Kent Storm July 7th 2008

[maidstone weather]

I wasn't sure whether these being in the storm section was right, so i decided to repost them here.

Here are a sequence of shots of the storm that passed overhead this evening - only 1 rumble of thunder though and no lightning

The first two images were taken around 7.20pm, after reports that a storm was 40miles to my west, I had a quick look in my garden, and saw 'the storm' in the distance, slowly getting closer, approaching from the west/northwest. The Sun was still shining when the first 2 images were taken.

Shortly afterwards, the sun went in and it turned very dark. That's when i dashed out around 7.40pm and took pictures 3 & 4. There is a definate 'white band' inside this storm, if you can make it out in the photos :huh:

Images 5-10 were taken between 7.50-8.00pm showing a lovely cloud structure display. Using characteristics displayed by this storm, it certainly looked like it was rotating in an anticlockwise direction as well as moving slowly eastwards. In the last image you can see a grey/brown 'sheet' behind the storm, which i presume is the torrential rain in the distance

It's a shame little activity came from this storm, but still got some lovely cloudscapes

Please note: there is no editing to these photos, they are purely what the camera took B)

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[NL]

Great photos there MW... love the 'boiling' sky.!!

[Neilsouth]

Awsome!!

[maidstone weather]

Awsome!!

Cheers

Is this the same 'storm' you had?

[0000]

Great photos there MW... love the 'boiling' sky.!!

I've seen sky like that before but have never been lucky/sensible enough to have a camera handy.............fantastic photos MW!

[Stuart]

Great photos MW

[maidstone weather]

Thanks everyone for your comments, it certainly was a spectacular sight :o

[tom_f123]

wow really nice shots there mate

[maidstone weather]

wow really nice shots there mate

cheers

[sunny scunny]

Brilliant shots there M.W

[maidstone weather]

Brilliant shots there M.W

thanks mate

[Azazel]

great shots..love the whale's mouth effect

[richarddx7]

The radar is not good for my area. Put LN1 into the netweather radar and you can see there are intense blobs all around here but the shield around here means we are getting nothing. It is not actually raining at all.

[maidstone weather]

The radar is not good for my area. Put LN1 into the netweather radar and you can see there are intense blobs all around here but the shield around here means we are getting nothing. It is not actually raining at all.