Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023

[Frosty hollows]

3 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

East Anglia, “the” storm

Haha...not sure @Cakie would agree.  That storm looks insane

[pinball wizard]

That storm to the north of Newmarket as viewed from East of Ipswich....

[Aiden2012]

Storm in the south west now aswell 

[Frosty hollows]

8 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

Should we start to put a tornado watch in some of the areas because of the formation of a mesocyclone?

Pretty sure Torro have done one? 

[Cakie]

1 minute ago, Frosty hollows said:

Haha...not sure @Cakie would agree.  That storm looks insane

Not the best ever (Ottery St Mary) but really long. Around an hour, with lots of lightening and thunder, including some very loud thunder 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Definite similar connection with today's synoptics and June 28th 2012

 

[Ryan H]

4 minutes ago, Frosty hollows said:

Pretty sure Torro have done one? 

I had checked the website and no they had not done one.

[Azazel]

I live in the faintest of hope that October will deliver at least a towering cumulus to my part of the world. 

[TJS1998Tom]

Clear skies showing now but still warm. Suspect thats it now but forecast suggesting chances for tomorrow 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

3 minutes ago, Azazel said:

I live in the faintest of hope that October will deliver at least a towering cumulus to my part of the world. 

Better than that dear…

we might get heavy rain

[Metwatch]

Hunstanton back at it again.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Love how wrong this is

[Aiden2012]

I bet spurn point is a good place to be watching that storm 

[Azazel]

2 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Better than that dear…

we might get heavy rain

We don’t usually have an issue with that here. Stratus and nimbostratus is a frequent visitor 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

3 minutes ago, Azazel said:

We don’t usually have an issue with that here. Stratus and nimbostratus is a frequent visitor 

Nimbostratus sounds scary

[Norfolk Sheep]

I've got someone's tatty left over anvil, that has to count as a thunder day in these parts!

[Metwatch]

Gotcha

[Alderc 2.0]

Looks like some cracking storms today and hope those who had them filled their boots. Given last years epic storm on the 23rd October I guess there’s still time for us storm starved southerners to get a quick flash! 

[Frosty hollows]

20 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

I had checked the website and no they had not done one.

X is your friend

 

[andy989]

Found this on social media. 

[Turquoise]

Another day of a forecast for this area being SO wrong. Very frustrating when you cancel plans because you rely on the forecast of incompetent people who claim to know about weather. This happens every bloody time. How many more times are they going to put us in the severe weather warning area and it turns out to be the very opposite, a glorious day? I understand its only a 'risk' of storms, but they can't be wrong this often. Just don't put us in a,warning area, if anything happens fine but I'd rather that then be led to believe something that never happens. *sigh*

[Norfolk Sheep]

Top of the storm currently over Kings Lynn 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

A long shortwave making it’s way west to east?

[parhelion]

2 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

Another day of a forecast for this area being SO wrong. Very frustrating when you cancel plans because you rely on the forecast of incompetent people who claim to know about weather. This happens every bloody time. How many more times are they going to put us in the severe weather warning area and it turns out to be the very opposite, a glorious day? I understand its only a 'risk' of storms, but they can't be wrong this often. Just don't put us in a,warning area, if anything happens fine but I'd rather that then be led to believe something that never happens. *sigh*

I understand your frustration; I'm frustrated with today's outcome as well, but to put this on the forecasters is harsh and, in my opinion, wrong.

It was a really tricky one to call today with a lack of cross model agreement, even this morning! When you've got that sort of short-term discrepancy, it's much harder for the pros to nail the specifics hence the wide warning area. Just because you or I didn't cop a storm doesn't prove there's incompetence there, just that our weather is sometimes very fickle and unpredictable!

Have a good evening

[Aiden2012]

Oh right so a storm develops after it’s left my area