Stormyking

Fantastic day of weather here again, another 2 rumbles of thunder, lots and lots of hail, mixed with sleet (sleety hail) Torrential rain and in between some love sunshine

As an All round Weather Enthusiast, this has been one of the most interesting and fun winters, but at the tsame time my favourites are Thunderstorms and Snow. As for this has been the worse I have ever seen! We had a bit of sleet mixed with hail the other day but that was it! However as for Thunder, Lightning and hail this winter has been the best ever! Theres been loads and loads of the stuff, especially. I have found the winds fun but Scary, 110mph the other week, not bad going but caused a fair bit of damage. As for Rain, whilst yeah its been fun, its been horrendous for the rivers and floods, its been the worst I ever seen, just so so much of it, its unreal! The storm surges well they have been really fun but again scary. Im crossed between this winter, Ive actually really enjoyed it :L though I would love snow

Im happy enough with the Isle of Wight climate and weather conditions and location, i feel we do quite well with the Storms. But I would love to visit the midwest, due to being an avid storm lover. But then I love the snow also. Somewhere where there is always good snow and plenty of thunderstorms, is my ideal type of place

This seems a very worrying situation down here both witht he wind and the rain, the rivers wont cope neither will saturated ground. The channel Islands aswell is a worry also I reckon

Wow just a cracking start to the year, just had a very very good thunderstorm especially winter, last thunder set all the car alarms off and was defining. the lightning was extremely bright! Mate said there had been about 20/30 cgs and rumbles but i heard about 9/10 go off

We too had our first load of thunder and lightning last night, i was lucky enough to catch the first load at about 5pm. However I had missed another 4 storms that night, I did hear thunder whilst at work, but couldnt watch it im afraid . had some unbelivable hailstorms yesterday as well What a banging start to 2014!

Haha cheeky! Definatly not looking good for roads especially Morton, I cant see Yaverlant being closed tomorrow, as tonights rain will pass through very quick, infact its nearly passed through, and the winds will ease by midday a little. However Thundery showers looks a very good possibilty and a very high hail risk and funnel risk too i reckon

Coast, what do you make of the convective and thunder possibility for the South Coast tomorrow? Looks pretty decent to me I reckon this be semi elevatedish, and good chance of hail

Hello Neibour :L Thunder potential looks quite high tomorrow for the island and over the the weekend so keep and eye on that

Well Finished work, and the wind had noticeably picked up since before I started. Must say we had some unbelievable downpours around 5pm. Anways they soon cleared The rain bad is fat Approaching Sandown, however the west of the Island is already under it Edit.. its just started to rain lightly

Had a couple of nice heavy hail showers this Afternoon, getting ready for the next wave of rain and winds to come in, I really dont dont how much more this Island can take!

2nd day of 2014 and we already have had our 2nd load of hail, not a bad start at all!

Had yet more thunder and lightning around 4:30am this morning, what a year its been for storms!

okay right for me, the worse ive ever seen in terms of weather conditions with the wind and rain mix, more so of the wind! truly scary but exciting experince, but really feel for those on the roads and the places that have had trouble with this!

some very worrying reports here on the IOW, houses destroyed, sever floods, tain track about 10 foot under water, one of the scariest storms ive experienced tbh

Woww that was one hell of a wake up call this morning, 3/4 huge defining cracks of thunder and 2 huge positive CGS with, was unreal! WHAT A YEAR!

Barlett High Anyone? Truly dire and Boring run, as stated by many of you, Ahh well its early days people!

Wow its violent out there! very very strong winds, torrential rain and have has 4 cracks of thunder!

Just had a hugeeee rumble of thunder, very loud indeed

I was tempted earlier to go along the seafront, but now i dont think thats going to happen at all, Sod that! Its getting stronger and stronger out there

Mate of mine lives out that way, and has just told me about it, also another mate rang me to say the same, tbh im not suprised, it roaring like anything out there at the moment

The Needles (IOW) has just recorded 83mph, and worse is still to come!

Oh jeez here we go, its getting extremely windy here now along with very heavy rain!

Hmm now the question is, being on the Isle of Wight and in a prone area for this storm ( Regarding winds) do I or do I not walk along the seafront to experience these winds or will it be too dangerous?

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