Convective/Storm Discussion Thread 25/5/16 onwards

[lassie23]

3 minutes ago, William Grimsley said:

Not sure why this thread is so active, there's nothing going on!

Maybe not in your backyard, but you should see mine, I have a large pond whether i like it or not

 

9 minutes ago, Squall said:

Is there any way to tell on the radar what is most likely to produce a storm, apart from the obvious colour? I'm being thick, i know.

 

ah well, never mind, its suddenly gone off to the west (i think)!!!

Well i was in the red zone yesterday and got nothing, so sometimes the radar can be deceptive

3 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

 

No idea why I quoted you Gordon Can't get rid of it now.

 

21 minutes ago, Windblade said:

Looks like most parts of london got something a few hours ago. I heard some rumbles and saw a bolt of IC in tower hamlets just before 3pm. My home in bexley also got two storms earlier hence the flooded slip road on the way home.

Thanks for the info windblade.

[Gordon Webb]

SS ?

[Windblade]

1 minute ago, Squall said:

Well, wasn't that exciting......not! One rumble and a bit of rain and thats my bat...

Ah, I'm sorry to hear that. I guess a rumble is better than nothing. Its been a pretty active day so far so don't give up hope just yet.

[Summer Sun]

1 minute ago, Gordon Webb said:

SS ?

Me

[Gordon Webb]

Just now, Summer Sun said:

Me

 

oh OK

[Mr_ Nexus]

21 incidents now reported by West Mids fire , 2 local railway lines blocked due to flooding .

Rain has stopped now , just been out watching the frogs in the garden hopping about , Seems they loved it as much as me .

[dodge]

An hour of torrential downpours and thunder/lightning strikes from approx 2:30-3:30 this afternoon.  Many roads flooded in area's to the NE of Manchester inc. Middleton shopping precinct.  Needed that to break the humidity and heat of previous days.  Light rain now, petering out.

[Gordon Webb]

radar echos heavy to my north but still dry at the moment

[Windblade]

1 minute ago, Mr_ Nexus said:

21 incidents now reported by West Mids fire , 2 local railway lines blocked due to flooding .

Rain has stopped now , just been out watching the frogs in the garden hopping about , Seems they loved it as much as me .

Ah yes, the frogs, toads, slugs and snails all come out after it rains here and love a good soaking wet ground.

[weirpig]

Well well biblical weather here in the past few hours drove from work in wolves to home in the heaviest rain I ever seen.  Still raining but nowhere near as bad

[Gord]

It's kicked into life again east of Brum!

[Tempest]

7 minutes ago, Windblade said:

Ah, I'm sorry to hear that. I guess a rumble is better than nothing. Its been a pretty active day so far so don't give up hope just yet.

Your right Windblade and i'm just going to sit quietly and not get so grumpy about it lol 

[James_southampton]

My current view east towards the band of rain over guilford way

[andymusic]

looks like we may have had El Brumo part two - "THE RETURN OF EL BRUMO" LOL

[matt111]

1 minute ago, James_southampton said:

My current view east towards the band of rain over guilford way

Noticed that from here. Looks like part of it's intensifying. 

[Tempest]

Radar seems to be getting quieter over the uk, maybe its all dying away now.

[William Grimsley]

I know not in my backyard, but lightning activity has waned pretty much everywhere. Oh, I'd do pretty much anything to get 2014 again...

[Windblade]

26 minutes ago, Squall said:

Your right Windblade and i'm just going to sit quietly and not get so grumpy about it lol 

I feel your pain. Before yesterday my last storm was mid april, but before that it was a year ago. Like yourself I was getting pretty down about it but yesterdays events lifted my spirits. Don't lose hope.

Edited June 8, 2016 by Windblade

[RobR]

Some impressive flash flooding from round Birmingham...cars submerged in parts.

[andymusic]

El Brumo part two could well be heading in our direction - you never know - let's see if it can hold itself together

[Windblade]

That brentwood cell is definitely headed this way and seems to have picked up speed. Its hot and sunny here at the moment although I definitely heard a distant rumble a couple of minutes ago...and just now as I write this .

[Raidan]

10 minutes ago, William Grimsley said:

I know not in my backyard, but lightning activity has waned pretty much everywhere. Oh, I'd do pretty much anything to get 2014 again...

I would do anything for just some rain, indoors outdoors humid horrible hate it!

[Harry]

Just heard a rumble from the Essex cell drifting south - what an awesome couple of days.

[William Grimsley]

@Gordon Webb, hope you're alright there!

[Windblade]

Distant thunder again. The brentwood cell is clearly visible to my north although still quite far away. No other nearby cells and sunny and clear here so that has to be where its coming from!