Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

[alexisj9]

34 minutes ago, Mitch the motorbike storm said:

*hears the winds blow* Kent clipper there I said it ?

We have a strong wind from the northeast, and low cloud blowing in with it, but above it still looks ripe, but it has done most of the day.

[Jamie M]

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Jam cam is back again, let's see if anything arrives or it'll just be a case of muffled wind for 5 hours.

[Wivenswold]

I'd hate to state the obvious, but the reason there are so many storms in the South East is because we're closer to the warmth continental Europe can produce.  
When it comes to snow, it sucks here, but I stayed in the south because the summers are better down here.  Best storms are in the Midlands, East Anglia and the South. Elsewhere you're not going to see as many.

[alexisj9]

32 minutes ago, Azuremoon2 said:

Classic copy and paste job yet AGAIN. South Coast, Essex and Kent get the fun tonight for about the 8th or 9th time already this year.

I don't think so, we've busted and the SW has been getting it.

[Mizzle]

Currently enduring post COVID foggy brain and therefore my ability to get my head around meteorological nuances today is somewhat limited. So. I will rely on those more knowledgeable tonight: OH has offered to drive me to the coast if there is a chance of seeing some light shows - so what do you guys and gals think? We'd be heading down Solent way. Is it worth a chance?

[Argyle10]

1 hour ago, sunnijim said:

Only in the uk,

Model uncertainty up to the last,cold front battling it out with a Low moving up from the continent.

Battle of airmasses,extreme heat versus cold.

Temperatures of 27c down to 17c within hours.

The excitement at what could happen.

The result looks like being a decaying mass of crud once more! ( with the exception of the far SW today)

I would love to be wrong on this,still time I guess.

Had some nice deep rumbles earlier

[ChannelThunder]

I can hear the slightest of distant booms. An agonising near miss for me tonight!

[Woodboss]

7 minutes ago, Mizzle said:

Currently enduring post COVID foggy brain and therefore my ability to get my head around meteorological nuances today is somewhat limited. So. I will rely on those more knowledgeable tonight: OH has offered to drive me to the coast if there is a chance of seeing some light shows - so what do you guys and gals think? We'd be heading down Solent way. Is it worth a chance?

Could be borderline around the solent but worthing eastwards along the Sussex coast could be a good shout. 

[Mitch the motorbike storm]

Hmmm will it cross the channel and live! It’s gone bang 

[tomp456]

1 minute ago, Woodboss said:

Could be borderline around the solent but worthing eastwards along the Sussex coast could be a good shout. 

Excellent. I'm not too bothered about getting a direct hit in Worthing, so long as there's action within a 15 to 20 mile radius. 

Heading to the beach shortly! 

[The Tall Weatherman]

I have definitely realised the increase of strength on the northern side of the system ! this was completely unexpected !!

[Shere Khan]

7 minutes ago, Mitch the motorbike storm said:

Hmmm will it cross the channel and live! It’s gone bang 

Was thinking just the same….all eyes on the radar for the next few hours

[sunnijim]

Just arrived in Brighton.

The radio 5 live a.m signal on the radio crackling in an 'old skool' sign of lightning nearby.

Back In the day with Dad it was a sign of a good evening and night if we picked the streterferics up on radio 4 as we listen to the shipping forecast!

Radar check confirms the radio crackles!

Darkness decends so may head onto the Downs and look seaward

Edited June 18, 2022 by sunnijim

[Rufus Butterfield]

Saw some nice mammatus clouds in Chester today.

[Mapantz]

Has anyone else recorded a weird pressure drop and rise?

[TJS1998Tom]

Some action at the top of London now, nice sunset here in Lincoln

[ChannelThunder]

New sferics in both N. London and Chichester areas. These two storms were born at pretty much exactly the same time!

Edited June 18, 2022 by ResonantChannelThunder

[Southern Storm]

2 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Has anyone else recorded a weird pressure drop and rise?

I don't have anyway oh checking, but the wind was crazy earlier, but it's now pretty calm 

 

[tomp456]

YES LADS (AND LASSES) LIGHTNING WITNESSED TO THE SOUTH WEST.

[The Tall Weatherman]

1 minute ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Some action at the top of London now, nice sunset here in Lincoln

Amazing ! No precip on radar in north london but suprisingly an active storm. This stuff is extremely elevated and I am crossing my fingers for later !

 

[matt111]

5 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Has anyone else recorded a weird pressure drop and rise?

Yes. And as @Southern Storm mentioned it seems to coincide with when the wind rapidly increased 

 

Edited June 18, 2022 by matt111

[TwisterGirl81]

Certainly had more rain from this front than was forecasted on pretty much every site  I looked, we’ve had an inch/25mm so far …my new big water butt is nearly full, might need to purchase a 2nd and connector hose.

No thunderstorms though,  just heavy rain at times, torrential just skim us in Exeter as it passed through mid Devon as per usual, Dartmoor seems to take out some energy before it gets to Exeter when it comes in from the west.

Happy the garden finally had a good water from rain. The grass all around Exeter is yellow from how dry it’s been for several months bar a few instances.

Plenty of time for thunderstorms this summer ⛈ 

Edited June 18, 2022 by TwisterGirl81

[minus10]

Yes action popping up nw London..

[tomp456]

1 minute ago, tomp456 said:

YES LADS (AND LASSES) LIGHTNING WITNESSED TO THE SOUTH WEST.

or West, If it was from Chichester, and not the stuff in the channel. 

 

edit. wind also dropped. 

 

yesssss, more lightning 

Edited June 18, 2022 by tomp456

[Eagle Eye]

Oh wow