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weatherobsuk Veteran

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
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RASP model was the winner of the day it seems, with the Westerly component it was keen to forecast. Disheartening that TORRO has cancelled the Tornado watch for all of the previous area's, but that's just the reality of these things. Still uncertainty to come overnight with the surface trough and cold front to move through northeastwards.

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Snow Queen one Rising Star

Snow Queen one

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  • Location: Maidstone
  • Location: Maidstone
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Does anyone else keep constantly refreshing this page or am I just a freak? :lol:

Can someone explain what an sferic is please?

Mostly cloudy - 19.3C. Max of 20.8C.

I belive it is short for atmospherics as he said below lol

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Carl46Wrexham Rising Star

Carl46Wrexham

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  • Location: Wrexham, North East Wales 80m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms
  • Location: Wrexham, North East Wales 80m asl
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Does anyone else keep constantly refreshing this page or am I just a freak? :lol:

Can someone explain what an sferic is please?

Mostly cloudy - 19.3C. Max of 20.8C.

Sferic - lightning strikes in other words...my radio on MW picking up a lot of them.

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A.J Maestro

A.J

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  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: Hot Summer, Snowy winter and thunderstorms all year round!
  • Location: Sunderland
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Does anyone else keep constantly refreshing this page or am I just a freak? :lol:

Can someone explain what an sferic is please?

Mostly cloudy - 19.3C. Max of 20.8C.

Simply put, its the radio emission of a lightning strike as detected using a lightning detector

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Slowpoke Apprentice

Slowpoke

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  • Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
  • Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
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Does anyone else keep constantly refreshing this page or am I just a freak? :lol:

Can someone explain what an sferic is please?

Mostly cloudy - 19.3C. Max of 20.8C.

You're not the only one constantly refreshing.

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Backtrack Accomplished

Backtrack

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  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy winters, hot, sunny springs and summers.
  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
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I belive it is short for atmospherics as he said below lol

Sferic - lightning strikes in other words...my radio on MW picking up a lot of them.

Thank you. :)

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Adi F Enthusiast

Adi F

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  • Location: Chichester, West Sussex
  • Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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Here we go, this area is intensifying quicker than I can type, a few sferics have shown up!

Sky to the South, East and West to me look very dark indeed.

Currently 19.2c with Light rain

Lol get your ass up the hill the strike alert is giving off the occasional beep lol

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Dean E Community Regular

Dean E

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  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
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For people in more northern counties, don't give up just yet! I've just zoomed out on the radar, seems to be an endless (until the radar range ends) stream of activity!

Pleantly more time for developments! drinks.gif

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chapmanslade Community Regular

chapmanslade

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  • Location: Chapmanslade, Wiltshire + Charente, France
  • Location: Chapmanslade, Wiltshire + Charente, France
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Does anyone else keep constantly refreshing this page or am I just a freak? :lol:

Can someone explain what an sferic is please?

Mostly cloudy - 19.3C. Max of 20.8C.

"A radio atmospheric signal or sferic (sometimes also spelled "spheric") is a broadband electromagnetic impulse that occurs as a result of natural atmospheric lightning discharges"

Wikipedia

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Dean E Community Regular

Dean E

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  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
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Lol get your ass up the hill the strike alert is giving off the occasional beep lol

I wish I could Adi, sadly I have a party. I suppose I can watch while i'm getting soaked outside! whistling.gif

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paul m Aficionado

paul m

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  • Location: Morley, Leeds West Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms
  • Location: Morley, Leeds West Yorkshire
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For people in more northern counties, don't give up just yet! I've just zoomed out on the radar, seems to be an endless (until the radar range ends) stream of activity!

Pleantly more time for developments! drinks.gif

Thanks for keeping my hopes up

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Alex95 Contributor

Alex95

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  • Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms and heat, North Sea snow
  • Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Suddenly gone dull and much cooler.

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Carl46Wrexham Rising Star

Carl46Wrexham

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  • Location: Wrexham, North East Wales 80m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms
  • Location: Wrexham, North East Wales 80m asl
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For people in more northern counties, don't give up just yet! I've just zoomed out on the radar, seems to be an endless (until the radar range ends) stream of activity!

Pleantly more time for developments! drinks.gif

Already given up...the sight of that non-electrified moderate muck approaching me has killed off any last remaining hope I had.

Ah well...maybe next time. Good luck to everyone else though.

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sendandreturn Contributor

sendandreturn

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  • Location: Southsea, Hampshire
  • Location: Southsea, Hampshire
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OMG that cell down south is immense!!

Anyone under it?

120mm/h ? No way

Any funnels? Echos look like some possible..?

yep drove right through it from wimborne to fareham, huge area of torrential rain...that was it, 1 flash lightning...then roads were dry once over new forest into hampshire...

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Marie Aficionado

Marie

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  • Location: Brighton
  • Weather Preferences: snow cold,storms and heat
  • Location: Brighton
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well here on the south east coast still nothing just cloudy and breezy :drinks:

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paul m Aficionado

paul m

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  • Location: Morley, Leeds West Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms
  • Location: Morley, Leeds West Yorkshire
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I am listening to this vlf site and there are a few crackles http://markyd26uk.110mb.com/vlf.html I am using his own live stream

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Adi F Enthusiast

Adi F

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  • Location: Chichester, West Sussex
  • Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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I wish I could Adi, sadly I have a party. I suppose I can watch while i'm getting soaked outside! whistling.gif

Well I think it is going to be a long night wub.gif

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Kain Contributor

Kain

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  • Location: Highley, Shropshire, WV16
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, Snow
  • Location: Highley, Shropshire, WV16
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And with silence broken...BOOM a massibe clap of thunder from nowhere!

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Rob Rookie

Rob

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  • Location: Maidstone, Kent
  • Location: Maidstone, Kent
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looks like south east will miss out according to the radar.;

There's a suprise! A few years ago we used to be storm central, recently we seem to avoid everything, especially here in NW Kent.

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Dean E Community Regular

Dean E

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  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
  • Location: Emsworth, Hampshire
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Well I think it is going to be a long night wub.gif

Aha! Last night was a long night for me, I could of stayed up there all night! drinks.gif

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