James 'Jamie C' Croucher

Righty ho.... so all my flights are paid for!! I'm heading to Los Angeles on 28th may for a few days to catch up with some friends and fellow music makers, I'll be in Dallas the day before tour 3 starts so if any other tour 3 people are there and fancy a beer or two, let me know :-), got a bargain on flights to Los Angeles, £377 return (seat was £1 rest was taxes).... ton British airways of all airlines... must say I was lucky and browsing at the right time as they rocketed to 800 for the same flights 2 days later.... win win!! The internal delta flights were not that badly priced either, so I'm going to be jet lag free and bushy tailed :-) See you all there :-),

I am absolutely gutted about today!! I watched it come in on the radar and at work, the next town over was where it really started to pick up, now if I had had my normal Saturday off (this is the ONE Saturday I covered for someone) I would of been out chasing it and would of stayed with it all day!! I just cannot believe the one day I do somebody a favour and we get the best storm of the year, possibly for years comes in. Fair play to all that got to play in it, I spent my working hours looking at the radar weeping!! Is that it now? Or will there be more?? South westwise!! jamie

Hi all!! ive just paid my deposit for tour 3 next year and I cannot wait :-). (A very good way to make time slow down ;-) ). Wanted to do this since I can remember, always loved thunder and lightning and tornadoes. That coupled with my long nagging urge to get a decent lightning shot, how could I refuse to hold of any longer!! (The frustration of being in the no storms club in Weymouth I guess :-) :-) ). well just wanted to check in and say hi and I look forward to meeting you all next year whoever is booking to go on tour 3! (I did want tour 2 but I got there late!)

And as per usual They miss Dorset!! We never get any powerful storms here any more.

Gutted I live at the wrong end of the south coast... Always the way

it looks pretty intense doesnt it! also to the left now in the bay of biscay another one kicking off. i think next year im just going to move to bordoux for the summer.......

the bordeux storm looks pretty intense and if it keeps the momentum up then surely that may hit the south/south west head on? looking at the pressure chart on the met office (dunno if im reading it right) puts the line on the pressure battle right over the south uk from devon to isle of wight way at approx 1am.... and its angled more heading further north west as it heads up.... although im happy to be corrected, i hate trying to understand charts, i just like the lightning (on the rare occasions that we get it).... and that divergence line i said about also ties into the storm risk map on the netweather site at around the same time. i hope to get something, dying to get some decent shots on my eos 70d......

Good evening all! Im hopefully going to be putting my deposit down and doing the pay monthly for the tour next year, just wondered if i could grab some pointers as to the best tour to go on. I know its unpredicatble but is there any tour over the other thats more likely to give more severe storms? Also could you shed any rough prices on the flights prices to dallas..... (based on what they were this year, cheapest as possible and as direct as possible). Really looking forward to fulfilling one of my lifes bucket lists with this :-) Thanks in advance James

Wow level 3 on estofex in Germany..... I'd love to be there

Good call actually, I was gonna go newbury corridor

Ok so I'm thinking of heading up to the m4 intersection at newbury from Weymouth, does this sound like a good idea? Also if anyone is that way and fancies meeting up for the chase pm me and I'll give my number, camera is gonna be charged and ready :-)

I really do hope so!! Gonna get somewhere out bournemouth way I think, keeping an eye on developments during the day... Best go charge the camera up just in case!! I was a mess last night, excited for people up north getting their light show but absolutely dying inside as I wasn't there to view it!!

So then, from current charts does Weymouth look anywhere near or am I sitting on the fence missing it all again whilst both sides get nailed?

I'm proper crying now, if I had left work and driven up that way straight from work as I was tempted to I would of seen it all.... I knew this would happen but I also knew that if I drove up there then it would of probably died out and nothing would of happened!! I can't fing believe it lol

I hope so!! I'm thinking of moving to Newcastle just so I can get some decent storms!! There's a anti storm shield around Weymouth, probably scared of Portland ;-)

Yes bay of biscay looking pretty hot.... Bet it will miss Weymouth... Even if it split it would still probably miss here..... Hit Devon and Bournemouth lol

If I start driving now I could be there by 4am I wonder if it would be worth it

No no no no!! I'm one officially unhappy chappy, devastated to be missing the super cell oop north!! Why can that never happen down here!! Nothing in Weymouth/Dorchester not even a sniff at a rumble!! Fair play you lucky lot up north getting to witness Mother Nature at her finest!! How I envy you!! I just go chasing in America next year, if I don't see a tornado at least I'll get to see some lightning

Why oh why do I have to live on the south coast

Also currently the bay of biscay is cracking off and moving north pretty quick.... How long till that hits us and hopefully it won't veer east like what happened earlier!

Wow estofex looks amazing, may even phone in sick at work to get north where the level 2 is.... Certainly going to have to break internet work rules and have the trackers running in the background ;-)

I'm just waiting for my dad aka my babysitter to come home so I can get in my car and try and find a decent vantage point high up and facing the sea

That sky is amazing

Oh it may be looking hopeful!! Will it help when it's night and the temp drops to spark things off??

Been following this over the channel hoping for something Weymouth/Portland way, hate it when it's firing in towards us then it veers east! However, looking rather dark outside and a strong breeze and I have a stinking headache so maybe we will see something here!