Thunderstorm Watch - 2024

[Neil79]

We have a Thunderstorm thread every year! So with Summer approaching, there's some storms due to hit the UK in the early hours!

Here's the latest happenings in France!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785765384588550579

 

[Rroff]

My dad was just saying it is absolutely crazy around Paris:

 

[Neil79]

My dad was just saying it is absolutely crazy around Paris:

Yep!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785771055262376327

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785767581791436970

Not far away from the channel now.. Although for us in Kent, we are expecting something in the early hours

 

[Neil79]

Thunderstorms in the Southern North Sea now!

 

[bainbridge]

I'm driving to Paris tomorrow with the Mrs to celebrate our anniversary!

Hopefully the rain has cleared by then.

 

[Rroff]

Nearly reaching 500 instances of lightning a minute across that storm whelp.

 

[Neil79]

It's kicking off :!

 

[Rroff]

Don't think I've ever seen it before where there is lightning across large swathes of the same (well similar) latitude around the world.

 

[Neil79]

Don't think I've ever seen it before where there is lightning across large swathes of the same (well similar) latitude around the world.

It's probably very cold aloft with warm air underneath creating huge instability across Europe?

 

[Rroff]

It's probably very cold aloft with warm air underneath creating huge instability across Europe?

Also fair amount of it across the western Atlantic/US and to a more limited extent in countries to the east and south east of France. I don't think I've seen so many places so active before.

 

[Neil79]

Also fair amount of it across the western Atlantic/US and to a more limited extent in countries to the east and south east of France. I don't think I've seen so many places so active before.

Got lightning now, but it's flashing mainly to the south

 

[dave28]

Cant wait, i love to watch sheet lightning ever since i was a child in the 80`s

 

[Neil79]

Thunderstorm towards Ramsgate

 

[Neil79]

Lightning everywhere around me!!!

 

[Rroff]

Doesn't look like we are going to get any where I am in the South West, looks like it'll mostly brush the South East/East coast.

 

[Neil79]

Doesn't look like we are going to get any where I am in the South West, looks like it'll mostly brush the South East/East coast.

A number of very active storms in the south east... But the big stuff is in the channel about to come in land..

Still some hours of activity yet to come, especially when the main lot pushes up from France..

The size of the MCS though wow

 

[Neil79]

 

[Rroff]

Definitely one of the biggest ones to hit the UK that I can remember.

 

[el_dazza]

Just got woken up by the dog whining, thought he needed a wee until the sky was lit up constantly. Not even that many strikes around here, must be apocalyptic around Brighton!

 

[rare]

must be apocalyptic around Brighton!

It’s been going on ages, everytime I’ve tried to sleep it’s woken me up!