Storms and Convective discussion - June 2023

[LIGHTNING ACTION]

Ive been stood out in my garden and the rain has been hitting me so hard, the rain was too thick to see lightning, i captured some flashes, and heard tons of thunder. I am soaked.

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[TJS1998Tom]

Shame its not night as I bet here we'd be able to see a fair few flashes from the direction its coming in

[howham]

Lots of fantastic skies here but still no rain or thunder.  Terrific gusts of wind a short time ago.

[WeatherArc]

Weird radar presentation, looks almost like 2 cells clumped together rather than a supercell but it does look like its trying to hook, hopefully  someones infront.

Now raining over by me, small cell developed overhead.

[northriding]

16 minutes ago, P-M said:

Well sky is thick of clouds, slate grey and it's humid as hell. 

Not sure if anything else will kick off here as looks like it'll just be heavy rain this afternoon but you never know. 

Sun's still shining here.

Even with the hit and miss nature of storms, I'm surprised that I haven't even heard a distant rumble of thunder, which is a pretty low bar to reach with today's storm risk.

[P-M]

Just now, northriding said:

Sun's still shining here.

Even with the hit and miss nature of storms, I'm surprised that I haven't even heard a distant rumble of thunder, which is a pretty low bar to reach with today's storm risk.

It's crazy and sickening how they explode at the coast lol 

 

 

[TJS1998Tom]

Just now, WeatherArc said:

Weird radar presentation, looks almost like 2 cells clumped together rather than a supercell but it does look like its trying to hook, hopefully  someones infront.

Now raining over by me, small cell developed overhead.

glad I charged my batteries earlier, storms timed it perfectly for me coming up in the area for holiday

[JoeShmoe]

Northern Ireland still getting plenty 

Edited June 25, 2023 by JoeShmoe

[TJS1998Tom]

I suspect Whitby could be one of the best areas

[Rufus Butterfield]

I think this was the cell (taken about an hour ago) that formed the storm just to my north now 

[Aiden2012]

Lots of thunder but not seen any lightning 

[TJS1998Tom]

Can hear thunder but it sounds very high up despite it being over on top of us

[Sprites]

8 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Can hear thunder but it sounds very high up despite it being over on top of us

Probably a Typhoon jet. 

There's nothing that close to Lincoln yet, but there's developments to your SW.

Edited June 25, 2023 by Sprites

[Aiden2012]

2 minutes ago, TJS1998Tom said:

Can hear thunder but it sounds very high up despite it being over on top of us

They are deffo elevated 

[mountain shadow]

Donder and blitzen arriving in North Down now.

[Allseasons-Si]

Some questions to be answered on that Brummy cell

 

 

Edited June 25, 2023 by Allseasons-si

[Rufus Butterfield]

Hoping that squall line to the west keeps going or intensifies as it reaches where a lot of the cape is

[TJS1998Tom]

Just now, Aiden2012 said:

They are deffo elevated 

might explain why real time lightning maps looks a bit quiet

[Metwatch]

1 minute ago, Allseasons-si said:

Some questions to be answered on that Brummy cell

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Nah I think it's collapsing looking at the 16:20 radar update 

[ChannelThunder]

24 minutes ago, infiniteblackskies said:

Wondering when it's the South's turn (specifically central). Literally only heard one rumble of thunder and seen one heavy rain shower this entire year! The North/Midlands keeps getting these insane storms and the South remains bone dry  Heard North is getting more storms next week as well. 

Definitely not our year, so far! We need some classic plume set ups through July/August, or it's going to be a particularly naff year. 

[WeatherArc]

Looks like the squall to the West is struggling to produce lightning and is starting to look more like thundery rain than active cells, cold front has probs undercut it.

Distinct lack of height on the storms,  the cells near Hull and Newcastle seem to be the only ones that are growing with height.

Anyone got some observed soundings, would be very interested to see the dewpoint and instability values. 

[A.J]

another supercell possibility?.....lovely radar sig from this storm that has exploded just to my north

[Allseasons-Si]

3 minutes ago, Rufus Butterfield said:

Hoping that squall line to the west keeps going or intensifies as it reaches where a lot of the cape is

Me too

1 minute ago, Metwatch said:

Nah I think it's collapsing looking at the 16:20 radar update 

yes it did but i hope this line to our west reinvigorates. 

[Aiden2012]

Never thought I’d hear myself saying a storm was crap but it was

[Rufus Butterfield]

Wasn’t really prepared for the speed at which these cells are moving. Had no time record much at work, just lots of thunder and dark cloud bases