Storms and Convective discussion - August 2023

[Sprites]

13 minutes ago, The Tall Weatherman said:

It’s been an ok day overall as I heard my first rumble since early July and managed to get some nice convection pics and Timelapse’s. I also managed to get a small funnel and had to include the Adorable nut-filled squirrel stalking me while I was taking the photos !

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Not sure if that is a funnel or scud, hard to tell if it's attached to the base. 

Looks like a Red Kite in that photo.

Edited August 26, 2023 by Sprites

[The Tall Weatherman]

2 minutes ago, Sprites said:

Not sure if that is a funnel or scud, hard to tell if it's attached to the base. 

Looks like a Red Kite in that photo.

I am pretty sure it is attached to an updraft base after close inspection so I am pretty sure it’s just scud.

[matt111]

Took this picture of one of the approaching showers earlier. This one died before it arrived but was nice for some of the others to make it here giving a few rumbles. 

[Pixel]

2 hours ago, Eagle Eye said:

Convective Outlook ️

Intense showers will develop across Eastern England bringing the risk of sporadic lightning possibly the odd thunderstorm.

Arome afternoon looks similar...  could be a few surprises... yet disappointment 200 metres further down/up the road  

[Convective]

21 hours ago, Convective said:

Fairly heavy little storm passing through Central London right now. Thunder every 30 seconds or so…

Here’s a few screen grabs from a video I took yesterday. I’ll post the videos at some point…

[Rufus Butterfield]

Some great looking convection about. Showers to my north have also electrified.

[ThomasD27]

9 minutes ago, Rufus Butterfield said:

Some great looking convection about. Showers to my north have also electrified.

Just been enjoying that shower to the north of you. My weather station picked up 74mm/h of rain at one point. Very impressive rainfall but haven't heard any thunder despite the spherics. I guess the rain could have drowned it out 

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[AndyFromDonny]

Showers training just east of me, look impressive out the window, probably only 3-4 miles away.

[Neilsouth]

Convergence line seems to be in the wrong place again, something the met keep getting wrong :p

[A Face like Thunder]

4 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:

Convergence line seems to be in the wrong place again, something the met keep getting wrong

Surely not? Convergence line last night on the BBC forecast had the line just to the East of the Pennines which is where Rufus (above) has shown it now. And the forecast this morning confirmed potentially heavy showers in Central and Eastern England which is where they appear to be breaking out now. Meanwhile, further West here, we seem to be brightening up, again as forecast. 

[Jon Somerset]

Not one thunderstorm over my house this year so far. Deeply disappointed.

Just one nearby rumble early May.

[camturbo]

34 minutes ago, Jon Somerset said:

Not one thunderstorm over my house this year so far. Deeply disappointed.

Just one nearby rumble early May.

Haven't had any either over my house in these parts but have heard quite a few rumbles 

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Very intense downpour with thunder and gusty winds just zipped through here. Absolutely biblical rain! 

[Eagle Eye]

Smoke tornadooooo

[matty40s]

7 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

Smoke tornadooooo

Technical term is pyrocumulounimbus, or burntburgeritis

[Aiden2012]

Thunder again   Also just seen lightning  

Edited August 27, 2023 by Aiden2012

[Aiden2012]

[Aiden2012]

Unfortunately the lightning died haha but lovely cloud structures

[Eagle Eye]

Really did look like a proper tornado ha ha. Wasn't though. The scud above really completes it. 

[LeeKay/]

Convergence zone from Aberdeen to Canterbury, bluddy ell!

[Neilsouth]

2 hours ago, A Face like Thunder said:

Surely not? Convergence line last night on the BBC forecast had the line just to the East of the Pennines which is where Rufus (above) has shown it now. And the forecast this morning confirmed potentially heavy showers in Central and Eastern England which is where they appear to be breaking out now. Meanwhile, further West here, we seem to be brightening up, again as forecast. 

The forecast I had from yesterday evening, had the line from the Pennines all the way down into South East Kent. However today it was further east than that and into East Anglia

[Sunny76]

3 hours ago, Convective said:

Here’s a few screen grabs from a video I took yesterday. I’ll post the videos at some point…

It was quite a hefty storm, and there was another one behind that. 

[Eagle Eye]

From earlier today.

 

 

[ChannelThunder]

This from the Met. yesterday would have had you thinking we were in with a good chance of some evening storms along that cold front on Friday. The reality at the time on every other model was vastly different, with that low hundreds of miles further southeast. Their model is on board this morning at last. Not one to bash the Met when it's not needed, but that's a hopeless way to end a week ahead forecast when every other model showed a completely different day. 

[alexisj9]

18 minutes ago, ChannelThunder said:

This from the Met. yesterday would have had you thinking we were in with a good chance of some evening storms along that cold front on Friday. The reality at the time on every other model was vastly different, with that low hundreds of miles further southeast. Their model is on board this morning at last. Not one to bash the Met when it's not needed, but that's a hopeless way to end a week ahead forecast when every other model showed a completely different day. 

They don't religiously stick to their own model, the Mets forecast is based on a blend, I very much doubt this frame would have made it into the actual ten day forecast they put out, if it was on its own. Just realized this was the forecast. Probably supported at the time by other det models they use.

Edited August 28, 2023 by alexisj9