Convective Outlook: Mon 09 May 2016
LOW
SLGT
MDT
HIGH
SVR
What do these risk levels mean?
Convective Outlook

VALID 06:00 UTC Mon 09 May 2016 - 05:59 UTC Tue 10 May 2016

ISSUED 20:39 UTC Sun 08 May 2016

ISSUED BY: Dan

Large cut-off low will be located west of Iberia, providing a feed of of high WBPT air around its northern and eastern flanks across central/southern Britain. Assuming enough insolation occurs (questionable cloud cover) then pre-frontal troughing will be the main focus for deep convection, associated with a zone of low-level wind convergence providing the necessary forcing. Have issued a low-end SLGT to highlight areas of greatest interest, but even here it is uncertain as to how much lightning activity may actually materialise. High-res models also suggest a cluster of active thunderstorms moving N-wards from Brest peninsula towards the Channel Islands late Monday afternoon/early evening, hence the inclusion of a SLGT here. 


Showers/thunderstorms that do occur will move generally towards the WNW along this boundary. DLS is rather weak, and therefore limiting the overall severe risk, with the main threat being from minor surface water issues given potential for shower training over similar areas, especially farther west (i.e. towards Wales and Ireland).