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look what holland & belgium are getting now what may have been for us http://www.strikesta.../sslt/sslt.html and look at my lightning page a bit out on distance but right direction http://www.bicesterw...uk/StormVue.php

glad to see they have put southern england on map

just noticed some sferics around Brittany perhaps round 2 on its way

cold front now over Bicester Oxfordshire 16.5c when I looked at my website from work in Oxford this morning in the mid 20s had a good storm about 13.00 but stuck at work 6 till 2 shift rushed home to get camera gear but except for rain at times almost tropical amounts the lightning seems to have gone hoping for some more soon as looks like quite a storm wiltshire way heading this way looking at satpics, radar & various Nexstorm sites so lets keep hoping for more today

After reading peoples descriptions of what they observed and looking up the criteria for a supercell, a good place to start is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell the Kent Storm certainly fits the criteria to my mind. As a note most people and websites on supercells say that the Supercell Thunderstorm was first described in 1962 by a meteorlogical student in Wokingham England

storm chase yesterday once storms where close enough set off from Bicester to Brill not quite right as unable to get good visual off storms so set off for some higher ground further southeast to some higher ground looking south to the chilterns excellant view of storms from road but unabale to pull over an get camera set due to too many others out storm watching taking up every suitable field gate and track entrances etc with there cars an camper vans never seen so many out storm watching buy the time I found someware suitable to pull over (a vacated spot) the very active storm front had passed waited a couple of hours but nothing took the same track well disapionted as I was waitng with my new LIghtning Trigger that I had imported from US to get my first daylight lightning photos missed last weeks due to having to go to work at crucial so you can imagine my frustration. My son & his mate tried Stokenchurch area up on the Chilterns to video some storms the claim to have seen that most elusive devil Ball Lightning but were unable to get video cam out of bag in time before it faded away.

looking at my eumetcast msg weather satellite system it shows a fair amount of convective cloud forming of southwest britany in bay of biscay this looks to be tracking towards se england there is also some hopefull looking cloud in english channel sw of isle of wight

looks they are finding it hard to sleep in benlux countries tonight see good link to storm activity http://www.strikesta.../sslt/sslt.html may be usefull thursday/friday

Thame Oxfordshire missed out last night only heard a few distant rumbles of thunder about 05:00 this morning, woken up a few times during night by heavy rain, well disapointed

just looked at my lightning detectors both showing activety to the southwest as an interest I have a StrikeAlert v2 (2 days) it has bleeped twice at the same time as my Boltek indicating 24 to 40 miles but they are 150 to 200 miles on Nextstorm looks a bit sensitive

latest sat view

interesting drive to work in Oxfordshire at 05:30 this morning checked my weather station before I left it showed no wind on my journey there was patchy mist at tree top hight clearer underneath but almost thick enough to obscure the treetops by 06:15 wind was blowing quite hard and was dispersing the mist into low cloud. just looked at my webpage http://www.bicesterweather.co.uk/StormVue.php look at the estofex forcast for today

just been looking at the http://www.strikestareu.com/ very little in the way of lightning over europe & uk at the moment

Harry 8th may 2010 is a saturday checked flight prices heathrow/ dallas fw. AA. depart LHR 10:25 arrive DFW 14:25 Dallas FW/heathrow depart DFW16:45 arrive LHR 07:50 or = £438.10p depart DFW 19:40 arrive LHR 10:45 or with BA depart LHR 11:40 arrive DFW 15:40 depart DFW 17:35 arrive LHR 08:40 = £344.10p

remember any flights leaving on friday pm/saturday am will get booked up early checked AA flight from heathrow on 8th may some of the seats in economy class are already booked so be carfull if you want to arrive sat. afternoon

after yesterdays excitment looks like a possibilty next week, latest met office UK Outlook for Monday 13 Jul 2009 to Wednesday 22 Jul 2009: From Monday to Friday, the weather is expected to be dominated by an area of low pressure drifting slowly eastwards across northern Britain. This will bring an unsettled mix of sunshine and showers across much of the United Kingdom, albeit with a fairly gentle wind for much of the time. Although hit-and-miss, the showers will generally be on the heavy side, especially inland during the day, when localised thundery downpours are likely. Feeling pleasantly warm when the sun's out, with temperatures around average for the time of year. Looking ahead to the weekend and the start of the following week, the bright but showery theme is set to continue, with a significant settling down of the weather thought to be unlikely at this stage. Updated: 1139 on Wed 8 Jul 2009 my days off work next week wednesday & thursday so please thor send us some bolts

just had a good thunderstorm in Bicester Oxfordshire 8.4mm rain in 5 minutes severel cg + ic some overhead unable to photograph storm as it arived due to rain on windows missed it the other side as I was setting up camera the storm give up with one last stoke

looking at sat pics looks like Austria/Northern Italy (Tyrol) & the French/Spain (Pyrenees) areas are having good storms, now please export them to Brit.

Thunderstorm Bicester Oxon just leaving with camera to Brill Hill view to northwest from there

pond just taken a hamering from passing hail shower no thunder though

just had a couple heavy showers in Bicester Oxon. but evoparated away before rain guage could even measure it clouds looking to be a disorganised mess at moment

I know it may be slightly off topic but look at these nssl mesonet chasers cars in us http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/observations/imag...bilemesonet.jpg wow

My bus is fueled up camera batteries charged up laptop ready wireless networking ready which way do I go north to Birmingham west to south wales or sit on the Birdlip or South to Coast for todays best chance

sun beginning to burn away cloud temp now 21.2c uv rising humidity now heading down 68% more comfitable feel now after the last few days :lol:

working nites woken up hot and sweating yet again this week need :o in Bicester Oxfordshire : temprature 18.7c humidity 86% wind westerly directions pond temp. 21.9c (goldfish look happy & frisky) sky overcast rain small amount evaporating away before it can tip rain gauge all in all need a thunderstorm