StormLoser

Nice big flash of lightning and good thunder over Reigate! 11:20am.

Sorry to be off topic, but did anyone read this appallingly patronising video news item from the BBC? Watch: Explosion in Tennessee as storm sweeps through WWW.BBC.CO.UK Tornadoes battering Tennessee leave thousands of people without power. Considering some poor souls died from the Tennessee outbreak, I'd like to flag Mr David Braine for dismissal from his post, after being quoted as saying: "The weather phenomenon has also been described as a "baby tornado beginning to form but never quite getting there", according to BBC meteorologist David Braine." Inaccurate, insensitive and patronising. Apologies, but this really riled me up.

Whilst continuing living in my small, local lightning cold-spot, I noticed this intriguing article on Space Daily science site: Scientists figured out what causes Earth's strongest lightning WWW.SPACEDAILY.COM Jerusalem (SPX) Oct 02, 2023 - Superbolts are more likely to strike the closer a storm cloud's electrical charging zone is to the land or ocean's surface, a new study finds. These conditions are responsible for superbolt... Fascinating to see that our neck of the world gets "strong lightning"...

I often joke about the local Reigate High Pressure Zone. Here it is in action:

I see the Met Office managed to cough out a yellow weather warning for the south east (probably after their roof got struck by lightning). Curiously they omit the Reigate area - it's all further north and east. Yet their own radar shows some thunderstorms heading for....Reigate and environs. And then they wonder why people have given up over the yellow warnings! I'm hoping we'll get a couple of rumbles here. Unless the storms take their customary u-turn on Reigate's borders. PS - just one nit-pick at the Netweather radar and lightning indicators. The 1-10 minutes colour of strikes is pretty much the same colour as the heavy rain, making the indicators invisible in storms. And I'm slightly colour blind to reds, too....

Hey, what happened to the SE's weather warned storms? Have they gone already? I must have missed them whilst having my breakfast cuppa.

That is just awesome!! Estofex looking good for parts of the UK tomorrow! A Level 1 for some of us.

I'm signing off for some sleep. It's been a good evening in Reigate, and my storm drought has been well and truly broken! I did try some video but it was absolute crud. Sorry about that. Enjoy, everyone!

Flashes are becoming rain-wrapped, but it's still going strong here. Pretty much continuous lightning and thunder. Lightning elevated.

Continuous elevated lightning and thunder here! Spec tac ul ar!!!!

Yay! Two lots of anvil-crawling lighting all over the sky above me! Beautiful display!

Cell popped up to the south of me in Crawley. Here we go!

I have distant lightning and thunder now, pretty much continuous to the south of Reigate. Seems like the 'Corridor' has closed and I'm going to get some action. The Brighton Marina webcam is going nuts Brighton Marina Webcam WWW.CAMSECURE.CO.UK Live Camsecure webcam from Brighton Marina looking out across the promenade and beach towards the sea.

Brighton marina Webcam has some nice activity. Brighton Marina Webcam WWW.CAMSECURE.CO.UK Live Camsecure webcam from Brighton Marina looking out across the promenade and beach towards the sea.

Not S/SW enough, sadly.