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    Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

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    Total fiasco tonight. Storm hit Hailsham before we even got in the car, drove to Seaford to catch the incoming storms, which fizzled. Went home, just about to go in the house when it kicked off big time in the Channel again. Clear skies overhead guaranteed a great view of the towers from the coast, but by then we were knackered and out of petrol.
    Anyway, just wen through tonights damp squibs and saw this: 
    Could be scud, but the way the cloud seems to wrap around that area, and the crop shows up nicely that distinctive little notch in the cloud to the right of what I think is a funnel. Probably brief I would guess.

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    Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

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    7 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

    Must've been just down the road from me then as I was in Seaford all night. Honestly so surreal when the shelf cloud went over, managed to get a short video. Forgive me it's blurry but gives an indication of how mad the front edge was.

     

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    I have some pictures of just that area as it came in, going through the pics now. I was by that funny little (art piece?, monument?) that has some blurb written on it about the windfarm. (I don't know Seaford well) 

    Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards

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    Posted · Edited by Stormhog

    We parked up in Seaford and sat on the beachfront for a couple of hours. Was well worth the wait even though the storm hit just west of us. At 4.30am the Mothership finally made landfall. Wind whipped up and lightning very frequent. Most of it elevated but enough to illuminate the cloud and show up the structure nicely.
    Noticed a very large branch down in the road in Jevington on the way back, torn clean off the trunk and blocking half the road. Did wonder if there'd been a brief tornado touchdown.
    Back in Hailsham it was largely dry, but continued to watch the lightning to the west as the sun came up. 
    Managed to get some distant lightning and cloud structure shots but nothing great, will post them later after I've ploughed through them all.
     

    Storms and Convective discussion - 1st May 2022 onwards

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    20 hours ago, Gray-Wolf said:

    Kinda looking like a "Boom banga bang" end to Tues here in the NW ?

    You must use the correct technical term; it's "Much flashy-banginess" 😉
    If it looks good for the South coast nearer the time, I'll be set up on the beach at Pevensey Bay, or anywhere from Beachy Head to Bexhill, depending.
    I've managed to get hold of a Sigma Mini Wide II lens, circa 1980's and in mint condition. Very much looking forward to trying it out.

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    Storms and Convective discussion - 16th June 2021 onwards

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    Posted · Edited by Stormhog
    typo

    3 hours ago, Azuremoon2 said:

    The cam quality is 1080mp, pretty much the best you can get for a webcam.... And not only that the meteors had a flickering firey trail and actually go behind a cloud before reemerging, that's one hell of a seagull if that's the case, check out the video below... 

    Sorry, I don't mean to further derail the thread here, but I can't let this go.
    I have decades behind me of meteor shower-watching and photography and I can tell you categorically that these are not meteors.
    First of all, meteors do not meander about in their path the way these objects do.
    Second: only fireballs (larger meteors) appear on camera for that length of time and they are rare; most meteors burn up in a second or far less.
    Third: it doesn't matter how high the resolution of the webcam is, it's only going to look as good as the stream allows.
    Fourth: artifacting is common in poor / low light conditions when using digital webcams as they tend to use a lower shutter speed and the nature of ccd's. This accounts for the "fiery trails". It's extremely common to see this, often with distant insects at night.
    Fifth: If you break down the video into frames, as I have, you'll notice that the object "disappears" during a bright lightning flash. During this time the exposure changes to compensate. As the flash dissipates, the exposure cranks up again and the object "reappears".
    I hope this settles the matter.
     

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