South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion

[dr weather]

1 hour ago, Dorsetbred said:

UKV looks more promising for north of Bristol up towards Gloucester way

As does AROME

The surface winds near us also seem a little more interesting, with Westerlies around Bristol and Easterlies not too far away (Fairford).

[MP-R]

Kicking off in the Brecon Beacons now. 
 

I can also see convective cloud forming to the northeast of here.

[dr weather]

4 minutes ago, dr weather said:

The surface winds near us also seem a little more interesting, with Westerlies around Bristol and Easterlies not too far away (Fairford).

And a 20 degree dew point in Fairford with sunny conditions and ambient temp of 25 degrees. That's a ripe environment.

[Bristawl Si]

Claps of thunder and a few spots of rain. Very dark heavy clouds to my North, likely Thornbury area getting it large at mo?

[Wynn D Woo]

And here it comes - torrential shower out of nowhere...

[dr weather]

7 minutes ago, Bristle Si said:

Claps of thunder and a few spots of rain. Very dark heavy clouds to my North, likely Thornbury area getting it large at mo?

Yes, just opened the windows on the top floor and heard permanent rolls of thunder. Nice to see a cell in its early stages of development.

This is the bad boy.

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by dr weather

[Andy Bown]

Beautiful rapid developments near Warminster too. Could we get thunder by school run time!? 

[John88B]

I'm working in Olveston just north of Bristol and a cracking storm has broken out now. Torrential rain, frequent lightning and some of the loudest claps of thunder I've ever heard. The house just literally shook!

Edited June 12, 2023 by John88B

[Bristawl Si]

1 minute ago, John88B said:

I'm working in Olveston just north of Bristol and a cracking storm has broken out now. Frequent lightning and some of the loudest claps of thunder I've ever heard. The house just literally shook!

Passed through here; must've caught its edge; brightening up again.

[John88B]

8 minutes ago, Bristle Si said:

Passed through here; must've caught its edge; brightening up again.

Looking at the radar we have another incoming now that has bubbled up behind it.

[Andrew_WsM]

Can hear the rumbles of thunder to the north, further south please! 

[Bristawl Si]

2 minutes ago, John88B said:

Looking at the radar we have another incoming now that has bubbled up behind it.

Yep. It is monsoon-like rain now.

[Nights King]

Light shower heading towards me 

[dr weather]

 

Here's a brief video of the Thornbury cell.

[Rich_Clements]

48 minutes ago, Wynn D Woo said:

And here it comes - torrential shower out of nowhere...

You must be in Bristol as Glos town centre is bone dry (at the moment)

[Andy Bown]

Frequent thunder over Salisbury Plain for the last 5 minutes. The cell isn’t going to affect Warminster just wondering if it might spawn more.

[Wynn D Woo]

20 minutes ago, Rich_Clements said:

You must be in Bristol as Glos town centre is bone dry (at the moment)

Yeah I am in Bradley Stoke today at the office, looks like it might be fun driving home later

[artzeman]

Poured down for about 10 mins. Herein Peasedown St John. 12mm.

[SteveB]

Could here the thunder while at work in Bristol. 

Back home in Weston-super-Mare, and nowt. 

Suspect that's my fill of storm action. 

[Bristawl Si]

5 minutes ago, SteveB said:

Could here the thunder while at work in Bristol. 

Back home in Weston-super-Mare, and nowt. 

Suspect that's my fill of storm action. 

You didnt miss much. A few claps of thunder and some torrrential rain at times.

I'm struggling to even call it a storm (imby).

[Andy Bown]

Textbook CB to the NW, several rumbles towards Frome. Hope the photo comes out ok because the sun is in the same direction!

[Mapantz]

Cloudy start, then sunny, then cloudy again, and then full sunshine from midday. Temp reached 24.9°C! 

[MP-R]

Cells doing their utmost to dodge my location!

[Andy Bown]

39 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Textbook CB to the NW, several rumbles towards Frome. Hope the photo comes out ok because the sun is in the same direction!

This has spawned a daughter cell in an identical position but unfortunately not so photogenic due to low level inflow cloud. More thunder in the last 10/15 minutes.

[Dorsetbred]

Just managed to burst the 25°C marker with 25.2°C at: 14:41..

Early evening beach sunshine