Storms and Convective discussion - 20th March 2023 onwards

[The Tall Weatherman]

As Surface heating continues across London, thunderstorms are possible from the strongest of cells.

[Allseasons-Si]

sferics just gone nuts to my south,...near Derby

@Supacell,...you hear thunder?

[weatherobsuk]

Anywhere west of the line stretching from Manchester to Birmingham will be seeing stronger pulse-cell storms soon once the skies clear substantially behind the occluded front, with the peak time at around 3pm for the Midlands. Considering we've already seen sferics and convection way ahead of the line during late-morning is only good news for the rest of this afternoon.

[Eye to the sky]

Torrential rain,hail and some decent cracks of thunder just north of Derby.The weather has gone wild.Moving through quickly on a gusty wind.

[Metwatch]

 

 

[ChezWeather]

Testing the new chase vehicle today

Some pretty strong gusts and heavy rain as the squall passes over currently

[Allseasons-Si]

Big boom just then to my south

[Metwatch]

Lovely cloud structures here last 10 minutes now, mammatus, rain shafts and anvils all in the mix. 

Now it's warm and sunny, I am enjoying today so far got to admit. 

[Supacell]

25 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

sferics just gone nuts to my south,...near Derby

@Supacell,...you hear thunder?

Yes, one rumble of thunder along with a bit of hail. First thunder of the year. Not able to chase today though, but then moving a but quick to chase anyway.

[Rufus Butterfield]

Just heard thunder

[Coops241180]

that certainly organised itself pretty quickly:

[Turquoise]

30 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Anywhere west of the line stretching from Manchester to Birmingham will be seeing stronger pulse-cell storms soon once the skies clear substantially behind the occluded front, with the peak time at around 3pm for the Midlands. Considering we've already seen sferics and convection way ahead of the line during late-morning is only good news for the rest of this afternoon.

its all east of that line at the moment, is another one expected to form further west then later??

[Jamie M]

Purples nearing Central London, shame all the London cams have gone kaput

[Arnie Pie]

11 minutes ago, Metwatch said:

Lovely cloud structures here last 10 minutes now, mammatus, rain shafts and anvils all in the mix. 

Now it's warm and sunny, I am enjoying today so far got to admit. 

A great Bank holiday

streams back on

https://www.youtube.com/live/v-MSuehRgg8

 

[weatherobsuk]

1 minute ago, Azuremoon2 said:

its all east of that line at the moment, is another one expected to form further west then later??

From what the models have been showing it's around 3pm when things will go 'pop' around central Wales/Shropshire Hills following on from the current convective line. It all depends on how much cloud clearance occurs between now and then but Sat24 is looking promising in terms of heating already getting to work again.

[Jamie M]

Just now, Arnie Pie said:

A great Bank holiday

streams back on

https://www.youtube.com/live/v-MSuehRgg8

 

Glad to see the Brumcam back, need to try and set up my rig again 

[matty40s]

Towards coventryrugby...

[UnderTheAnvil]

42 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

sferics just gone nuts to my south,...near Derby

@Supacell,...you hear thunder?

I did! And I got hit by hail that I'm pretty sure is going to leave me with bruises, about 6-8mm 

[Rufus Butterfield]

Just had an insane hailstorm as that squall came through. Some pretty close strikes as well. I’ll have to search through my camera and share later.

[johnholmes]

es, no hail here but torrential rain, Vis no more than 1200M at one point, about 5 loud cracks, only 6.2 mm but a max rate of 95.2 mm p hr at 1205

[CoventryWeather]

Weak bit of Mammatus Clouds behind a heavy shower here in Cov. (Not the greatest quality picture ever)

[CurtisOliver]

Wind gusts have picked up now that I have a band heading towards my location.

[Metwatch]

By weather watcher Nick A in Spondon, Derbyshire. 

[Jamie M]

Got my eye on that shower near Reigate

[CoventryWeather]

It's gone quiet for the Mids. Hope something develops in the next few hours.