Convective / Storm Discussion - 31st July onwards 2013

[Harry]

Sorry for the postal diarrhoea....seems the fields of AcCas have bloomed into electrified cells - can see a few around :-)

[MR CB]

A small convective shower and then a short thundery shower this morning during my early morning walk...some nice anvils and fast growing Cumulus with pileus in places...nice radar blob heading for Brighton - keep an eye on that one

[Homerr]

Quite a lot of rumbling in Uxbridge, London!

[Norfolk Sheep]

Big Acas field here, lots of towers shooting up to my S and SW, especially a particularly fast developing one in the S

[chionomaniac]

At work in Brighton with more thunder constantly rumbling. Not had a direct hit yet - but cells keep developing. Promising.

[Harry]

Big Acas field here, lots of towers shooting up to my S and SW, especially a particularly fast developing one in the S

 

Looks as though much of the activity is clearing here now, bar a particularly nice looking cell of the S Coast...development I saw was quite rapid with cells becoming very quickly electrified. Shame I couldnt take any photos.

[chionomaniac]

Next cell looks like a direct hit! WWAAAHHAAAYY

Violent little b****r this one!!

[stainesbloke]

Well according to radar I should be under a storm with v heavy rain and lots of sferics. In reality it's bone dry, not heard any thunder and its just grey. What's going on lol?!

[liambailey09]

Everything seems to be sliding east of here, can here a few rumbles though. 

[Guenhwyvar]

It just keeps on coming..more thunder and lightning..the thunder is amazing..

[Tim Bland]

Rumbling away in Herts. Can't see any flashes, must be elevated

[Eskimo]

Distant thunder every 10 seconds from the one over Harlow!

[nanu]

Its about to go mental here again.. what a great morning, feel sorry for those communting to work!!

[poseidon]

Only one rumble here so far. Seems like lightning activity over central London has ceased which is a annoying as it looked like it was destined for me. 

[Biggin]

Its about to go mental here again.. what a great morning, feel sorry for those communting to work!!

Yep so dark car see my keyborsd

[Evening thunder]

Well according to radar I should be under a storm with v heavy rain and lots of sferics. In reality it's bone dry, not heard any thunder and its just grey. What's going on lol?!

 

The radar doesn't show anything over Staines at the moment. Earlier on some smaller storms passed just to the east of you though by a few miles or so.

 

 

Down here I got woken up a while ago by a surprise torrential shower with huge drops. Was brief though only giving 0.4mm

Edited August 2, 2013 by Stormmad26

[Paul Sherman]

Apologies to the SE Essex Folks, you did have 3 Storms last week but I AM BACK NOW! Hahaha

 

Missed everything, totally dry here with Storms to the East and West, Mainly elevated anyways with IC Lightning and a few CG's would imagine, as others have said with some surface heating it could get lively further North and North West from the home counties later on.

 

Will say this, some stunning cloud formations today with what looks like Undulatus on a few occasions

[dwalton]

At last. A half decent storm in Sussex !

[dave48]

Hoping for a direct hit in the next 20 minutes. Storms looking good.

[sunnijim]

Fork lighning and deep booming thunder in SE London

[dwalton]

At last. A half decent storm in Sussex !

[Coast]

At last. A half decent storm in Sussex !

 

Well not all of it as to the East it is sunny, warm and storm free!

[dwalton]

Seems to be building behind the main cell too next to Brighton

[Coast]

The Sussex Downs (AKA the Eastbourne storm shield) holding up nicely and dividing the good stuff right around me

 

 

 

[Buckster]

best storm of the year so far - and I don't remember it being forecast