Storm & Convective Discussion - 01/09/14 onwards

[Supacell]

The SW coast looks a good place to be over the next few days if you like thundery weather. First of many potentially thundery nights tonight.

[picog]

Gusty here, and just had a 30 minute powerout. Apparently lots of power cuts across the Weat Midlands.

[timeless]

news to me, havent heard about any power outages myself.

Edited November 13, 2014 by timeless

[chapmanslade]

^{Apparently a storm just to the south of here last night but didn't wake up myself.}

 

^{A few sferics to the SW now}

Edited November 14, 2014 by chapmanslade

[Gordon Webb]

Gusty here, and just had a 30 minute powerout. Apparently lots of power cuts across the Weat Midlands.

 

didnt notice it myself here either

[Mapantz]

I've been a bit busy today, fishing.. but, I expected a bit more activity about tonight/tomorrow's prospects for southern areas. I tweeted about it this morning. ELT's look very cold, good for hail development with that low pressure close by.

[Gordon Webb]

I've been a bit busy today, fishing.. but, I expected a bit more activity about tonight/tomorrow's prospects for southern areas. I tweeted about it this morning. ELT's look very cold, good for hail development with that low pressure close by.

 

catch anything ?

[Mapantz]

catch anything ?

A few small ones, nothing worth eating + under the regulation size.

[lassie23]

A massive storm has hit Brisbane with hail the size of golf balls and 140 km/h winds :shok: Lots of property has been damaged by the supercell! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-27/severe-storm-batters-south-east-queensland/5923302

Edited November 28, 2014 by lassie23

[IanR]

amazing, i  want to be in a storm like this, from a safe location of course

[Thunderbolt_]

I struggled get any thunder during the summer, but now I get a thundery shower in the middle of December! Wow!

[Mapantz]

I struggled get any thunder during the summer, but now I get a thundery shower in the middle of December! Wow!

A lonely little one! There should be increased activity Sunday in to Monday, particularly in the north and west.

[Mokidugway]

Lucky bugger mind you had some pea size hail earlier !.....

[Thunderbolt_]

A lonely little one! There should be increased activity Sunday in to Monday, particularly in the north and west.

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It actually produced a couple cracks of thunder. They were quite distant, however.

Edited December 5, 2014 by ScottRichards10

[Thunderbolt_]

[IanR]

few flashes seen this morning on way into work in st helens, died off as came overhead   

[Greeny]

Over the past 15 minutes I've seen 2 bright flashes to my nne here in Lowestoft.

[Spikecollie]

A couple of flashes the way to work in Clitheroe this morning during a pretty violent sleet and hail storm - saw the CuNb looming while approaching Skipton and then drove straight through the storm - I was a bit frazzled by the time I got to work as there were a few moment of near zero visibility in almost complete darkness - not my favourite driving conditions...eeek!

[ChezWeather]

Woken up by a storm here for the first time in 2014

[knocker]

The shipping forecast just now had the low 989mb 00z Fastnet then zipping across southern England during the night, Touching F9 in some inland waters.

 

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

Looks like our secondary low just dropped 3mb during the last hour! How accurate are the surface pressure charts anyway, where do the pressure readings come from, buoys/ships ?

[IanR]

sure i heard thunder as i woke up briefly during the early hours, sure it was not the wind, sounded more distant and grumbly, any sferics over this area last night ?  

[Thunderbolt_]

sure i heard thunder as i woke up briefly during the early hours, sure it was not the wind, sounded more distant and grumbly, any sferics over this area last night ?  

 

It would appear that it was thunder that you heard, Ian. The lightning detector picked up some strikes in your area between 05:00 and 06:00.

 

[IanR]

that explains it scott, but it was about 1.30ish,  indicated by the pink crosses, must have been a bit more later in the night (blue crosses)  is there a link to that detector

[Thunderbolt_]

that explains it scott, but it was about 1.30ish,  indicated by the pink crosses, must have been a bit more later in the night (blue crosses)  is there a link to that detector

 

Yes, the lightning archive, though you will need Netweather Extra to view it:

 

http://www.netweather.tv/secure/cgi-bin/premium.pl?action=lightningarchive;sess=6c252cdfac7140077e8f268492f26d07