15-06-09 STORM REPORTS

[TWISTED GILL]

Alerts have been issued for the majority of the UK today with heavy rain, hail and thunder. Hail over 10mm should be reported to TORRO
Met Office warnings see link below

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_...ings.html?day=1

Areas affected are so wide spread;

0900hrs see the CAPE start to build over Northern Ireland, Eire, SW Scotland, Norfolk, Midlands, Yorkshire and Cumbria,
The highest values being over NI & Eire @ 900j/Kg & LI -3

1200hrs the areas expand to cover the Eastern coastal regions of England, Cornwall and Wales, with values ranging between;
1200j/Kg & LI-4 over Northern Ireland and Eire
900j/Kg & LI-3 over the Eastern coastal regions and Scotland,
400j/Kg & LI -2 over Wales and Cornwall

Into mid afternoon is when we should be most vigilant for the majority of the storms as the values peak at 1500hrs and are as follows;
1200j/Kg & LI-4 over Northern Ireland
1000j/Kg & LI-3 covering the most of the UK

Please be vigilant for flash flooding if you are out on the road or intend on travelling please refer to your local Road Traffic sites prior to leaving.

Please post your storm reports here for today 15-06-09. It looks like this system has the potencial to become organised, any SkyWarn UK spotters please remember to report all incidents
and any one interested in submitting storm reports to TORRO I have made a storm report form for forum members to use, thank you and enjoy

Gill-x-

[shar.x]

i'm all ready:)

trying to get all chores done now around the house, so i am not busy later. i've got work at 5.30pm
:(:(:(

and i don't want to go, being stuck indoors is not fun today

[Liam]

Waiting and ready, CAPE LI in Midlands looking good max at about 1300 j/kg -5:). Air is moist, hot temps, according to FAX an area of low pressure forming and trough will also provide uplift hopefully.PPN seems to be everywhere today on charts, wind charts show low pressure up by you Gill.

[TWISTED GILL]

We have had out first douwpour from an isolated system while that was going on I went and bought the full radar package from Netweather, Dave has only just found out:lol: he has this knack of raising one eyebrow in distain:P

Thank Steve for convincing me to buy it, now we can send one another radar images of the systems we are tracking;)

[CJJ032]

A heavy downpour this morning , it has moved to the east now but seems to be sitting on the coast , had a distant rumble not to long ago. Don't expect much more from this , but things should really kick off soon.

[swsproule]

First thunder of the day, storm the other side of Belfast lough,
about 5 miles away in a straight line, clouds are the most amazing I have ever seen, any pics i've taken don't do them justice.
EDIT@ 11:04 very short lived storm, about 12 strikes, not even enough for the lightning detector to range it properly

ArrayThank Steve for convincing me to buy it[/quote]

lol I don't think much convincing needed, now if you get a Boltek, you get full netweather free ;)

[convection man]

Im stuck at vloody work all day:angry:Just been out for nicotine and the clouds are building quite quickly, also very humid, i can feel a sicky coming on:rolleyes:

[TWISTED GILL]

Well that is me hitting the road and like yesterday, I am heading on to the M74 at Lesmahgow and going to the Blackhill view point which will allow me a good view of any lightning coming in over South Lanarkshire given the good SW'ly wind.

[Liam]

Some convection here, no rain yet. Still building up.i think mid afternoon i might get a storm.

[richcov24]

getting alot of explosive clouds at the north of me going east!

unfortunatley i cant go out 2day,typical when it looks like it's gona be a good day for us storm lovers

stay safe all if your out today

[TWISTED GILL]

Well off to a great start timed nicely we have CG lightning to the NE and SW and now headed for Motherwell as it has the highest vantage point to see over to Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The shelf cloud north of Lanark was spectacular and we will get good views once we get to Motherwell, cant see anything just now as we are on the M74 just going on to the A743 the rain band is awesome.

[Liam]

Just lots of Cu Mediocris here nothing too big yet. COME ON!! ha

Have a good chase Gill

[yellowbaloon123]

JUST HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORMS IN BUCKINGHAM I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! Literally, 10 strikes/minute CONTINUOUSLY for about 1/2 hour!! The thunder was amazing! No hail, but HUGE drops of rain in a very heavy downpour! Methinks it was a supercell, as the rotation we had was EXCEPTIONAL; We had about three funnel clouds start to form, but I only caught the last one on camera! (I'll upload in a while!) I was mowing the lawn when I just heard this huge bang and I looked around and probably the blackest cloud I have seen in three years loomed over the top of our house!! Amazing stuff (I will upload photos later). Also it seems to be moving north with crossed ground winds backing WestSouthWest. A HUGE HUGE STORM, just to reitterate! And the actual Cb's edge has only just reached us and the thunder is still continuous and loud as we speak! I'll get some shots of this monster as I can view it fully!!!:lol:

[rachel]

re funnel cloud, propable tornado

Im not a skilled storm chaser, im just darn lucky lol, i saw an amazing funnel cloud quite long in length, it came down like a snake, im not 100% sure whether it touched down it i think it may have. I proceded to try to chase it, ended up with torrential rain thunder and lightening, got quite scarey. Im not very good at judging exactly where it was located, to me it seemed very close, so it was between chorley and bolton area, this occcured between 1215 and 1230pm. im back home now, took pics will try to upload from the phone

[iamstuart]

Arrayre funnel cloud, propable tornado

Im not a skilled storm chaser, im just darn lucky lol, i saw an amazing funnel cloud quite long in length, it came down like a snake, im not 100% sure whether it touched down it i think it may have. I proceded to try to chase it, ended up with torrential rain thunder and lightening, got quite scarey. Im not very good at judging exactly where it was located, to me it seemed very close, so it was between chorley and bolton area, this occcured between 1215 and 1230pm. im back home now, took pics will try to upload from the phone[/quote]


God damn i missed it:angry: i got slammed in around boton road area took a great pic of a cell building (See below) but the rain just started so quickly and was so heavy it was impossible. Got soaked!!! Its times like this you wish you could drive!!! Where were you observing from?

http://s637.photobucket.com/albums/uu97/ia...nt=SP_A0115.jpg

http://s637.photobucket.com/albums/uu97/ia...urrent=Rain.jpg