matty40s

Last year, but fantastic picture.

This is the one between Rugby and Daventry that has just started to spark.

See 4 hours ago post, it's the largest single fire.

It was more the wind and lightning risk....we had a big single storm last year, which had the kids dancing in a monsoon, but an all day rain and wind with no let up for 2 days forecast pulled it.

We cancelled a kids mini camping festival over the weekend as the forecast was that bad, (and on Friday was showing rain every hour on Saturday!!). It lightly rained once, only Sunday has been consistently heavy showers. .... But no thunder at all.

BREAKING A firefighting aircraft has crash-landed in Greece - AIRLIVE WWW.AIRLIVE.NET A firefighting Pezetel aircraft has crashed in Greece. An accident with a firefighting Pezetel aircraft occurred in Macherado, Zakynthos. A small fire broke out in the area and the aircraft rushed to provide...

https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/1424185051353333762?s=20

ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Thu Aug 5 2021 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. A tropical wave near the west coast of Africa is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. The wave is expected to move off the coasts of Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau later tonight. Environmental conditions appear somewhat conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form over the eastern tropical Atlantic south of the Cabo Verde Islands by late Saturday or early Sunday while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at about 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. 2. A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic continues to produce a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be marginally conducive for some slow development east of the Lesser Antilles by early next week while the disturbance moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

Let's hope the diversion and water pumps are up to the job at Todbrooke.

Have you never heard of Pythagoras Theoremometer?

Several attempts at funnels from the convergence line so far. Northampton cell to it's right end still not sparking..

LANDSLIDE FEARS AS FLOOD WATER RIPS APART VENTNOR CASCADES WWW.ISLANDECHO.CO.UK Fears of a potential landslip in Ventnor have been sparked as floodwater from the town above has begun tearing through the Cascades this morning (Monday). Over 30mm of rain has...

West end of the Northampton cell , which is not producing any ground reaching precipitation at the moment!!

I remember it well....