Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

[Allseasons-Si]

I hope them clump of cells that's cropped up north of me don't electrify,...that would put the poo cherry on the cake.

[Rufus Butterfield]

6 minutes ago, Tikka_69 said:

I am in Doncaster and whats just passing over is dark skies and a bit of rain. 

It looks quite ominous but it’s just a  patch of light/moderate rain passing nearby unfortunately  

[Justin1705]

Well as today seems a bit of a meh. I want to post my bests of MAY 18th, some I've posted but as it was busy some may have missed, so I am going to repost it here. Luckily I was in brighton then actually totally oblivious to the forecast until the same day as I was having so much fun on my bday. But it was amazing And it was meant to be. Some time lapse footage I recorded leading up to the storm. Now the second videos I had been woken up by the rain lashing and a big crash of thunder ( was drunk). This was probably one of my best storms I've ever seen in the UK just all in all. The spectacle in the channel before and the gusty windy rain lighting and thunder to finish. I actually went to sleep as it was weakening as it crossed the channel and I was satisfied with what I had captured and stupidly called it a night.  At 23:35 it arrived on the shores with a bang. Here are my best shots. Ps the longest video has a nice surprise at the end

Excuse one video one of my pals tried putting something out the window like a melt. Anyway hope you enjoys 

 

[Allseasons-Si]

I did manage to catch this though as it went by to my west,i was down at cortonwood,Brampton at the time,it looked thundery but nothing came of it.

[Tikka_69]

20 minutes ago, Rufus Butterfield said:

It looks quite ominous but it’s just a  patch of light/moderate rain passing nearby unfortunately  

Yeah, looked worse than it was.   As my dad used to say " its a bit black over bills mothers" 

20 minutes ago, Rufus Butterfield said:

It looks quite ominous but it’s just a  patch of light/moderate rain passing nearby unfortunately  

Yeah, looked worse than it was.   As my dad used to say " its a bit black over bills mothers" 

[Allseasons-Si]

Them storms over France,Belgium and Holland are veering SE>NW

[Row w]

7 minutes ago, Tikka_69 said:

Yeah, looked worse than it was.   As my dad used to say " its a bit black over bills mothers" 

Yeah, looked worse than it was.   As my dad used to say " its a bit black over bills mothers" 

That exact saying my mum used to use whenever there was a storm approaching apparently its a Midland saying not too sure how true that is, sorry for the thread derail 

[Iceman2606]

ECM 12z taken some major roids this evening...

[viking_smb]

1 minute ago, Iceman2606 said:

ECM 12z taken some major roids this evening...

over a week away dont worry about it

[Pat Butcher]

8 minutes ago, Iceman2606 said:

ECM 12z taken some major roids this evening...

Love it. Still FI but this feature has popped up in quite a few runs now...

[TJS1998Tom]

14 minutes ago, Iceman2606 said:

ECM 12z taken some major roids this evening...

would be perfect for Lincolnshire that lol

[kev f]

48 minutes ago, Row w said:

That exact saying my mum used to use whenever there was a storm approaching apparently its a Midland saying not too sure how true that is, sorry for the thread derail 

Yeah, midlands saying. Bill being William Shakespeare so anyone north or northeast of Stratford is looking south, predominantly where their weather would come from and see incoming storms or rain... hence black over Williams Shakespeare@s mums house

[minus10]

40 minutes ago, Iceman2606 said:

ECM 12z taken some major roids this evening...

Now that would help with the dry conditions in these parts....

[Turquoise]

what a hell of a bust that was. all that hype, weather warnings on bbc, metoffice and on here.....and absolutely nothing happened 

I honestly dont bother with forecasts anymore, they are so ridiculously wrong up here. 28 times in a row storms forecast and its been a glorious sunny day. 

[Electricmumma]

As it’s been a bit of a non event I will share my picture of a non event anvil I spotted in the channel earlier this evening 

[Chris Lea-Alex]

I will say that the elongated initially electrified mass that formed near Blackpool has been quite well organised and is still ambling up the country 5 hours later.   A bit more shear and who knows what kind of a day we could have had...

[Wold Topper]

12 minutes ago, Electricmumma said:

As it’s been a bit of a non event I will share my picture of a non event anvil I spotted in the channel earlier this evening 

Is that not the USS Enterprise! Beam me up scotty!  

Edited June 23, 2022 by Wold Topper

[ChannelThunder]

1 hour ago, Pat Butcher said:

Love it. Still FI but this feature has popped up in quite a few runs now...

All kinds of plumey fun on the GEM at the end of next week, and that model doesn't usually show plumes in FI in my experience. GFS a little plumey too. You never know, let's see if it's all still there tomorrow 

[wimblettben]

5 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

All kinds of plumey fun on the GEM at the end of next week, and that model doesn't usually show plumes in FI in my experience. GFS a little plumey too. You never know, let's see if it's all still there tomorrow 

I'm not getting my hopes up anymore as this has happened twice already this year with good widespread thundery charts showing for a week or few day's in the future only for the actual event when it comes to end up being a total bust.

[SarahWxm]

 How I feel today

[AnvilCrawlers]

On 23/06/2022 at 21:27, Row w said:

That exact saying my mum used to use whenever there was a storm approaching apparently its a Midland saying not too sure how true that is, sorry for the thread derail 

I'm from the Midlands and my mate and I always used to say it's a bit black over bills mother's.dont seem to hear it so much now adays so think it's an old school saying aswel.

[The PIT]

Unlikley to be anything here further north and north east and even there only a small chance and even less elsewhere.

Interestingly the local forecast has gone from storms yesterday morning to rain by the evening and now to dry.

Lets see what happens. The garden needs rainfall so a storm would be welcome for that as well.

[The Tall Weatherman]

The SB cape on the latest runs is showing significantly more than all the Convective forecasts. Pushing 1400 ! In a few spots !

[Paul]

Meanwhile, in the USA the tour 5 team grabbed a couple of tornadoes and a pretty spectacular supercell yesterday:

 

[northriding]

53 minutes ago, The PIT said:

Lets see what happens. The garden needs rainfall so a storm would be welcome for that as well.

I usually have a little grumble when the potential for storms fails to deliver, but I would snap someone's hand off for a good downpour, even without the sparks.

Sowed a few new lawns from seed in spring, but the lack of rainfall has made it quite the struggle to get them established. The gardens could really do with a thorough soaking.