Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

[Jamie M]

Could see the convergence working its magic along here today.

No thunder but was definitely a rapid increase in intensity

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Looking off Hunstanton at the moment on the cam! Beautiful anvil!! 

[James1979]

Didnt think it would happen but first thunder of the season . Whoop,whoop!! Lucky I'm I'm wfh today to get it! 

Weird its not showing on lightning maps, defo had a big rumble!

 

 Beautiful downpour too after about 1 month of hideous dryness.

Edited May 4, 2022 by James1979

[James1979]

Huge crack and boom just now, finally some weather again!! 

Hail stones now too, garden flooded in under 5 mins. Let the good times roll!!! 

   

 

Edited May 4, 2022 by James1979

[TJS1998Tom]

Dark clouds looking North East, looks like its all moving away from us, hopefully this year could have some good displays compared to last year which I remember was fairly quiet 

Edited May 4, 2022 by TJS1998Tom

[Zak M]

Hearing some distant thunder every now and then. I don't think I've caught any bolts yet but it's a great start to the season anyway!

[Sunny76]

Bone dry and boring cloudiness most of the day. A little bit of sunshine early and feeling warmer, but still disappointing for sunshine and lack of storms.

[James1979]

2 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

Bone dry and boring cloudiness most of the day. A little bit of sunshine early and feeling warmer, but still disappointing for sunshine and lack of storms.

Looks like they may be on their way or at least the tail end...

[Allseasons-Si]

Didn't chase today as they was moving away from this area and too quickly

quite the storm off the east coast of Scotland though and another one developing quickly SE of Cambridge 

good luck guys,...there will be another day to this starter of the season.

[convector]

Had a modest rumble in oxford, nothing on lightning maps though. 

[Frosty hollows]

Very dark to my north, but so far passing me by!

[diddy1234]

Lightning and heavy rain here in North Herts near Royston

[Allseasons-Si]

Quite a comer type characteristic looking cell/poss super cell NE England.

[Thundery wintry showers]

52 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Dark clouds looking North East, looks like its all moving away from us, hopefully this year could have some good displays compared to last year which I remember was fairly quiet 

I wondered if I'd hear any thunder today, but it appears to have been just a little too far east of here.  

I remember last year being active for thunderstorms in May and July.  I counted 7 days with thunder in July 2021 including two consecutive days with good displays on 3 and 4 July.  Not a lot happened from August onwards though.

[Wold Topper]

First rumbles of the year from this mean looking sky, looking towards Sledmere

 

Edited May 4, 2022 by Wold Topper

[Frosty hollows]

Very intense shower passed through about 40 minutes ago. Torrential rain,hail and a rumble of thunder.  Glorious sunshine now!

[biddie]

2 hours ago, Jamie M said:

Could see the convergence working its magic along here today.

No thunder but was definitely a rapid increase in intensity

Was plenty further north from you

50 minutes ago, Thundery wintry showers said:

I wondered if I'd hear any thunder today, but it appears to have been just a little too far east of here.  

I remember last year being active for thunderstorms in May and July.  I counted 7 days with thunder in July 2021 including two consecutive days with good displays on 3 and 4 July.  Not a lot happened from August onwards though.

The North West got it all last year

[Eagle Eye]

Very odd to see this on radar

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

A couple of nice cells looking South of Hunstanton this time, heading straight for me by the look of it! Think Deep layer shear is increasing from The NW now, so these may stick it out for longer. 

[Harry's House]

Dramatic cbs in the distance. This one passing by to the NE of me a few minutes ago. Missed out on showers here so far.

[Atmogenic]

that blob of showers has reached my location now, its pretty dark but not getting my hopes up

[Eagle Eye]

Fantastic evening full of storms with some terrific structure and the last one is still going on.

 

 

Quite incredible with the timing being around sunset but it seemed to bring darkness early still.

 

 

 

 

[Jamie M]

Rather incredible outflow feature from the passing band of heavy rain that moved east. Shame there wasn't any sparks with it but was pretty damn impressed!

[RebsAbbo]

7 minutes ago, Jamie M said:

Rather incredible outflow feature from the passing band of heavy rain that moved east. Shame there wasn't any sparks with it but was pretty damn impressed!

That is impressive!

[Jamie M]

8 minutes ago, RebsAbbo said:

That is impressive!

Aye, do tend to get shelfs from situations like the one earlier with heavy precip crossing from Sheerness but never seen it to quite that distinctive nature before!