Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

[Supacell]

Sat to the north of London but finding it hard to find somewhere you can stop that isn't surrounded by trees

[10 Days Away]

2 minutes ago, Tom Knight said:

Im betting that the storm dies down before it hits medway 

I don't think that line is Kent bound

[Man With Beard]

It's cranked up another notch. Bolts practically every second towards Southampton!

[Harry]

Dear friends of mine who live in Southampton just sent me a video - lightning is far more frequent than the detectors suggest 

[Grazy2266]

Currently sat near RAF Halton in the chiltern hills looking out over the Vale of Aylesbury seeing flashes to west and south. 

[Josh Rubio]

Distant lightning seen here in Leicester... 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just now, Supacell said:

Sat to the north of London but finding it hard to find somewhere you can stop that isn't surrounded by trees

Sounds like the sort of thing James Spann might say.

[Azazel]

Nothing to write home about REALLY but I can’t complain - I’ve had more lightning here in the last 3-4 days of May than I did for the whole of last year.

[TJS1998Tom]

Just now, Josh Rubio said:

Distant lightning seen here in Leicester... 

How frequent is the lightning?  Might have to check the skies soon incase it's elevated from storms miles away. Once remember seeing lightning from a storm a good 70 miles away before

[Derbyshire_snow]

Strike over Solihull near Birmingham

[Man With Beard]

 

I'm about 5 miles away from this, I think

[TJS1998Tom]

I suspect there's a lot more than the radars showing, though the radar still showing a fair bit

 

[Josh Rubio]

1 minute ago, TJS1998Tom said:

How frequent is the lightning?  Might have to check the skies soon incase it's elevated from storms miles away. Once remember seeing lightning from a storm a good 70 miles away before

One flash per 30 seconds/minute at the moment. 

[LoveStorms]

Just came outside to see what I could see, see, see….  I can see the lightning in the distance (guessing around Winchester)….  Please come here

[Hedge End weather watcher]

Really good storm going over here in Hedge End, thought we’d be a loot too far west but it got strength just as it came across the solent, pretty constant lightning and strong gusts now 

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Wow it’s gone soupy here!! Very humid!! Just made out the first flash! 

[Tom Knight]

4 minutes ago, TN26 said:

I don't think that line is Kent bound

to be fair, the line seems to be drifting eastwards, ill take any sense of hope i can get right now haha

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just now, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Wow it’s gone soupy here!! Very humid!! Just made out the first flash! 

Really?  Better start keeping an eye out.

[viking_smb]

8 minutes ago, LeveLUP said:

Gatwick airport is still sending out flights so my guess is they're trying to get as many as they can out ASAP before the storm hits

bet the keepers on the lighthouses (ones that are still manned) facing south are watching this, esp the ones on watch  

Edited May 18, 2022 by viking_smb

[minus10]

Really dont want to be in the gap between the southamton storm to the west (if it is still going) and the channel storms to the east....

[Azazel]

This is crazy! Storm over towards Winchester has gone mental 

[matty40s]

Big flash towards Lutterworth and decent rumble, lots of soggy sounding thunder from other areas 

[LeeRoyxD]

 seeing those strikes heading into my direction! excited

[kold weather]

Storms near Portsmouth really giving it some, can see huge amount of CC lightning going on with it

[Arnie Pie]

5 minutes ago, Derbyshire_snow said:

Strike over Solihull near Birmingham

False strike ....hopefully a pre-cursor