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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.
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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"...
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I often joke about the local Reigate High Pressure Zone.
Here it is in action:
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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....
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Hey, what happened to the SE's weather warned storms? Have they gone already? I must have missed them whilst having my breakfast cuppa.
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55 minutes ago, WeatherArc said:
Just come across this good vid from the severe thunderstorm outbreak we had 2 weeks ago, i believe this was the storm near Holbeach, absolute insane shelf on that thing
Sounds like continuous thunder as well, quite rare for the uk and indicative of a very powerful storm.
That is just awesome!!
Estofex looking good for parts of the UK tomorrow! A Level 1 for some of us.
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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!
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Flashes are becoming rain-wrapped, but it's still going strong here. Pretty much continuous lightning and thunder. Lightning elevated.
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Continuous elevated lightning and thunder here! Spec tac ul ar!!!!
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Yay! Two lots of anvil-crawling lighting all over the sky above me! Beautiful display!
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Cell popped up to the south of me in Crawley. Here we go!
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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.-
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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. -
Just now, Allseasons-si said:
Mate it's heading for you from the S/SW.
Not S/SW enough, sadly.
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None of you believed me. Here it is! The Reigate Corridor Meteorological Phenomenon at work:
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Uh-oh. Looks like the Gap Between Storms is going to be my curse once again.
Enjoy your storms, all!
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OK, I saw that. The cell forming south of Reigate fizzled out, rained on me and then popped back up again north of here. That's seriously not fair.
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4 minutes ago, Sparkiee storm said:
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Sandown Webcam - Explore the Isle of Wight
WWW.ISLEOFWIGHT.COM
Absorb the views from our Sandown Webcam on the Isle of Wight looking across the South Coast. Check out the lovely sandy beaches and boats sailing past.Nice one. Frequent, and some look positive, too.
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1 minute ago, Thunderspotter said:
Change the live data setting from lightningmaps.org to the other one. It takes a few more seconds, but is much more accurate.
Thanks! I switched it to 'Both'. Hope that does the trick.
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Not sure about that Lightning Map.org. there's some odd strikes in the middle of storm-free areas to the west of me.
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Oh - a cell popping up just south of me! The "Reigate Corridor" phenomenon might be broken as a meteorological model I just made up this afternoon.
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I'm watching France, and noticing the development of what is meteorologically known as a "Reigate Corridor". This phenomenon can be seen clearly wherein the large mass of thundery rain in north-west France heading north to England will pass to the east of Reigate, and the showers forming in Cherbourg area, will move north and pass to the west of Reigate. This phenomenon will leave Reigate free of any thundery activity, and its residents utterly depressed.
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I thoroughly enjoyed my heavy rain and one rumble of distant thunder today. I should have known the Met Office's weather warning would be the death knell of anything fun.
There's not a lot going on for later this evening. The odd little cell puttering about doesn't exactly look promising. Not even sure about the veracity of the current CAPE chart either. Looks to be further south to me.
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8 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:
What on earth is going on south of the SE. That's gotta be some highly sheared heavy drizzle.
Windy seems to show a run of northerly air close up the French coast to Boulogne. Maybe that's disrupting the trough?
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Storms and Convective discussion - November 2023 onwards
in Storms & Severe Weather
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Nice big flash of lightning and good thunder over Reigate! 11:20am.