Stormyking

Wow that sounds like a cracker of a Storm, I would love to see a storm like or the one i was talking about on my first post in this thread again. That storm must of lasted for hours, do you know how many this storm went on for. BTW Just watched your videos and that looks like a great storm as well :lol:

Thanks Rainbow snow Am looking forward to the next part of your story . Later on tonight or tomorrow evening I will share another story

This would be amazing if it was still January or february or even march or december LOL. But even though its interesting, but I Just want warmth and thunderstorms now, If anyone is a cold lover then its great to have. I just hope this cool/cold spell coming up dosen't affect my fishing or bowls but oh well its all part of the fun with weather and model watching.

Hi all The Day started of kinda cloudy but some brightness with light Southerly winds, as the day went the sun poked threw even more but with still some cloud about and a light breeze but it was a warm wind coming up from the South still. Maximum Temperature hit 19.5c where I was but hit 21.3c In Newpot . Current Temperature now is at 18.9c

Hi Weather09, May can be a good month I agree and also my birthday is in may infact its next wednesday, I remember seeing a thunderstorm once on my birthday a couple of years ago on the 5th of May so that was nice birthday present. I also agree that it does look unlikely for any storm risks in the forseable future and i reckon we will have to wait in mayb the 2nd to last or last week of may until things really start kicking off or properly warming up quite alot I reckon.

Yeh thats fine , makes it more Interesting posting sighting of thundersnow or any thunderstorms. I have loads of stories and will post another story of another good storm we had back in september 2008 tomorrow . When I was very little about 3,4 or 5 I was petrified of Lightning for some reason but loved the sound of thunder but now Lightning to me is most beutiful thing to see on earth along with thunder being best sound on earth. That storm we had, I dont think we will see another one like it for a while but will never forget it.

Been a rather Nice day today especially this morning, but then went cloudier a little and breezier in the Afternoon which felt cool and knocked temperatures off a little. Current Temperature at 8.1c Maximum temperature 19.5c

LOL, I would say it looked a bit too small for a dragon, could be a fire bired maybe or a Lava fly

Maybe Lava is glowing up nicely on the valahnuk cam

Ive just seen that as well, does anyone know what it is at all?

Sorry if there had been or there is a thread like this. Thought I would start a topic on Stories of previous thunderstorms anyone had experienced in the past so they can share them. I have 1 very special storm I remember: 1st one, 26th July 2006- This is probabaly the best storm I have ever seen. The day started off on a very warm and humid note and felt very uncomfortable as the day went on and was like that Hot and sticky feel. By about mid day onwards some AcCas was starting to form and the afternoon became hotter and temperatures was actually in its 30's. By about 4pm me, my Brother and my Dad went down to ventnor for a nice walk,when we got there I looked over out to sea and it was very dark out there and there was distant rumbling going, I said to my dad i can hear thunder in the distant and he was na its not thunder as he couldn't hear it and I said it is the thunder becasue it sounded exactly like thunder and it kept doing it ever few seconds or a few minutes. Anyway after we had our walk we headed back to the car and then finally my dad gave in and said actually that is thunder and i was like I told you, unfortunatly the storm was not coming our way and then i started to lose hope if we was going to get any storms. At about 6pm we got home and it felt very humid and muggy still but still no sign of any storms coming our way, had diner about 7:15pm and then went to the carnival which was right behind my house. As we got to the carnival it came over very dark but only gave a few spots of rain then moved on i felt disappointed becasue i thought that was it, Then we went home at about 8pm or 8:30 can't remember. We went in the house and i got told to take somet out into the Garden so i did and as i went out in the garden I heard a crackle and then rumbling and my thoughts was THUNDER!! I ran upstairs into my bedroom and with in 5 seconds of opening my window A huge CG hit to the Left of me with some loud thunder and i was WOOO bring it on, It was very dark to my east and thats where i saw the CG but that was just 1 Storm cloud, it produced quite a few beutiful CGS for about 10 minutes. Then I was hearing thunder to my south and looked that way and all I saw was this Huge Thunderstorm coming right towards me and then connected to the other storm to my east and I shouted to parents "I THINK WE ARE IN FOR A BIG SHOW". They laughed and said looks like we are not going to see you all night then considering you will be weather watching all night and I was like yup :lol:. Anyway back to the Storm, As i said this storm from the south had connected with the storm to my east so basically we had 2 storms turn into 1 mega one, I started to see Lightning flashing to my South, East and South West. As the storm was getting closer the Lightning was becoming very frequent but there was hardly any thunder and for the first 2 hours it was just like 1 big Lightning show but the Lightning was flashing anywhere between 0.5 seconds and 5 seconds with no gaps at all and was producing the best CG's and CC'S I have ever seen with somtimes about 5 or 6 strikes all at once and next to each other. The storm was very slow moving and then after about 2 hours the Thunder started to get frequent and very loud and the thunder was constantly grumbling, crackling non stop, then the rain started but strangely was not very heavy it was more like an electrical storm with hardly much rain. This went on for about 3-4 hours and there was even spider Lightning as well and Lightning just traveling across the sky in some style. Thunder was Just shaking the whole area, My brother could not sleep with it going on and my mum was watching it with me and then my brother Joined and they was like WOW!!! This storm will take some beating for a while from what I have seen in my life time which is only 17 years next wednesday, who knows might get something like that this year lets hope it does. Hope you enjoyed reading it and hope everyone else has a story to tell Thankyou

