dave reid

Good morning all. Had a good storm roll past my girl friends yesterday with a very close strike, only few hundred meters away, hitting roof of bp garage. Today I have day off and her car so anyone fancy making a call on where I should head. Got to be back in Christchurch, dorset for the school run but that gives me 5 1/2hrs. If it was you where would you go I wont blame you if nothing happens Cheers Dave

Just been woken by crazy rain and then 1 flash / bang in Christchurch. Dave

link to a weather station in poole. http://www.pooleharbourweather.com/weather/

good eve all. Looking at the forecast on netweather for Bmouth it still has large amounts of snow on the cards for late tonight / tomorrow. It has an inch of rainfall when you add the totals up and gives a 95% chance that being snow, that could be 10-14inchs of snow. Why are non of the tv / online forecasts that most people would hear / watch giving this a mention. IF this does happen this would be massively disruptive and surely worth a mention even if just a possibility. Have little to no experiance on winter set ups, I live in sunny Bmouth

Evening all. Could you tell me if there is still storms on the cards for the sw tomorrow. Heading to north devon surfing first thing and was hoping to catch a few storms while down there. Good luck to everyone Cheers Dave

Time for bed for me. Got the radio on am frez. laptop on rain / lightning & alarm set for 5am. Time to wake the girl friend from her slumber on the sofa (bad neck coming her way),she didnt apriciate the 14 pages of post i just caught up on. Good luck all for the next 24hrs

Off to the pub it is then. When using your radio as a lightning detector am I right in thinking you have it on LW freq. And how high do I need the volume as I and my girl friend will be sleeping in the room and need to turn down to a low crack / hiss. Will It wake me on a low volume??

So sack this eve off and go to the pub then?

Can someone please make a call for me do I. A) pack the girl friends car (her first chase) and head to purbecks on south coast this eve and hope to see imports, have to be heading home at midnight tho or B)go to the pub and get up early, will have no car and stuck in Bournemouth. What would you do????

Good morning all. Im heading out this eve with the hope of seeing some action out across the channel. My grirl friend wants to be heading home by midnight as she is working early Thurs. Are we thinking it could kick off b4 then with some french imports or am I going to be gutted when i get home and check the radar to see it light up at 1am. Will be heading somewhere between Kimmerage bay and portland, any thoughts on how far west from Bournemouth I should go. I promise not to blame anyone If Im in the wrong place Just a little excited now :o

Was also thinking about Portland on the Wed night but not sure how far my girlfriend will be up for driving as she has work early on Thurs. And yea your right Hazard, should be able to pass the time, note to self, dont forget the scabble Been trying to rope mates in for a chase on Thurs but no joy so far. Im car less at mo. so If anyone fancies some company and some fuel money

hoping to see something out in the channel Wed night. Heading out to the ridge near kimmerage bay, Dorset which has amazing views out over the channel. Roped the new girl friend into driving me out there from Bournemouth. She likes a storm but never thought of chasing. Just hope we see something because there is nothing like sitting in a car park for 6hrs and seeing bugger all to put a noob of chasing. Bang goes my chances of another lift if that happens. Anyone else chasing Wed/Thurs in the Dorset/Hamp. area

Thought I was going to be totaly dismissed by my report so very happy Im not Dont know how long it lasted but Im sure it was a spin up, and so close too me

Just got back from the shops on Boscombe high street, Bournemouth and witnessed what Im convinced was a tornado or gustnado as the squall line passed over. Rain came lashing down and an area of strong rotation passed across the high street sending The market stalls, chairs, signs flying through the air. Also sent a few kids running and screaming who had just been playing around in the rain. 20m up the high street and all the stalls etc are un touched

Just been out to my local shops and Noticed a very low very black line heading west to East. It passed over head with torrential rain and what was either a tornado or gustnado crossing the high street about 30m in frount of me. Could see very fast rotation and it sent some of the market stall, chairs, signs etc flying through the air. 20m up from this the market stalls are completly untouched. Just before it hit a few kids were running around in the heavy rain as kids do, then they all ran screaming away. No one hurt that I could see.

some very dark skys to my south. Not the best cam but worth a look http://www.sortedsurfshop.co.uk/weather.asp?cam=bournemouth

Im in Bournemouth and the view from my flat window across the roof tops and out over the channel at first light was stunning, but no pics as cant find the charger for my cam.

just got soaked here in Bmouth. Thought i could hear thunder then realised it was the sliding doors of the shop i was hiding by

updrafts all over the place in Bmouth, nothing but sporadic rain so far. Im near the coast and its looking very black towards the north at mo. Think Im going to head down the beach and watch as things develope and move inland. More sig tornado / water spout chances towards the SE today but with all these updrafts interacting with each other...

In Bournemouth and dont know if i should sleep now then get up early or stay up and wait??? anyone want to make the call for me

Down in Bmouth and was some fairly strong looking convection, enough to get me excited anyway. Looks like there is some fairly strong cells crossing the channel now and seem to be heading towards Bmouth. Prob hit just as I head to work in 1/2 hr, on my pushbike along the coast road

Drivng from Bournemouth to Huddersfield in about an hr so hoping to see something exciting along the way. Will have the camera ready! Hoping for more than the other night when I drove to Portsmoth for frenchie. 3 distant bolts, all be it at the same time. BUST!

Had a feeling it wouldn't pan out how I hoped, got to Try thou. Wouldstay out but work at 11am and my wife not to keen on sleeping in car for few hours. Give it a bit and hope for best then drive home and hope to be woken early hrs.

Made it to portsdown view point, portsmouth from bmouth. Drove through heavy rain in Southampton, wind gusting fairly strong here and had distant lighting about 30 min ago. What's people's thoughts on this area gettig anything any time soon

hitting the road in a minute with my wife, gamon & mustard sandwichs and coffee read to go. Fingers crossed this 1 isnt a bust like my other uk chases