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12 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I've picked up some lightning from out in the channel.

That sounds about right.

Looking at the current radar there are some lively showers out in the channel...

I was out this morning taking photographs and with some lovely towers out to sea

 

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And just like that it's gone  

I'm not sure whether that's just a coincidence, but I can't tell you how happy I am...

Great work if so!

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Hi Paul 

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However, this icon is constantly showing on the bottom left part of the forum, and blocks the forum tab.

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Don't know what to expect later this evening. The radar at the moment is not very encouraging,but looking at the latest UKv, some of the showers do appear to pack a little bit more punch as the evening hours draw on.

As you can see from this video, the showers.. at least on this side of the channel fall apart quite quickly.... Hoping for something a little bit more impressive later on

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3 minutes ago, Azazel said:

Shame I didn’t have my proper camera but yeah. Impressive for November 

 

WOW 

Absolutely epic structure you got there! 

Whatever camera you used, they turned out very nice indeed 

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15 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

The channel has been alive with towers and anvils for the last couple of hours.

Yes.. 

Driving home from Ferndown, all I could see was Two very nice towers! 

Just getting ready to go out with the camera, With a 76% gibbous moon, it should make for some nice pictures, if we get some nice gaps between systems  and hardly a breath of wind

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Just now, jtay said:

Incredible rain out there. 

Have you seen anything electrical coming from this squall line?

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2 minutes ago, Sprites said:

Shots from Yesterday's Thunderstorm squall, time constraints,and a lack of planning, flat camera battery,made this a last minute dash. I did get a few shots though.

Love the rainbow shot! 

Nice pictures 

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Last one from me.. 

No lightning worth mentioning for this neck of the woods, but it was nice to get out with the camera, and to put on winter clothing for the first time as we approach winter

Very seasonal

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Well I think it's finally time to call it quits. It's cold and I have a very soggy feet!

It's been a pretty interesting day. Unfortunately I was at work when the main bulk of the storminess passed over this afternoon.

Typical, but that's just the way it goes I guess..

I wouldn't be surprised of a few more cells popped up pretty much anywhere, and who knows, this might not be the end. Plenty of mild South Westerly weather to come if the latest models are to be believed.

If We can keep this going. This will go down as probably the best storm season I can remember 

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I might have jumped the gun regarding storms for later this evening. This cell has popped up in next to no time and it looks beautiful

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Still out an about just in case any of these storms take off 

This is what is is heading towards  Portsmouth, I haven't seen anything electrical from this area, but I did see a solitary flash to the southwest of the Isle of wight, about 10 minutes ago. Nothing since  

I have a feeling that we have seen the peak of today's action, especially west of the IOW 

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Stopped off at Burley services to get a decent view out west.. here are some pictures 

Unfortunately I'm right in the zone where nothing appears to have developed, hopefully some more to come in the coming hours 

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Just now, Mapantz said:

I think about 1am-ish

More on Wednesday evening too!

Fingers crossed it will calm down a little, once the wind swings round from the north 

It's fair to say that this is caught me a little bit off guard. My back garden is an absolute state

 

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1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

You know it's rough when the letterbox starts flapping 

Do you think you've reached the peak for your area? 

Must not be far off it.

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It's absolutely insane here in Christchurch!  

Wasn't expecting anything like this to be honest, I'm worried my patio door are going to be blown in

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This s my view to the south... Very nice looking skies for October

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It looks biblical out there, but no lightning or thunder here on the Ferndown industrial estate 

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As of 19:25 this is the state of play.. 

I believe this morning's convective weather forecast mentioned that storms firing over northern France may inhibit chances for the far south of England/Channel area 

This might be the case looking at the current radar, I have still put the camera on charge though.. just in case 

 

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1 hour ago, Sprites said:

How tall is that monument? I'd guess 30 foot. Obviously it's on an exposed hill (482 ft) so it's likely much more prone to lightning. 

I wonder how they test the lightning conductor?

I don't know if it's true, but I'm sure I read somewhere that lightning conductors are more of a preventative measures against lightning, as they prevent electrical charge from building up in the immediate vicinity, helping any charge drain to earth

But I'm sure it must help if a structure is hit directly. 

On another note, plenty of interesting cloudscapes down here on the south coast...looks likely it will end up being just rain

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53 minutes ago, amybonnie98 said:

Lightning over Southampton from last night. I regret my lens choice.

Excellent picture! Maybe a positive bolt? It looks quite clean..

Also don't beat yourself up about lens choice.... it's rare you get the exact composition you would prefer, especially when it comes to lightning 

Of all the pictures I've taken of lightning,  only one in particular springs to mind that filled my framing.. with no cropping 

Thanks for sharing!

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Just now, Sprites said:

Nice 

How are you making these timelapses?

I shoot them with the Canon eos R 

There is a separate mode in the video settings, it's actually stills, you can manually set the exposure, or let the camera decide, it then creates the movie file as a time lapse once finished. It's not as good as doing it the old-fashioned way as you lose a lot of control over how you can edit the stills before creating the time lapse in another program.  

I'm not that patient when it comes to technology so this works a treat for me. Hope that helps

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Nice to see that the atmosphere still has some treats hidden within it... 

I decided to pop down to one of my local beauty spots, hoping to capture to lightning/time lapse 

After waiting for a while with no lightning, i thought I'd call it quits, no sooner after I packed up, you guessed it.... Lightning  

Not totally waisted though 

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2 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

Looks like a good Kent clipper in the making taking shape now.

I still think anywhere could get something in the next 12 hours, I didn't expect anything today, and I ended up with one of the best storms I've seen I a while 

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Just been treated to a pretty decent storm.. 

I have some footage as well but it will have to wait ... UKv has heavy showers forming in southern areas as the evening draws on.. but it might be a similar situation as last night, so I won't be getting too excited 

On another note, was in the phone to Nodrog, it sounds like he's had a very productive afternoon, which included him almost getting struck by lightning! Should be an interesting watch when he finally manages to upload to YouTube