2012

October 12th and 13th: Passing Anvils - South Hampshire

The weather around my birthday (12th) is usually fairly non-descript, so the heavy showers were a nice change this year, even if they all missed this location! The following shots are all from home as they were fairly fast-moving and I didn't feel the urge to drive to a better viewpoint! On the 12th a line of heavy showers formed in the early afternoon, with several developing one after the other, passing about 5 miles to my NE:

Anvils

Anvils

Anvils

One of the following showers started from a large cumulus before rapidly glaciating:

Anvils

Anvils

The next day (13th) saw fewer showers generally in the area, but as the afternoon progressed some nice, isolated anvils appeared. This one was first spotted to the WNW:

Anvils

Some strongish development on it's western edge:

Anvils

Anvils

It passed just to the west of here, by about a mile or less:

Anvils

As sunset neared, another nicely isolated cell moved in from the same direction:

Anvils

Anvils

Anvils