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Storm & Convective Discussion - SPANISH PLUME - 30/06/15 onwards

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Pat Butcher Enthusiast

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  • Location: Leeds
  • Location: Leeds
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That's odd - I live in Leeds too and we have definitely gotten more than a couple of storms over the past two years (which isn't saying much at all, is it?).

 

Here's my theory: I grew up in rural Wales, where you could see for miles around. However, living in Leeds as I do now, there's loads of hills and buildings everywhere. If there was a storm within 10 miles in Wales, I'd have seen and heard it. Now, I can see something kicking off on radar 5 miles up the road, but have absolutely no concept of it where I am.

 

If I had the day off tomorrow, I'd head up the Chevin and sit outside the Royalty, watching the anvils roll by. What a great day that would be! 

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ancientsolar Community Regular

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  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales
  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales
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Here's my theory: I grew up in rural Wales, where you could see for miles around. However, living in Leeds as I do now, there's loads of hills and buildings everywhere. If there was a storm within 10 miles in Wales, I'd have seen and heard it. Now, I can see something kicking off on radar 5 miles up the road, but have absolutely no concept of it where I am.

 

If I had the day off tomorrow, I'd head up the Chevin and sit outside the Royalty, watching the anvils roll by. What a great day that would be! 

In the night in the South East Welsh valleys .. I can see lightning to my East as Far as Gloucester in some storms

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Methuselah Maestro

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
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I remember many years back, the late, great Michael Hunt saying that widespread thunderstorms are unlikely to occur where SLP is greater than 1012mb; I call it Hunt's Law. But it's interesting to see that in much of southern Britain, France and Spain, SLPs are currently still up at around 1016mb...It's only a 4mb drop? :D

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Spikecollie Accomplished

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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Here's my theory: I grew up in rural Wales, where you could see for miles around. However, living in Leeds as I do now, there's loads of hills and buildings everywhere. If there was a storm within 10 miles in Wales, I'd have seen and heard it. Now, I can see something kicking off on radar 5 miles up the road, but have absolutely no concept of it where I am.

 

If I had the day off tomorrow, I'd head up the Chevin and sit outside the Royalty, watching the anvils roll by. What a great day that would be! 

I'm actually thinking of driving up to the Chevin tomorrow, it's only 30 minutes away! Aging doggie can't manage too long a walk, especially in this heat and it's an amazing vantage point up there with just a short walk. Pooch loves storm watching with me and I'm finished work nice and early. It's either that or a slow walk up the local moor side,but there are a lot of pylons and lines and I had a close encounter with lightning a few years ago up there!

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Daniel* Maestro

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  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
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@BBC Weather: Isolated thunderstorms now developing over northwest France - the odd one may drift across southern England later tonight. John H anything today will surely be a bonus it would be nice.

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Pat Butcher Enthusiast

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  • Location: Leeds
  • Location: Leeds
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I'm actually thinking of driving up to the Chevin tomorrow, it's only 30 minutes away! Aging doggie can't manage too long a walk, especially in this heat and it's an amazing vantage point up there with just a short walk. Pooch loves storm watching with me and I'm finished work nice and early. It's either that or a slow walk up the local moor side,but there are a lot of pylons and lines and I had a close encounter with lightning a few years ago up there!

Sounds like a fantastic day out. Take some pictures - even if the Lincolnshire lot do get all the storms they'll never have seen a view like it!

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  • Location: Kippax (Leeds) 63m
  • Location: Kippax (Leeds) 63m
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I'm actually thinking of driving up to the Chevin tomorrow, it's only 30 minutes away! Aging doggie can't manage too long a walk, especially in this heat and it's an amazing vantage point up there with just a short walk. Pooch loves storm watching with me and I'm finished work nice and early. It's either that or a slow walk up the local moor side,but there are a lot of pylons and lines and I had a close encounter with lightning a few years ago up there!

 

Nice choice. Luckily the top of the otley chevin is only a 15 minute walk for me. Seen a few good storms/snow showers roll in over the years from there.

