Convective / Storm Discussion - 27th July 2013

[Dan the Man]

Now exiting the no storm club for the first time in 2 years!

[Mesoscale]

Lightning is very strange as its very strobe like, never seen anything like it.

[MrSunshine]

Now exiting the no storm club for the first time in 2 years!

 

Now exiting the no storm club for the first time in 2 years!

 

What is your location?

[weatherobsuk]

Incidentally the LLC is now out across Birmingham, which could explain the slight delay in development. Will just have to see what the LLC does as it moves further north now, and if GFS was correct but an hour or two out of sync.

[kev f]

Sky's getting very dark to my South now, and thunder in the distance...

would think that's whats just come over me(de11). seemed to be heading pretty much due north

[Polar Maritime]

Getting closer, just had a big rumble, the sky is black

[Buckster]

kicking off better now

[Harry]

OMFG!!  That was incredible, I've never seen that in 15-17 years... literally 5-6 flashes of lightning in 2 seconds!!  And a rumble of Thunder, come on explode...  Still rumbling...

That's what we had here....multiple return strokes and continual flashing.Blue sky though emerging to my south coming to an end for me here I think. Very very turbulent on the back side of these storms, quite strong up draughts and a lot of shear!! Sadly though not going to be dark enough for me to get any lightning shots

[Dan the Man]

What is your location?

 

Luton Airport. I missed out earlier in the week due to travel.

[carl1980]

Rain just started here,there is a thundery look to the sky to my south,,no reports of thunder to the south of me though

Edited July 27, 2013 by carl1980

[Wet'n'Dry]

Any chance there will be any Thunder&Lightning on the western side of this rain band or it just going to be rain?

I read earlier that any severe activity would be on the eastern flank of any major precip, but that's not set in stone as these things so often prove to go against all predictions!

[Harry]

Harry the best is about to have passed you with nothing behind it looking at the radar. Perhaps half an hour to an hour left for you...

I know...thanks for that bringer of doom! Quite a bit of thunder and lightning though which was cool and some still very dynamic clouds.

[Nick F]

Infrequent lightning here in Croydon, though one flash was quite an impressive IC crawler whilst staring out the window eating dinner

[poseidon]

Looking pretty impressive and the one in central France as well...

 

[Petorious]

Looking south again were all the reports of storms are, we have rain constant now and its getting dark from the south, can here constant rumbles this will be a gooden.

[carlyb]

Just had a small thunder storm pass to our sw, 12 rumbles a few flashes, nothing major

[Polar Maritime]

I presume Derby is getting lashed ? a line of storms from Derby to Coventry.. 

 

Just started raining here, thunder getting closer.

[vortex_liam]

Had a few rumbles here

[kev f]

very strange cloud directions here. small dark patchy low cloud is running nw - se then the mid level stuff is moving generally south to north. 

[Cheshire Freeze]

The next door neighbour filling up the watering can made more of a 'noise' than this drizzle, blegh, I don't know what to think currently other than significant rainfall amounts were modelled for the NW by 9pm and it looks like a typical late autumn day out there.

 

t'other side o't Pennines are gona catch it!

[Mesoscale]

Nice whilst it lasted but to be honest its moving out of here quickly I think its going to be a sporadic lightning and nothing more now.

[Nath]

Wow strobe lightning, never seen that before, must have flashed for 4 or 5 seconds!!

[Buckster]

check that swirl out on the radar returns !

[Neilsouth]

Have very high based lightning, nothing like the last storms and no way as severe. Still though, ALOT of rain and fun to see the flashing when it does occur

[LeeCovFox]

Just had a small thunder storm pass to our sw, 12 rumbles a few flashes, nothing major

I'm in Hinckley so very close to you. The rain was intense for a short while and the wind got up briefly but I'd certainly hope for a bit more electricity later on.