Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[Arnie Pie]

18 hours ago, Supacell said:

I think in future I'll keep my mouth

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[wimblettben]

Those storms we had on Wednesday night were another surprise and they came through a lot earlier than i had expected. I first noticed flashes after i had finished dinner and was watching them get gradually brighter and closer from the West and Southwest. I could just about make out faint rumbles at this point as well. I had to go in eventually though as it started raining.

Then i was starting to see the direct very bright flashes of lightning to the South whilst looking out of one of the house windows, although at this point there were fairly bright flashes going on all around us and the thunder was now proper and quite frequent rumbles with the odd booming thunder.

As it got even more closer i decided to watch it with no windows open as I thought it was getting too close for that and instead was watching it from the kitchen door. Before the quick downpour came we had mostly bright intra-cloud lightning near us and the odd powerful cloud-ground lightning. One of these lightning strikes made the power go out for a few seconds and shortly after the thunder came which was boomy and even in the house with everything closed it was still quite loud so i am wondering if it was a positive strike.

Once we had the short downpour come through the lightning was a lot more further away but was still quite frequent for at least another hour and i was watching it outside then as it was quite a distance away and it wasn't really raining either. 

Over the next few hours the faint heat lightning flashes got less and less until about 1:00AM or 2:00AM when it stopped but i don't know exactly because i was too tired to stay up any longer.

 

[TJS1998Tom]

Is it Autumn or Summer?

[Allseasons-Si]

20 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Is it Autumn or Summer?

Ha ha if only...

the 12z UKV only shows two bands of ppn through our area ,one early morning tomorrow and one late evening but whether they will be thunderstorms we will have to wait and see

 

@Mapantz might be in a sweet spot early in the morning and again mid afternoon then the SE and home counties up into EA late afternoon/evening

so tomorrow looks like an action day but we have been here before,...good luck everyone for tomorrow

[Eagle Eye]

Am in Paris and tomorrow I may end up taking most of your CAPE and maybe even a Storm or two, it's always when I'm on holiday.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

16 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

Am in Paris and tomorrow I may end up taking most of your CAPE and maybe even a Storm or two, it's always when I'm on holiday.

The CAPE crusader

[Storm_Sikher]

There was a post a few days about storms happening this 'late' in the year and I posted a photo I took of lightning on 28th October 2004, well this popped up on my FB memories today.
From 22/10/2013
Hopefully get something tomorrow and keep the 9 year gap going! 
 

[SarahWxm]

I’ve been down to Borehamwood today watching Wrexham and staying over night in the Premier Inn at Heathrow Terminal 4. Off to Spurs v Newcastle tomorrow as got free corporate hospitality tickets. Looking pretty good for some bonus thunder and lightning as well!

[StormLoser]

Activity for Sunday looks rather west of the Portsmouth-north line right now.  Looks like a 'West-Clipper' for tomorrow?

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

10 minutes ago, StormLoser said:

Activity for Sunday looks rather west of the Portsmouth-north line right now.  Looks like a 'West-Clipper' for tomorrow?

It’s looking good for here certainly. But are we looking at decent electrified storms or just a few rumbles here and there…  

[Allseasons-Si]

We have storms under our noses chaps heading into the SW and another in the mid channel.

[Allseasons-Si]

New sferics south of Weymouth now.

 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I should be in bed by now but quite enjoying late night (early morning) TV and radar watching.

Edited October 23, 2022 by Flash bang flash bang etc

[Allseasons-Si]

lightning is ramping up over Torquay.

[matt111]

Quite a bit of lightning on the Dawlish cams at the moment 

[PiscesStar]

22 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I should be in bed by now but quite enjoying late night (early morning) TV and radar watching.

I do but u have insomnia, eupd and a crap body clock!! Enjoying the outputs 

[Allseasons-Si]

3 minutes ago, matt111 said:

Quite a bit of lightning on the Dawlish cams at the moment 

 

[mike5900]

Flashes to my south.

[mike5900]

My lightning detector just beeped.

[Allseasons-Si]

The lightning is ramping up guys,....i know it's late but keep you eyes open

[Allseasons-Si]

Quick developments off the Brest also

going to be a fun night/early morning for the lucky few

Edited October 23, 2022 by Allseasons-si
typo

[<torbay>]

Yes, rumbled through here around 2.55. Now moved off. Crazy rain here now 

[Mapantz]

Just got woken up by a beep

 

[matt111]

Thunder here now

[Supacell]

Nice line of active storms to the west of the Channel Islands. Looks like an active morning for those near the south coast. Not sure how far north it will all get before transitioning to just heavy rain. I was planning on heading out chasing later, with London and the Home Counties my target area. I'll wait for the latest models and forecasts before deciding though. 

Can't believe I'm still looking at storm chasing on the 23rd October!