Gilz

At the Beefeater in Livingston got CG lightning, torrential rain seems to be quite a lot of surface water and flooding around. Had no option to pull over and as visibility zero.

At 1300hrs some impressive rotation over Lanark, heavy downpours and some localised flooding throught South Lanarkshire, we are on the road just now heading East towards Livingston on the A71, looking to the SW towering Cumulus building nicely, give it an hour or so before something may kick off.

I certainly hope that quote pays off today, and have to agree the best one always are the ones that sneek up on you. Hoping to hit the road at approx 4pm and heading to Beattock Summit which will give good views looking south towards the border. So in the mean time keeping an eye on the satellite images, but have to say the temps here are really picking up, humidity now up to 75% TBH hoping the seas breeze may help aid some lift, so fingers crossed.

It is great to see Michael Fish back on the screen again. Like other have implied the podcast could do with the sound levels being upped ever so slightly Looking forward to seeing the new graphics, I have to admit I will be making sure I dont miss the forecasts Gilz

Hi Harry I will give this an attempt. You are right in that at night there is less ambient noise making it seem louder and more intense The variance in the sound we hear is caused by the distance we are from the lightning. The speed of light travels at 299792458 m/s where as the speed of sound is 340 m/s, the closer the lightning strike the louder the thunder, add to that the fact that lightning never follows a straight path to the ground giving it the characteristic rumbling sound, also you have to take in to consideration the geographical circumstances, the sound wave will be deflected of the surroundings and echo hence making the rumble seem to last a lot longer. Hope that is off help to you, however there is far more to it and there will be someone who will be able to go in to more detail. Gill

What a great start to BST, here in Lanark Pressure 1005.6 temp 6C RH 66% Wind force 1 Gusting force 2

The forum had been hacked, the site was brought down by the hacker who had left his opinion on a blank page. It is a shame but such is life. I am going to be going up in a microlite at some point in the near future and of course taking the camera and video camera so I should get some interesting shots. Next year hubby and I intend to get out to tornado alley and have fun while I still can.

Hi there and yes lol, I use the NW charts for forecasting and I thought I could learn a lot more from joining the site. Hows things with you?

Hi there I am new to the NW forums and thought I would introduce myself, I'm Gill and have been storm chasing for 15 years now and finally took the decision last year to take my skills further and go for an Open Degree through the OU tailored around the climate and meteorology. So far I have found the course amazing and am looking for some direction on subjects, I have taken Science, Understanding the Weather, Maths and Physics. Unfortunately due to my personal circumstancies going to a University to study Meteorology would be difficult as I have a complex disability, which means there are times where I am crippled with pain and unable to move, but I personally see no reason why I can not work from home as a meteorologist and be there for my family. What subjects would people here recommend or what are the core subjects in meteorology? Thank you in advance Gill