Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023

[Allseasons-Si]

5 minutes ago, MR CB said:

A wonderful line of Cumulus Congestus in the English Channel as seen now from Eastbourne with pink tops at sunset - a whole line of them developing which looks good for later. I think its all starting to develop.

From  Saint Malo north coast of France,...stunning.

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Edited September 17, 2023 by Allseasons-si
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[Eagle Eye]

Storms behind in the Brest area looking good as well.  This from a webcam near there. 

[The Tall Weatherman]

That tornado is as good as it gets, beats the USA in many ways.

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by The Tall Weatherman

[Thunders]

7 minutes ago, MR CB said:

A wonderful line of Cumulus Congestus in the English Channel as seen now from Eastbourne with pink tops at sunset - a whole line of them developing which looks good for later. I think its all starting to develop.

yep see the same thing from old town

[WeatherArc]

I swear i'm not jealous

 

Looks like it came from this supercell to the east of Rennes

[sunnijim]

A sunset full of promise?

Time will tell.

 

[tomp456]

Heading down to Worthing seafront in a bit.

Plan to loiter for the drizzle.

[Azazel]

Flying eagle?

 

also how do you guys go about getting live webcams? Every time I search for one the sites are always horrendous, full of pop ups and not live. 

[Eagle Eye]

1 minute ago, Azazel said:

Flying eagle?

 

also how do you guys go about getting live webcams? Every time I search for one the sites are always horrendous, full of pop ups and not live. 

Best to do it on YouTube and hopefully it says its live. 

[Thunderspotter]

Based on the outlook from The Weather Channel, it looks like I'm still in the game. They really like to exaggerate thunderstorms but if things play out right it could spark something.

Might have to stay up later than usual and take the bullet! My fate of sleep or no sleep will be decided in the next few hours...

[Lu.]

I’ve returned home, I have a problem called patience.

ready to go back out if this lot creeps over. Not holding my breath tho

[Mapantz]

Fresh lightning detected! Not sure where from though.. 

[Harry]

Would love to be on the ground over N France right now as two strong cells literally are smashing into each other. One travelling ENE smashing into another travelling almost NNW!

Edited September 17, 2023 by Harry

[WeatherArc]

7 minutes ago, Azazel said:

Flying eagle?

 

also how do you guys go about getting live webcams? Every time I search for one the sites are always horrendous, full of pop ups and not live. 

Those storms near Cherbourg are defo supercells imo, have the classic look to them.

Velocity data also shows some weak rotation, far from the radar though. 

Looks like they are producing some fairly big hail aswell, shame they wont survive the channel. 

[CoventryWeather]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

Fresh lightning detected! Not sure where from though.. 

Quite a few downpours overhead, could be that possibly

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

36 minutes ago, Supacell said:

 

It could easily come to nothing but in all honesty I think the risk is worth it. This is quite likely my last real storm chase of 2023.

My gut is saying somewhere along or east of a line from Brighton to Cambridge. Question is how east of this line. Last year on October 23rd I head to Essex as this area looked primed, but the storms erupted northwards to my west through Luton, Milton Keynes etc. I don't want a repeat of that.

I was thinking Epsom downs (where the racecourse is) could be a good spot … but light pollution might be an issue.

fantastic views north over London city from there

[thunderhead 2005]

I am keeping eye on the cells near poole, they seem to keep rebuilding

 

[Allseasons-Si]

12 minutes ago, Azazel said:

Flying eagle?

 

also how do you guys go about getting live webcams? Every time I search for one the sites are always horrendous, full of pop ups and not live. 

I use this site

Vision-Environnement | Carte des webcams touristiques du monde

WWW.VISION-ENVIRONNEMENT.COM

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Visualisez en vidéo et en direct les webcams du monde en vidéo et en temps réel.

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[Azazel]

The area west of Salisbury and down towards Dorset does seem to want to keep trying bless it 

[minus10]

37 minutes ago, Supacell said:

 

It could easily come to nothing but in all honesty I think the risk is worth it. This is quite likely my last real storm chase of 2023.

My gut is saying somewhere along or east of a line from Brighton to Cambridge. Question is how east of this line. Last year on October 23rd I head to Essex as this area looked primed, but the storms erupted northwards to my west through Luton, Milton Keynes etc. I don't want a repeat of that.

You mention October 23rd last year. That was by far the best storm i have witnessed for many years...it had everything...frequent lightning, continuous rolling thunder, wind, torrential rain and hail...

This was the radar of the approach that evening..

...the storm front didnt weaken like most, it kept intensifying for quite a while as it moved north..goes to show that quality storms can occur in October if the conditions are right..as for tonight...well ...

[Cain]

This is trying so hard but I don’t think it will come of anything 

[thunderhead 2005]

Things are really kicking off in the channel

 

 

[alexisj9]

1 hour ago, Harsh Climate said:

Id head to dover, get a nice view of all the storms in the channel as they just miss Kent later.

Thanks lol, but that's one thing I like, can keep watching storms long after they've gone.

[Aiden2012]

Not even getting into the channel

[*Stormforce~beka*]

32 minutes ago, pinball wizard said:

Portsdown Hill

Yea that one. I said the wrong name Sorry