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Field notesFrom the southern UK chasing community
Event recaps stitched together from member reports, season commentary from the desk, and kit reviews from the field.
Season note13 Jun 2026
Super El Niño watch: what the winter 2026‑27 forecasts actually say
El Niño is here and the Pacific is loading up fast. Crossing into 'super' territory isn't settled yet — but the early signal is unusually strong. Here's what the official centres say, and what it does (and doesn't) mean for UK chasers.
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Announcement12 Jun 2026
New: Convective Cells — live storm targeting on your dashboard
Your dashboard now turns the live lightning feed into ranked, scored chase targets — with a mini-map, and a continental fallback for the quiet UK days.
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Season note10 Jun 2026
From 35.6°C to lying snow: the records June has to beat
June has produced 89 mph gusts, 212.8 mm of rain in a day, a −5.6°C frost and 16 cm of snow — sometimes weeks apart. A tour of the month's UK extremes, and why the 1976 heat record suddenly looks mortal.
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Season note10 Jun 2026
Zero hotspots: the rain bought the uplands a reprieve — now comes the fuel-load question
After a record May for heat, the satellite fire map over the UK reads zero this morning and every region sits at minimal risk. The new Wildfire Commission wants to make sure the next dry spell finds less to burn.
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Event recap10 Jun 2026
The deep June low: coastal gales and a soaked Saturday open the month
A deep Atlantic low parked itself next to the UK on Saturday 6 June — 50 mph gusts on the north Cornwall and Devon coasts, widespread heavy rain, and a June day that chased like autumn.
CSU-ONE · 06 Jun 2026
Season note10 Jun 2026
Slight risk this morning — then every ensemble member says Thursday is a washout
The Stormfront lens has a SLGT for Wednesday on 500 J/kg of CAPE under a 29 m/s shear profile. Behind it: all 82 ensemble members wet for Thursday, with temperatures closer to late April than mid-June.
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Season note10 Jun 2026
High-shear, low-CAPE: a field guide to the UK's awkward speciality
Most UK chase days don't look like the Plains. They look like this week: 30 m/s of shear over a few hundred joules of CAPE. Here's how to read — and chase — HSLC days.
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Season note10 Jun 2026
The June flip: from record May heat to Atlantic westerlies in a single week
The NAO swung positive, the jet stream came back, and temperatures dropped more than 9°C in a week. Here's what the new regime means for chasers.
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Season note01 Jun 2026
Meteorological summer begins — and here's what that means for UK storm chasing
June 1st marks the start of meteorological summer. For chasers across southern Britain, the season shifts with it.
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Season note28 May 2026
Met Office yellow warning: thunderstorms to break the May heatwave tonight
A yellow thunderstorm warning covers Wales and parts of south-west England until midnight, with torrential rain, large hail and frequent lightning expected where cells develop.
CSU-ONE · wales_sw_england · 28 May 2026
Season note26 May 2026
UK smashes May temperature record — 35.1°C at Kew Gardens
The mercury hit 35.1°C at Kew Gardens today, breaking yesterday's provisional May record and surpassing the previous all-time May high by more than 2°C.
CSU-ONE · england · 26 May 2026
Season note25 May 2026
UK hottest May day on record: 34.8°C at Kew Gardens (provisional)
The Met Office have provisionally recorded 34.8°C at Kew Gardens — smashing the previous UK May record of 32.8°C by a full 2°C. Amber heat-health alerts active across London, SE, East and West Midlands.
CSU-ONE · Southern England · 26 May 2026
Event recap22 May 2026
Britain's first megafire: how the Dava blaze rewrote the rulebook on UK wildfire risk
11,827 hectares, four days, 85% peat combustion. The 2025 Dava fire has been formally classified as the UK's first-ever megafire — and new research in Nature Geoscience suggests what burned won't recover for centuries.
CSU-ONE · Scotland · 28 Jun 2025
Event recap19 May 2026
Storm Chandra — major incident declared as Somerset floods for the third winter running
50mm in 24 hours, a major incident, and 1.2 million cubic metres of water per hour moving through the Somerset river system. January 2026's wettest storm since records began.
CSU-ONE · South West England · 27 Jan 2026
Season note18 May 2026
US 2026 Season: Record Hail and EF3 Tornadoes — Lessons for UK Chasers
A violent start to the American season — and the same jet stream patterns driving it will eventually shape UK convection this summer.
CSU-ONE · 18 May 2026
Event recap18 May 2026
May 2026 Season Opener: Bank Holiday Convection and Mid-Month Thunderstorms
Steep lapse rates, scattered hail, and the season's first real setups across England and Wales.
CSU-ONE · England and Wales · 15 May 2026
Season note18 May 2026
Summer 2026 Outlook: Heatwave Risk and What It Means for Convective Season
Met Office puts the odds of a hot summer at 40% — double the long-term average. Here's what that pattern looks like for UK storm chasers.
CSU-ONE · 18 May 2026
Season note18 May 2026
Climate Whiplash: From Record Drought to Record Rain in 12 Months
The UK's weather is swinging harder and faster than ever — and the 2025–26 cycle is one of the starkest examples yet.
CSU-ONE · 01 May 2026
Event recap11 May 2026
Aurora watch — 15–16 May 2026
CME glancing blow forecast for Friday night into Saturday morning. G1 storm conditions possible; Scotland is the watch zone.
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Event recap28 Apr 2026
Cromer hail — 19 June 2026
Discrete supercell on the north Norfolk coast dropping 25 mm hail. Marginal CAPE, the right shear, and a cell with attitude.
CSU-ONE · east_anglia · 19 Jun 2026
Season note28 Apr 2026
Storm Dave roundup — what we logged, what we learnt
Sub-100 mph gusts that became 95 mph on the coast. Verification engine matched 60% of reports.
CSU-ONE · 02 Apr 2026
Announcement28 Apr 2026
2026 convective season is open
What's new on Chaseit this year — news, events, members, comments, regional subscribe.
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