This evenings thunderstorms
A terrific collection of cumulonimbus clouds scattered across the continent and edging N’NW into blighty at the moment.
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Fifth day of thunderstorms
A fifth day of thunderstorms across central and southern parts of the UK, and if yesterday’s thunderstorms hadn’t dampened things down a touch, then another band of moderate or heavy overnight rain finished the job off. …
A fourth day of thunderstorms
A dreadful last few days north of Inverness. Rather humid and cloudy with fog and low cloud in the mornings gradually clearing to reveal another layer of upper low or medium cloud during the afternoon, with …
No flies on the Met Office
There are no flies on the Met Office this week. Quick as a flash they’ve latched on to the main theme of this week’s weather, there’ve been some thunderstorms around! And just to let us know …
Model misses thunderstorms again (update 3)
Whatever mesoscale model the UKMO are using to predict where and when thunderstorms are likely to break out looks like it requires some tweaking, because this is the second day it’s missed thunderstorms that have formed …
Thunderstorms show up late
I did wonder if yesterday evening’s thunderstorms that spread northwest across the heart of central England were ever going to materialise, but they finally make it across northwest England at around 19 UTC. It’s notoriously difficult …
Yesterdays rain and thunderstorms
Unfortunately we live close to the wettest place in the UK yesterday and I can testify to the fact that yesterday afternoon was pretty dire with outbreaks of heavy rain up here, and which continued into …
Thunderstorms breaking out over northern France
So far there has been little SFERIC activity in the rain that’s been falling across the south, that might well be set to change as thunderstorms are now breaking out behind the frontal zone across northern …
16 April 2020 – thundery showers
In this estimate of rainfall accumulations from weather radar, most of yesterday’s rainfall across the southeast at lunchtime, looks likely to have been falling from medium level unstable cloud and barely reached the ground. The thunderstorm …
Another one they missed
Quite a large thunderstorm and cumulonimbus cloud developed close to the coast of northern France at around 15 UTC this afternoon, you can see the anvil clearly in the 1645 UTC visible satellite image, along with …
Active cold front crosses Georgia
I noticed this active cold front that was crossing Georgia at 06 UTC this morning. Quite a common occurrence at this time of year in the United States when there is still an abundant supply of …
12 April 2020 – Hit and miss thunderstorm warning
Yesterday’s hurriedly issued yellow warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain by the Met Office was very accurate as far as maximum rainfall totals were concerned, but the area of the warning didn’t extend far enough southeast …
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What about London?
The Met Office seem to have missed the SFERICs that have broken out across the west of London in their yellow warning for thunderstorms this afternoon for the north Midlands. This looks like medium level instability …
Thunderstorms in April
Heat thunderstorms like the ones that are popping off across Brittany and Dartmoor early this afternoon are more reminiscent to me of a summer’s day rather than April. What an unusual April this is turning out …
Are dangers from icy roads greater than those of a thunderstorm?
Warnings of ice don’t sound as dangerous than those of a thunderstorm, but are they?
Close but no cigar
The bulk of yesterday’s SFERIC activity just clipped the SE of England
Hail storm in Guadalajara
How can nearly a metre and a half of hail fall on the city of Guadalajara?