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Just been woken by crazy rain and then 1 flash / bang in Christchurch.
Dave
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link to a weather station in poole. http://www.pooleharbourweather.com/weather/
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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
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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
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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
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I probably would, i'm gonna do the pub thing myself.
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??
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I can't see classic storms here, but elevated lightning, yes.
If you have to be back by midnight, it'll be too early to see anything i would have thought.
Need to get up on creech hill carpark, on top of the Purbeck hills. Best viewpoint of anywhere.
So sack this eve off and go to the pub then?
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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
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B)go to the pub and get up early, will have no car and stuck in Bournemouth.
What would you do????
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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
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I still have a number of options i am exploring but one of them involves positioning around Poole/Weymouth for the early hours of Thursday morning.
Hi Dave, I'll be out and about Wed/Thur. Think I'll be heading towards Ringstead bay over looking Weymouth bay and great views over Portland, maybe further West if needs be.
I'm sure you and the new girlfriend can keep ya selves occupied if there are no stormed :-p
I've taken the girlfriend out 3 times so far this year and had nothing! She's not so keen on coming anymore and can't understand why I drive for miles all day to watch heavy rain showers, or we end up driving 3 hours east only to get a call saying there is a massive storm over our village lol.
Good luck.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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some very dark skys to my south.
Not the best cam but worth a look
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Had a major Hailstorm this morning around 7am, accompined with sleetiness :o with an added bonus of 2 cracks of thunder and 2 flashes lightning.
Lovveeee this weather!
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
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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
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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...
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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
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Cheers for the report, shame it didn't look like producing in the flesh, so to speak, certainly looked interesting on radar as Paul posted
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
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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!
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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.
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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
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Definitely. Been there myself with the hill at 430ft overlooking Portsmouth harbor and the Southampton inlet, if you set off now you should get to the visitor car park in time at the top. Most likely with a couple of other photographers there too.
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
as cant find the charger for my cam.
Convective / Storm Discussion - 21st April 2014 onwards
in Storms & Severe Weather
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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