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  1. Luke Best
    If this doesn't whet the appetite, nothing will!! Bournemouth 3rd July 2015 Epic storm - the world seems to be ending at its peak!! (I had a front seat view of this from the clifftop, but can't take credit for this excellent video)
  2. Luke Best
    It's amazing how far away you can see lightning in the right conditions. I've seen lightning from a storm in Sussex from East Dorset before. Forks too! (from the anvil). I've also heard thunder from many miles further away than popular thinking says possible. Like 100 miles! It was late evening last year - incredibly still under plume conditions. Very, very deep rumbles.
  3. Luke Best
    Towering Cumulus north of Bournemouth. Interesting. (Sorry, no picture).
  4. Luke Best
    Remember that - the Met Office had Bournemouth on a Red Warning for Snow but the LP moved just too far east before it stalled and we totally missed out, whilst the A3 corridor got absolutely pasted. I'd be interested to understand what made the LP stall and reinvigorate if anybody can explain.
  5. Luke Best
    I've honestly never seen a strike rate like this - it's incredible to watch (even just on Blitzortung.org)!!
  6. Luke Best
    I thought that storm that tracked due north just east of Exeter earlier today might have been a direct hit for you?
  7. Luke Best
    Microburst.
  8. Luke Best
    Sharknado!
  9. Luke Best
    Haha - yeah, loads of people caught out and taking an early bath! Prefer this one of Amsterdam: http://www.portofamsterdam.nl/Webcam You can choose where to point the camera.
  10. Luke Best
    The best bit was just before the storm arrived - a light grey skyline being invaded by menacing black cloud. Once the storm hit there was tons lof intra-cloud lightning, gusty wind and very heavy rain.
  11. Luke Best
    Incoming! Webcam from Rotterdam: http://www.virtualvisit.nl/webcam/index.htm ​And this one: https://www.maasvlakte2.com/nl/index/
  12. Luke Best
    I'm in Bournemouth and have been able to see flashes from my garden for the last 45 mins or so. Heard a couple of rumbles of thunder too and the lightning was only just north of the Cherbourg penisular. Funny you should say that as last month I was sure I could hear thunder late one evening from storms in the west London area but as you say, all sources suggest 10-12 miles max. EDIT: PLUS.....say the most amazing shooting star with a trail that stayed in the sky (like a contrail) for a full 10 seconds!
  13. Luke Best
    Seems I may have lucked out. Weak storm skirting with the south of the island this morning (I'm in the north) and a nice looking storm just north of Ibiza. Nothing doing here, just a bit grim. EDIT: that storm north of Ibiza appears to have developed supercellular characteristics. Very rapid development and a definate hook echo now showing on the radar return.
  14. Luke Best
    I don't have a good feel about this. I suspect I've seen all I'm going to see tonight. Ho hum, we'll see. Night.
  15. Luke Best
    So, I've caught a few flashes of lightning over Majorca this evening - nothing too much and not too close, but some nice low pitched rolling thunder. Seems to have died away as quickly as it started. Seems like the main event, if there is to be one, may be a few hours off yet. May try getting some kip and hoping I'm woken up if it properly kicks off. (Have to balance my love of thunderstorms with keeping my wife onside! She wouldn't be best pleased if I do an all nighter and am too tired to be of much use looking after the kids tomorrow...) Here's hoping we all get woken up on the middle of the night!!!
  16. Luke Best
    I'll try to, assuming it's not a bust! It's been sooo humid here. Ac Cas the last couple of evenings but just strong sunshine all day today. Very windy though and high cloud moving in from the South now. We've changed rooms from a SW facing balcony to a NW facing balcony, so I may have to venture out to get a good view. We'll see what happens!
  17. Luke Best
    I'm in Majorca at the moment and literally wetting myself with excitement - Level 2 issued by Estofex for tonight. http://www.estofex.org/cgi-bin/polygon/showforecast.cgi?text=yes&fcstfile=2015080106_201507301841_2_stormforecast.xml
  18. Luke Best
    Hmm, maybe. I did hear some simple 'booms' early on but these were followed by classic rumbles and I'd be very surprised if these were anything other than thunder. I guess maybe that could have been tank fire echoing though? Do the army tanks fire as late as 11.30pm?
  19. Luke Best
    Thanks for the reply, interesting stuff. Now that you mention it, I have also heard thunder from way out in the Channel - as you say, always late in the evening when there is little background noise. Makes sense that the audible thunder may have been generated by powerful positive CG strikes.
  20. Luke Best
    I'm still perplexed by this. There is absolutely no question that it was thunder I could hear late yesterday evening. I am 100% certain of that. I've since checked the infra-red satellite imagery for the time and there was no cloud anywhere near us that could have produced lightning (in fact we were enjoying an exceptionally clear sky). I'm very aware that thunder 'shouldn't' be able to travel more than approx. 12 miles, but I have no other explanation.
  21. Luke Best
    Not kidding - I can STILL hear thunder here in Bournemouth! Maybe 'cos the skies are clear and still, thunder from elevated strikes carries a long, long way?
  22. Luke Best
    Been sat in my garden the last 30 mins. Lovely and warm - very, very surprised to hear lots of loud booming thunder. Can sound really travel that far or is something going off closer to home that neither the radar nor lightning detectors are picking up?
  23. Luke Best
    Check out this bad boy about to hit the Isle of Wight!
  24. Luke Best
    Haha - I've experienced that before; weird isn't it?!
  25. Luke Best
    Gutted I didn't have the courage of my convictions and go to the clifftop yesterday evening. I was at my son's sports day in Bournemouth yesterday and was surprised by the amount of instability very high up in the atmosphere. Great pictures by the way Christchurch Storm Nut!
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