Convective / Storm Discussion - 27th July 2013

[Casper]

Swindon had lots of heavy rain but nothing electrical, the radar looks interesting though!

[weatherobsuk]

A nice TCu cell out over the Hope Valley currently, seen a few strikes from it here but things have tailed-off in the past few mins. Looks nice on RADAR however so keeping my fingers x'd.

[Norfolk Sheep]

I'm amusing myself with StrikeAlert next to my laptop, apparently there's a major storm within 0-5 miles

[Supacell]

Sat near to Alrewas after intercepting a storm and now looks like a line of storms has developed. Sporadic lightning with some bursts of more frequent stuff. Thinking now of heading towards Leicester as another cell has popped up heading for there and looks quite good.

 

Or, I could intercept the Ashbourne cell.....

 

Edit: Another flash of lightning as I type

Edited July 27, 2013 by Supacell

[Paul90]

standing out in the rain loving it

 

Yep just give me some heavy rain, that's all I ask.

[Matty J]

Still going rain wise but limited T/L.

However our last flash was one of the strobe like ones people have reported, and it looked a bit pink in colour.

[Methuselah]

I'm amusing myself with StrikeAlert next to my laptop, apparently there's a major storm within 0-5 miles

It's truly vicious innit, Mrs Sheep!

[cyclonic happiness]

Been hit here by the most god almighty downpour, I've measured 25.5mm of rain in an hour and it's still raining now, flood reports coming in for Coventry too.

Wow! what a night! :-0

[WeatherGuru2012]

well this is a bit crap...

[Eye to the sky]

Limited radar as im in the pub, whats going off around derby?

I'm just north of Derby and have had sod all really,light rain and 2 distant flashes.Pretty boring to be honest!!.

[Harry]

Got to say with all the red on the NW Extra radar I expected more in the way of rain. It all pretty much passed over me in the SE and all I got was 5.3mm.. Yet the Radar shows RED! I think I'm too used to the old scale still. Red used to mean excitement not 10ish mm/hr boo!

I use the old MetO radar and that showed reds and whites. Think it was largely elevated and so that had a part in which it wasn't as torrential at ground level. Monday night was exceptionally heavy and looked much the same on radar as this evening.

[cyclonic happiness]

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

that was not a 'small' storm! :-D

[ZONE 51]

well this is a bit crap...

You won't be saying that tmw..

[Neilsouth]

I use the old MetO radar and that showed reds and whites. Think it was largely elevated and so that had a part in which it wasn't as torrential at ground level. Monday night was exceptionally heavy and looked much the same on radar as this evening.

 

It is largely elevated and so is the lightning!!

[Harry]

Still going rain wise but limited T/L.However our last flash was one of the strobe like ones people have reported, and it looked a bit pink in colour.

It is v impressive - we had almost UV like violet strobes - impressive even if the thunder was a bit dank lol.

[WeatherGuru2012]

You won't be saying that tmw..

why

[Norfolk Sheep]

It's truly vicious innit, Mrs Sheep!

I've broken it.....that means peeling off the tank tape and peering into its innards....

[Summer Sun]

The rain should be coming to an end shortly along the south coast east Anglia's turn next with the heavy stuff

 

Now following its track the heavy band heading for EA is going out into the north sea so where is the NE's predicted heavy rain coming from? is that going to move back inland or is another band further west going to get more intense tomorrow morning? at the rate its moving it could have moved through most of England by 3am or so

Edited July 27, 2013 by Summer Sun

[Lazz]

Fog is what we've got in Grantham at the moment lol

[ZONE 51]

Can report heavy rainfall for the last hour (at least that) in Stanwell (next to Heathrow) also had some deep rumbles of thunder! several deep ones one was quite close too, not thundering now the last was around half hr ago I think (should check the time to report!)

Edited July 27, 2013 by ElectricSnowStorm

[Lauren]

Considering we were in for a monster just a couple of hours ago, what we actually got was more of a mouse.

[nitro_deluxe]

It is largely elevated and so is the lightning!!

Also very elevated in nature here..some 50 miles due East!

[SnowJoke]

Not heard any thunder or seen any lightning since my last report, looking at the lightning plotter & intensity of rainfall this whole system is decaying rapidly, all the energy is transferring to the eastern side in the north sea. It'll end up a noisy night over in Benelux again & we'll be left with moderate rainfall or drizzle. What an earth is going on with storms in this country, they are either isolated small cells which damage a area with flooding or just fizzle out to crap & die 

[Harry]

There is the blackest sea mist moving from the south I have ever seen!!! Without radar you'd be forgiven for thinking its another storm....impressive!!

[ZONE 51]

why

Bcoz it's heading your way..