Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

[Zak M]

Just had thunder.

[Dami]

strikes reported by my village, but if i just had thunder it sounded like a plane going over.

[chapmanslade]

2 hours ago, matty40s said:

Impressive mammatus and other cloud happenings between Brum and Stratford 

Looks more like Asperitas cloud to me

[matty40s]

1 hour ago, chapmanslade said:

Looks more like Asperitas cloud to me

There was quite a bit of that as well, the mammatus was pushing down quite markedly.

[Sprites]

8 minutes ago, matty40s said:

There was quite a bit of that as well, the mammatus was pushing down quite markedly.

I'd say that is stratocumulus cloud as weak convection hits an inversion and flaterns out. 

 

Edited May 30, 2022 by Sprites

[sendandreturn]

Looking NW towards Miami from the Keys.....

[sendandreturn]

Completely surrounded by storms in John Pennekamp Coral State Park, Key Largo

 

 

[biddie]

On 19/05/2022 at 02:52, Sprites said:

Bit of a close one earlier, the lightning was quite infrequent but did shoot orange sparks from a telephone pole out of shot on the left about 20 feet away. The surge must of travelled down the cable from the strike on the right side of the frame. 

Luckily I was sheltering from the rain, 10 mins earlier I was outside the car with tripod setup.

 

Wow

[The Tall Weatherman]

Just watched through my Timelapse’s to see this ! Look at that rotation!

[Poppybee15]

Funnel clouds are tornadoes I'm excited already about the thunderstorm

[BrickFielder]

Thunderstorm risk again today with tops being a little higher than yesterday but still limited. Upper vorticity and cooler air increases mid level lapse rates making the atmosphere weakly unstable. Low surface temperatures somewhat limit instability but breaks in the cloud late afternoon could easily spark up a storm.

Limited depth low should give slack winds over much of the UK leading to low level wind convergence areas which could spark convection.  Backed low level winds and cooling upper layers late afternoon could lead to spout type weak tornadoes in East Anglia with Lincolnshire and Norfolk being areas of interest.  Area of interest possibly stretching to East Yorkshire and London as well. 

 

Satellite imagery suggests some cloudiness might be late to clear and surface low might be a little late traversing the UK so exact timing and positioning will be subject to change.

 

[The Tall Weatherman]

A short video I made yesterday, I am soon to get a new YouTube channel as this one is playing up. 
 

 

 

[RebsAbbo]

We have thunder & suggestion of lightning behind the clouds, here on the Yorkshire Wolds. There was one single rumble of thunder about an hour ago & I thought I was mistaken, then nothing. Now the storm has arrived along with steady rain and consistent thunder. Don’t think there’s much chance of catching the lightning though

[The Tall Weatherman]

Hopefully this grows ?

[Harry's House]

Heard a rumble of thunder shortly before 1am and had a thunderstorm soon before 4am this morning. 

[mb018538]

Absolutely thrown it down a couple of times in Cambridge today. Big cells forming from the unstable cold upper air and surface heating.

[Row w]

Some interesting looking cloud formations, who knows

[The Tall Weatherman]

These storms are approaching a more favourable atmosphere as they move Eastwards and the focus remains on Northants and Bedford were I believe they will be chucking down Bolts.

[Harry]

Just had a right deluge, with some light/grey hues on the radar. Sadly no thunder from it.

[Rufus Butterfield]

Just heard a single rumble from nearby shower, technically making it my second storm of the year.

The time-lapse shows an almost whale's mouth feature to the left, with the heavy precip core to the right.

[Thundery wintry showers]

First rumble of thunder from a cell to the SW of Lincoln, making it thunder-day number 2 for 2022.

[TJS1998Tom]

Just had two cracking flashes of lightning and thunder here, again like the other week impressive for daylight hours

Little storm coming together

 

[Jeffers146]

Beautiful CG caught looking north into Lincoln. Wow 

[TJS1998Tom]

 

2 minutes ago, Jeffers146 said:

Beautiful CG caught looking north into Lincoln. Wow 

Just waiting for the big storms now later in the Summer, only 2 little ones in Lincoln so far but both have had decent lightning and thunder from them

[SalopWatcher]

Long rumble of Thunder as a cell passed over to the east in Shrewsbury....  Second of the day.