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Just had another thunderstorm here about 5.15pm lasted about 45 mins..infrequent thunder/lightning but managed to catch about 5 or 6 good flashes with loud thunder.
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Just went out for a walk with my lassie..as the storm moved away it seemed to intensify..we headed towards the top of a hill where we would get a good view.
Walking up....right in front of us...MASSIVE CG with ear shattering thunder 3 seconds after it..was pretty scary TBH being so close.
We got to the top of the hill but couldnt see any more lightning..it was worth it though just to see that strike.
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A thunderstorm is just brushing past here (Hamilton), I could hear faint rumbles of thunder when I went out to the car. Sky looks very dark as well to the west.
Just had that one here Ross...although not a direct hit it was close enough..got 4 rumbles and 3 good flashes of lightning from it..one directly above my house with the explosion of thunder straight after it.
Moved away now though.
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Rain absolutely stoating down here to use a good old scottish term. Clouds and radar looked rather onimous before it arrived
Must be the shower thats just passed through here..big massive rain drops..very ocassional hail mixed in..its moved away towards the Glasgow area now.
Think it was slightly electrical before it arrived here then kinda died down just as it got here...typical really.
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Yeah..the usual 'non-event' for me today again..so near yet so far..a rumble of thunder woulda sufficed..anything !! (and yes i am greetin).
Ach well the wait goes on...6 years 1 month and counting..
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The thunder at 1 or 2 points was wall shattering. Really could feel it vibrate against the wall. Nod bad little storm it was at all
Nice one guys..missed it by a matter of a few miles..just my luck really..
My brother phoned me as he got off the train at Wishaw and said he could see the cell dropping CG's every minute or so..just had to come a wee bit further SW and i woulda got it.
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A few hundred miles from the continent ?? Down here on the South Coast I can see the French coast on a clear day, a distance of about 35 miles. The distance to the continent from Dover is even less, approximately 25 miles. Not sure where you get the 'few hundred miles' from, unless you mean from Scotland to the continent.
Yeah sorry lol..i did mean here (Glasgow) to the continent and not the 30 odd miles from Dover-Calais.
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Where for???? France!!!
Lol..true..ye know its amazing so it is there is only a few hundred miles that seperate the UK from the Continent and yet there it seems to be the perfect breeding ground for storms.
We havent had a storm here since May 2006 yet we were in Paris last year for a week and seen 6 seperate storms..4 in the one day..where's the justice in that...
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High pressure often prevents the development of convection, by suppressing air which may be trying to rise. Nevertheless, under certain circumstances, convection can initiate, especially if conditions creating forcing/lift is stronger than the suppression by the High. A good example of this is orographic lift...air forced to rise up mountains/hills. Another good example is convergence zones, particularly sea breeze convergence - i.e the breeze blowing inland from the sea collides with prevailing winds from another direction. We mustn't also forget (as we tend to do) weather fronts are associated with Highs as well as Low pressure systems.
It is worth pointing out that the thunderstorms which hit the SE on Thursday last week developed under increasing atmospheric pressure, as a ridge built in across southern England.
However, directly approaching your question, Northern Scotland will not be under the influence of rising pressure this afternoon - the High is close, but the synoptics show pressure briefly falling as a developing Low pressure system moves through N Scotland later today. Furthermore, based on the GFS charts showing wind direction, a convergence zone will setup later today as the low pressure system brushes past, introducing stronger westerly winds, colliding with the more southerly winds around the High pressure system in the N Sea.
Thanks for that explanation Harry..like i says im picking up bits and pieces as i go along..every little helps.
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I notice Estofex have a wee circle right over central Scotland today and Net-Weather have given us a 51% chance of a storm in the afternoon.
But surely with pressure so high and not a cloud in the sky hardly this seems unlikely ? or do they know something i dont know as im just a pure amateur just learning as i go along from the guys on here.
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what a let down here
Same here Stu..im thinking this is one of the worst places to be for storms (5 years ago we had our last one) 3 days of a 'plume' and a day of widespread thunderstorms..and we still cant catch a single rumble.
Not that im greetin or nothin..well spose i am a wee bit..but it just seems let down after let down here..
Our next 'chance' is Thursday and Friday according to BBC Weather..we shall see...
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very very dark to the SW now :o
Just had a small cell pass through here..produced some very heavy rain..but thats all..the shower headed towards you looks more organised..good luck
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Certainly some big showers starting to grow here..its only a matter of time before we get hit with the first one of the day.
Typical though the meto radar is stuck at 11.30am and the nowcast lightning detector is stuck at 10.22am.
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I think a band right through Northern England across from Northern Ireland, but ESTOFEX and the others are all taking a holiday today!
I think they must have heard you
Looking good for me today..hopefully see my first storm of the year..if i cant get 1 single rumble out of a 'plume' event id be as well writing it off as a loss...
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He did mate. It's just past us and it's heading your way. Hope this makes your day.
Love it...cheers my man.
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Absolute tonne of sferics over NW England/S Scotland on the netweather detector. Looking good , hoping to have a good light show here soon and some heavy rain!
My mate just texted me .. was out the back having a ciggie..swears he seen lightning..i went out to check it out couldnt see anything but it does feel very still and 'thundery'
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New storm just gone up around Ardrossan for the Scots on the board.
Cheers Ross..hope they will track thier way NE..seem to be getting a lot of showers breaking out ahead of this main band..bit worried if the main band makes it here it will just stick around.
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Which detector? I'm back in Killie today and don't have my favourites on this computer. Those small cells look to be heading this way.
Strikes may be from the very intense downpour just moving onshore to the west of Dumfries? Or they could be for the cells to the NW of Dumfries which are heading approximately this direction
http://www.meteorologica.info/lightning/lightning.jpg << This one Ross..its probably not that accurate..but its the one i always use..
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Very warm when the sun comes out and nice and humid
A few cells also look like they are trying to form over SW Scotland for the central belters.A couple of strikes being detected also in the Dumfries region also Ross ?
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Must say the Estofex forecast looks good for today and with the sun out and feeling warm and humid might bode well for my area later..
Im not getting my hopes up though as i thought i would see something last night at least and it came to nothing apart from a few bursts of quite heavy rain.
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Plume setup's in early May are fantastic for us (May 2006 is a perfect example) As long as it's ok for the 13th to the 15th ie. no storms when I go down south then it can storm all it wants up to then
Indeed..who could forget that one,one of the best displays of lightning ive ever seen in my life..heres hoping for a similar set up soon..surely 5 years without a decent storm we are due something ?
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I know we probably dont have much chance till later in the week..but the sky was (and still is) full of Altocumulus cloud...a sign of things to come i hope ?
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Another one to add to the live webcams. http://www.aminta.com/en/live_sorrento_webcam.php
From Sorrento in Italy..seems a very thundery region seen some great night time lightning displays from it.
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well good luck but i dont think you will see anything
Yes..i suspect you are spot on nothing happening AGAIN...a few scattered cumulus and a bit of cirrus nothing of any major significance..just dosent 'feel thundery' either.
However i may be pleasently surprised later on although i doubt it..cant believe yesterdays storms were so near..yet so far.
How pants has this summer been for storms..not 1 single rumble here..yet i went over to France for a week and seen 4 storms (3 within about 2 hours of each other).
Moan over lol.
19 July 2011 - Storm/convective Forecast, Discussion And Reports
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I take it all the stuff in Southern Ireland at the moment is anaprop ?
Heavy thundery showers forecast for here later..but i cant see where that would come from as all the stuff is moving NE to SE .