Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[Norfolk Sheep]

Just now, Gonzolio Martinez said:

Something's happening, seen some good flashes in the last few mins - last lot was just west of Long Stratton.

Lightning maps isn't having any of it but my StrikeAlert seems to think something is going on somewhere!

[Eagle Eye]

Huge cracks of thunder, proper squall line lightning, unpredictable with loud thunder.

[Atmogenic]

Just now, Eagle Eye said:

Huge cracks of thunder, proper squall line lightning, unpredictable with loud thunder.

sounds about right for people living in Kent, one part can have the action and the other half is like living in a different climate 

[Supacell]

Not the best storm chase, for reasons I will come to.

Started my evening near to Bromyard watching pink lightning to the south as dusk fell. It soon became clear the core of this particular cell was going to slightly miss me so I headed a little west to the village of Bredenbury expecting to watch the storm roll in. However it moved in quickly and with such ferocity that I did not get much time to think. I ended up sheltering under some car garage as torrential rain, occasional lighting and winds I'd estimate at over 60mph raged through. I wasn't really getting much shelter as the rain was horizontal and coming in like a tidal wave.

Anyhow, I then chased the line of storms northwards towards Stourport. The lightning seemed to become a bit more prolific as i chased with some nice IC bolts. I eventually caught the storm up and it was a scary experience with visibility near zero in what I can only describe as an American style downburst. This is where my chase took a downward turn. In hindsight I should have stopped, but in my want to get ahead of the storm I carried on.

Due to my inability to see the road I ended up hitting the kerb hard and bust my tyre. I didn't actually see or feel any damage at first so continued chasing. There was a lot of flooding and some very deep flooding on the M5 slip road near Quinton. I actually thought my car was going to get stranded in it but I got through.

Eventually I came to stop at Rugby services to watch the line of storms move through. They were much weaker now though and produced only the odd flash and rumble alongside normal UK level heavy rain. When I began driving out of the services I realised I couldn't steer the car. Lo and behold totally flat tyre. I am now sitting waiting for the AA as I'm not hands on enough to change it myself.

What an experience!

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

20 minutes ago, Freeze said:

This September is throwing up thundstorms almost every night here, amazing. 

I have a feeling this could be a new normal if we get very hot, dry summers more frequently

[Eagle Eye]

LOUDEST THUNDER I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE, POSITIVE CG FOR SURE, MUST HAVE BEEN METRES AWAY, IMAGINE BEING NEXT TO A JET ENGINE THEN DOUBLE IT, THATS HOW LOUD IT WAS

[Atmogenic]

1 minute ago, Eagle Eye said:

LOUDEST THUNDER I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE, POSITIVE CG FOR SURE, MUST HAVE BEEN METRES AWAY, IMAGINE BEING NEXT TO A JET ENGINE THEN DOUBLE IT, THATS HOW LOUD IT WAS

that must've been the flash I actually saw under my blinds by my window about 5mins ago, loud thunder I heard from that flash

Edited September 5, 2022 by Atmogenic

[minus10]

Well nice drop of rain for the gardens. Usual story of videoing with the phone pointing at the sky hoping to catch a strike, then when pausing the vid brilliant fork flash lights up the sky...still at least i saw it this time...so all in all pretty happy. ..amazing second night repeat of the first...not so late thank goodness..bed now..

[Gonzolio Martinez]

22 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Lightning maps isn't having any of it but my StrikeAlert seems to think something is going on somewhere!

Lightningmaps definitely isn't what it used to be

[Tamsin]

8 minutes ago, Supacell said:

.... I am now sitting waiting for the AA as I'm not hands on enough to change it myself.

What an experience!

I hope they come quickly.  At least you're not stuck in the middle of nowhere x

[Norfolk Sheep]

Just now, Gonzolio Martinez said:

Lightningmaps definitely isn't what it used to be

Well, I've found some rain, and of course as soon as I take a drive everything dies the death. East Anglia is pants. Even the rain's stopped!

