Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[aaliyah]

well i can hear it all finally but i’m going to bed, could someone record if your around stoke, it’ll be greatly appreciated

[Callie]

Nice storm just coming in over Eastbourne with heavy rain. 

[Hirudine]

This is an absolute beaut of a thunderstorm

[Mr_ Nexus]

Short but sweet !

[Ben Sainsbury]

Think a lot of us have been pleasantly surprised tonight and I think it's a good indication of how volatile the atmosphere is at the moment. Warm, moist air streaming up from the south, with well above average SSTs, cold air aloft with the nearby low and overriding jet. A good thundery period was inevitable at some point!

Edited September 5, 2022 by Ben Sainsbury

[Robbie Garrett]

Very impressive front to this storm. Its huge - taken on my Sony A7 IV.

[Mesoscale]

This shelf cloud is insane! 

[Polar Maritime]

Lovely squall line there.. can see lighting in the distance. About to eaty steak then a cuppa before bed..

[UnderTheAnvil]

Strobe lightning out southwest, been waiting all year for this hahaha

[davehsug]

14 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

First distant lightning flashes over Stoke on Trent now seen here  looks like I won't be needing the car tonight.

Still well SW of us but have heard a few of the thud type short rumbles you only hear at night.

[Ben Sainsbury]

1 minute ago, Robbie Garrett said:

Very impressive front to this storm. Its huge - taken on my Sony A7 IV.

That is a monster! That's what happens when you see strong DLS, organising cells into a squall line!

[WeatherArc]

Seems most of the electrical activity has moved over me now but still a great start to the week, hoping there's more to come over the next few days 

[Rush2019]

Can confirm a number of flashes seen to my south.

[Thunders]

34 minutes ago, LeeRoyxD said:

I must admit I was surprised that Seaford or further east such as Eastbourne wasn't included in the met office weather warning

Eastbourne got into the action a lot, the wind must have reached about 50-70mph here too 

[LetItSnow!]

spent a day away from the models mostly and wasn’t aware of the forecast tonight but been surprised with two big bolts of lightning out the bedroom window. waiting for this squall line to come through and give us a deluge 

[Harry]

Getting a lot more fragmented here, so was just about to go to bed when there was this phenomenal IC (possibly CG) bolt, multiple return strikes and a spider right through the clouds and off into the distance. All in all must have lasted 2-3 seconds - without doubt the best strike I’ve seen this year!! ️

[snow raven]

Think I've just heard a very distant rumble of thunder?

[Mesoscale]

Not a lot of lightning with this in my area unfortunately though. 

[Thunders]

Just now, Harry said:

Getting a lot more fragmented here, so was just about to go to bed when there was this phenomenal IC (possibly CG) bolt, multiple return strikes and a spider right through the clouds and off into the distance. All in all must have lasted 2-3 seconds - without doubt the best strike I’ve seen this year!! ️

I think I saw it too but I’m ages away from your location

[WeatherArc]

Looking very nice on radar!

[Harry]

When you’re waiting patiently by the window in the dark for lightning, you feel something crawl up your neck, you flick your neck and hear something hit the ground with a thud……I’ve changed my mind - bring back May/June storms

[Zak M]

That was a close one!

[ChezWeather]

Sat watching distant flashes over what i guess is Birmingham, can hear a very very faint rumbling, amazing stuff 

[Sparkiee storm]

Many of us getting a storm fix tonight, the best type too, overnight storms, been watching in awe for the past hour from seeing flashes to the S and SW then came overhead then to the E and NE, and a decent bout of intense rain, first proper storm this year... in September! Still buzzing from it and could be a lot more opportunities to come through the coming week and areas to the East and North East looks to be next tonight. A lot of us storm starved are happy now .

[Robbie Garrett]

Sadly died a death after that big amount of lightning, went out with a whimper. How unfortunate - must have bumped into some weird air...

Died so quickly, a jet flew through it...

 

 

15 minutes ago, Robbie Garrett said:

Very impressive front to this storm. Its huge - taken on my Sony A7 IV.

 

13 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

That is a monster! That's what happens when you see strong DLS, organising cells into a squall line!

 

9 minutes ago, Harry said:

Getting a lot more fragmented here, so was just about to go to bed when there was this phenomenal IC (possibly CG) bolt, multiple return strikes and a spider right through the clouds and off into the distance. All in all must have lasted 2-3 seconds - without doubt the best strike I’ve seen this year!! ️