Lightning Hunter

93.1mm for here so far, last January was 127mm. My wettest month is 240mm+ in 2000, don't think I'll beat that for a while

Yes, silent/quiet lightning is quite common here in 'plume' setups. In summer 2005, I was right in the middle of the New Forest, at near midnight with near continuous strobe lightning directly above in some mid-level storms. However, there was no rain and only the very faintest of rumbles, only just audible in the silence of the night. An erie experience.

Two posts up To be more precise, 3900ft, with high mountains to the north.

It's not surprising Tehran has snow - it's often cold in winter, and is nearly 4000ft above sea level. Add that to the mountainous terrain to the north and the continental climate, and you have all the ingredients.

Horrendous conditions on the roads this morning in torrential rain. A good hour of convective downpour this morning with lots of flooding around the New Forest and Southampton area - wasn't expecting this today!

I think people who use the term 'even larger teapot' should be called 'modern weather nerds'* *I would never use such a vague, short-sighted term (IMO)

857.0mm for 2007 here. Pretty much average (97.5%) and pretty much the same as last year.

We have light snow here on the south coast. Current temp 1.4°C, dew -3°C.

About 0.45°C. 2004 was similar to 2005. Swings and roundabouts really. Anyone know the long term average then? Impossible to make a guess without knowing really.

What's the longterm average and what was 2007? Here, 2007 was 0.5°C cooler than 2006.

Another uneventful month here: Ave temp - 5.23°C (0.67°C below average, 6th month in a row below average) Ave max temp - 8.23°C Ave min temp - 2.23°C Highest max - 14°C (6th) Lowest max - 3°C (18th) Lowest min - -4°C (12th) Highest min - 10°C (5th) Rainfall - 80.2mm (97.8% of average) Ave wet day - 5.32mm Wettest day - 13.8mm (8th) Days with rain - 15 Thunder - 0 days No sun - 6 days No cloud - 1 day Average pressure - 1020.5mb Max pressure - 1040.1mb (3rd) Min pressure - 977.8mb (12th)

When you say 'natural', it doesn't really mean anything. Do you take 'natural' to be an overexposed shot that the camera has done, perhaps at a 5° angle, or one which has been adjusted in RAW processing to become a scene that is as close as possible to what you saw with the naked eye? RAW processing is no different to working in a 'digital darkroom', it's only when deliberate over-saturation/colour/contrast come in that it could be deemed 'photoshopped' IMO. I always try to get the photo to look exactly as my eye saw it at the time, to convey the 'natural beauty' - sometimes this needs work with software however, so is this 'natural' in your eyes? Something to think about anyway

Cold, clear and frosty. Ice could be a problem as everywhere is very wet after the rain today: Temp - 1.3°C Dew - 0°C Pressure - 1017.3mb Cloud - 0/8

I'll go for 4.0°C please

Cold and sunny today with a persistent ground frost. Max temp - 5°C Min temp - -3°C Rainfall - 0.0mm Current - 2.4°C, dew 1°C, 1027.1mb, 4/8 ac.

Dry, cold and sunny today, patches of ac and cu, interestingly moving 180° in different directions with height (ac moving NE-SW, cu SW-NE). Currently 5.3°C, dew 3°C. Overnight low -4.3°C.

I was more suprised today about the lack of rain than lack of wind (we weren't forecast much today). GFS had a good 8-12mm for here yesterday evening, yet we got just a couple of showers. Wind was less than on 4 other days this month. Max temp - 12°C Min temp - 5°C Rainfall - 3.2mm Current - 7.1°C, dew 4°C, 988.2mb, rising quickly, mostly clear, dry.

Sunny spells, occasional moderate/light showers. 3.1mm since 1700 yesterday. Light NW breeze, peak gust since 1700 yesterday 18mph (sheltered garden, but reached 21mph yesterday).

Valentia - 75mph

The rain cleared by around 1000, currently sunny spells and breezy. Temp - 12.0°C Dew - 10°C Pressure - 1006.8mb Cloud - 4/9 cu

Update for here this year: Jan - 72.5mm Feb - 107.7mm Mar - 62.9mm Apr - 1.6mm May - 101.0mm Jun - 88.7mm Jul - 140.8mm Aug - 45.4mm Sep - 18.8mm Oct - 39.1mm Nov - 98.3mm Dec - 27.0mm (so far)

Dry and sunny. Temp - 8.6°C Dew - 4°C Pressure - 1004.6mb Cloud - 1/8 ci

There's a wood near here with thousands of those fellows fluttering about. I took this shot in May this year whilst out taking bluebell pics:

BBC - What's that?

Update for here this year: Jan - 72.5mm Feb - 107.7mm Mar - 62.9mm Apr - 1.6mm May - 101.0mm Jun - 88.7mm Jul - 140.8mm Aug - 45.4mm Sep - 18.8mm Oct - 39.1mm Nov - 87.8mm (so far) Total so far 2007 - 766.3mm (about average)