Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

[Sprites]

5 hours ago, Robbie Garrett said:

 

Not sure that is lightning, seems to be an electrical fault shorting out.  Wet snow sticking to subzero surfaces and adding extra weight, could bring down branches onto power lines.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Sprites

[Eagle Eye]

On 11/12/2022 at 21:21, ResonantChannelThunder said:

We've been waiting for it for a while. I think it's been pretty well established that we've been having a period of lesser activity from around 2016 - present, and some knowledgeable posters have talked about we get something of a pattern with a few years of less activity, followed by an uptick for a few years. 2022 has been a funny one. May and September were stacked and we had a plume event in what, late October(?)...but nowt in the actual summer months!

It's been a very odd year, I think I had a Storm of sorts on the 19th day of May, June, July and August so the number 19 is now my lucky number.

[LightningLover]

1 hour ago, Eagle Eye said:

It's been a very odd year, I think I had a Storm of sorts on the 19th day of May, June, July and August so the number 19 is now my lucky number.

The 18th-19th is strangely common for notable thunderstorm events...18-19th July 2014, 18-19th July 2017, 19th June 2019, 18-19th May 2022, 18th-19th June 2022, 19th July 2022... I'm certain there's a couple I've missed too!

Edited December 18, 2022 by LightningLover

[Rufus Butterfield]

Bit late, but finally got round to finish editing the video of the storm we had on the 5th September. Just shows the best highlights of lightning and thunder.

 

 

[Convective]

On our 10th flash of lightning and loud thunder here now.

Interesting to have thunderstorms on Christmas Eve when only a fortnight ago we were talking about a potential white Christmas ❄️🌩️

[andy989]

Unexpected Christmas Eve thunderstorm here now too. 

[Dangerous55019]

Morning everyone and a merry Christmas to you all. 🎄🎅🏻😊

I was not expecting to hear the sound of distant thunder this morning! But because there is no traffic, I can just about hear some very faint rumbles in the distance. 🌩️

A nice unexpected, and most welcome Christmas present from the weather gods. 🌩️⛈️🎁😃👍🏻

[Jamie M]

Didn't expect to see this distant lightning whilst walking back from seeing family but there we are..

Thought it was a firework but there was no apparent bang 😂

[Dangerous55019]

Good morning and a happy new year to everyone here on Netweather. 😊🎉

Not being a fan of New Year, I went to bed early, which meant I got up early, and was treated to the sound of yet more very distant thunder! 🌩️⛈️🥳

Lets hope that 2023 produces many and juicy thunderstorms for us all. 😊

[Row w]

happy new year to you wonderful lot on here hope you had a fantastic christmas, have been treated to a thunderstorm on the 1st day of the year some good flashes and some very loud thunder along with a heavy hail shower, hopefully this might be the year for storms for all of us storm lovers with widespread storms for all 🌩️🥳

[Iceman2606]

UK Extreme Weather 2022 | What a Year it’s Been!

 

[Saint coolio]

 

weird eh?

Edited January 2 by Saint coolio
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[LightningLover]

Happy new year to everyone! Only a few more months before the imports, the hopes, the dreams, and the b-b-busts begin!

I look forward to seeing this thread flourish as April turns into May and so forth... I'm also going to aim to start posting my verbose and somewhat dramatized first-hand accounts of whatever transpires this coming season like I used to when I was younger, so look forward to those taking up valuable chunks of thread space!

Let's see what 2023 has in store. 🙂

 

 

[Jamie M]

Lovely squall  with some small hail and a bit of thunder which can be heard in the second video

 

 

 

[Arnie Pie]

First chance of the year😃

I`m keeping an eye on the storms, currently in Wales, down to the SW of our area

[viking_smb]

Happy new year you mad lot

[LightningLover]

Saw something on Radar last night that vaguely resembled a hook! Very likely wasn't, but it's eye catching nonetheless.

[mike5900]

My lightning  detector  just beeped two times. 

[Alderc]

58 minutes ago, mike5900 said:

My lightning  detector  just beeped two times. 

Not surprising there was quite a pokey little storm out in Lyme Bay for a time. Quite a few hundred joules of CAPE overlapping the coastal areas today so expect some lively showers. 
 

[ChezWeather]

Just spotted these out the window that  appear to be Mammatus clouds 

[Jamie M]

Squall yesterday

[ResonantChannelThunder]

Models swing this little lot along the south coast through the evening. A fair few sferics for this time of year. Worth keeping an eye on:

[ResonantChannelThunder]

...Or not, the lightning activity sank away towards France in the end. Shame!

[DiagonalRedLine]

Those naughty storms! They better be on their best behaviour throughout Spring and Summer.

[Eagle Eye]

7 minutes ago, DiagonalRedLine said:

Those naughty storms! They better be on their best behaviour throughout Spring and Summer.

New year, new Storms. No longer missing members that haven't seen one in years, no longer clippers or just staying in France and no more 'wasted' plumes 😉.