Chris Thomas
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Was thinking of driving Cambridge way. Feels like there's currently a lot of cloud cover though...
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Chased near Peterborough this afternoon (camera photos to come) but any thoughts on this lowering?-
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Gonna stick around in North East London this eve. Some decent South/East facing vantage points.
Good luck chasers.
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@Paul Sherman Looks so good Paul! i'm heading out on the 10th for a couple of weeks. What are your thoughts on the current model predictions? Doesn't seem that favourable atm...
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Better late than ever - but took this while chasing near Braintree yesterday. Got a load of other pics but not had time to offload.
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Distant Lightning - NE London an hour ago.
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Developing cell over West London that produced a few bolts an hour or so ago.
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12 hours ago, Gorky said:
This was the late evening storm as it passed over Filey. It was nice enough as it come up from Bridlington, but as it approached the coast, a real nice feeder band developed into it and it really ramped up. This shot is as it started to fall apart a bit but was one of the few CG's I saw from the South. I suspect more were coming down from the anvil behind the rain core. Copious amount of leaves on the roads between Muston and Filey. Suspect considerable hail and/or strong winds.
Absolute banger. Beautifully captured.
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Some stills from today's chase in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Got a load of thunder but no lightning seen.
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9 hours ago, Paul Sherman said:
I really like that area and know Dan is chasing there today, sadly other commitments curtail me but would be all over that Kings Lynn Risk.
Its 2c warmer here already than yesterdays top temperature, partly down to a southerly wind today and easterly yesterday
Wasn't too bad Paul. Be interesting to know how Dan got on. Constant thunder but very little lightning.
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8 hours ago, Matty88 said:
I'm liking the comments here today we seemed to do well with the last set of convergence storms, I won't believe my luck if the same happens today! My home seems to be right in the forecast charts firing line for this afternoons 'pop up' storms but I really do think it'll be hit and miss. Think I'll be out in the car later doing some fen storm chasing!! Fingers crossed I can make use of the pano roof
How did it go for you Matt? Just got back to London. Lots of thunder but little lightning - some great cloud structure though. Will post some pics tonight/tomorrow.
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Thinking of hitting up Ely/West Norfolk area. Always a great place to chase if a storm lands.
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Storm that crossed Maidstone earlier. Lightning detected but no strikes seen from my position.
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Beautiful storm structure across East London. Some mean thunder, plus a couple of missed strikes.
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Heavy Shower heading across North East London earlier this afternoon.
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Heavy showers racing through East London - Unexpected cloudscape.
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Not that I was expecting anything, but there was some signs.... for about 10 minutes.
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1 hour ago, lancem said:
Very tempted to book Thursday off work and take a drive to the other side of London Only a couple of hours away with the current emptier roads. Is East England good for chasing? Nice and flat obviously, but where are the best vantage points?
Hey Ian,
Alexander Palace is a great vantage point in North London, along with the Walthamstow Marshes area in the North East. The marshes more if you're looking East rather than across the city-scape.
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Sunset heavy showers in Stoke Newington, London.
Rumble of thunder also heard. Glorious colours
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57 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:
Hi and welcome. Personally it's the pure rawness, you can't beat a storm exactly as it happens. It's all about the anticipation too, looking at forecasts, charts and radar watching. Good quality sound too, to capture a good crack of thunder like the sky is ripping apart does it for me.
I agree - great points.
Yes definitely, sound is equally as powerful & important as the visuals. I hope to cover that.
Great username by the way, hemispheres is one of my favourite albums
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Yeah I agree Chris. I guess it's trying to strike that balance.
Thanks for your response.
Chris
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Hey guys,
Hope everyone is doing okay during this time.
Firstly, I'm new to the forum so hello to you all, it's wonderful to see people with like-minded love and enthusiasm for the weather.
The reason for my post, is i'm currently in the middle of doing my own online UK storm-series which i've been filming on-and-off since the beginning of the year. It's just a passion-project i've been doing in-between everything else film related.
It's all come to a bit of a stand still at the minute (unless anything happens in London) but I've been taking this time to develop what's at the core of these films.I've been looking through so many videos online for inspiration etc, but my question is, what is it that hooks and draws you to watching videos like this? As an example, if you were watching a storm chase video, do you prefer the rawness of its capture? or something that's more crafted?
I understand the answer might be both, but I'm currently wrestling with the general tone but also figuring what could feel-fresh and more unique.Would love to hear your thoughts.
All the best,
Chris
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Storms and Convective discussion - November 2023 onwards
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HNY! Just thought I'd share a link for a chase from last Summer in Cambridgeshire. Wasn't expecting too much but captured some lovely cloud structure.
- looking forward to those Summer storms!
Here's the link
https://youtu.be/_JzFo180vH8?si=kbTjvpgbq63eLeON