Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[Harry]

Pucker mackerel sky here 

[Liam Burge]

Come on Met.. Don't tease me like that it's not fair

 

 

[Eagle Eye]

Well, let's hope somebody will capture the picture on my bedroom wall tonight

[TJS1998Tom]

Monday night looking decent for Birmingham by the looks of it which I'll be staying at tomorrow night, hopefully some good chances

[Ben Sainsbury]

2 hours ago, [email protected] said:

Watched the 'storm' at its peak coming over Derby/Belper from Alport Heights. One flash perceived from the edges of vision and a few weak rumbles. Looked pretty cool for a bit though looking south towards the 'hook' area, even did a kind of tiny wallcloud feature feels more humid after this now. Gl to us all for tonight and this week

 

Quite a large wall-cloud and appears to have been a right splitter on radar, so genuinely a good case for a supercell.

[TallPaul]

Very heavy rain (torrential at times) has been falling continuously here in the last hour. No lightning/thunder though.... but current radar suggesting much more to fall in the next few hours. Flooding could be a real concern in a few  of our prone areas tonight. 

I suspect an amber warning could be issued shortly, for southern central and Midlands as this front looks to further intensify as it moves N/E overnight..

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Central / Northern France is firing off at the moment. Wondering if this will hit the SE later? Or see more development to its North as the night carries on. We shall see. 

[Mapantz]

I suspect this will be where to watch for in the coming hours..

[Allseasons-Si]

11 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Central / Northern France is firing off at the moment. Wondering if this will hit the SE later? Or see more development to its North as the night carries on. We shall see. 

Hi mate,looking at the trajectory of the lightning strikes on Blitz i think that it will miss the SE

looking on Sat replay,i may be wrong but i recon something might be developing off the Cherbourg coast ahead of the front,...maybe?

Edit:just seen @Mapantz post^

 

 

Edited September 4, 2022 by Allseasons-si

[ChannelThunder]

8 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I suspect this will be where to watch for in the coming hours..

Into serious radar watching territory now. The UKV has things kicking off in that circle pretty much from now onward. I love but hate this part where we wait for initiation. I want to be in that car knowing that things are happening and with the adrenaline pumping

Edited September 4, 2022 by ResonantChannelThunder

[Lu.]

7 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

Into serious radar watching territory now. The UKV has things kicking off in that circle pretty much from now onward. I love but hate this part where we wait for initiation. I want to be in that car knowing that things are happening and with the adrenaline pumping

Totally with you  in bed with a film, everything's ready by the door in a grab bag.. 

[ChannelThunder]

Unless my eyes are deceiving me, something is going up between the IOW and Cherbourg on the satellite. Using windy.com for the zoom level and real-time updates

[Marcus_surfer]

Torrential persistent rain here seems like it's been months since we have seen such heavy rain!

[ChannelThunder]

Strong radar returns north of Guernsey. Their track would put them on course for Dorset

[TJS1998Tom]

1 minute ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

Strong radar returns north of Guernsey. Their track would put them on course for Dorset

They've been lucky so far this Summer so wouldn't surprise me if it kicks off from there

[Harry]

Potentially some rapid developments west of Caen not showing on radar yet but showing on blitzortung?? 

[ChannelThunder]

Several sferics in the centre of the Cherbourg peninsular now, out of nowhere!

[UnderTheAnvil]

1 hour ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

Quite a large wall-cloud and appears to have been a right splitter on radar, so genuinely a good case for a supercell.

I was watching it from the south a couple miles or so away, it appeared to cycle and surge so I'd say it had supercell characteristics

[TallPaul]

53 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I suspect this will be where to watch for in the coming hours..

Spot on - as now being currently observed by fellow storm enthusiasts

[Thunders]

2 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

Several sferics in the centre of the Cherbourg peninsular now, out of nowhere!

They could start to head north or northeast?

 

[Guest]

Oh hello 

 

[Harry]

1 minute ago, Alderc said:

Oh hello 

 

That’s nothing - look at the spec over the Cherbourg peninsula - that’s kicked out already three strikes - well before it even showed on radar

[Harry]

Cherbourg now lighting up a bit more frequently - big question is how extensive and far inland it tracks. 

[Allseasons-Si]

I did say Cherbourg was the place for initiation

good luck you lot down sarf

[Thunderspotter]

The area above Guernsey and also the one near Cherbourg seem to be building up... Could this be a start to a wave of thunderstorms? The Met Office seem to be liking the idea of a wave of storms pushing North/Northeast...

 

I hope I get some activity in Hampshire in the next few days. I've been dying to see another storm!

Edit: Thought I was looking at the radar for Today/tomorrow when i wasn't. Oops!

Edited September 4, 2022 by Thunderspotter