[Eagle Eye]

20 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

LOUDEST THUNDER I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE, POSITIVE CG FOR SURE, MUST HAVE BEEN METRES AWAY, IMAGINE BEING NEXT TO A JET ENGINE THEN DOUBLE IT, THATS HOW LOUD IT WAS

Found it, just down the street from me,80 KA, highest I think I've seen this year in the UK is 30, that tells how powerful it was because I've had some loud thunder this year that came nowhere near even half of that's power.

[Atmogenic]

omgg a surprise storm came bashing into my area and boy was it mad!!! it must've heard me talking bad about them earlier on, oh well, I've just recorded 17mins of the storm and i'm sure glad I did, great flashes of lightning, angry thunder and a LOT of rain. I'll be definitely uploading the video later on when it's day time 

Edited September 5, 2022 by Atmogenic

[Norfolk Sheep]

Ooh. I may have just seen a flash. Gosh 

[LightningLover]

Watching a cell in the channel produce bright IC lightning every 2 seconds, after 3 direct hits and a phenomenal, distant sunset-lit display earlier in the evening. What an event, truly lost for words!!

 

Edit: make that every 1.5 seconds...

Edited September 5, 2022 by LightningLover

[Norfolk Sheep]

7 minutes ago, LightningLover said:

Watching a cell in the channel produce bright IC lightning every 2 seconds, after 3 direct hits and a phenomenal, distant sunset-lit display earlier in the evening. What an event, truly lost for words!!

 

Edit: make that every 1.5 seconds...

Here  it's a flash every 15 minutes. Yawn.

[Woodboss]

Bit late to the party tonight as out on a suprise chase and thought this lot was heading a little west of me!How wrong I was. Absolute scenes up at my veiwpoint tonight again at devil's dyke just north of hove! Some really decent strikes and some very loud thunder. And the icing on the cake was a huge CG that hit the road about 100yards in front of me on the A27 on my way to ditchling beacon! If I had dash cam it would have been phenomenal! I've got directly under 2 storms in less than 24 hours and only had to travel about 30miles over the 2 nights. Might even have a dig on the lottery at the weekend! Hope people who went out again tonight got lucky and the mid Sussex storm shield has been completely obliterated over the last 2 nights!

On 04/09/2022 at 23:02, Thunders said:

 

 

[SenlacJack]

Eastbourne Pier webcam is a good watch :

 

https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/england/east-sussex/eastbourne-pier.html

[Woodboss]

Anyone east of Hastings along to Kent should be seeing a nasty little storm in the channel approaching the Dover straight,I can see the sky flickering constantly from here and I'm over 40 miles away!

[Neilsouth]

Just now, Woodboss said:

Anyone east of Hastings along to Kent should be seeing a nasty little storm in the channel approaching the Dover straight,I can see the sky flickering constantly from here and I'm over 40 miles away!

A number of shotgun explosions here in Herne Bay, very decent storm!

[Norfolk Sheep]

Nearest lighting - 83 Mille's away.

[Woodboss]

6 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:

A number of shotgun explosions here in Herne Bay, very decent storm!

Nice mate glad to hear you're getting a good one! Had some very loud thunder here in West Sussex earlier and even saw a cg hit the carriageway as I was driving to another location,if only I had dash cam!

[Woodboss]

13 hours ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

A collection of ones from last night parked up just south of Guildford

Yes flash these are unreal shots mate very well done! That shelf cloud is packing a punch too I'd imagine that you got a decent gust front off that!

[SenlacJack]

It's all moved east from here now so Im currently watching the Dover webcam :

 

【LIVE】 Webcam Dover Beach - Kent | SkylineWebcams

WWW.SKYLINEWEBCAMS.COM

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Check the weather with our Dover live cam overlooking the White Cliffs! Enjoy this Kent webcam and discover all our webcams in the UK.

 

[Eagle Eye]

Lying in bed and watching the lightning, feels like it could go on for hours, I first saw lightning around half 8PM yesterday, for almost 5 hours it has been nearly constant IC lightning with some CG lightning mixed in and the odd loud rumble of thunder (and the one shotgun positive CG that was just down the road), yet I've still somehow ended up with very little rain out of this and am very confused as to how.

10/10 lightning 

2/10 precipitation 

Edited September 6, 2022 by Eagle Eye