End of the week & weekend storm risk

[Raidan]

Blimey sky is dark here could be in for something soon has been dry since early this morning that could change in the next half hour or so.

[Midlands Ice Age]

Just had a cell pop up here SE of Birmingham.

Half a dozen claps of thunders as it past just to the South East of here.

Fingers crossed for later..

MIA

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

1 minute ago, Supacell said:

Storm cell south of Leicester is still producing and heading in the direction of Derby. I am hoping it does not die out just before it gets here. Storms from the NW normally get killed by the Pennines, I am hoping that a storm from the opposite direction stands more chance. Skies are a milky/grey colour here now.

On the edge of that one now! Nice deep booms coming from that, and very heavy rain just started. 

[March]

Some loud thunder here, no rain though. 

[Buzzard]

Few booms, some lightening and got a soaking during my track session at MK. Heading back towards LB, big spots on windscreen again., pretty cloudy. 

[Supacell]

1 minute ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

On the edge of that one now! Nice deep booms coming from that, and very heavy rain just started. 

My fingers are crossed. I normally go out and chase the storms but it is a rarity to see one bearing down directly on my house

[Weather-history]

A couple of cells developing in NW England

[Costa Del Fal]

10 minutes ago, weather09 said:

Can hear occasional deep booms from that cell E of here currently.  Hoping some more cells build to the south and east.  

Slight increase to the flow past 500mb up to 300mb, but no real increase in the mid-levels to get storms to organise, as is evident on radar. What's happening is once one fully-fledged updraft (storm) gets going, lift is generated in its vicinity so you get new fresh updrafts surrounding the storm, giving the illusion that one cell is being sustained, when in reality you've got several updrafts competing with one another. 

You think those storms to our south could make it here then? Could new cells keep fighting it out, especially now potential energy available is now coming towards a maximum?

[Gord]

So the storm I'm currently interested in is the one currently near Chipping Norton. If it holds together, it looks like it's path could be Stratford, Selly Oak, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton before it goes into the back end of Staffordshire and Shropshire. Everything else would be too far west right now.

But I reckon there's still more to develop anyway!

[STORMGUY]

Just heard a rumble of thunder

[Alicol]

Thunder still sounding distant but according to the radar should be arriving in the next 10 minutes

[STORMGUY]

more thunder

[STORMGUY]

can here it on my cam

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

6 minutes ago, Supacell said:

My fingers are crossed. I normally go out and chase the storms but it is a rarity to see one bearing down directly on my house

My lord if it does hold out, you're in for a treat! Just seen some cracking pink ic zig zags shoot across the sky with a lovely bang! 

Certianly did the right thing heading to Leicester! 

Being rained on hard, big time now making it difficult to hear anything! 

Now that looks like it's rotating.. 

Edited May 7, 2016 by East_England_Stormchaser91

[Gord]

Something kicking off near Walsall?

[Weather-history]

7 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

A couple of cells developing in NW England

Heavy shower currently.

[weather09]

That cell really kicked off when it got north of here - rumbles of thunder every 10-20 seconds.  Planes to BHX going over my house lol.

[Eye to the sky]

Wind really picking up here now,skies starting to look promising too.Hopefully the shower to the SE will continue to grow.

[SteveB]

Is there anything likely to still develop to the south of these storms?

[Gordon Webb]

bbc news 24 forecast have this lot of showers just the NW of birmingham at 6pm moving NW looks like going to forecast

[matty40s]

Leicester city centre right under it now,  lightning all the time and thousands of blue shirts have hidden.

[Speedway Slider]

Lightning right above the King Power Stadium, big claps of thunder, followed by big claps from the Leicester supporters!!!!***********

[Gordon Webb]

3 minutes ago, SteveB said:

Is there anything likely to still develop to the south of these storms?

the news 24 forecasts indicates no

[Wilxy]

Loads of thunder from my south and then heard more thunder to my north been better here than expected today very happy  and now some more convection kicking off to my south! behind the existing storm.

[STORMGUY]

just started to rain