Hi all Lovely Day here so far and quite warm with a Temperature of 19.4c

I reckon Its quite Interesting of what could be coming up as I love all weather, though I hope this coldness coming won't last too long because even though I like some cold but prefer warmth or hot, but still the models are quite Interesting and i spose really good for cold lovers .

That is true, IMO i reckon if 2 claps of thunder and 2 flashes of lightning is seen then i count that as a storm but just 1 rumble and 1 flash i count that at just a thundery shower whether its smae thing or not lol

Lol that happened to me once when i was at school like 2 years ago and got caught in a big thunderstorm with stupidly heavy rain but me and my friend didnt care we just stayed outside and watched it all Anyway have seen much convection today as its been too cloudy and breezy, the sun did come out a few times today but even still didnt see any convection :ph34r:

Just got back from bowls and as i was going there, there was some low cloud on the downs and was little breezy. As the morning went on the sun came out and felt quite nice and then clouded over again. Now we have sunny spells with a little breezy, its warmish with a temperature of 14.4c

Same here Coast been raining here for first time in a long time. I hope some places get storms, dont think i will as im too far south but still all Interesting.

Hi all after about 2 weeks of no rain, we finally had some rain this morning but dount think it was that much. now its bright but with a bit of cloud about, feeling mild and still warming up nicely temp at 13.2c

Hmm im looking forward to looking at the radars tomorrow to whether any showers turn out to be weak Thunderstorms, even though there wont be any down this i still think it will be interesting to see other places get storms in the UK. I agree with weather09 i reckon storms would be midlands to north wards or eastwards but who knows maybe some more westwards or southwards :lol: Good luck to all

Been Lovely today with temperatures upto 18c, was sunny all day but went more hazy during the afternoon along with some high cloud. A little breeze but nothing much but all in all felt pretty decent.

Hi all Nice day out today yet again, got bowls soon so should be a nice afternoon. Feels warm as well

Okay thank you weather09, will be interesting of what pops up tomorrow and where. I will be keeping my eye on the radars to see where they pop up or if any pops up

It has been very dry here on the Isle of wight i think only rain i remember this month was early month and that was only a little bit over night. Cant remember what day it was though.

Those are beutiful wonder how long this volcano will carry on erupting

Hi, Im Just wondering is this just a more like In land think or anywhere along coasts could produce something if it was to happen? Just wondering thats all lol thanks