Hi folks,

Thought it was time for a new convection thread.

Very dark to my W/NW with some lively showers close by.

Heavy showers moving in now.

A squall line went though here not long ago with some very heavy squally rain.

Looks impressive on Net radar.

Risk of thunder around midday locally and local forecasters are warning of hail.

 http://www.estofex.org/

Sferics south of Dorset recently. Heavy showers ahead of the trough affecting me at the moment. Some great skies

Dramatic sky Dave, currently blue patches showing here.

Relatively narrow line of pre-trough convection Grant. Awaiting the real stuff later!

Heavy rain here and has been for a while. Recent sferics across C.S.England and in the Channel

crack of thunder and lightening here plus heavy rain here in Watford.

Temp : 8.7c

Rain rate : 7.2mm / hour

Ab-so-lutely gob smacked to be getting thunder here too  Extremely heavy rain too

Does look qutie heavy set over the Channel, which does fit reports of lightning along the Channel Coast.

Damn, if only it is night time.

PS: Am seeing lots of mammatus as the anvil tops spills over our way.

Its the interaction between the cold air and the warm waters of the English Channel that make the precipitation so intense. Theres a lot of energy in that water and it just needs the right combination of low pressure and cold upper air to kick off. I often see my heaviest rain and most impressive thundery activity in the autumn for that reason 

Had an active little storm pass just to the north of Manchester City Centre. Some lovely curtains of hail illuminated by the sun and eventually we got into the precipitation with hail to pea sized and possibly a little bigger.

Yes same here in this part of Oldham - it hailed that much the lane is now a bit slushy with the cars that have gone down it, incredibly intense hail.

Holy smokes. What an afternoon. It was sunny until just after midday. Then came to bolts of lightning and mega loud thunder. The hail that followed was marble sized for a time instantly covering the roads. Decided to follow it over the Woodhead Pass and to my shock the rain turned to snow on the back end of one of the cells with a temp of 1c.

Got back to Glossop and decided to see what conditions were like towards the Snake Pass. Had to turn round before the summet as the temp was 0c and the road was fully covered in hail still above 250 - 300 metres.

Back home now and the temp is 3c with rain starting again.

Big hailstorm just hit here!!  Big flash of lightning followed by instantaneous thunder. The hail was so heavy that the ground was almost immediately covered with hail.  

The sky became very dark with a greenish tinge just before the storm.   Still heavy hail coming down as I speak - with more dark clouds to the west.

Hail storm here about half an hour ago, the temperature has dropped to 5C and the pea-sized hail covering only slowly thawing. No thunder heard.