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Convective / Storm Discussion - 31st July onwards 2013

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Bobby Seasoned

Bobby

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Over 100mm here now since the rain started yesterday

 

Flash flooding hits homes after rain across Wales

 

Homes have been affected by flash flooding following heavy rain which has prompted weather warnings across Wales.  Fire crews have been dealing with incidents in Neath Port Talbot, Gwynedd and the south Wales valleys.

 

Emergency services were called to 10 properties in a street at Aberavon near Port Talbot.  Fire officers said the drainage system was unable to cope with the amount of rain that had fallen but water had only entered one home so far.  Crews are pumping water away from the street in an attempt to prevent other homes being affected.  Incidents have also been reported at single properties in Blaenavon, Torfaen; Trealaw in Rhondda; and Abertillery in Blaenau Gwent. In north Wales, fire crews attended reports of flooding at two homes, in Caernarfon and Bangor.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23576219

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Really kicking off over Bristol now. Blitzortung shows a line of sferics now developing. Will probably pass east of here though.

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Lynxus Aficionado

Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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This humidity is killing me!

 

Its soooo hot and damn today!

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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This humidity is killing me!

 

Its soooo hot and damn today!

 

Really!?!?!?

 

Fresh as a daisy here - the most pleasant its felt since June lol (hence maybe why our storm chances here are a bit slimmer, despite the Estofex Level 1)

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MP-R Maestro

MP-R

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
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Thunder, lightning and torrential driving rain here in Yatton now. Very nice gust front just coming across with scud swirling around ahead of it and a slight green tinge to what looks like a whale's mouth type cloud formation. Didn't expect that!

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Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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Really!?!?!?

 

Fresh as a daisy here - the most pleasant its felt since June lol (hence maybe why our storm chances here are a bit slimmer, despite the Estofex Level 1)

 

Temperature and Humidity Temperature 20.5 Â°C Dew Point 12.5 Â°C Windchill 20.5 Â°C Humidity 60% Heat Index 20.5 Â°C

 

 

Annoyingly this must be wrong lol.. Its feels soo much hotter and stickier!

Very angry looking skies now from the south/south west

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Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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Thunder, lightning and torrential driving rain here in Yatton now. Very nice gust front just coming across with scud swirling around ahead of it and a slight green tinge to what looks like a whale's mouth type cloud formation. Didn't expect that!

 

Green tinge.. you may have some hail on the way.

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Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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Tempted to head west by a few miles..... Cant quite figure out the best place to be when it moves up..

 

Hmm maybe ill stay put otherwise ill end up missing something good.

 

Looks like we now have a new storm just to the SW of me.

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MP-R Maestro

MP-R

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
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Amazing rain here, of tropical quantity and recently one very loud boom of thunder.

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Really!?!?!?

 

Fresh as a daisy here - the most pleasant its felt since June lol (hence maybe why our storm chances here are a bit slimmer, despite the Estofex Level 1)

 

Okidokes full retraction - just been outside and the humidity does seem to have jumped up quite substantially through today...it is actually pretty muggy!!

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Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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VERY blustery now. Lovely looking clouds about.. No thunder as yet. But looks mean in the background.

Managed to capture this:

 

The line of showers are really struggling to move east though.. They refuse to cross the M5

 

Edit#2 Started to rain, Some VERY distant rumbles.

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I Cumbria Marra I Seasoned

I Cumbria Marra I

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  • Location: West Cumbria, Egremont 58m (190.3ft) ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Cold/snow winter, Warm/hot summer, Thunderstorms, Severe Gales
  • Location: West Cumbria, Egremont 58m (190.3ft) ASL
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omg i thought the south west was meant to be crap for storms? they've had a lot in the last week

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Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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I suppose what must be making things worse is convergence going on here.

 

We have clouds moving west at quite a rate, yet the system is moving east into them

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Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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Gone very quite here... Shield is holding well however with PPn appearing to my east as normal and PPN to my west vanishing.

 

Dont think ive ever seen skies this wild before.

VERY fast moving in all directions at the moment. Still no rain.

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MP-R

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
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All calm now with steady rain, was an impressive little storm that went through on that squall and some quite intense rain. Must be about 15mm out there now.

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Chris.R

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  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - snow, Irish sea convection. Summer - thunderstorms, hot sunny days
  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
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Sunny here with occasional drizzle. What a joke!!

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Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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Ladies and Gents, I give you...

 

The Gloucester Shield!

 

 

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Looks like the squall will past just East of here. :(

Ladies and Gents, I give you...

 

The Gloucester Shield!

Very nasty on the M5 though as the squall line pretty much follows it, except Gloucester. :p

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Lynxus

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  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and thundery or Cold and snowy.
  • Location: Abbeymead ,Glos Member Since: July 16, 2003
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Looks like the squall will past just East of here. Posted Image

Very nasty on the M5 though as the squall line pretty much follows it, except Gloucester. Posted Image

 

:shakesfist: at the sky!

 

Altho, just had a flash and thunder.. Still. Nothing compared by the looks of things.

 

 

Edit:

Well, That was fun?

Did have some heavy rain in the end ( lasted 20 seconds maybe ) Had two flashes.. Must of been IC though..

 

Just more damp and humid now lol

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IanR Seasoned

IanR

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  • Location: Wigan
  • Location: Wigan
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omg i thought the south west was meant to be crap for storms? they've had a lot in the last week

the only place crap for storms this year is the north west of england, parts to the east like manchester have fared a bit better but they are still below average for thunder count days, but the bulk of the north west hasn't seen much at all this year,  the worst in my living memory,  I thought last year was bad, this year takes the biscuit. Only one overhead thundery shower here, I say thundery shower because I dont class 2 fairly close bangs and 3 moderate rumbles a storm

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