The watcher

Wasn't sure if there was already a thread about this, nor if this is the right area....but here goes nothing. The Tunguska Event, or Tunguska explosion, was a massive explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya (Lower Stony) Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, at around 7:14 a.m.[1] (0:14 UT, 7:02 a.m. local solar time[2]) on June 30, 1908 (June 17 in the Julian calendar, in use locally at the time).[2] Although the cause is the subject of some debate, the explosion was most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5–10 kilometres (3–6 miles) above Earth's surface. Different studies have yielded varying estimates for the object's size, with general agreement that it was a few tens of metres across.[3] Although the meteor or comet burst in the air rather than directly hitting the surface, this event is still referred to as an impact. Estimates of the energy of the blast range from 5 megatons[4] to as high as 30 megatons[5] of TNT, with 10–15 megatons the most likely[5] - roughly equal to the United States' Castle Bravo thermonuclear explosion set off in late February of 1954, about 1000 times as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan and about one third the power of the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.[6] The explosion knocked over an estimated 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometres (830 square miles). It is estimated that the earthquake from the blast would have measured 5.0 on the Richter scale, which was not yet developed at the time. An explosion of this magnitude is capable of destroying a large metropolitan area.[7] This possibility has helped to spark discussion of asteroid deflection strategies. Although the Tunguska event is believed to be the largest impact event on land in Earth's recent history,[8] impacts of similar size in remote ocean areas would have gone unnoticed before the advent of global satellite monitoring in the 1960s and 1970s.

Well Im not sure about building the Thunderstorm predictor, but I used to collect pictures of storms.....I had a massive folder with over 500+ pictures of Lightning, Hail, Tornados, Thunderstorms etc.

Awesome stories....certainly loved the Bears Cage one, would have loved to have been in it myself.

2nd storm report of the day, small cell to my East produced a flash and rumble during its pass at aproximately 20:30pm.

4 rumbles of thunder here between 14:23 and 14:28, very little rain. Thunder not overhead, sounded to be in the distance. Cloud cover is Low Based Cumulonimbus, small gust front to my East.

Haha :o

Amazing....sounds like my kinda place :o

Very cool pictures, seen the Eurofighter 2 years ago at the Ulster Airshow, what an amazing piece of machinery.

Ive a few memories.... On holiday in Kissimme -Florida, February 1998 Large tornado outbreak, F3 hit 3 miles from where I was staying. Amazing lightning show. I was only 12 years old at the time yet I was out dancing in the warm dry air watching the lightning and listening to the thunder in the very near distance, I even recall seeing the funnel/tornado during lightning flashes. The news stations had Tornado Watch issued and a Severe Weather Warning. I was amazed and still am to this day. Summer MCS - Belfast 2004 High based, Low precipitation storm with frequent lightning which was mostly CG. I was getting ready for a snooker match when it kicked off....thankfully it was not overhead but it was slow moving. Lightning and thunder lasted for a good 2 hours. The best home storm I have seen in recent years. Got a couple more which I'll post up, just have to recall what year they were.

Count me in, being an old TORRO member I think I could be of assistance in the group.....then again I dont really get much chance to get pictures or at least chase any storms in ye olde wet, miserable Ireland lol.

Interesting article....though what purpose would it serve? If I had an invisibility cloak I'd steal from the rich and give to the poor Lol...plus of course play pranks. Apart from the fun and financial benefits (ie stealing) I can't really see a suitable purpose in society this day and age, maybe just the cause of more grief giving robbers and criminals better leverage.

We can't seriously expect meto (or anyone for that matter) to give any indication of forecast for this winter...never. Did anyone predict our summer to be like this? I havent felt such a cool summer in a long time, nor as wet. Anything can happen, for all we know the coldest winter for decades is on our doorstep, or maybe the mildest since records began. IMO (though I don't really know whats going to happen), we will have a below average conclusive of all 3 months. First half will be spot on average, then during January things will change bringing longer and more severe cold spells, bringing us a 2c below average. There is no theory for such a lengthy forecast....some people can be biast (ie cold lovers) or some can play it safe and stick with the theory of "christmas pudding".... Greenie Highs and any other synoptic that brings the best possiblity of good severe cold spells aren't impossible, and playing the chances I think one has to be on the card soon. Been a long time, and time is of the essence. I don't really believe in all this greenhouse/global warming poop neither...the earth has been through many periods of severe warming or cooling, volcanos spew millions of tonnes of gases into our atmosphere and manys a times massive eruptions have changed the earths climate for short and long periods of time. We've certainly warmed over the last few decades and in the last century....but seriously, a few degrees and we're on the brink of extinction and heading for a warmer climate....or so they say. Even with global warming its not enough to change the outcome of our coldest synoptics...we just havent had a synoptic to back our theory. And of course a theory is just a theory and nothing more, its fact to our own knowledge but what are we to know?.....# Be open minded....take each day as it comes....there will be a turning point and nobody knows when.

17c on the spot

Ya know, I was actually just searching google for live feed of the storms now in East Midlands and Lincolnshire Area lol.

Amazing stuff guys, and next year if I get to go you will have found Jesus, I bare a remarking resemblence. :o

To see a proper trend in this i'd think at least 3 years of statistics needs to be built. The average temperatures for each month should be used to work an average yearly temperature, then this temperature should be compared to the year befores mean. Thats best way to record this for if each years mean rises compared to years before, its an upward trend, if it drops more (even slightly) its a cooling trend. Keep it simple and avoid possibility of mistakes.