Thunderspotter

Woah, the hail just went crazy! I thought it was the wind, but then I looked out my window and saw a massive blast of hail, practically all sideways! No thunder or lightning. Recording it just in case, but damn, that was cool.

Thunders haha thanks! After GCSEs I'll have a plethora of free time, so I hope there's gunna be some massive storms that'll keep me entertained. Hopefully there will be some cool stuff for you too!

It's been a few days lol I'm guessing that the CS haven't really got a good chance today - just a band of heavy rain, so I'm going to focus on some revision and if anything happens I'll be sure to come on and have a chat. Good luck to everyone in the SE, hoping to see some lively stuff this evening!

Thunders haha thank you. Hopefully we'll all get a good storm sometime in the near future

It's been a good time watching the storm in the Atlantic (on the radars lol), but the risks aren't enough for it to be viable for me to stay up. Night everyone, good luck to anyone in the SW staying up to watch it.

ChannelThunder haha I had the same idea. I don't really think it's worth it especially as I'll be in school for more GCSE revision tomorrow. If a thunderstorm is THAT good, it'll wake me up... at least I hope

Eagle Eye Awesome forecast, right on cue!! I spy the first ever moderate risk of 2024? I'm all here for it! I love these forecasts, great work as always lol Edit: Just seen your reply @Eagle Eye - Thanks for the info too

Just thought I'd share a few notable times that the latest (from a few hours ago but still relevant atm) AROME is kicking out. Looks pretty interesting. There's a major catch though - a lack of CAPE I'm not as in-depth as some others here on this chat but I'm pretty sure that there is a significant link between CAPE and convection... right? Interested to hear all your opinions on if you think anything could spring up in the early morning hours.

Eagle Eye A very in-depth forecast! I wasn't expecting to be on here today, just woke up and decided to have a quick look - to be met with this! Typical that the highest risk (for me at least) seems to be in the early morning hours of tomorrow, as I have in-school revision taking place that day...

SqueakheartLW I would be if I hadn't of seen yesterday's mini-storm. Also, anyone eyeing the stuff in the channel? I'm assuming it's gonna die out overtime, but some parts of that line look pretty heavy...

Watching that storm on the radar! Popped up out of nowhere.

Turquoise I feel that - we have the Isle Of Wight storm deflector down here, kills all most storms that dare go near.

First boom of the day, and I'm 6 minutes late lol

viking_smb Here's the link: On my channel I also have a few other thunderstorm videos, and some other stuff I filmed when I was younger so be warned if you're looking at other vids too

viking_smb Huh, that's strange. I'll upload it to youtube and share the link then - gimme about half an hour and I'll post it here

Morning everyone. I got some brief footage last night which I trimmed down into a small compilation. I would usually edit it a lot better, but it's my first time using Davinci Resolve and I'm still learning the ropes! Switching from Adobe is pretty hard. I also managed to pull a few frames with one or two bolts! I apologise for the really large file size (especially for a 2min video) - it wouldn't let me change any compression settings lol and for some reason it changed from mp4 to move Edit 2: Apologies for the neighbour's daughter in one part too! Thunderstorms.mp4.mov

Right, I'm calling it quits now. Got some great footage, I'll be back in a few hours (or maybe tomorrow) with the footage I got! Good luck to anyone braving it tonight. It seems to have died down now. Hopefully, the risks are good for tomorrow too. ESSL and some other forecasts are hinting at some isolated storms.

anddd I think that's a wrap? No more lightning it seems.... Well it's been a good start to the season so far!! Wasn't expecting that!

It's moving away very fast, but wow has it been a bright one! I'll share all my footage once I call it quits and edit them to only show the best bits.

Wow that bolt was awesome! I've only got 6min of recording space left, might have to call in the father's phone for reinforcements!!

Sam jackson88 wow, that's awesome. Wasn't quite as close for me, couple miles at least. That was a good one. Bright, too! WOO oh this is great! What a start to the 2024 season! Shame it's moving away, but I'm happy with what I'm seeing so far!

Sam jackson88 James86 I know right? Was amazing! Oh crap now my phone's running out of storage. Gotta clear it before another strike happens!

WOW! Big strike! Now the neighbours have decided to come outside and scream (they have children, for context!). I'll post the recording here later haha. That was awesome, caught me well off-guard.

Rain is starting to pick up here now.

ChannelThunder I wish that it went boom before it got inland. I recently took over my brother's room as he's now moved out, and I now have a window facing south. So far though it's been no use. Lol