South West & Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 28/08/13 00z ------------------>

[Guest William Grimsley]

There were 5 flashes of lightning and 5 rumbles of thunder to the S of here about 90 minutes ago! Rainfall Today: 2.2 mm.

[Costa Del Fal]

Hell of a hail storm!Pictures courtesy of twitter friends :-)

And it all happened here in Falmouth. Although it was a nightmare to drive in, it was great to see it.

[dec10snow]

Is that really your photo AWD?I seem to recall seeing that image in last weekend's Sun newspaper!

I'm pretty sure it isn't... I've seen it on Facebook, it was taken somewhere in Scotland!Not sure why AWD is saying that it's his? Edited September 6, 2013 by dec10snow

[Dean E]

Just woke up to some sneaky thunder! Very heavy rain too. The air feels very unstable this morning

SM

[Guest William Grimsley]

I saw on here and BBC Spotlight about the Newquay hail storm! It's quite hard to believe! 1 inch of hail in a 1/4 mile radius!

[Guest William Grimsley]

I just saw the BBC Weather Forecast by Chris Fawkes at 07:50. He's saying heavy showers again especially this afternoon with them turning thundery. Having a look at the charts, it looks very promising again especially this afternoon.

 

UK storm risk. Valid: Sat 07/09 15:00.

 

 

UK CAPE+Lifted Index. Valid: Sat 07/09 15:00.

 

Edited September 7, 2013 by William Grimsley

[A.J]

yep, I think a better chance than yesterday........yesterday was blown up a bit out of proportion to what actually transpired..........coastal areas had a day of showers, some heavy, as expected, with one hail storm near Falmouth, and a thundery shower skirting Torbay into Lyme Bay......apart from that the majority of the region remained dry after the early morning rain cleared from eastern and northern districts

[dec10snow]

Think it may get a bit wet...

Edited September 7, 2013 by dec10snow

[MP-R]

Another lovely, bright and sunny morning so far. Now I know what synoptic setup we should have had in August as this week has had more sunshine than any single week in August. 

 

Fingers crossed for something later. The most recent News 24 forecast mentioned the T word for the West Country for this afternoon.

[Costa Del Fal]

yep, I think a better chance than yesterday........yesterday was blown up a bit out of proportion to what actually transpired..........coastal areas had a day of showers, some heavy, as expected, with one hail storm near Falmouth, and a thundery shower skirting Torbay into Lyme Bay......apart from that the majority of the region remained dry after the early morning rain cleared from eastern and northern districts

For those of us who caught those storms yesterday we bleedin' well knew about it! hehe. One of the best rain/hail storms I have ever seen. The potential was there.

 

A storm also brushed the North Devon coast around Woolacombe and Ilfracombe.

Read my special report on the Falmouth Storm here with some images from yesterday: http://www.cciweather.co.uk/

Edited September 7, 2013 by Blizzards

[Mapantz]

Another day of gorgeous sunshine, currently 17C

 

I was fishing at Ballard, the far left side of Swanage bay last night. The shower clouds were rolling by the coast and around 11pm there were a lot of lightning flashes out to sea.  

It stayed dry all night for fishing but literally as i got back to the car, there  was a torrential downpour, only lasting 60 seconds or so but it was enough to cause some large puddles on the road.

Edited September 7, 2013 by Mapantz

[Cakie]

Torrential rain here after a sunny morning. Hail as well

[Guest William Grimsley]

So far today, there has been had 1 torrential rain shower with pea size hail and 1 light rain shower, here. Rainfall Today: 3.4 mm Rainfall Last Hour: 0.4 mm High Rainfall Rate Today: 33.8 mm/hr 12:52.

Edited September 7, 2013 by William Grimsley

[MP-R]

Thought I replied in here but actually was in the convective thread. One rumble of thunder here followed by a torrential downpour. Seems to have passed through now but nice taster for anything more substantial that decides to turn up.

[MPG]

Thought I replied in here but actually was in the convective thread. One rumble of thunder here followed by a torrential downpour. Seems to have passed through now but nice taster for anything more substantial that decides to turn up.

Hi MHR - I'm located very new you. Very heavy showers seem to have come out of the blue! One minute warm sunshine then heavy rain!

[Guest William Grimsley]

I'm currently watching a line of developing showers (circled below) that are intensifying and are moving SW to NE and are heading towards, here.

 

[MP-R]

Hi MHR - I'm located very new you. Very heavy showers seem to have come out of the blue! One minute warm sunshine then heavy rain!

 

Haven't they just, had to dash out and bring the washing in. Very boring now though with brightening skies from the SW and only light rain.

[wimblettben]

I'm currently watching a line of developing showers (circled below) that are intensifying and are moving SW to NE and are heading towards, here.

 

Showers.jpg

I wonder if they will reach my area?

 

I have allready heard two rumbles to my southeast from a dark cloud that brought some rain.

[Ashme]

Is there any lightning around the Southampton/Bournemouth area? My blitzbortung lighting app says its quite active atm but no one here has mentioned it

[Guest William Grimsley]

I wonder if they will reach my area?

I have allready heard two rumbles to my southeast from a dark cloud that brought some rain.

They might do but it may take until evening for them to reach Wiltshire.

I wish there was thunder, here. It's just boring rain, at the moment.

They might do but it may take until evening for them to reach Wiltshire.

Having said that, the showers look like to be weakening so unless there's a convection pocket it's very doubtful they will reach Wiltshire.

EDIT: My bad, here we go!

Edited September 7, 2013 by ajpoolshark

[ARTDEMOLE]

Not long had some showers.. Sunny intervals...13.6c Humidity 80%...

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Just got absolutely battered in Winchester! The rain started heavy drops as I was emptying the car and then out of the blue flash bham all in one. Gave me a headache it was that close! Jezz I nearly peed myself!!

[Polar Bear]

Had a nice Thunderstorm just pass over Newbury about half an hour ago. Two decent rumbles - didnt see any lightning though and a good down pour.The rumble took me by surprise! Thought it was a plane or loud motorbike then I realised the sky was black and just got the washing in time!

[Polar Bear]

hey radar over Salisbury is looking pretty damn potent....anyone can confirm the situation on the ground?

[A.J]

I can see the anvil clearly from my back garden.....very bright echoes on radar, so torrential rain and hail likely......it's fairly quiet though at the moment on ATD, the last sferics detected over 30 mins ago, worth noting though that ATD doesn't pick up every lightning strike