Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[camturbo]

11 minutes ago, Liam Burge said:

Imagine being a storm lover and living in Coldstream right now, haha.

They would probably end up with a humdinger

[Norfolk Sheep]

2 hours ago, carl1980 said:

That's throwing out some good CG lightning

Split is having a goodun atm, plenty of live cams.

[Scuba steve]

I’ve noticed today I have high cirrus cloud perhaps an early sign of upcoming instability, seems a long time since I had a decent storm 

[Rush2019]

44 minutes ago, Scuba steve said:

I’ve noticed today I have high cirrus cloud perhaps an early sign of upcoming instability, seems a long time since I had a decent storm 

Had a bit of a storm here on 25th June early evening, a few flashes with some decent rumbles.  The last decent storm was August 11th 2020, oh and what a fantastic storm that was, sigh.

[WeatherArc]

Noticed a few ac cas clouds building near me, perhaps a good sign for storms this coming week?

[Scuba steve]

32 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

Had a bit of a storm here on 25th June early evening, a few flashes with some decent rumbles.  The last decent storm was August 11th 2020, oh and what a fantastic storm that was, sigh.

Yes that’s the last one I remember, strobe lightning was fantastic 

[viking_smb]

nice little cluster of storms has formed near to nnw france, and there is trough nearby hence why, but that will be moving into france overnight

[chapmanslade]

1 hour ago, viking_smb said:

nice little cluster of storms has formed near to nnw france, and there is trough nearby hence why, but that will be moving into france overnight

Indeed. Trough moving in from the west for us in the Charente after midnight with storms likely from then though till mid morning Sunday. 37C here today down a couple of degrees on the last two days.

[Dorsetbred]

34 minutes ago, chapmanslade said:

Indeed. Trough moving in from the west for us in the Charente after midnight with storms likely from then though till mid morning Sunday. 37C here today down a couple of degrees on the last two days.

Interesting, looking at the "current" radar it suggests it is tracking NW direction at the moment.

France Weather Radar Live Map - RainViewer

WWW.RAINVIEWER.COM

 

[Peachy]

There's a definite change in the air now. For the first time in days the clear blue skies here in the Midlands are being replaced with huge clouds growing by the hour.

I predict the breakdown has started and we could see some huge storms earlier than predicted. 

[Dorsetbred]

We have clouds here for the first times in days...a positive sign if ever there was one..

[Row w]

As said above by you lovely lot, there's definitely some instability starting to happen noticed quite a bit of cirrus floating round this morning and some acas earlier on, now seems to be some cumulus looking stuff building quite nicely also noticing its starting to feel a bit more humid so I'll second that in saying it could be a breakdown earlier than expected

[viking_smb]

strike in ireland 

[Jamie M]

Strikes in Ireland at the mo

[staplehurst]

50 minutes ago, Peachy said:

There's a definite change in the air now. For the first time in days the clear blue skies here in the Midlands are being replaced with huge clouds growing by the hour.

I predict the breakdown has started and we could see some huge storms earlier than predicted. 

Models had a good handle on the increase in mid-level cloud cover today, especially over the Midlands and continuing to increase into the evening - e.g. see 15z run of the Harmonie from yesterday 

[viking_smb]

9 minutes ago, staplehurst said:

Models had a good handle on the increase in mid-level cloud cover today, especially over the Midlands and continuing to increase into the evening - e.g. see 15z run of the Harmonie from yesterday 

@staplehurst how's it looking for tomorrow night please mate?

Edited August 13, 2022 by viking_smb

[Dami]

I couldn't post in the European thread, but here's a view of the storms/rain just by france / sort of sw Uk

https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/france/brittany/place-de-la-liberte-brest.html

[Scuba steve]

3 minutes ago, Dami said:

I couldn't post in the European thread, but here's a view of the storms/rain just by france / sort of sw Uk

https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/france/brittany/place-de-la-liberte-brest.html

Yes some interesting activity there ,seems things  are ahead of schedule 

[viking_smb]

6 minutes ago, Scuba steve said:

Yes some interesting activity there ,seems things  are ahead of schedule 

dan did mention in his forecast about this, however these will be confined to the very far sw tip of england and the scilly isles and across to ireland

Edited August 13, 2022 by viking_smb

[dusk]

1 hour ago, Row w said:

As said above by you lovely lot, there's definitely some instability starting to happen noticed quite a bit of cirrus floating round this morning and some acas earlier on, now seems to be some cumulus looking stuff building quite nicely also noticing its starting to feel a bit more humid so I'll second that in saying it could be a breakdown earlier than expected

Indeed.

Driving back from Newport at about 18:30, I noticed some proper cumulus building up just North of Donnington. Not seen clouds like that for weeks.

[Azazel]

Had to travel 800 miles south of my normal location but my first spot of convection this summer. 

[MikeUpjohn]

7 hours ago, Rush2112 said:

Had a bit of a storm here on 25th June early evening, a few flashes with some decent rumbles.  The last decent storm was August 11th 2020, oh and what a fantastic storm that was, sigh.

Think these were the early hours of Weds 12th Aug 2020 if memory serves. This torched a house on the Tytherington Estate in North Macclesfield. Grabbed from video recording...

[Supacell]

August 11th/12th 2020 are up there as some of the best storms I've witnessed in recent years. This year has been dreadful so far. I am really hoping something happens over the period of Sun-Tues as I will be free to chase should I deem it worthwhile.

[Rush2019]

44 minutes ago, MikeUpjohn said:

Think these were the early hours of Weds 12th Aug 2020 if memory serves. This torched a house on the Tytherington Estate in North Macclesfield. Grabbed from video recording...

Yes Mike that's the one.  It started about 10.45, daughter and I were up on Blakelow Road for a while watching a perfect ballet dance of purple and lilac anvil crawlers, as it came west, it started to move overhead, the booms became louder, the graceful crawlers turned into orange C-C's, at this point we hastily drove home, then all hell broke loose.  Blinding white flashes, I remember hearing a 'hiss' just before one of the flashes, mega booms of thunder, continuous strobe lightning that lasted well into the early hours.  Never witnessed a storm like that before, never heard a hiss before.  Will be etched in my memory for years to come. 

 

 

[MikeUpjohn]

22 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

Yes Mike that's the one.  It started about 10.45, daughter and I were up on Blakelow Road for a while watching a perfect ballet dance of purple and lilac anvil crawlers, as it came west, it started to move overhead, the booms became louder, the graceful crawlers turned into orange C-C's, at this point we hastily drove home, then all hell broke loose.  Blinding white flashes, I remember hearing a 'hiss' just before one of the flashes, mega booms of thunder, continuous strobe lightning that lasted well into the early hours.  Never witnessed a storm like that before, never heard a hiss before.  Will be etched in my memory for years to come. 

 

 

You should really try chasing with Netweather then. Tip of the iceberg that storm from 2 years ago