Convective / Storm Discussion - 28th July onwards 2013

[TheToastPeople]

LARGEST hail i have ever seen in kempston atm!!! anyone with nw extra my postcode is mk42 this is INSANE flash flooding very likely

[Ben Sainsbury]

LARGEST hail i have ever seen in kempston atm!!! anyone with nw extra my postcode is mk42 this is INSANE flash flooding very likely

Picture?

[wimblettben]

Have just heard some closer rumbles from a dark cloud near me.

[SalopWatcher]

LARGEST hail i have ever seen in kempston atm!!! anyone with nw extra my postcode is mk42 this is INSANE flash flooding very likely

 

You look to be in a line of three cells all showing white radar returns ATM... enjoy it all three with Sferics too... 

 

You can see the edge of the cell over Bedford on here... might be a more impressive view over the next 30 minutes (shame its not streaming live!) 

 

http://www.ampthillweatherstation.info/currentweather/weathercam.html

Edited July 29, 2013 by SalopWatcher

[TheToastPeople]

10.2mm rain in 10 minutes holy "£$"3!!! Probably more but my weather station has filled up with hail lmao

Edited July 29, 2013 by TheToastPeople

[Emz by the Thames]

Hiya,quick question from a meteorological novice. When people talk of stormclouds, they always say look out for an anvil cloud, but I have problems identifying them. I am just looking out the window now and can see this cloud...please more experienced people, is this what is referred to as an anvil cloud? Thanks.

 

[Mark Griffin]

Very unlucky here in Barnsley so far.  Looks like the next band is splitting either side of us too.  Damn hills 

Edited July 29, 2013 by Mark Griffin

[robt]

That is one. Bit disorganised at the top, but looks like its been dropping a fair bit of water,,

[TheToastPeople]

You look to be in a line of three cells all showing white radar returns ATM... enjoy it all three with Sferics too... 

 

You can see the edge of the cell over Bedford on here... might be a more impressive view over the next 30 minutes (shame its not streaming live!) 

 

http://www.ampthillweatherstation.info/currentweather/weathercam.html

I always use that weather station, power flickering on and off and very loud thunder will upload some pictures after

[Dancerwithwings]

I just wanted to point out what has and is occurring over the uk compared to europe for lightning,

Wow the uk is at it some what !!!

 

 

[Carl46Wrexham]

eh? wassat? Nothing to see

[ChezWeather]

Thunder to my west , currently stood in a field watching storm approach

[robt]

Thunder to my west , currently stood in a field watching storm approach

 

 

The cell building to the SW of Sheffield is directly on track for me if it keeps going.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Had plenty of convection and impressive Cb cells around Sandhutton over the last few days but, without exception, thundery activity has fizzled by the time the cells got here.  There will be more opportunities later today of course.

[Cheshire Freeze]

eh? wassat? Nothing to see

To make matters worse, instability exiting from the W now. Missed the boat!

[ChezWeather]

Beauty of a cell to my west, pics soon

[SnowJoke]

Immense thunderstorm just gone though Milton Keynes an hour & 20mins of torrential rain, hail and at one point continuous thunder and lightning, looking at the radar there are more towards Sailsbury plain heading on a direct course towards me in an hour 

[Norfolk Sheep]

Got the fag ends of the SW storms arriving - 6 rumbles of thunder so far!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! It can't be true, I'll wake up in a minute....

[SalopWatcher]

Storm just missed us to the north west but a matter of miles, but visible flash to the north west and some decent rumbles of thunder. 

 

not over head... no not quite, but as close as you can get... Not a powerful storm though and flew through very quick 

Edited July 29, 2013 by SalopWatcher

[Snowshine]

Whats going on here, all of the strikes are going round Warwickshire???

I have only heard one distant strike today, this is ridicoulous! Yesterday I missed every single storm, but today?

 

[ChezWeather]

Storm overhead now, 5 or 6 long rumbles and a few flashes from it

[stainesbloke]

No surprises here all the action been to the N and W of me, seen some great convective cloud structures but seems to be less now. The wind is really gusting now but it's warm. Anyone tell me how to upload pics on here pls?

[Deluxe]

Yes storm overhead here. Looked lovely approaching from the west, but not very active. Now it's overhead we've had quite frequent thunder, although skies have been quite light so seeing the lightning has been quite difficult Good storm though 

[harrythefish]

Quite a bit of activity here, must be on 15 claps of thunder from this latest cell already. Building up to the north after what looked like an end to the storms an hour ago with sharp blue sky to the west.

 

Surprised not to have anyone else reporting from the Manchester area by the way.

[Static Prevails]

Pretty impressive little pulse storm here. I can still hear it rumbling to my north. The thunder was pretty much constant with the thing, with some lightning, mainly cloud-to-cloud. Very heavy rain at times too.