Scotland & The Far North Of England Regional Weather Chat

[Hairy Celt]

Mild, damp & overcast here, od spots of rain. Wet on & off yesterday. Agree with NL, quite unlike the last two Mays so far.

[Tempest]

Pretty overcast here. Bit of sunshine breaking through though. Very windy this morning but died down now to a breeze. Not too cold tho' wouldn't get the barby out

[NUT]

Not wall to wall sun but we have a bit at least

[Alex95]

Some thunderstorms have popped up in Northumberland and the west of County Durham this evening.

[Richard Taylor]

Lightning plotted offshore to the E/SE of Aberdeen at the mo but not seen any flashes/heard any thunder. Airport is now forecasting thunderstorm & reports CBs at 6,000ft. Peterheid might get it!

Edited May 18, 2014 by Richard Taylor

[Norrance]

Very heavy shower here this evening. 

in Perth though

[NUT]

Felt it quite cool earlier but all of a sudden it seems to have turned really humid

[Stormeh]

Plenty of action up the east coast

Like u said NUT it has turned very humid, let's hope we get a decent storm this week but I doubt we will.

[SW Saltire]

Quick question: where is 'Northern England' (where is starts) - Manchester northwards? Or say Lancaster or Penrith or is just including Cumbria and the far NE I.e Tyneside.

I better get on topic so it's a glorious morning here, warmest of the year looks likely with 22c forecast, might scrape 23...

Edited May 19, 2014 by SW Saltire

[lorenzo]

Not entirely sure where the defining line is !

Beautiful start to today, clear skies and a bit if a cooling breeze, nice looking temp profile for this afternoon too.

[Hawesy]

Much cooler here today after highs of 21c and 19c over the weekend. Just 12c in a ENEly wind. Earlier haar has lifted to cloud.

[Northernlights]

Very humid and getting more overcast. Fantastic growing day and currently 17c.

[SW Saltire]

Reached 21c by 12:30 but it has since clouded over with showers looking ominous to the south. Dissapointing...

[Tempest]

I hope everything kicks off later as only boring spots of rain after a lovely warm morning.

[lorenzo]

Skies have filled and darkened rapidly here with more organised banding approaching from the South, fingers crossed we get some sparks !

[lorenzo]

This is looking like a direct hit

 

 

[shuggee]

Jealously watching events to my west!

[lorenzo]

Jealously watching events to my west!

 

No sparks here - just a decent convective shower, hills always dilute the energy in these cells from the South.

 

Wales on the other hand - outrageous !

[NUT]

Raining but sun's out seems to have got really warm again humidity unreal

[lorenzo]

Surreal sight of steam pouring up from the pavements and roads after that blast of rainfall.

 

Brilliant.

[NUT]

Might be wrong but looks like the hills are killing the showers as they approach us

[101_North]

Few cracks of thunder over the Pentland Hills about an hour or so ago when I was up on the bike. Another crack at home about 20mins ago with a very short lived downpour.

[Ross B]

Some light rumbles of thunder here. Looks like a better storm is going to move in from the south Lorenzo? 

[lorenzo]

Some light rumbles of thunder here. Looks like a better storm is going to move in from the south Lorenzo? 

 

Sat 24 is a good watch just now as everything looking very lively and cells popping up at short notice. The one approaching now is a little too far west for us I fear, went electrical over Biggar and is producing sferics. 

 

Should hear it though..

 

Convective thread is on fire today http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/80289-convective-storm-discussion-14th-may-2014-onwards/

[Ross B]

Cheers, I'm a bit further west these days (just west of Bathgate). Rain has just came on but looks like the storm had died off a bit from the latest radar and not heard anything yet. Can't see anything either due to all the murk!