Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[Wivenswold]

Seeing faint flashes and distant rumbles but have no idea where it's coming from. I'm at least 50 miles from the nearest storm.

[PiscesStar]

Lighting up nicely in Norfolk area and northwest  France 

[StormLoser]

Nothing directly in Reigate. I'm glad my previous posts were proven wrong. But the Reigate Storm Shield is holding out and preventing anything here just yet.

On the plus side, I have permission from my long suffering wife to wait up and see if anything turns up.

[Lu.]

The rumbles are getting more deeper & longer which is nice to hear, but it’s mainly flashes. Barely any CGs at the moment. The ships are slowly disappearing in the wall of rain. 

[Harry]

Slept through those earlier flashes recorded close to my area - no rain here despite the radar.

Am being treated though to flashes over London currently though little on the detectors so far

[StormLoser]

4 minutes ago, Lu. said:

The rumbles are getting more deeper & longer which is nice to hear, but it’s mainly flashes. Barely any CGs at the moment. The ships are slowly disappearing in the wall of rain. 

That's weird. This webcam shows nothing, and it's a Solent view!  

Solent View - Isle of Wight Webcams

ISLEOFWIGHTWEBCAMS.CO.UK

 

[The Tall Weatherman]

Based on the latest radar This is the approximate path. Looking like I am actually in for a chance now to see something ! ️

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Woken up, and seeing loads of flashes to the East. I fear I’ve missed the chance to Intercept it however! Lovely distant viewing still. More to come by the look of it further S!!

[Wivenswold]

Just now, StormLoser said:

That's weird. This webcam shows nothing, and it's a Solent view!  

Solent View - Isle of Wight Webcams

ISLEOFWIGHTWEBCAMS.CO.UK

 

Someone else may know better but as it's a Solent View camera on the Isle of Wight it should be facing north away from where the lightning is, currently.

[Woodboss]

Just got to my veiwpoint up at devil's dyke and seen some big cgs just to the west of the wind farm off the Sussex coast. Will make a move down to Hove seafront shortly. This is game on.

[Lu.]

3 minutes ago, StormLoser said:

That's weird. This webcam shows nothing, and it's a Solent view!  

Solent View - Isle of Wight Webcams

ISLEOFWIGHTWEBCAMS.CO.UK

 

I’m Hayling East - the camera just showed some flashes but it’s definitely died down now. Rain is quite heavy and I’m in the boot of my car 

[Eagle Eye]

Looks like I'm only going to be seeing distant flashes as I feared, come on Storms 

[Wivenswold]

4 minutes ago, The Tall Weatherman said:

Based on the latest radar This is the approximate path. Looking like I am actually in for a chance now to see something ! ️

It'll be wider than that with the best of the lightning on its Eastern flank.  I'd have the centre over London then curving up to where the current storms are in Norfolk. It's still set to miss me, however, watch out for HG cells to  initiating over Sussex, Kent and Essex shortly. 

Edited August 25, 2022 by Wivenswold

[Original Mammatus]

24 minutes ago, PiscesStar said:

Lighting up nicely in Norfolk area and northwest  France 

Have been down end of garden for half an hour filming both storms either side of me. The CC lightening is spectacular from both cells! The darkness, silence and nothingness was interrupted with the most vivid CC lightening. Amazing!!

[Sprites]

The trajectory is just East of London I'd say. Although I've already been wrong today  

Radar stuck on 02.55 

Edited August 25, 2022 by Sprites

[Harry]

Haven’t had this scenario in a while - I’ve got periodic lightning flashes lighting up the sky above me (and the room I’m sat in) but no idea where they’re originating from!

[PiscesStar]

Fnastasic night viewing ahead.  Here on the easy Kent coast all is quiet right now....  

[biddie]

6 minutes ago, Lu. said:

I’m Hayling East - the camera just showed some flashes but it’s definitely died down now. Rain is quite heavy and I’m in the boot of my car 

Why are you in the boot?

[Lu.]

1 minute ago, biddie said:

Why are you in the boot?

Because I do not want to get my camera wet. I have it set up so we both stay dry  

[Turquoise]

Nothing in Cheshire. As bloody usual.

[Norfolk Sheep]

12 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Woken up, and seeing loads of flashes to the East. I fear I’ve missed the chance to Intercept it however! Lovely distant viewing still. More to come by the look of it further S!!

Me too, woken up by my strike alert and for what, some distant cloud top flashes in the N Sea. Back to bed.

[Typhoon John]

Woken up and seen a couple of elevated flashes here but no thunder. Radar looks tasty over in the channel though.

[Norfolk Sheep]

8 minutes ago, Original Mammatus said:

Have been down end of garden for half an hour filming both storms either side of me. The CC lightening is spectacular from both cells! The darkness, silence and nothingness was interrupted with the most vivid CC lightening. Amazing!!

It's certainly very, er, flashy even if it's now 50 miles away. 

Oh well, second time I've "seen" lightning this year...

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

1 minute ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Me too, woken up by my strike alert and for what, some distant cloud top flashes in the N Sea. Back to bed.

Sheringham webcam looks to be picking them up pretty well! 

[Norfolk Sheep]

2 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Sheringham webcam looks to be picking them up pretty well! 

Can't see anything on it!