Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Omg chase comes to me for once

[James1979]

Tropical looking towers already, looks like being beefy for somewhere....

[ChannelThunder]

A key thing to highlight about today from Dan's outlook is the lack of wind shear, at least for the first half of the day until some CZs and outflows come into play. This means cells will likely be popcorn in nature and many will rain themselves out on the spot before really moving anywhere.

[ANYWEATHER]

C’mon baby…….

[James1979]

This has materialised in front of me from a small cloud in about 30 mins or so. A real treat to watch it grow given it hasn't moved! I expect Sandy down the road from here to start raining before long. 

 

Edit.. perhaps not as it is now decaying before my eyes from the bottom up! Others are around though.

Edited May 11, 2023 by James1979

[Raindrops]

13 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

A key thing to highlight about today from Dan's outlook is the lack of wind shear, at least for the first half of the day until some CZs and outflows come into play. This means cells will likely be popcorn in nature and many will rain themselves out on the spot before really moving anywhere.

Just like these

 

[Raindrops]

Blitzortung is alive

[Guest]

Steady heavy rain here, nothing moving far fast on the radar so somewhere is going get very, very wet today.

[Raindrops]

Status Yellow - Thunderstorm warning for Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Wexford, Wicklow

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Intense showers with scattered thunderstorms and possible hail.

Possible impacts:

Spot flooding
Hazardous travelling conditions

Valid: 13:00 Thursday 11/05/2023 to 19:00 Thursday 11/05/2023

Issued: 10:43 Thursday 11/05/2023

met.ie

[Allseasons-Si]

I thought i heard thunder,...looks like i am in a sweet spot here and in some sort of a CZ.

 

[StormLoser]

1 hour ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Omg chase comes to me for once

Who drew that square around my area?!  Let me tell you at once that this is Reigate, and there is a 5 square mile 1031mb high pressure area permanently centred over me.  

That said - very promising towering cumulus all around. Could (dare I say it) be good? I'll believe the various forecasts when they happen. The Met Office's warning of yellow-coloured weather, however, is all north of London.

A couple of shots from @11:15am

South east                                 South west

   

PS anyone who comments on the weeds in our garden will be reported to the moderators!!  

Edited May 11, 2023 by StormLoser

[Allseasons-Si]

Thunder again.

[Turquoise]

Basically a copy and paste job for last few days....areas that got storms will get more, areas that didn't won't....radar looks exactly the same as yesterday and day before....

[ChannelThunder]

Towering cumulus is being blown directly from the north (the mainland) for once today I see, so anything that develops over Hampshire could get blown this way, but I'm not banking on much looking at the high res models.

The sun has certainly got some oompf to it today, which will be driving those parcels upwards!

[BenFreeman_91]

Still nothing! Turning into another pleasant spring day though.

[Eagle Eye]

Not a great photo but on the bus home now after my Spanish speaking exam.

[Arnie Pie]

38 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

in some sort of a CZ.

Looking at the current wind profiles there seems to be an excess of CZ`s around the country today, Including MBY

Hit an miss today

plenty of early convection going up

Edit ; And a nice lowering to my N

Edited May 11, 2023 by Arnie Pie

[fromthecab]

Starting to bubble here in the fens

[fromthecab]

Can see this one grow as I watch it

[James1979]

Lovely cloudscapes today, loads and loads of decent convection but sadly all has decayed too so far, not sure now there'll be anything in this neck of the woods today.

[ChannelThunder]

Interesting how the latest Arome develops a cluster of storms near London late in the afternoon and keeps their strength up until 21z as they drift towards Hampshire. I'd settle for a distant light show at dusk!

[Tn9]

16 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

Not a great photo but on the bus home now after my Spanish speaking exam.

I'm always where I shouldn't be to get good pictures ..they avoid me like the plague..

[minus10]

 

Yes looking interesting now..

[minus10]

Think it will be an interesting afternoon...

[Thundery wintry showers]

Cumulonimbus cells have been almost stationary to the west of Lincoln for the past two hours, but haven't produced any thunder (they're near enough such that if there was thunder I would hear faint rumbles).  Somewhere just to the west has clearly had a lot of rain so far today.  

I imagine it being one of those days where if I was on the Tyne and Wear coast I would be in a frustrating no-convection zone, with convection going up a fair way to the west and low cloud rolling in from the North Sea.  Here in Lincoln there's no no-convection zone in sight, but the main convection is definitely a bit to the west.