Storm & Convective Discussion - 1 September 2015 onwards

[ChezWeather]

Nice little pulse storm just to the west of here, putting out a fair few strikes 

[Beverley Lass]

Just having a few flash n bangs here !

B. 

[paul_montague]

Get in Lightning on Isle of Wight.

[AdamStorm7891]

No thunder or lightning here today but we've had some torrential downpours with hail included and very squally wind.

[matty40s]

Fantastic day in the derbyshire daleshttp://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii633/matty40s/image-151a51662265155ec80145200498b4a405f31a96f56f02fc9d878b0b4c5a121b-V_zpsfv91pnsp.jpg

 

 Sunshine, hail, snizzle, rain, thunder and lightning,  rainbows all the way down the M1 to Northants 

 

given up trying to post the picture, the forum.will not allow me to post the pohotobucket link.

Edited March 27, 2016 by matty40s

[bazookabob]

Cracking cloud off to the east about an hour ago (excuse the pun)...

 

[poseidon]

Didn't hear any thunder today although there was some slightly further north of here. However, did have this pass over.....

[Allseasons-Si]

Heard a couple of rumbles from this earlier,look at the hail shaft on the 5th photo

another one incoming

and there she goes to the NE

not been a bad day for late march

NE england is storm capital of Europe at the moment

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en#m=sat;r=0;t=3;s=1;d=2;a=2;dc=0;o=0;n=0;y=5;x=5;z=4;

ps nice shot there bazookabob.

 

Edited March 27, 2016 by Allseasons-si

[Daniel*]

1 hour ago, paul_montague said:

Get in Lightning on Isle of Wight.

The Isle of Wight is going to get battered by Storm Katie.

 

[IanR]

 had small thunderstorm this afternoon, a few decent flashes and rumbles, heavy hail

[matty40s]

try again now I'm back at laptop central

 

 

Edited March 27, 2016 by matty40s

[Weather-history]

A good thundery shower with hail after 2pm. Deep and prolonged rumbles of thunder

 

[mike57]

First storm of the year here in Bempton, some good flashes as I type, less than a mile away. Earlier storm tracked south of here across west and north Hull and out into the North sea between Hornsea and Bridlington, and I thought we had missed out (again). Just a shame its dark now as I reckon there would have been some good photo opertunities.

[Chris.R]

3 minutes ago, IanR said:

 had small thunderstorm this afternoon, a few decent flashes and rumbles, heavy hail

 I was too far west again today. Hope that doesn't become a theme of the year ...again!

[Stuart]

Day 2 Convective Outlook

VALID 06:00 UTC Mon 28 Mar 2016 - 05:59 UTC Tue 29 Mar 2016

ISSUED 18:53 UTC Sun 27 Mar 2016

ISSUED BY: Dan

Broad upper trough will migrate slowly eastwards across the British Isles on Monday, while sharpening. At the surface, a deep area of low pressure will clear eastern England during the morning, with cold mid-levels following in its wake, steepening lapse rates due to a combination of relatively warm SSTs and diurnal heating inland.

 

Showers will affect western and northern coastal areas throughout the day, with particular attention given to Shetland at first in the morning, and more especially SW then S Britain during the afternoon and evening. Here, 200-300 Jkg-1 CAPE and ELTs down to -40C suggest that some sporadic lightning activity is likely, but not widespread/frequent enough to warrant a SLGT based on latest guidance.

 

Once again small hail is likely in any stronger cores that develop.

 

http://www.convectiveweather.co.uk/forecast.php?date=2016-03-28

[Ben Sainsbury]

Certainly a nice looking cell to my South! 

Edited March 28, 2016 by Ben Sainsbury

[William Grimsley]

A thundery shower has just hit Street, Somerset and is tracking east towards Bruton, Somerset.

Edited March 28, 2016 by William Grimsley

[MP-R]

Plenty of big cells passing to my south. Just a blustery sunny afternoon here!

[Nick F]

10 mins of pea-size hail here in south London turning the ground temporarily white. 

Quite lively over the near continent along the occluding front trailing from Katie.

looks like most convective activity tomorrow will be across central and northern areas.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

After the hail shower went through looks like a wet evening for many as showers have formed in lines 

 

[stainesbloke]

Great cloudscape here with well defined mammatus hanging from a shower anvil. 

[Chris.R]

A few sferics around atm.   The last one was 25 miles away, but predictably it was to my east. 

 Another one a bit closer 

[Stuart]

VALID 06:00 UTC Tue 29 Mar 2016 - 05:59 UTC Wed 30 Mar 2016

ISSUED 21:15 UTC Mon 28 Mar 2016

ISSUED BY: Dan

Very broad upper trough will be in place across the British Isles on Tuesday, with shortwaves running eastwards along the trough base serving as a focus for more organised areas of showery precipitation. One such pronounced feature is expected to arrive in far SW Britain around midday, and then run eastwards across southern Britain through the afternoon / evening. However, most NWP suggests this will be largely dynamic in nature, and hence the lightning risk along this feature is considered fairly low.

 

Otherwise, it is generally another day of widespread, but low chance, lightning potential, perhaps the best environmental conditions to be found across C / E Ireland during the afternoon, but potential here is still too low to consider a SLGT. Once more, small hail is likely in any stronger cells that develop.

 

http://www.convectiveweather.co.uk/forecast.php?date=2016-03-28

 

[MP-R]

A few strikes recently in that mass out to the west of the SW peninsula.

[William Grimsley]

A lovely squally line of rain is now marching towards Devon. Lots of heavy and even torrentail rain on this with the odd lightning strike here and there. Watch my Nest live stream here: https://video.nest.com/live/Atmiip

 

Edited March 29, 2016 by William Grimsley