Storm_Sikher

Only just seen this thread, I remember thunder snow from the cold winter of 1981/82, there was tons of snow that Winter and I remember that year quite well as I left school in 1982! Have seen lightning, heard thunder during snow a few times since but never recorded an incident yet unfortunately.

Thanks appreciate that, I'll have a read.

Oh really? Yeh I wouldn't be a fan either. Ha well yes we have to get storms in the first place, The patterns have definitely shifted to a more Northern area plus the Channel storm killer on the doorstep for me. Unfortunately having done it so long and chased in the US I'm probably a bit lazy here so miss some as well. Thanks for the info re: That Nikon, I'm going to look it up anyway.

The situation changes quickly with the location and strength of strikes as well. You can use a lightning trigger that saves the shutter, but you can also do shutter speeds down to 8 seconds etc or longer. I started taking lightning shots nearly 40 years ago using film in Gravesend so imagine what it was like waiting for the film to come back processed...24-48hrs then flicking through loads of empty shots then...voila!! All my gear now is pro DSLR! All Nikon and prime lenses.

Lightning striking the Shard at 1A.M this morning. I deliberately missed the storms on the coast yesterday evening as the weather models showed them coming inland, So I thought I’d push the boundaries & try a shot I’ve wanted for a few years, Not easy when there’s barely any storms so this was a massive risk. The rain was torrential & it was misty so for ages I couldn’t even see the buildings or lights, But looking at the radar I knew the precip would die down, Slowly it cleared but there was no more lightning, There hadn’t been a single strike anyway it was all C2C, I was about to give up then this one strike happened & that was it, Job done I could've done with a more powerful strike but I'm sure the occupants of the Shard would disagree! @dustylensuk

You're right it is tough to tell sometimes especially here as the storms aren't usually as severe as in the US and rising air with movement gets the excitement going! Scud is commonly mistaken for funnels, I've done it in the past. It's early days yet so hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

I'm sorry but I'm going to jaffa cakes on your chips and say that's scud (Fractus cloud) Mainly because of it's ragged appearance and a funnel would be tighter in appearance because of rotation, Theres a difference between rotation and movement as scud would have movement because of the rising air around it.

Great spot and capture, I've only just seen your post. Just for future reference that's a UTA (upper tangent arc) at the top of the 22 degree halo, A parhelion (Sun dog) would be to the side. Had a nice UTA at sunset down here in Kent a few weeks ago. All the best.

Ha ha true! I guess it had to happen sometime, Now we know how everyone else feels!

How the hell did that miss Kent yesterday? IMG_5351.MOV

Thanks! Ha! Might stick a £1 on storms October 2031! I might have missed some I only had a quick look the other day and posted a photo from 2004, then yesterday a memory came up on my FB from 2013 and that's when I saw the 9 year gap!

Saw 3 strikes, caught two, the best one was a fork that hit while I was setting up! So the 9 year gap run continues (See earlier post) Storms in Oct 2004, 2013 and now 2022.

There was a post a few days about storms happening this 'late' in the year and I posted a photo I took of lightning on 28th October 2004, well this popped up on my FB memories today. From 22/10/2013 Hopefully get something tomorrow and keep the 9 year gap going!

Annoying just out of view this morning, I need bigger windows Slow Mo video. lightning.mov

Had some decent late storms over the years, this was taken 28th October 2004 Gravesend, Kent.

Thank you, on both am getting there!

Covid diaries pt3 I think I've been doing it all wrong, chasing storms in the US and around the world, I should just stay in my bedroom!! Not that I'd want covid again, no chance but as I still have it and another storm came to me, here's some pics: All single shots. Gravesend, Kent

Thank you, really appreciate it.

Covid chasing from my bedroom pt2 As a storm chaser this is the worst week to be ill but I've still seen amazing stuff, and to get an Arcus two nights in a row, crazy, that's not happened before in over 35 years of doing this apart from in the U.S This is a decent Arcus from last night with some squiggly lightning! Gravesend, Kent

Nice Striations!

A few shots from last night, Massively hampered by Covid so had enough energy to walk down the stairs to get my camera gear and set up in my bedroom. Luckily the storms played ball and came to me, I would've got epic structure if I could go out but that wasn't possible. Gravesend, Kent.

Slim pickings on the lightning front this morning, zero CG's in either storm just pure IC's, but some decent structure hiding in the mess of the second one around 05:15AM in Gravesend, Kent.

Caught a bit of lightning earlier, Gravesend. Kent. My Movie.mov

Couple more bits of lightning from earlier. Gravesend. Kent

Nice captures mate, I need to film more but being old fashioned I try take single shots!