Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Very soupy here in Lynn right now. Very calm and still too! Noticing the seagulls are quite vocal however and flying inland. That has always been a giveaway for an imminent storm over the years I’ve been observing! 

[UnderTheAnvil]

Very dark and misty this morning, I thought the sun hadn't come up at 8, and then I heard thunder lol, I thought the season was over?

[Captain Shortwave]

No real signs of thunder and lightning here. Plenty of rain falling at the moment though.

[diddy1234]

is this the latest time in the year for a thunderstorm ?

[SnowBear]

3 minutes ago, diddy1234 said:

is this the latest time in the year for a thunderstorm ?

If the conditions are right you can get thunderstorms any time of the year. Mid winter storms can have convective activity and even snow storms may have lightning. 

[minus10]

As this system moves north looks like quite an area of activity developing with convection lines intensifying...

[ChannelThunder]

56 minutes ago, diddy1234 said:

is this the latest time in the year for a thunderstorm ?

Only late in terms of the plume-like set-up causing them, which is more typical of May - September. In the winter we see storms in many other situations though, often in showery Maritime flows. It's all about having a decent temperature gradient in the atmosphere, which can occur no matter the time of year.

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by ResonantChannelThunder
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[Zak M]

Had a very nice thunderstorm a couple of hours ago - definitely had a few close +CGs as well, despite being shrouded with low cloud for most of the time and unable to see any bolts.

Edited October 20, 2022 by Zak M

[sheikhy]

Wow missing out on the rain here in leicester by literally 3 or 4 miles!!had i been located slighty further east i would have had a whole morning of torrential rain and flash flooding and a very wet jog!!as it is though its much drier thank god!!after viewing the charts yesterday it was pretty much bullseye hit for me on gfs and ecm but it aint happened!!got away with one today so far!!

[TJS1998Tom]

Just seen some lightning and loud rumble of thunder

Feels so odd having a storm at this time of day at this time of year

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

3 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Just seen some lightning and loud rumble of thunder

Feels so odd having a storm at this time of day at this time of year

… in this part of the country?

… localised entirely within your kitchen?

[TJS1998Tom]

Looks like the storm on the radars moving North West quite quickly so thunder/lightning won't last long, still very impressive to hear. Proper good loud ones

[Eagle Eye]

My forecast verification from yesterday.

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by Eagle Eye

[Zak M]

 

[Lightfox]

Looks like I’m in the firing line tonight again from about midnight onwards wahoo!!! 
 

Hopefully i will get lots of lightning tonight and actually see bolts and hear shotgun thunder.  I wanna see a very close strike

[Ian Price]

Amazing sustained light show last night. Flashes every 5 - 10 seconds which lasted a couple of hours.  The best I've seen for years!

Edited October 20, 2022 by Ian Price
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[A Face like Thunder]

Nothing here despite the yellow weather warning for thunderstorms which has now expired. The MetO were obviously right to issue a storm warning, but it should have been focused on London SW1! 

[Allseasons-Si]

14 hours ago, andy989 said:

This is an insane storm.

check this strike i caught, you can see the blue spark to the right of frame where the power surges then all the street lights go off

 

 

 

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Wow that was nice

here is a screengrab for you

[Jamie M]

Bit of thunder at 8:06 here this morning as I was leaving my house.

Little bit of neat structure from the outside of the storm, presume it'd be classified as parts of the "Whale's Mouth".

Can't remember the last time I had a storm to accompany on my morning commute so it being in October is a nice surprise!

[The Tall Weatherman]

Had a nice little storm this morning ! Had a few Ok bolts but some were so bright the sensor could not pick it up lol . Hopefully some might get some storms in the next few days as well !

 

[Rufus Butterfield]

Heard one rumble of thunder today. I’ve never known an autumn having significantly more thunder days than the summer. Puts me at 6 days of thunder this autumn, compared to 1 day this last summer.

[Dami]

 A couple of flashes from the storm this morning : 

Didn't pick up the thunder for some reason 

you need to click on the box, i need to work out how to make it like a you tube.

 

 

morningstorm.MOV

 

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by Dami

[camturbo]

That lot in France which is going mental is that on it's way to the uk?

[Liam Burge]

Tomorrow's event is definitely a cause for focus. Looks like a lot of small convective cells are going to be popping up in the SW and heading NEwards, Not sure if there will be any thunder or lightning associated with these but definitely a risk for isolated flooding if cells track over the same areas.

[Allseasons-Si]

6 minutes ago, camturbo said:

That lot in France which is going mental is that on it's way to the uk?

The NW cluster might clip Kent,just keep an eye on the Sat imagery here...

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