Convective / Storm Discussion - 5th August onwards 2013

[Supacell]

very similar to May 9th 2011 Staffordshire storm, well organized with the 'gates of hell' shelf/gust front.......see my you tube page for footage in my sig

 

The thunderstorm in Ashbourne last Friday looked similar although the gust front was not as pronounced. Lightning frequency probably similar though.

[Allseasons-Si]

Hi

 

i managed to find some footage of some storms i backed up on disc,will upload soon .

 

meanwhile,here is some stills of another storm last year at dusk

 

lightning 1 snapshots

 

 

shot 2

 

 

shot 3

 

 

shot 4

 

 

shot 5

 

 

shot 6

 

 

shot 7

 

 

and some stills of a storm i took footage of in march 2008

 

 

footage to follow,although i haven't got a clue how to edit/cut videos as some videos are too long,anyone got any programs on how to cut/edit clips,much appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Convective]

Here we go, things are going to get good here.. http://oognet.pl/content/details/685 can already see the strong wind gusts shaking the trees!!

[Coast]

Another average day on the continent....

 

 

Better on the equator!

 

[poseidon]

It looked a lot more impressive last night, covering a good chunk of land mass - should have done a screen capture instead of copy/paste as it's still updating - hence shows not much happening now in the morning. And yes, looks like a nice conveyor of storms going through down there.

Better on the equator!

 

[Evening thunder]

I have managed to put together and upload video from the 2nd August storms, drove to west/NW into the path of the first storm, then a 2nd storm gave more lightning more in the distance but that was actually closer to my home than where I was. Didn't realise at the time due to poor phone signal and not realising quite what direction I was facing lol. Still saw quite a lot of the lightning and had a good view so probably a better position than at home.

 

various clips put together in order they were taken, lightning strikes within frame start just after 2 minutes, and slow motion lightning after about 5:30:

[joanna1971]

Something is definetly starting to brew around shrewsbury at the moment, dark skies and rather muggy but the sun is still shining

[Convective]

Convection is going for it here today! First time we've had anything homegrown this year.

[SalopWatcher]

Something is definetly starting to brew around shrewsbury at the moment, dark skies and rather muggy but the sun is still shining

yes, but nothing on the radar. Some really darks skies around though which is nice to see. 

[joanna1971]

I take it there's a problem with the 3pm met office rainfall radar?...if not we have a problem

[Convective]

Oh yes.. towers really going for it now!

 

[Lynxus]

Erm. Looking VERY stormy to my West...... VERY dark,!

[Convective]

Erm. Looking VERY stormy to my West...... VERY dark,!

 

Same here! Sky looks surreal! 

 

[Ben Sainsbury]

New thread here. Some have been lucky and some haven't. Not one rumble of thunder for me so far this year!! but there's still time. Thanks for all your reports, pics and videos. Please carry on here..... 

So you didn't witness the night storm or the frequent storms in the day not long ago?

Erm. Looking VERY stormy to my West...... VERY dark,!

There isn't anything on the radar, you must be day dreaming;)

[Marcus_surfer]

Very thundery skies here today had a shower earlier with huge rain drops

[Jane Louise]

So you didn't witness the night storm or the frequent storms in the day not long ago?There isn't anything on the radar, you must be day dreaming;)

 No I didn't!! if you read my other posts back then you would of seen what I wrote. Not everywhere gets one. I'm in the South west and I've had nowt whilst many others from the SW have.

[Lynxus]

 No I didn't!! if you read my other posts back then you would of seen what I wrote. Not everywhere gets one. I'm in the South west and I've had nowt whilst many others from the SW have.

 

Its been annoyingly quiet here. Ive managed to see a few flashes and a few rumbles but I can count em on one hand.

Storms tend to go around me here when they come from the South and Southwest. I have a feeling the valley does something just for it to "pep" up as it leaves the valley missing, glos and chelt.

 

When we get a storm, Its normally good. But we have had minimal this year ( infact we have had hardly any rain at all. )

[Bobby]

Dark skies moving in here and some fairly heavy rain starting.

Shower seems to be very slow moving.

[Bobby]

Torrential rain now, stormy looking skies.

 

Funnel cloud spotted earlier in Camarthenshire

 

 

Edited August 7, 2013 by Bobby

[J10]

Some dark clouds outside the office today, but we missed out on the rain, although apparently there were a few showers here earlier.

[andymusic]

pitch black to my north east now

[virtualsphere]

Funnel cloud seen from my house at 3:50pm this afternoon in near Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire - almost certainly the same one in Bobby's pic:

 

Rainfall radar for the same time:

 

We only had moderate rain here afterwards - I think most of the rain was further to the east.

[Evening thunder]

Dark skies coming in here now from the NNE certainly has a heavy shower/downpour look to it. If only it could be a evening thunderstorm slowly rolling in not a shower hardly registering on radar.

[Sprites]

Oh No the azores High has returned  

[Lynxus]

Funnel cloud seen from my house at 3:50pm this afternoon in near Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire - almost certainly the same one in Bobby's pic:

funnel1.jpg

funnel2.jpg

 

Rainfall radar for the same time:

funnel_radar.jpg

 

We only had moderate rain here afterwards - I think most of the rain was further to the east.

 

It looks huge! Very cool!