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Bolt from the Blue

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  • Location: Sturminster Newton (N. Dorset)
  • Weather Preferences: Fair Weather, Snow, Thunderstorms
  • Location: Sturminster Newton (N. Dorset)
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Storms over NW France now making their way into the channel, perhaps the Channel Islands could get some action?

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johnholmes Maestro

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
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this is well worth reading for a balanced and knowledgeable view for tomorrow.

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/topic/83450-storm-potential-july-1st-onwards-technical-discussion/#entry3221983

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Methuselah Maestro

Methuselah

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
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I remember many years back, the late, great Michael Hunt saying that widespread thunderstorms are unlikely to occur where SLP is greater than 1012mb; I call it Hunt's Law. But it's interesting to see that in much of southern Britain, France and Spain, SLPs are currently still up at around 1016mb...It's only a 4mb drop? :D

Sorry peeps, I meant 'rule-of-thumb-under-normal-conditions'. And the situation over the next few days hardly constitutes normal conditions. That said, it's usually quite a good guide. :D

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Harry Accomplished

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Something hotter and more humid approaching the Kent coast - temperatures in New Romney have lept from 21C to 24C. That will filter northwards through this evening and tomorrow.

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BlueHedgehog074

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  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine, thunder, hail & heavy snow
  • Location: Solihull, Midlands. (Formerly DRL)
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No longer need to be worried about about missing tomorrow's possible thunderstorms thanks to this brill update from the Met Office UK forecast. :spiteful:

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They had to shrink the text, though, in order to fit it all in...

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IanR Seasoned

IanR

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  • Location: Wigan
  • Location: Wigan
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storms are sneaky sods, got a bad feeling everything will be west and north of here, seen it so many times in this setup where storms fireup north west and move in a nne direction to scotland missing us ,  

 

and anything coming up from the south has a habit of fizzling on approach to here, :wallbash: 

 

just what is it about this area that storms hate

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Flash bang flash bang etc

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  • Location: Godalming
  • Weather Preferences: Plumes and streamers
  • Location: Godalming
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Hmmm just looking at the current channel convection and its heating toward Wiltshire area. This right?

Hope so but I know everything can change so I'll keep checking the radar...

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  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway
  • Weather Preferences: Spicy weather
  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway
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storms are sneaky sods, got a bad feeling everything will be west and north of here, seen it so many times in this setup where storms fireup north west and move in a nne direction to scotland missing us ,  

 

and anything coming up from the south has a habit of fizzling on approach to here, :wallbash:

 

just what is it about this area that storms hate

That's funny. I say exactly the same about Dumfries/Lochmaben. We did have a cracker of a thunderstorm last year, but that was the first in a long time that I can remember. I get ramped up about a storm that's heading my way and then it suddenly dissipates before reaching my area. Sucks :nea:

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Harry Accomplished

Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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Well....trains in absolutely state of chaos this evening...obviously the "wrong sort of heat" or some other nonsense. Cap it off, it's about 50C on this poxy train. Joke!!! (Wrong thread I know, but the heat has a remarkable ability for making one irritable).

Bring on the storms!!!!

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Methuselah Maestro

Methuselah

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
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Got some of those UFO clouds forming :)

Could those be wave-clouds, over North Wales? Or am I looking the wrong way? :)

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Tempest

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  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway
  • Weather Preferences: Spicy weather
  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway
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Got some of those UFO clouds forming :)

Do they signify anything interesting? I had 'whipped cream' type clouds this morning. Couldn't take a photo at the time as was driving a bus. I must go and familiarise myself with clouds again. They're great to watch :)

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ANYWEATHER

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  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
  • Weather Preferences: Enjoy the weather, you can't take it with you 😎
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
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Got some of those UFO clouds forming :)

Alto-Cumulus  Lenticular :)

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Darren Bown Community Regular

Darren Bown

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  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
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Could those be wave-clouds, over North Wales? Or am I looking the wrong way? :)

Sorry I didn't post the direction, it's East, so I imagine it's the Pennines

Oh and apologies it's sideways!

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