Joey.G
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Looks like Castle Donington and the Download festival taking a pretty direct hit from one of the stronger cores. Ill be there tomorrow, only get the soggy ground to deal with and none of the fun of the storm! Webcam shows its pretty grim there: http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/download-ralphcam
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For the storm starved, you can see flashes on this webcam atm
http://www.vision-environnement.com/web/saint-jouin-bruneval-la-plage/
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So last year was by most peoples standards a fairly un-thundery year, this year is looking worse so far! We had 8 full convective discussion threads by this time last year, today we're on two
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Hopefully we have some video of that!
If by We you mean me then no! battery was flat on the camera
on charge now. I hope you got some, i didnt have the best view from here but it was very apparent -
Proper rotating scud in the rear inflow of that cell just gone over reading
that was unexpected, might have to take a trip outside if that other stuff holds together! -
Something developing towards North Lincolnshire but its moving the opposite way from me.
Can hear lots of sferics on AM radio but nothing on lightning detector close enough to produce such loud sferics.
I guess u have the radar with you, something showing over Northampton now which looks like it might head for S Lincolshire, god luck!
Also kudos to all the people who said 1500 onwards was the time, right on cue!
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Surface based Cus building nicely now to my north-ish, toward Oxford way. First surface based stuff visibe from here today so I think theres still odds on for the 15z onward activity to happen. Dont get worried yet Supacell
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holy crap, storm in the channel, lots of sferics v v quickly, interesting day to come!
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Just been out to look at that storm as it passed by here, worst was out to the West between myself and Gottalovethisweather, as the sferic map shows thats pretty much where the sferic activity passed through. Looked extremely dark and there was a bit of a green tint on the approach, saw maybe 4 or 5 flashes, I think it stayed intracloud, and heard a few rumbles too. Brief squally heavy rain that started very suddenly, actually heard it coming and dived for the cover of the car but nothing much else happened. Tried heading up the M4 to maybe head up on the M40 and catch up again but its moving fast and the traffic post downpour is not!
Was good fun tho
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Pretty sure theres sferics right over Wrexham right now...
If that comes off I'll be found doing this...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4T9BZk_2d4&feature=player_detailpage
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Happy birthday to me
two pretty decnt storms have passed by here today, one to the south then another to the north. Seen plenty of lightning for the first time in years! -
A telegraph article and they misspelled lightning??? Shocking (if you'll paron the punne)
What's all talk of tornadoes...can someone put me in the direction of some images/vids pleeease
UKWW has a thread here with all the tornado footage ive seen so far: http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/92022-rfmi-tornado-swalby-nr-sleaford-lincs-thu-28th-june-12/
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Hey folks, do you think there's any chance that the Swindon storm will reach Oxford? Or is it likely to either die out before getting here or pass the city by?
Looks like your gonna get hit, still growing too. Get some photos!
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Anvils look amazing from here in Reading, i knew before i looked at the radar theyd be too far to chase but I was surprised to see quite how far away
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Plenty of sferics right over cheltenham, Jane Louise you gotta be out of the NSC now!
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Posted on UKWW by Matt D:
Posted 07 May 2012 - 15:48
A couple of fairly lively TS developing across the southern half of Gloucestershire now between Dursley in the west and Lechlade in the east. Radar signatures suggest the cells are well being well ventillated with streams of lighter precip blowing away rapidly NEwards from two intense hail cores where lightning is rather frequent at the moment.
Cells are developing in an area of reasonably strong low level shear (surface winds still backed to the SE here). If anyone is in the area, keep an eye out for large hail, wall clouds, a funnel or even a weak tornado.
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Wavey asperatus type clouds here in Reading half an hour ago, photos not great but you get the idea
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Seems as though you probably got your wish for storms on your doorstep, without actually heading for the channel, as the incoming event over SE England was a real lightning generator, whilst down here it was a rain maker.
Yeah except I did go to Portsdown, Doh! Got back in time to see plenty of flashes in the distance, the storm that formed a little later over Surrey zipped by with flashes to the north and south but nothing overhead. Pretty disappointing overall, shoulda stayed in Reading
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TBH I just go for Beachy Head if it looks likely as it is nearest to me and 530 ft above The English Channel, you can see anything coming towards us for quite a long way out.
Yeah that looks like a nice spot, nearly 100 miles away for me though. Portsdown is 64 miles so ill go there if I go tonight. Im sure I can make it the 100 miles some day though.
See this is why i love being on the Isle of Wight, because i got views all around me and im practically in the english channel xD
Quiet you! xD Dont rub it in
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Few sferics in the Channel recently.
MetO warning gone amber for parts of the SW.
Still a depressingly poor level of activity across Benelux at the moment - would have expected something to have fired by now (not suggesting for a minute it wont later)
Activity over mainland France has decreased to almost nothing now too, generally the trend accross the channel is not overly promising :/
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Fantastic, thanks all, great spots. Coast you've already got your own map in your head of that stretch of the South coast then
Im a Westcountry boy and I've not got sat nav nor a smart phone nor mobile internet any more so I really need to learn my way around if Im to have any chance of chasing.
Keep them coming, I am making a map. Any others from around the country can be added too
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... where to watch them from?
With talk of albeit slight risk of imports tonight I wanted to get some advice on where the best spots for storm watching are along the south coast.
Im not working the start of this week and if theres still some potential this evening I will take a drive down, at the very least as a dry run (no pun intended!) to learn the route etc ready for when more promising setups occur.
For now Im curious about spots between Brighton and Bournemouth, they must be easy to get to from main roads and have great views. Eg im sure Ive heard Portsdown Hill mentioned before on this forum??
Feel free to add your local viewpoints to this thread, wherever you are. I find it one of the more frustrating things about UK chasing is getting to a storm and driving around trying to find somewhere to watch it from!
I will make a google map to share as a tool to aid chasers.
Many thanks and best of luck to all for tonight and the rest of the season
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lots of sferics now from the cell in the East near Goole, anyone near there?
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Latest radar shows rapid intensification just north of Chelmsford...
Lots of sferics from it too, would love to be able to see that now
Think I need to move...
that was unexpected, might have to take a trip outside if that other stuff holds together!
two pretty decnt storms have passed by here today, one to the south then another to the north. Seen plenty of lightning for the first time in years!
Convective / Storm Discussion - 27th July 2013
in Storms & Severe Weather
Posted · Edited by Joey.G
Was just browsing vids of the storms on the continent yesterday and today, btw hail in germany from a supercell today:
and just had a bright blue flash and shotgun thunder here! Teaser of a bolt out of the blue, hung out the window for 15 mins waiting for another and nothing. We've actually done pretty well out of the recent thundery spell though so Im happy