Storms and Convective discussion - June 2023

[SarahWxm]

3 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

Oh! WOW

That’s insane! I take it this is now a MCS?

[Karl83]

Managed to intercept just North East of Cirencester... incredible skies as I arrived and caught a glimpse of a few strikes as I fumbled about getting my camera out of the bag. Interesting to note that whilst I was sat under the pink blob of precipitation on the radar, it was hardly raining on the ground. Hopefully have some lightning shot stills from my gopro so will share later. 

[Jayne Bullock]

10 minutes ago, dvdfjojo said:

Oh my word, it’s amazing here in Warton, north warks. Non stop thunder and lightning, deafening cracks, power going off and on.

I’m in Amington it’s crazy. Think had a strike straight down in garden the crack after was terrifying - keep safe 

[ChannelThunder]

Perhaps a little hope down here; lots of mid-level AC around and some of it is trying to reach for the sky.

[LeveLUP]

Still waiting for action down here obviously storms are scared of me  

[yozza1987]

Getting closer now, seeing lightning strikes interesting cloud structure at the front, caught lightening on camera also

 

Edited June 11, 2023 by yozza1987
Video footage

[near northampton]

1 minute ago, Shane said:

100% this will happen 

10 minutes of moderate to heavy rain, 2 cracks of thunder, frustrating but that's weather 

[WeatherArc]

Torrential rainfall now, thunder still seems distant though. 

[BlizzardOfoz]

Is south East Wales going to see any of these fascinating storms that are to the east of us today or are we out of luck .Great posts BTW and photos .

[JR319]

Another day of the West Midlands getting it all with the East Midlands being a humid dust bowl. I assume it’ll be the same for tomorrow as well? 

[Purplepixii]

4 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

Perhaps a little hope down here; lots of mid-level AC around and some of it is trying to reach for the sky.

I am sharing that hope, just spotted the AC myself.

[Phildb2]

3 minutes ago, WeatherArc said:

Torrential rainfall now, thunder still seems distant though. 

Thunder still here overhead in Leamington well over an hours worth now

Edited June 11, 2023 by Phildb2

[Turquoise]

Really hoping this storm has enough to get past the famous Stoke storm shield, looks like the shield is winning again though

[Gordon Webb]

30 minutes ago, Gordon Webb said:

Well the Gap filled in but I think we'll get off relatively lightly

Perhaps lightly was the wrong choice of words 

[Jamie M]

World ending 

[Dancerwithwings]

5 minutes ago, WeatherArc said:

Torrential rainfall now, thunder still seems distant though. 

Same here….my road is a sea of water ….every man for themselves  

[LeveLUP]

Just now, Dancerwithwings said:

Same here….my road is a sea of water ….every man for themselves  

Honestly I could settle for just rain as I want the humidity and temperature to drop.

[Hirudine]

What a monster!

[Eye to the sky]

Constant thunder to the south now but still a good way off.

[Frosty hollows]

1 hour ago, Jamie M said:

Large hail

Yes! I had some too!

[yozza1987]

Has gone dark now, almost constant booming and kind of roaring, sky is lighting up to the south east, wind has pick up also

[Dancerwithwings]

1 minute ago, LeveLUP said:

Honestly I could settle for just rain as I want the humidity and temperature to drop.

I was at 27c then it hit, within 40mins it’s now at 17.7c

not feeling that change indoors though

Here in Solihull getting some massive flashes and humdinger bangs

[Mr_ Nexus]

sky is so evil here , distant thunder and a few flashes now , rain just started .

Edited June 11, 2023 by Mr_ Nexus

[Guest]

35 minutes ago, Jamie M said:

Must be well over 40k ft tall, properly clouded out to my west

That is one of the biggest cloud shields I’ve seen over the UK. 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

It’s all over now (until r&r tomo lol) but can’t complain with what I got to see.

Storm exploded - almost from a teacup - over Crawley which I am very fortunate to have a pretty clear view down towards from a local spot.

From there it was a little unclear how things were to evolve but I know of a much more elevated spot and headed there to witness the Midhurst cell drop an almost stationary deluge over a very localised area, for what was probably an hour  

I’ll try and build some timelapse videos from the photos - but this storm was pretty stunning. It was certainly an organised system by this point - constant rumbles and crackles from way above. Elevated is an understatement - very similar to another storm I chased a few years back over Odiham way.

With this in mind I decided to follow the northwards track of this rainy monster. The storm had got its shoes on and was off like a rocket towards the north! Quick!  

So through Farnham and up the dual carriageway towards Basingstoke (you can see the Basing valley from the road at points) and there were some very bright flashes. This was still a beast of a storm!

I found a side road and soon discovered a lane which quickly became a track. I was now somewhere remote, quiet and with a north(ish) view of the storm.

An excellent place to bury evidence …perhaps … except I wasn’t here to do that - because I was chasing a storm!

It was a perfect spot, hearing the thunder peel and boom from the distance, and treated to an excellent display of forks.

Being a wimp I did hide a bit in the car but it wasn’t long before the storm tracked away enough that the open road beckoned once more!

It was the last chance, as the storm system was now gathering pace and pulling me further from home. After getting totally confused by Basingstoke (and nearly driving to Cornwall) I figured out basic bearings and went due north, again treated to some good lightning as the trees and concrete began to clear, in favour of some much-needed vistas of the deep navy sky.

A few more flashes, but a check of the radar told me this was the stop point. I managed to catch one last shot before packing up and heading home… (possibly via a pub)

Nice storm, was a good chase. Fingers crossed for more tomorrow  

 

another shot from nr odiham: