Jane Louise

Found it lol it's on page 6

Just tried to move it over Raidan, but It seems to have disappeared

I'm happy with any convection lol good luck one and all. Haven't checked Estofex for such a long time so will have a peep tonight.

Hey all, I've seen some Altocumulus Floccus today and it's still hanging around tonight. I'm hoping this bodes well for some thunder tomorrow.

All done I've changed the thread title now .

Thanks Nick, I can well believe she actually witnessed this. I too, wouldn't class it as extremely rare as there would never be any reports. But it's something one should always be alert and aware of when any storms are forecast so they can have the pleasure of witnessing this strange phenomena. (that's if we get any storms, mind lol ) :lol:

And there's more........ On 30 April 1877, a ball of lightning entered the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India, and exited through a side door. Several people observed the ball, and the incident is inscribed on the front wall of Darshani Deodhi. On 22 November 1894 there was an unusually prolonged instance of natural ball lightning in Golden, Colorado which suggests it could be artificially induced from the atmosphere. The Golden Globe newspaper reported "A beautiful yet strange phenomenon was seen in this city on last Monday night. The wind was high and the air seemed to be full of electricity. In front of, above and around the new Hall of Engineering of the School of Mines, balls of fire played tag for half an hour, to the wonder and amazement of all who saw the display. In this building is situated the dynamos and electrical apparatus of perhaps the finest electrical plant of its size in the state. There was probably a visiting delegation from the clouds, to the captives of the dynamos on last Monday night, and they certainly had a fine visit and a roystering game of romp." In July 1907 the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse in Western Australia was hit by ball lightning. Lighthouse keeper Patrick Baird was in the tower at the time and was knocked unconscious. His daughter Ethel recorded the event. An early fictional reference to ball lightning appears in a children's book set in the 19th century by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The books are considered historical fiction, but the author always insisted they were descriptive of actual events in her life. In Wilder's description, three separate balls of lightning appear during a winter blizzard near a cast iron stove in the family's kitchen. They are described as appearing near the stovepipe, then rolling across the floor, only to disappear as the mother (Caroline Ingalls) chases them with a willow-branch broom. Pilots in World War II described an unusual phenomenon for which ball lightning has been suggested as an explanation. The pilots saw small balls of light moving in strange trajectories, which came to be referred to as foo fighters. Submariners in WWII gave the most frequent and consistent accounts of small ball lightning in the confined submarine atmosphere. There are repeated accounts of inadvertent production of floating explosive balls when the battery banks were switched in or out, especially if mis-switched or when the highly inductive electrical motors were mis-connected or disconnected. An attempt later to duplicate those balls with a surplus submarine battery resulted in several failures and an explosion. On 6 August 1944, a ball of lightning went through a closed window in Uppsala, Sweden, leaving a circular hole about 5 cm in diameter. The incident was witnessed by residents in the area, and was recorded by a lightning strike tracking system on the Division for Electricity and Lightning Research at Uppsala University. In 1954 Domokos Tar, a physicist, observed a lightning strike during a heavy thunderstorm. A single bush was flattened in the wind. Some seconds later a speedy rotating ring (cylinder) appeared in the shape of a wreath. The ring was about 5 m away from the lightning impact point. The ring's plane was perpendicular to the ground and in full view of the observer. The outer/inner diameters were about 60/30 cm. The ring rotated quickly about 80 cm above the ground. It was composed of wet leaves and dirt and rotated counter clockwise. After seconds the ring became self-illuminated turning increasingly red, then orange, yellow and finally white. The ring (cylinder) at the outside was similar to a sparkler.In spite of the rain, many electrical high voltage discharges could be seen. After some seconds , the ring suddenly disappeared and simultaneously the Ball Lightning appeared in the middle. Initially the ball had only one tail and it rotated in the same direction as the ring. It was homogenous and showed no transparency. In the first moment the ball hovered motionless, but then began to move forward on the same line with a constant speed of about 1m/sec. It was stable and travelled at the same height in spite of the heavy rain and strong wind. After moving about 10 m it suddenly disappeared without any noise. On 10 July 2011, during a powerful thunderstorm, a ball of light with a two-metre tail went through a window to the control room of local emergency services in Liberec, Czech Republic. The ball bounced from window to the ceiling, then to the floor and back to the ceiling, where it rolled along it for two or three metres. Then it dropped to the floor and disappeared. The staff present in the control room was frightened, smelled electricity and burned cables and thought something was burning. The computers froze (not crashed) and all communications equipment was knocked out for the night until restored by technicians. Aside from damages caused by disrupting equipment, only one computer monitor was destroyed http://en.wikipedia.org/

I'll be there QS I'll bring a bottle and we can also watch some awsome storms on you tube.I'll also bring my nature sounds of thunderstorms so we can play it in the background to make it all seem oh, so real Lol. :lol:

Why, thank you kind sir Good luck to you too Stu!

Oh, I do hope 2012 is going to be the year QS lol, I know I say it every year, but ....... :winky: Anyway, I shall raise my glass to the biggest most exciting 2012 summer season of storms Lol

Yes, terrible it is! especially in the past few years where I live! no storms here anymore and that horrible low grey cloud lurking around all day, nearly every day! snow is becoming less just like the thunderstorms.Just a bit of sunshine here and there would make it all seem so much better.

Evening all Has anybody down South got lightening across the sea? I ask because I have just had an email from the IOW thunderstorm alert Lol I think it may be wrong somehow! :unsure: But just thought I'd ask, you know how it goes, I want a storm Lol :winky:

Certainly no memories here Paul Lol. Hopefully someone will come along to help with some information.

Thanks Robin I'll certainly drink to that!

But there's always 2012!

Hi Sophia and welcome. There are many of us here on the forum who have experienced some severe storms in our lifetime. Hopefully a few members will get in touch shortly with you . Jane

New thread here folks.

Only a light dusting of snow here this morning. Now,what will the rest of winter bring! More snow and cold or is Spring going to arrive early! Please discuss here!

Come on play nicely weathe20, there's certainly no need for your sarcasm is there!! this is a fun family forum any problems then pm us eh!

Drizzle here. Temp has dropped to 1.7c and DP is -1.1 according to my weather station.

Icy patchy rain here at the moment .Fingers crossed for us all for later! New thread here folks, just in time for tonights potential. Now will it snow in ..........

Good luck all!

Welcome to Netweather Love weather.Enjoy your stay.

Very interesting! thanks for sharing.