Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[Eye to the sky]

A beautiful storm here earlier. And now constant thunder to the SE.Not a single rumble of thunder up until last weekend then 4 storms in a week.Could be more to come looking at the radar.

[Rufus Butterfield]

Must’ve had like 4 storms today. Admittedly they were quite weak and I didn’t see any bolts, just flashes, but quite a lot of thunder.

[Arnie Pie]

Big and getting bigger anvil over Derby

[Eye to the sky]

4 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Big and getting bigger anvil over Derby

Some constant thunder from that cell to my SE.Hope it stays active when it gets to you.

[It's a Philcast]

44 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

I didn`t see or hear anything and checking Blitzy for where the strikes occurred, the closest strike was this side of Chelmsley Wood to the East ....which the camera was pointing during the torrential rain... will check footage later

there was a bolt in wychbold earlier...probably striking the masts.  

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Active cell right over me, but no thunder/lightning

[Arnie Pie]

7 minutes ago, Eye to the sky said:

Some constant thunder from that cell to my SE.Hope it stays active when it gets to you.

Just finished a time lapse because it looks spent from here... but a beauty all of the same

[Allseasons-Si]

Cool as you like with the added rainbow,this storm has just started to my ENE

[Guest]

Got a nice view of that one, too

[minus10]

Lovely cloudscapes today...

[Allseasons-Si]

5 minutes ago, Steel City Skies said:

Got a nice view of that one, too

Yeah,i had to get another shot of it

meanwhile to the SE in Lincolnshire there is some huge colliflowers going up in front of that storm.

[Arnie Pie]

this looks like its going to 'double anvil'

 

[Rufus Butterfield]

We’ve just been getting some much rain from like multiple downpours in a row, roads are flooding. Now we’ve got another storm coming from the north.

Edited September 9, 2022 by Rufus Butterfield

[matty40s]

The decaying Leicester blob

[phil b]

3 hours ago, Midlander said:

Another day of thunder here

How many is it? i've lost count 

[Robbie Garrett]

Photogenic convective evening in London.

[slinky1989]

Watching the storm band coming toward swindon 

 

It's flashing away on a regular basis of every ten to twenty seconds. Should be a good show once it hits!

Edited September 9, 2022 by slinky1989

[BenFreeman_91]

Quite incredible skies today.

[Andy Bown]

21 minutes ago, slinky1989 said:

Watching the storm band coming toward swindon 

 

It's flashing away on a regular basis of every ten to twenty seconds. Should be a good show once it hits!

I could see the huge anvil from Warminster while driving. Got home and low cloud just developing over our side of Salisbury Plain is now blocking my view. Hope it holds lightning activity until after dark.

[Gazarhya]

The remnants of the days action in the setting sun, camera facing NE from Grantham. 

[Arnie Pie]

Time lapse of the Derby Anvil from earlier

 

 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

On a bit of a downer tonight. The week started so well on Sunday, had to head up north on Monday and missed what looked like a perfect rinse repeat (which still actually physically hurts to think about) but I’ve not seen such a massive downgrade since then. 4 days of storms wiped out. We got some flashes weds night but they were distant. This can’t be the end of it, you can’t promise so much, deliver so little and expect it to be ok

Edit: don’t know what’s happened below I just want to type a fkn message and everything is being an aaaaassss

1 minute ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Edited September 9, 2022 by Flash bang flash bang etc

[ChannelThunder]

Just now, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

On a bit of a downer tonight. The week started so well on Sunday, had to head up north on Monday (which still actually physically hurts to think about) but I’ve not seen such a massive downgrade since then. 4 days of storms wiped out. We got some flashes weds night but they were distant. This can’t be the end of it, you can’t promise so much, deliver so little and expect it to be ok

I've just been looking at the chances for next week, and you can see the High to the NW squishing away the plume more and more by the model run currently. It's usually the case that the HP wins out in such scenarios, but I won't lose hope of some imported storms on Tuesday until it's a certainty not to happen!

[Supacell]

What a week, feel a bit sad to see it go. Easily the most active week of the year and has done something to recover what has been a poor season. 

I witnessed 5 thundery episodes in 5 days.

Monday 5th early am - Northamptonshire 

Monday 5th evening- Worcestershire 

Wednesday afternoon- Derbyshire 

Thursday afternoon- South/East Yorkshire

Friday afternoon - At home in Belper 

A lot more storms today than I expected. I wasn't chasing but luckily one came to me.

I have lots of footage to edit, may take a while.

Fingers crossed for next week, although today's runs have generally downgraded the risk. Still a while away though so things can change.

[Eye to the sky]

A few clips from yesterday's storm near Derby