Convective / Storm Discussion - 1st May 2014 onwards

[Weather-history]

Squally shower that past through

[TonyH]

Sferics SW of Scarborough little else though 

[Nick L]

Got a line of moderately heavy showers passing through here at the moment, certainly shut the annoying screaming kids up outside, bah humbug

 

Shameless self-plug here, but in response to some queries regarding CAPE and LI in here the other day, I'm in the process of writing up some guides. Just posted the first one going through what CAPE and LI are if anyone's interested:

 

http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/80249-what-is-capeli/

[Darren Bown]

Hoping the showers over Wales will develop as they head NE.

[TonyH]

They are plain cloud and cool rain here Darren.

[poseidon]

Fairly big anvil going up to my east - could be the cell over Ipswich, not sure

[Muffelchen]

Nothing here as yet barring one short shower this am, although it did throw it down overnight.

 

The cells that had the sferics SW of Scarborough are clearly visible to the north out the window as I type this and appear pretty substantial. There are also a few to our SW according to the radar but I can't see these due to low level crud. Still, there has been a lot of sunshine today so I remain hopeful.

[Cold Winter]

Thunderstorm overhead here now, seen a couple of flashes and heard a few rumbles. Torrential rain as well.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Lincolnshire seeing its sferics, as standard!

[poseidon]

Line of showers just coming over here with initially very strong winds - quite unexpected. Only lasted a minute or so though and has completely calmed down again now.

[Darren Bown]

Looks like east of the Pennines will see the action, I thought being further east would be best.

[Greeny]

Line of showers just coming over here with initially very strong winds - quite unexpected. Only lasted a minute or so though and has completely calmed down again now.

Perhaps a nice gust front developed with it.

[vladthemert]

storm here no lightening yet but very dark raining heavy. lightening and thunder claps now

Edited May 10, 2014 by vladthemert

[poseidon]

Perhaps a nice gust front developed with it.

Could be. Think that might be as exciting as it gets down here today unfortunately.

[Muffelchen]

Stuff developing rapidly SW of here now according to the NW radar so hopefully we should see some action soon. We have had storms to the north (Scarborough), east (Pocklington) and Southeast (Cleethorpes) so it has be our turn soon.

 

Quite a lot of low level crud about but it is bright, although the temperature has been dropping of late, now only 13.6°C....

[ChezWeather]

Heavy shower here in skegness

No sferics as of yet

[vladthemert]

Heavy shower here in skegnessNo sferics as of yet

 

looks like around Humber river scarborough and bridlington the hotspot at moment we caught edge of it here  Few claps of thunder rain was short and sharp. 

[IanR]

looks like if anything will happen it will be over yorkshire way, no surprises there really, 

 

just another rubbish day here, at least we had a blustery shower earlier whilst i was at salford quays, think that was the excitement for the day,  come on weather, give us some spring storms here , like you did in the eighties,

[ChezWeather]

Another batch of cells developing just east of sheffield area, all moving this way so fingers crossed vlad

[Muffelchen]

That cell to the SW has developed and is now spitting out sferics on the radar and I can hear thunder outside to the west, although still distant. Nice cloudscapes too now with that group of small outlier cells ahead of the main cell passing over in a long line of stratocumulus below the main cloud deck that extends out to the N Sea.

 

Rain just starting this second.

[Muffelchen]

Storm overhead now. About one clap every 45 seconds or so but all IC. Nice hail shower just before storm got here maximum of 1cm diameter with the majority about 0.6cm. Temp now 12.1°C.

[Harry]

Very heavy downpour just moved through - that is all

Edited May 10, 2014 by Harry

[paul m]

Storm overhead now. About one clap every 45 seconds or so but all IC. Nice hail shower just before storm got here maximum of 1cm diameter with the majority about 0.6cm. Temp now 12.1°C.

rUB IT IN WHY DONT YOU LOL 

[vladthemert]

still raining heavy here but thunder stopped

[Muffelchen]

Storm has moved off to the NE now and the sun is out. Looks clear to the SW but very black to the north - I guess looking at the radar towards Driffield. The cell is big and black but appears not to be electrified yet....  Will try and take a piccie of the this and the retreating storm cell.