Storm & Convective Discussion - 01/03/15 onwards

[Mokidugway]

Plenty on blitzortung ,nothing showing on sat 24 !!..

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

First day of thunder so far this year! What an intense squall line this is!!

[Costa Del Fal]

Usual places seeing the storms again...

[Daniel*]

Usual places seeing the storms again...

Lincolnshire of course Great Plains of United Kingdom.

My mum's birth town recieved a dirct hit! Bourne, Lincolnshire

Despite little surface heating you can still get impressive storms/squalls at this time of year.

Edited March 29, 2015 by Daniel*

[Speedway Slider]

According to Blitzortung, Norwich getting hammered at the moment! Or is it?

Depends which lightning app you use....

[icbinb]

Not far east of Norwich here, and we did indeed get hammered. At least ten CG's, and an intense squall. For a while I thought the fence was going to come down. Norwich airport reported a gust of 58 mph.

[matty40s]

Thrapston, river nene.

10 minutes later all hell let loose.

Edited March 29, 2015 by matty40s

[Biggin]

Squall line reached here now, heavy rain and fence posts moving about

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

First day of thunder so far this year! What an intense squall line this is!!

Same here - a few rumbles and a couple of bright flashes while the Grand Prix re-run was on.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Same here - a few rumbles and a couple of bright flashes while the Grand Prix re-run was on.

Nice to see!! Diurnal heating season is now beginning at long last! 

 

Meanwhile, Western Europe's storm capital (NW Germany/Holland/Benelux) is getting a pasting, just for a change! Whats the betting they'll be seeing some absolute stonkers this season coming!

[Greeny]

Yep pretty reasonable for us here

 

Edited March 29, 2015 by Greenday

[Bolt from the Blue]

Nice view on the Dortmund airport webcam: http://www.dortmund-airport.de/webcam?cam=camera_east

[Gordon Webb]

Nothing here for me YAY

 

but it did get dark to my NE between well I can't remember sometime in the afternoon but it did rain between 6 and 7pm but that didn't amount to much

 

LONG MAY IT CONTINUE (BATTENS DOWN THE HATCHES FOR EXPECTED REPLIES)

[Thunderbolt_]

Nothing here for me YAY

 

but it did get dark to my NE between well I can't remember sometime in the afternoon but it did rain between 6 and 7pm but that didn't amount to much

 

LONG MAY IT CONTINUE (BATTENS DOWN THE HATCHES FOR EXPECTED REPLIES)

 

You would have loved it up here last year, Gordon! Manchester is turning into a no-man's land for thunder nowadays.

 

Anyway, I had some pretty heavy, squally showers here today, but none of them thundery, unfortunately. Today was certainly a sign that the convective season is starting to kick into gear again, though.

Edited March 29, 2015 by Thunderbolt_

[Weather-history]

Nothing here for me YAY

 

but it did get dark to my NE between well I can't remember sometime in the afternoon but it did rain between 6 and 7pm but that didn't amount to much

 

LONG MAY IT CONTINUE (BATTENS DOWN THE HATCHES FOR EXPECTED REPLIES)

Is this some kind of masochism or therapy? I don't get the logic of someone who doesn't like thundery weather posting in such threads.

It's like someone who hates heights but turns up at bungee jumping events to express they don't like heights?!

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Nothing here for me YAY

 

but it did get dark to my NE between well I can't remember sometime in the afternoon but it did rain between 6 and 7pm but that didn't amount to much

 

LONG MAY IT CONTINUE (BATTENS DOWN THE HATCHES FOR EXPECTED REPLIES)

Hope coming in here and discussing the convective output helps with your fears mate. As ever, its interesting having peoples different views and inputs into the thread. 

After my first bit of action today, lets hope for more to come as the convective season gets underway (but for it to bypass Gordon!). 

[Gordon Webb]

Is this some kind of masochism or therapy? I don't get the logic of someone who doesn't like thundery weather posting in such threads.

It's like someone who hates heights but turns up at bungee jumping events to express they don't like heights?!

 

 

Where would the fun be if everyone who came in here all liked storms

 

would a non football fan avoid the sports pages in case he/she saw a football story ?

Hope coming in here and discussing the convective output helps with your fears mate. As ever, its interesting having peoples different views and inputs into the thread. 

After my first bit of action today, lets hope for more to come as the convective season gets underway (but for it to bypass Gordon!). 

 

Thanks for that

[Thunderbolt_]

There have been some pretty nice cloudscapes today with some very heavy, squally showers. I even think I heard a bit of thunder before, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

So, here we are staring into the barrel of summer in the UK 

 

Wondering what potential thundery joys this summer season will bring - so thought I'd try setting up this little old thread for any speculations, glimmers of hope or downright certainties for plume events which crop up over the coming months.

 

I have found my trusty camera chargers, and dusting off my windowsill in anticipation of some exciting imported storms to come! 

[Mokidugway]

Like spring watch but plume watch ,I like it .....

[ChezWeather]

Well last year was great for storms in my location, so heres to another summer of storms! 

[Mokidugway]

Was that a lesser spotted cumulonimbus ? Nah ,just a common a garden nimbus ....

[Dami]

storms. storms storms. They tend to form over my area, then go on to develop some where else. Had a nice surprise storm early one morning, but hoping this year is a bit better.

 

storms

[IanR]

last year we only got 2 storms,  and one weak thundery shower, all up to and including july,  after that zilch, right up to today

 

so, are they any signs of a plume in the models, doesn't look much yet, 

[Mokidugway]

I got 2 storms at home in a year , and 15 storms in 2 weeks in the USA !!!!.