Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023

[Azazel]

14 minutes ago, Alderc 2.0 said:

Looks like a carbon copy of last Sunday morning. Convective rain turning messy and an hour or two of moderate to heavy rain and nothing else. 

Legitimately does look like it weakens on its western side and the good heavy stuff transfers east. Just gonna be a mass of pointless rain by the time it moves inland 

[Lauren]

Feeling very humid already at 9am!

[Azazel]

2 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

 

Sam is incredible by the way. 

It is cool though I don’t like that haloing around the bush on the left 

[Harsh Climate]

Will be a day of pop fart downpours and weak thunderstorms, blink and you miss them.

Sporadic sferics all over the place, just not enough CAPE to get excited. 

[A.J]

there are few certanties in life.... we're born, we die, we pay taxes.....oops, almost forgot the main one....alderc & Azazel having a good old moan in the storm thread 

c'mon lads, cheer up and think positive !

My sis phoned me earlier, thunder & vivid lightning off & on pretty much since 1am down in Brixham !

[Saint coolio]

1 minute ago, A.J said:

there are few certanties in life.... we're born, we die, we pay taxes.....oops, almost forgot the main one....alderc & Azazel having a good old moan in the storm thread 

c'mon lads, cheer up and think positive !

My sis phoned me earlier, thunder & vivid lightning off & on pretty much since 1am down in Brixham !

Not sure being born is a certainty, but you’re right about alderc and azazal lol

[Alderc 2.0]

Just heard a distant rumble however tonnes of low level cloud will obstruct the view of any lightning. 

[LightningLover]

Looking potentially good for a sweaty, tired 03:00 post from me!

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

This first lot will be a squall - by its very nature it will be fairly short-lived at any single location… because it is a squall and that’s what they do.

Interest then lies later on this afternoon… Google weather has downgraded this so I’m actually getting excited now lol

[offerman]

A lot of low-level cloud up here which will obstruct any decent lightning shots unfortunately. 

[Saint coolio]

Meteofrance warning sounds quite intense, goes orange from this afternoon

VIGILANCE METEO FRANCE ORAGES

VIGILANCE.METEOFRANCE.FR

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VIGILANCE MÉTÉO FRANCE ORAGES : Information sur les risques météorologiques de la journée en cours.

 

[Southern Storm]

UKv 6z now showing something better for central southern areas, we need this trend to continue, I really don't want to drive too far tonight

[The PIT]

Cool air here will remove any fuel for any storms if they make this far so just rain for us today.

Radar suggests the storms will also be outside of the present warning areas so the Met may extend them.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

5 minutes ago, Saint coolio said:

Meteofrance warning sounds quite intense, goes orange from this afternoon

VIGILANCE METEO FRANCE ORAGES

VIGILANCE.METEOFRANCE.FR

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VIGILANCE MÉTÉO FRANCE ORAGES : Information sur les risques météorologiques de la journée en cours.

 

I can’t speak a word of French so I don’t know what any of it says but I imagine it’s something along the lines of

”Another day of heavy thunderstorms, straight ahead. Ooh la La. Cloud cover at the marketplace. Will it ever stop? What time is it? One ticket to Paris, please. Possible hail. Yes, of course. No, just two loaves of bread. There’s a potential for severe gusts. What is your name? I live in England. Showers will continue after midnight. Please.”

[Southern Storm]

2 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I can’t speak a word of French so I don’t know what any of it says but I imagine it’s something along the lines of

”Another day of heavy thunderstorms, straight ahead. Ooh la La. Cloud cover at the marketplace. Will it ever stop? What time is it? One ticket to Paris, please. Possible hail. Yes, of course. No, just two loaves of bread. There’s a potential for severe gusts. What is your name? I live in England. Showers will continue after midnight. Please.”

Merci translator

 

[Saint coolio]

3 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

I can’t speak a word of French

Clearly not true, what about “Ooh la la”?

[Super_Uwe]

Think it's best to wait and see today!

The storm we had overnight in South Devon and Torbay was quite unusual IMO, it kept having pulses of lightning, then quietening off, before renewing again. Very squally winds for a short period too.

It was only later on that the power went off briefly after what must have been a direct strike somewhere nearby.

Certainly had plenty of rain since midnight as well🌧🌧

[Alderc 2.0]

Messy rain for the second Sunday morning on the trot! Joke!

[Eagle Eye]

33 minutes ago, Harsh Climate said:

Will be a day of pop fart downpours and weak thunderstorms, blink and you miss them.

Sporadic sferics all over the place, just not enough CAPE to get excited. 

Ah yes because we always have CAPE in excess of 1,000 J/KG. 

[LightningLover]

Just now, Eagle Eye said:

Ah yes because we always have CAPE in excess of 1,000 J/KG. 

AROME wanting 1,900Jkg CAPE in the mid channel!

[Eagle Eye]

29 minutes ago, A.J said:

there are few certanties in life.... we're born, we die, we pay taxes.....oops, almost forgot the main one....alderc & Azazel having a good old moan in the storm thread 

c'mon lads, cheer up and think positive !

 

A lot of people seem to think see live in the US. Unfortunately, we have to deal with the hand we're dealt. Do the best with what we've got. 

[Azazel]

3 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

A lot of people seem to think see live in the US. Unfortunately, we have to deal with the hand we're dealt. Do the best with what we've got. 

I definitely don’t think this but I find it hard to get excited over moderate rainfall personally. 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Just now, Azazel said:

I definitely don’t think this but I find it hard to get excited over moderate rainfall personally. 

Cmon it will be a great day!

I’ll try and waft some storms your way back up the M3 

[Eagle Eye]

Just now, Azazel said:

I definitely don’t think this but I find it hard to get excited over moderate rainfall personally. 

Any small shower, you can find something to photograph on. One thing I do agree with you on, is the mid-level crud storms, especially in the day, there's essentially no point to them. Rarely do they seem to have loud thunder either. 

[Azazel]

Just now, Eagle Eye said:

Any small shower, you can find something to photograph on. One thing I do agree with you on, is the mid-level crud storms, especially in the day, there's essentially no point to them. Rarely do they seem to have loud thunder either. 

Yeah that’s the problem - we haven’t had even convective showers here. I saw some towering cumulus way to the north on one day in the last few months. I can’t describe how poor it’s been here for anything remotely interesting since May. 
 

I was excited about the potential of the squall but it just doesn’t look that impressive on radar with most of the energy remaining offshore - and even then, all this mid level cloud would make it impossible to see anything.