Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023

[mike5900]

Lightning tracker shows lightning near bath Somerset.

[Metwatch]

Some truly stunning evening light and a vibrant rainbow, as the setting sun pops out under the exiting cold front now. 

Had some of those funky looking asperitas / mammatus type clouds in the preceeding hours similar to what you had earlier @Arnie Pie

[Frosty hollows]

Under that conveyor belt (but outside the met warning) for the last 5 hours with no sign of a let up. Rain varying from heavy/ near torrential.  No idea of totals, but my road which is a main access is like a river and will possibly be impassable in the next couple of hours if there's no let up. 

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

Good Day of convective cloudscape activities

 

Edited September 20, 2023 by Kirkcaldy Weather

[CurtisOliver]

1 hour ago, Frosty hollows said:

Under that conveyor belt (but outside the met warning) for the last 5 hours with no sign of a let up. Rain varying from heavy/ near torrential.  No idea of totals, but my road which is a main access is like a river and will possibly be impassable in the next couple of hours if there's no let up. 

I've noticed that it seems to be producing an intense band that's drifting east now. It's been raining here constantly. But looks like its going to get torrential within the next hour to hour and a half. I'm wondering if this has proven to be a bit larger than predicted. Definitely affecting areas west of the warning zone and is only going to verge even more into it. 

[Eagle Eye]

Convective Outlook ️

An occluded front will run along S Eng during Thursday bringing an unstable air mass for S England. Heavy showers & T-storms can be expected across S coasts/SW Eng & parts of Wales.

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

1 hour ago, CurtisOliver said:

I've noticed that it seems to be producing an intense band that's drifting east now. It's been raining here constantly. But looks like its going to get torrential within the next hour to hour and a half. I'm wondering if this has proven to be a bit larger than predicted. Definitely affecting areas west of the warning zone and is only going to verge even more into it. 

Flooding here - and we are on a hill

Edit: taken about an hour ago

[Gord]

Crack of thunder here just now as some small but potent showers pass through. 

[Arnie Pie]

1 hour ago, Gord said:

Crack of thunder here just now as some small but potent showers pass through. 

I believe that it came from this cell which is now just to the N of Brum travelling of to the NE

 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

Tremendous rain here after it went very dark. No electrics as yet though

[matty40s]

Met Office said sun all day.....

 

[Marcus_surfer]

A brief lull in the showers here. When they come along they are torrential and causing local flooding problems around swansea today. No thunder however.

Edited September 21, 2023 by Marcus_surfer

[Gord]

1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

I believe that it came from this cell which is now just to the N of Brum travelling of to the NE

 

It actually produced about 4 quite loud cracks of thunder in the end before it moved away. Makes a nice change getting the best out of  it here BEFORE it moves off northeast!

[Mapantz]

The usual case of showers having more chance of electrical activity the further inland you are. 

[weatherobsuk]

It's looking dark towards Stoke-on-Trent from here and might get clipped in the next hour by the cell that's now electrified, Winking Man webcam near Leek should be the one to watch soon. 

https://www.camsecure.co.uk/WinkingMan.html

 

[Southern Storm]

36 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

The usual case of showers having more chance of electrical activity the further inland you are. 

I think the showers start to track more west to east in the next few hours, my thinking Is this should bring more coastal areas into play, the sun might not have enough strength by then though. 

I'm hoping for some showers to form over the sea this evening, should make for some interesting skies 

[Arnie Pie]

47 minutes ago, toggerobz said:

It's looking dark towards Stoke-on-Trent from here and might get clipped in the next hour by the cell that's now electrified, Winking Man webcam near Leek should be the one to watch soon. 

https://www.camsecure.co.uk/WinkingMan.html

 

Pretty sure, looking at the radar, these are the active cells around Stoke

[Sprites]

Anyone know why the radar stopped showing precip type?

59 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

The usual case of showers having more chance of electrical activity the further inland you are. 

Another month and it will be the reverse as the sea generates convection, weakening as it moves inland. 

Edited September 21, 2023 by Sprites

[Metwatch]

A day of sunshine and Showers here today it seems. 

[Southern Storm]

Just had an alert on my phone for strikes in north Dorset

Plus we are getting some lovely skies here 

[Ben Sainsbury]

Looks like storm near Bath has undergone a right-split, with an uptick in lightning temporarily.

[Mapantz]

35 minutes ago, Southern Storm said:

I think the showers start to track more west to east in the next few hours, my thinking Is this should bring more coastal areas into play, the sun might not have enough strength by then though. 

I'm hoping for some showers to form over the sea this evening, should make for some interesting skies 

I think that'll be it for here. Just one shower. We'll be in that large gap now.

[ThundersnowDays]

I finally got a storm, pea-sized hail and intense rain (luckily only lasted five minutes as already some big puddles!), not much lightning but still better than I'd hoped for! 

Edited September 21, 2023 by ThundersnowDays

[weatherobsuk]

The cell towards Stoke fizzled out long before it got here, it seems that 'popcorn showers' is the trend for today with sporadic strikes during the early development phase. Not the best for chasing or getting too excited about unless your fortunate to be in the right place / right time.

[Emz by the Thames]

Woah! Big strike near Penn  just now following 10 mins of heavy rain.