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Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

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Sprites Seasoned

Sprites

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  • Location: South East UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms/squalls/hoar-frost/mist
  • Location: South East UK
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4 hours ago, Southern Storm said:

I haven't tried the astro function, but I've heard it is quite decent 

The only thing I've been disappointed with is how poor the video quality is in extreme low light conditions, ie, no street lights,  pointing out to sea trying to capture storms 

Probably expecting too much to be honest. But I expected better from one of latest phones on the market

 

Yes the autofocus is often a pain at night, there's no manual focus on the 4a, I would of liked more manual control. But it's great for stills in the day...

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Sprites Seasoned

Sprites

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  • Location: South East UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms/squalls/hoar-frost/mist
  • Location: South East UK
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I could see pileus on some towers about 6pm looking towards London. Pileus clouds on the top of cumulus usually means an updraught is quite robust. 

Saw a few flashes in the E and NE about 9.30pm

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BrickFielder Rising Star

BrickFielder

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  • Location: Coventry,Warwickshire
  • Location: Coventry,Warwickshire
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Chance of heavy showers although there is some question about how high cloud tops will be.

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This would limit the severity of any convection with thunder and lightning likely to be rare. Models suggest low level wind convergence being the focus of heavy showers especially in the East of the UK.

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Eumetsat satellite images suggest to me the upper trough might be an hour or so late moving across the UK which might put central areas at more of a risk of heavy showers. With lowish temperatures then updrafts are likely to weak which would also limit convective  storm potential.

 

 

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ChannelThunder Accomplished

ChannelThunder

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  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Spanish plumes & stormy winters. Facebook @ Lance's Lightning Shots
  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
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Looking forward to the next plume potential, it's a case of ECM vs GFS/GEM. The former soon replaces next week's northerly muck with something from the south or SW that could turn thundery eventually, but the latter is interested in keeping the northerly muck/blocking around long term.

I'm seriously hoping the ECM is correct, not just for storm potential either, also for warmer temps and more interesting weather. Fortunately, it's my most trusted model, so I want to side with it!

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Dami Maestro

Dami

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  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy and thundery.
  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
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not the best pic as i had to dash in and out, looks interesting. (heading away from me  )

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Zak M Maestro

Zak M

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  • Location: Bedfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, plumes, snow, severe weather
  • Location: Bedfordshire
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You should be hearing thunder from it Dami... I am

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Dami Maestro

Dami

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  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy and thundery.
  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
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1 minute ago, Zak M said:

You should be hearing thunder from it Dami... I am

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Ah so i wasn't hearing things! 

Yep i have.

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Arnie Pie

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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A few cells beginning to fire up around the Midlands

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Col Newbie

Col

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  • Location: Hornchurch, North East London
  • Location: Hornchurch, North East London
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Unusual cloud formation yesterday around 7.45pm near a thundery shower. East north east edge of London. Hoping for more storms today!

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wimblettben

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  • Location: Brongest,Wales
  • Weather Preferences: Stormy autumn, hot and sunny summer and thunderstorms all year round.
  • Location: Brongest,Wales
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3 hours ago, Lance M said:

Looking forward to the next plume potential, it's a case of ECM vs GFS/GEM. The former soon replaces next week's northerly muck with something from the south or SW that could turn thundery eventually, but the latter is interested in keeping the northerly muck/blocking around long term.

I'm seriously hoping the ECM is correct, not just for storm potential either, also for warmer temps and more interesting weather. Fortunately, it's my most trusted model, so I want to side with it!

Hopefully the thundery potential if it even comes off will cover more areas this time around as well, not just the South and East.

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minus10

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  • Location: Welwyn Garden City
  • Weather Preferences: Seasonal and interesting weather including summer storms and winter snow
  • Location: Welwyn Garden City
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Looking promising....

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Danielw Newbie

Danielw

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  • Location: North London
  • Weather Preferences: STORMS AND SNOW!
  • Location: North London
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thunder heard here in north east London!

 

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ChannelThunder Accomplished

ChannelThunder

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  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Spanish plumes & stormy winters. Facebook @ Lance's Lightning Shots
  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
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Seems to be decent shear today. Here, the Cumulus clouds are heading west-to-east, and patches of Cirrus are heading north-to-south!

Edit: on further observation, there's not that much difference in their direction of travel than it seemed off the bat!

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Freeze Seasoned

Freeze

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  • Location: Shoreham, West Sussex
  • Weather Preferences: T storms, severe gales, heat and sun, cold and snow
  • Location: Shoreham, West Sussex
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Thunderstorm just drifted past to the north of here towards brighton, heard a few rumbles!

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Justin1705

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  • Location: Luton
  • Location: Luton
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Some lovely towering cumulus and CB today. Some strikes nearby however no lightning or thunder Heards. I prefer  these pulse setups more chance of seeing some nice scapes !

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Windblade Rising Star

Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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Couple of flashes and rumbles last night.

 

At Crayford today and just had a nice little pulse shower. One flash and bang. 

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Thunderstruck Community Regular

Thunderstruck

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  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and breezy with a bit of cloud, about 20C
  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
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Next shower is approaching from the SW and sounds like it’s electrified! 

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James1979 Community Regular

James1979

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  • Location: St Neots, previously Billericay & Brentwood
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, gales, all extreme weather really!
  • Location: St Neots, previously Billericay & Brentwood
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Decent storm right overhead here in london, another storm bonus, nice year so far!

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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2 minutes ago, Azuremoon2 said:

South East once again hogging all the storms....

About time. We've been deprived of a lot of the action for many years while everyone else gets it!

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Turquoise

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  • Location: Congleton, Cheshire
  • Location: Congleton, Cheshire
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1 minute ago, Windblade said:

About time. We've been deprived of a lot of the action for many years while everyone else gets it!

We havnt had anything up here for 2 years.

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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1 minute ago, Azuremoon2 said:

We havnt had anything up here for 2 years.

 Ah, in that case my condolence's, I hope you get something decent soon. This year has started off quite well, then had a bit of a lull for a month and now seems to be going strong so plenty of time to go. Keep your chin up and hopefully some decent storms will come your way. 

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