Almost certainly not spurred by the heat island. With the convective
activity effectively decoupled from the boundary layer, the forcing is
mainly dynamic with a little support from cloud top radiation possibly.

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Waghorn" wrote in message
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"Waghorn" http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm
(BTW nice page)
suggests the plume is widely destabilising over the SE,


Actually current Vis,IR and radar only shows a local storm just NE of
London.Spurred by the Heat Island?Activity died away on the IOW detector
apart from the North Sea,

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regards,
David

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