Convective/Storm Discussion Thread 25/5/16 onwards

[Harry]

Warmth and humidity really starting to ratchet up now, despite no meaningful budge in the cloud cover yet. Makes a nice change from the autumnal chill of this week. Could be another couple of hours yet before this awful grey scourge buggers off out of it! 

 

[Harry]

Out of interest @William Grimsley, I trust that when you're older you'll be relocating somewhere between Dungeness (Kent) and Lincolnshire?  

[Speedway Slider]

Leicester: 13:00 Sat 4th June 2016

Now hazy sunshine and 17c

Sun trying really hard to banish this low clag...

[alexisj9]

25 minutes ago, Richard Taylor said:

BBC reports lightning has injured 51 (8 serious, 2 needed resuscitation) at the Rock am Ring music festival, Germany earlier today. Careful what you wish for if storms of similar magnitude ever make it to the UK!

We have come close before, there's a close strick in this storm at some point.

Just incase it happened before this vid started, I'll post a quicker one. Hit hit one of the stages. 

 

[Greeny]

Proper blue skies here now, working its way inland nicely.

[weather09]

26 minutes ago, Richard Taylor said:

BBC reports lightning has injured 51 (8 serious, 2 needed resuscitation) at the Rock am Ring music festival, Germany earlier today. Careful what you wish for if storms of similar magnitude ever make it to the UK!

So if we stop wishing for strong thunderstorms then strong thunderstorms won't affect the UK? Or if we do wish for strong thunderstorms and strong thunderstorms happen to affect the UK we should... Feel guilty? Know better? Because our wanting it to happen somehow made it happen, or made it more likely to happen? 

Posts such as this never did make much sense to me. Especially on a weather forum, within a thread of enthusiasts searching for thunderstorm potential. Interestingly, they seem to mostly appear when we're discussing thunderstorms. You don't tend to see it when we're discussing potential for heavy, accumulating snowfall and very cold temperatures, which is far more disruptive and can, same with convective storms, cause injury or worse.   

Personally, I want these sort of storms to affect the UK.  Exciting stuff. Get the adrenaline pumping.  

[Methuselah]

Why bother with storm-chasing when all you need do is go to Glastonbury! The link to another version of Rock Island Line was pretty good, too!

[paul_montague]

Still overcast here but warming up nicely. As i am working at the IOW music festival next weekend i bet storms will be plentiful.

[carl1980]

Strong sunshine now on Merseyside, very warm and humid 

[NUT]

Maybe 1 or 2 light bursts of rain breaking out in some places across the UK but nothing major...............yet

[MrNooo]

Still clagged in here, no sign of the sun although nice temp outside compared to earlier in the week.

Edited June 4, 2016 by MrNooo

[alexisj9]

3 minutes ago, MrNooo said:

Still clagged in here, no sign of the sun although nice temp outside compared to earlier in the week.

Same, think the temp rise for the most part is mugginess, although it is slightly higher than it has been.

[Martin Auld]

Just realised it hasn't rained in Edinburgh for almost two weeks now and it doesn't look as though it's going to rain anytime soon. How boring 

[alexisj9]

3 minutes ago, Martin Auld said:

Just realised it hasn't rained in Edinburgh for almost two weeks now and it doesn't look as though it's going to rain anytime soon. How boring 

Enjoy it, I don't think dry weather happens often over there. I'm probably wrong mind. It's the same as tourists coming to London expecting rain. It can happen, but London is quite dry compared to most of the UK.

[Greeny]

Nice and hot in the sun now, needed the shade for a bit, I would say currently dew points 10 or 11C at a guess, not feeling overly muggy but a little bit in there I can feel. Feels a bit like when I was in Mexico city. It was daily about 11C dewpoints there.

[Greeny]

Forgot to mention storms are intenifying in the Netherlands moving north northeast.

[Frosty hollows]

No sign of the clag lifting here. It is much warmer than of late though.

I'd prefer a couple of hot days to really get things heated up before the breakdown, but I'll take anything. 

[Martin Auld]

11 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Enjoy it, I don't think dry weather happens often over there. I'm probably wrong mind. It's the same as tourists coming to London expecting rain. It can happen, but London is quite dry compared to most of the UK.

No your completely right we rarely ever get a break from the rain for this long up here in Scotland should probably make the most of it while it lasts

[Paul1968]

I think the majority of us will have to wait until Tuesday for any storms.The low cloud is taking far too long to shift today for any surface heating to kick in.

[Wet'n'Dry]

13 minutes ago, Greenday said:

Forgot to mention storms are intenifying in the Netherlands moving north northeast.

Some impressive cloudscapes over there, been watching it build on this live webcam!

https://webcam.nl/bouw/leiden/

[Greeny]

4 minutes ago, Paul1968 said:

I think the majority of us will have to wait until Tuesday for any storms.The low cloud is taking far too long to shift today for any surface heating to kick in.

The days are long so there is plenty of time for the sun to get to work. Best to leave it until late evening before calling it I think. The forecast models shows the most build up of CAPE from 15Z onwards.

[alexisj9]

Temp 16.8 DP 15, think it might be higher by the feel of things if the cloud cleared and temp went up.

[Gonzolio Martinez]

It's kicking off over Eindhoven airport right now

Here's a live webcam. Haven't seen any lightening on it just yet though

 

[weatherobsuk]

Looks to be developments SW of Sheffield according to the vis satellite loop.

[Chris.R]

 Very warm and humid with strong sunshine. Currently  23.4°C which is the maximum.