Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

[Polar Maritime]

Moderate rain this evening turning heavy now with plenty moving South very very slowly over me, Been so dry here of late especially after the 1st cuts of hay so should green the fields up.. 

 

Edited June 30, 2022 by Polar Maritime

[davehsug]

Moderate/heavy rain in Stoke now. Certainly wasn't expecting this, it looked like any showers had moved through and this seems to have moved South West again.

[Polar Maritime]

4 minutes ago, davehsug said:

Moderate/heavy rain in Stoke now. Certainly wasn't expecting this, it looked like any showers had moved through and this seems to have moved South West again.

Yep back down it goes.. We seem to be just off-centre of the low.

Edited June 30, 2022 by Polar Maritime

[davehsug]

4 minutes ago, Polar Maritime said:

Yep back down it goes.. We seem to be just off-centre of the low.

Just turned very heavy, keeping my ears peeled and fingers crossed for a rogue rumble!

[Supacell]

Heavy precipitation near Stoke heading my way. Please turn thundery

[Ruck Bodgers]

28 minutes ago, davehsug said:

Just turned very heavy, keeping my ears peeled and fingers crossed for a rogue rumble!

Didn't hear any rogue rumbles, but can tell how heavy it is as the mini lake at my backdoor has made it's first appearance this year! (Drainage not connected to main drains, it soaks into back garden but if rain is heavy enough, or ground has been too dry, it causes a mini flood around the back door/ conservatory as the water has to soak in to go down).

[weatherobsuk]

Absolutely biblical rain here non-stop for the past hour, no lightning seen but I won't be too surprised to hear of flooding issues in/around the High Peak by morning. 

[Callie]

Wow, just woken by a massive clap of thunder over Eastbourne! Just checked the rainfall radar and a small band of heavy rain passing over.

Edited July 1, 2022 by Callie
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[Wold Topper]

We have lift off! Thunder and lightening on the East coast nr Bridlington with a heavy downpour

[Zak M]

Yesterday's distant storm.

I managed to see quite a few bolts - some of them had pretty cool paths.

         

I also saw this and I'm still baffled. I'm almost certain it wasn't a funnel because I couldn't see much rotation, and if it is a scud then it's definitely the most defined one I have seen for quite a while.

Any thoughts?

[Sprites]

2 hours ago, Zak M said:

Yesterday's distant storm.

I managed to see quite a few bolts - some of them had pretty cool paths.

         

I also saw this and I'm still baffled. I'm almost certain it wasn't a funnel because I couldn't see much rotation, and if it is a scud then it's definitely the most defined one I have seen for quite a while.

Any thoughts?

It looks like a horseshoe vortex. 

[Eagle Eye]

 

 

 

 

[Mesoscale]

6 hours ago, Eagle Eye said:

 

 

 

 

I designed the WIW logo for Richard a few years ago, glad to see he is still using it, I even made a few different coloured ones so they could show weather warnings. Would that funnel/tornado be classified as a cold air funnel?

[The Tall Weatherman]

The convergence zone to my north is beautiful Time lapse on !

[Eagle Eye]

2 hours ago, Mesoscale said:

 Would that funnel/tornado be classified as a cold air funnel?

It would make sense so probably.

[matty40s]

I was begging this to drop something on the Duston part of Northampton earlier(our local tornado alley)...

 

[TJS1998Tom]

Been looking at some of the GFS runs for the past few days and some of them are pretty insane, still a long way off yet but quite a few runs been hinting possible 40c temps, would've thought that could spark up some nasty storms if it came off

[Darth Radar]

On 01/07/2022 at 18:18, Zak M said:

Yesterday's distant storm.

I managed to see quite a few bolts - some of them had pretty cool paths.

         

I also saw this and I'm still baffled. I'm almost certain it wasn't a funnel because I couldn't see much rotation, and if it is a scud then it's definitely the most defined one I have seen for quite a while.

Any thoughts?

Some crackers in there!! Great footage

[The Tall Weatherman]

A Mediocre selection of time lapse on some isolated storms yesterday around the Northants/Kettering area.

[Eagle Eye]

Photogenic scudy stuff here

Based on what Zak saw, a slight chance of a horseshoe vortex here but I don't think it was.

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[Rufus Butterfield]

This was yesterday, near Bedford.
Interesting scud formation beneath this (I think) convergence zone of heavy showers.
It ends up creating this suspicious funnel-like formation; it may just be more scud though.

[ChannelThunder]

I'm guessing we've all been watching this High over the last week and urging it eastwards on each model run! UKMO looking best to get it to the east, some of the others are flattening the High, which would be no good, as that equals no plumey time!

[Guest]

This could be a pretty quiet thread for the next 10-14days looking at the models. 

[TJS1998Tom]

8 hours ago, Alderc said:

This could be a pretty quiet thread for the next 10-14days looking at the models. 

Hopefully with all the heat it results in storms and doesn't end up fizzling out 

[ChannelThunder]

3 hours ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Hopefully with all the heat it results in storms and doesn't end up fizzling out 

If some of the heat modelled in FI comes off, I'd be livid if it didn't go bang spectacularly at the end! Some tentative signs of a plume on the models, just a case of keeping an eye out and hoping for now!