Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards

[pinball wizard]

Incoming...... 

[Jamie M]

An incredible storm here, could see the downdraft separate 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Well that was… quite elevated

[Zak M]

Great storm from earlier - these are screengrabs from a slow-mo I took. Gutted that it’s out of focus.

   

[Thomas Green]

Still seeing the train of storms that I had 3 hours ago to my South still seeing some fork lightning not sure where its going as it seems to not be moving 

[Arnie Pie]

1 hour ago, Sparkiee storm said:

who knows if some of us around here can squeeze out another little storm before the day is done. Nice Anvil developing on it now too.

worth a shot but the atmosphere has lost its Ooommph

until the next one

[Darth Radar]

Does anyone know how high the cloud tops reached today? Especially when the very active storm over north Birmingham was at its peak, thanks :)

[Darth Radar]

I wish there was an app you could use that showed the cloud top heights, I know there’s the brightly coloured radars and the brighter colours mean very tall clouds, but would it would be much better if they at least specified the depths (ie. Yellow - 25,000ft, orange - 30,000ft, Red - 35,000ft, Deep Red - 40,009ft, Pink - 45,000ft etc…)

seems in America they have all these details but not over here in UK and Europe

[Allseasons-Si]

5 minutes ago, Darth Radar said:

Does anyone know how high the cloud tops reached today? Especially when the very active storm over north Birmingham was at its peak, thanks :)

Satellite images with clouds height of United Kingdom and Ireland, Weather in United Kingdom and Ireland - SAT24.com

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Satellite images with clouds height of United Kingdom and Ireland, Weather in United Kingdom and Ireland - SAT24.com

 

[Thunders]

I swear we don’t get many storms down here than we used to

 

[JR319]

4 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

worth a shot but the atmosphere has lost its Ooommph

until the next one

Tomorrow looks better for this side of the Midlands. Clear skies from the off fuelling convection (skies are clearing right now and we’ve got some late evening sunshine). Today was a bit messy as cloud was slow to clear, followed by the big general area of rain. 

[Atmogenic]

when the UK is getting more storms than Florida you know something isn't right , been here for just over a week now and there hasn't been a drop of rain just sunshine and heat and yet today in the UK it's just storms everywhere

[Thunders]

Just now, Atmogenic said:

when the UK is getting more storms than Florida you know something isn't right , been here for just over a week now and there hasn't been a drop of rain just sunshine and heat and yet today in the UK it's just storms everywhere

Not here, 

[Eagle Eye]

 

 

[Thunders]

Just now, Eagle Eye said:

 

 

Nice

[Eagle Eye]

25 minutes ago, Thunders said:

Worth staying up tonight?
 

Not really in my opinion. Chance tomorrow but a lot less CAPE to be honest. 

[Thunders]

Just now, Eagle Eye said:

Not really in my opinion. Chance tomorrow but a lot less CAPE to be honest. 

Thanks

[Atmogenic]

3 minutes ago, Thunders said:

Not here, 

huh you're right, if i was back home the storms are just skipping by me all going north east. That would be unfortunate and annoying

[stainesbloke]

Absolutely chucking it down at Heathrow, twilight levels of light, not much thunder though

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

1 hour ago, Azuremoon2 said:

no rain or thunder at all today here...probably the only place in England that has happened

it really is incredible the bad luck we have. 

Your year was 2020. A warm Southeasterly most of the summer, storing the high dew points in the Cheshire gap and Manchester area. August that year up your way was insane. A rare setup. 

[Thunders]

2 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Your year was 2020. A warm Southeasterly most of the summer, storing the high dew points in the Cheshire gap and Manchester area. August that year up your way was insane. A rare setup. 

My year has to have been 2018 or 2019 I can’t remember what year but I remember the amount of flashes was totalled up to 1000 in one hour, it lasted for hours after

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[LIGHTNING ACTION]

I have only seen 1 proper bolt, and a few flashes, mostly thunder here in York.  Taken 20 mins ago when I went somewhere to view the structure

[Thunders]

Just now, Thunders said:

My year has to have been 2018 or 2019 I can’t remember what year but I remember the amount of flashes was totalled up to 1000 in one hour, it lasted for hours after

It was on Wednesday 19th of June 

[suffolkboy_]

A few flashes and rumbles here in mid-Suffolk, but the rain is something to behold. 2 inches in an hour 3 miles up the road from me. It’s carnage with sewage flooding the roads and fields like lakes