out. Cost me £50, Autoglass come out tomorrow morning! Could of cried. And now i see Leicestershire is hogging the storms while we are bone dry!

Edited July 23, 2013 by Matt_in_Walsall

[LadyEv06]

Very spoiled locally over the past 24hrs, some of the best UK lightning I've ever seen!

[Summer of 95]

Anything for Shrewsbury tonight? Only a few distant flashes this morning, sunny with patches of Ac now, why can't this area get proper storms any more?

[Ian Ballinger]

Anything for Shrewsbury tonight? Only a few distant flashes this morning, sunny with patches of Ac now, why can't this area get proper storms any more?

 

 

All the fun looks east of us as usual 

[conor123]

Glad i've not bothered radar watching today, knew it was always going to a North/East takes all event.

Ended up rather warm again in the end today despite a lot of cloud, max of 24.7c, looks like the dry spell continues here, the torrential stuff stayed south east of here last night so not that much fell.

Looks like it's pretty nice till I go on holiday Sunday now bar Thursday Morning, Friday/Saturday especially looking very warm at 25/26c with long spells of sunshine.

[Summer of 95]

All the fun looks east of us as usual

Some parts of Telford got ptetty close to a direct hit this morning, all we had was 4-5 distant flashes/rumbles and a bit of rain. 8 years since the last really big storm here, Birmingham has had 3 in the last 12 months, what's wrong with this area?

[Polar Low]

So 2.5 hours later, I have never ever seen a constant storm that delivered such persistent thunder, lightning, and torrential rain in my 22 years. Some pictures attached - the one with the largest swathe of water is the field outside my house- which is now a makeshift pool.

 

 

 

[azores92]

All the fun looks east of us as usual 

dontcha know its always notts/lincs etc that always have the fun, despite being as far inland as most of us and yet they always seem to come out on top in these events

[nitro_deluxe]

Mid to high twenties poss again Saturday? Nil storms, not a jot, not even a mere hint nor whiff of a storm...imported all the way from nowhere near France

(Reverse psychology may just do the trick lol)

[Bishop Brennan]

lol well this thread isn't exactly a hive of activity tonight, is it? I suspect a lot of people are catching up on some much needed sleep after the fun & games last night.

 

Apparently the models are starting to toy with the idea of another plume event this weekend.

 

Bish

[nitro_deluxe]

Sleep..sheesh..

 

Three hours approx from now expecting pure ole shut-eye, nil storms thunder nor any lightning - to hell with them! had my fix now, stuff everyone else 

 

Until the weekend latest lol..

[conor123]

After a dreary start it's turning increasingly sunny now from the South West, still fairly warm/humid, 20.6c with a 15c dewpoint.

[Ryan05]

Well Nottingham got absolutely hammered last night, not seen rain like that for a long time. You could virtually hear thunder for the best part of 24 hours in & around Nottingham, one storm just followed another. Best of the thunder/lightning Monday Night with like I say rain of biblical proportions yesterday teatime.

[multi cellular thunderstorm]

Well Nottingham got absolutely hammered last night, not seen rain like that for a long time. You could virtually hear thunder for the best part of 24 hours in & around Nottingham, one storm just followed another. Best of the thunder/lightning Monday Night with like I say rain of biblical proportions yesterday teatime.

 

Yes that rain yesterday teatime was amazing, like you say Monday night was better for thunder and lightning.

I had limited time last night but drove about 20 miles east to try to pick up that slow moving storm, didn't quite get close enough to see any decent action, bit of lightning, bit of thunder and decent structure.

The was a lot of flooding though, some roads barely passable. I hit something while driving through a flood and ripped off some of the floor under the car, also got loads of warning lights now so I think it got into the electrics

 

Need to work through the pics and videos from the last couple of days, I'm hoping to post all the decent stuff or maybe put it together in a highlights video.

[Dale Hay]

lol well this thread isn't exactly a hive of activity tonight, is it? I suspect a lot of people are catching up on some much needed sleep after the fun & games last night.

I fell asleep around 5-6pm yesterday (thank goodness I didn't miss anything here)

Apparently the models are starting to toy with the idea of another plume event this weekend.

Ooo I do hope there's something.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

lol well this thread isn't exactly a hive of activity tonight, is it? I suspect a lot of people are catching up on some much needed sleep after the fun & games last night.

 

Apparently the models are starting to toy with the idea of another plume event this weekend.

 

Bish

 

bbc tv weather mentioning that, had it for South east corner mainly, could spread further inland to affect E and SE midlands

[conor123]

Decent day again today if a little on the cloudy side at times, maxed out just under 24c, looks like 26/27c possible widely across the region Saturday now, will be a nice pre holiday tan top up before Cyprus Sunday .

[Dancerwithwings]

Today i hit 26.5c, Was expecting 23s or 24s and with just fair weather cloud, It was very pleasant

[Eugene]

All the hype over storms all week has sadly failed to come true, nothing looking likely until Saturday night now for our region and only briefly like Tuesday morning.

[Bishop Brennan]

Sounds like the north midlands could well see some thundery action tomorrow afternoon judging by the latest models.

 

Let's keep our fingers crossed for our Nottingham members, they've been storm-starved so far this summer 

 

Bish

[Rammie]

Well Nottingham got absolutely hammered last night, not seen rain like that for a long time. You could virtually hear thunder for the best part of 24 hours in & around Nottingham, one storm just followed another. Best of the thunder/lightning Monday Night with like I say rain of biblical proportions yesterday teatime.

I'm pretty sure that this was the one that gave you the light show on Monday. Time wise it seems to fit. This was when it passed quite a way to the west of Kettering, heading north.

Edited July 24, 2013 by Rammie

[Dancerwithwings]

Let's keep our fingers crossed for our Nottingham members, they've been storm-starved so far this summer 

 

Bish

 

So not jealous !!! Im not complaining

 

Edited July 24, 2013 by Dancerwithwings

[nitro_deluxe]

Sounds like the north midlands could well see some thundery action tomorrow afternoon judging by the latest models.Let's keep our fingers crossed for our Nottingham members, they've been storm-starved so far this summer :angry:Bish

Now, now..not entirely their fault! honest lol.If the current rain goes sparky over Nottingham then I'm on your side lucky devils!! Edited July 24, 2013 by triple_x1

[nitro_deluxe]

Sounds like the north midlands could well see some thundery action tomorrow afternoon judging by the latest models. Let's keep our fingers crossed for our Nottingham members, they've been storm-starved so far this summer  Bish

Congleton..I'd aim for Congleton. Or, anywhere just east..sincerely hope not for the sanity of a few of our board (bored..) members.