El Gordo! - Spanish Plume Thunderstorm Discussion 6

[Southern Storm]

Bit confused by what im seeing at 12 on the meteox radar!

Here is a capture of it

But i have no idea what it is

[Norfolk Sheep]

LOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdrexABE01E&feature=youtu.be

:bomb: :bomb:

JEEEEZUS!!!!! I've just brained myself on the ceiling !!!!!!

[Jason T]

Here is the location of it, Not sure could be flash pattern or a distorted sound wave caued by the storm,Would have been hell of a bang though.

[Darren Bown]

Glad to see people in the SE got some awesome storms, shame the forecasters seemed to get it for the wrong day! haha. They got it right eventually, but only when it was less than 24 hours away

[cmimrie]

I know someone already mentioned it earlier, but here is a webcam in Amsterdam, the storm is still going on... http://www.terena.org/webcam/

Just seen a couple of flashes of lightning and the webcam also has an external amplified microphone so you can hear the thunder too.

[Jason T]

Hopefully this a better image.

Paul Sherman will know...

Edited June 28, 2011 by silver line

[paul m]

This storm does not want to give up: Thunderstorm ID T-5196 detected 10:19

Storm location bearing 57.7 dgr distance 298 mi

Last recorded activity 00:29

Intensity class Weak

Intensity trend No change

Current strikerate 4/minute

Peak strikerate 60/minute

Total recorded strikes 9539

Cloud-Ground strikes 4777 - 50.08%

Intracloud strikes 4762 - 49.92%

-- Strike type distribution --

Positive Cloud-Ground [+CG] 471 - 4.94%

Negative Cloud-Ground [-CG] 4306 - 45.14%

Positive Intracloud [+IC] 2957 - 31.00%

Negative Intracloud [-IC] 1805 - 18.92%

[Adi F]

Ok i have a crap camera and the mic is blocked up with mud from the jungle but here is a montage of the best bits, the video does not do the storm justice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFyywnP2bnc

[Paul Sherman]

Hopefully this a better image.

Paul Sherman will know...

Saw this a few times in the US This year - Cant remember what tour it was but know it was near to Omaha when circles appeared around various radar sites - They can also be produced by the radar picking up wind farms etc and bouncing the signal back.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CC0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWeather_radar&ei=ScQKTubEEsmXhQfrl4TIDw&usg=AFQjCNE-cC6-wvGcRXDfmHodOu2kHBAtWg

Good link above on problems with radar.

[Coast]

Surprised to see no reports on the European Severe Weather Database for yesterday in the UK: http://www.essl.org/ESWD/

all I can say to members in the SE is DON'T EVER MOAN ABOUT NOT GETTING STORMS AGAIN!!! :lol:

Well, we did get a years worth in a day!

[chionomaniac]

Saw this a few times in the US This year - Cant remember what tour it was but know it was near to Omaha when circles appeared around various radar sites - They can also be produced by the radar picking up wind farms etc and bouncing the signal back.

http://www.google.co...fmHodOu2kHBAtWg

Good link above on problems with radar.

There was a case of bats once getting picked up on the Amarillo radar, I think.

Edited June 29, 2011 by chionomaniac

[johnholmes]

radar echoes on sea breeze fronts are well documented, feeding birds picked up as they feed on insects on the front.

[Coast]

Gatwick Airport control tower was struck by lightning yesterday causing a short-term system failure. Although back up systems kicked in, thunder and lightning resulted in delays of about an hour affecting some flights during the afternoon. Departing flights were suspended for half an hour after the 2pm lightning hit which led to the failure of some ground-based systems. There was no structural damage to the tower. A National Air Traffic Services spokesman said: “At no stage did the controllers lose voice communications with the pilots or lose radar. Back up systems were immediately put in place.â€

Travel to and from Gatwick was also affected as violent storms swept across the south east of England. Many trains operated by Southern were cancelled or delayed by more than an hour after lightning hit between Horley and Three Bridges in West Sussex.

http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/29/37513/gatwick+lightning+hit+causes+delays.html

Stormy weather has descended on Sussex with lightning strikes on buildings reported across the county. Fire crews are reporting a busy afternoon with several lightning strikes causing problems. Flames were sparked after lightning hit the roof of a house in Burgess Hill. No one was in the Culpepper property when crews arrived at about 2.45pm and the fire was quickly brought under control.

There was alarm after a tree was struck by lightening causing it to fall into Maresfield Recreation Ground. No injuries were reported during the incident at about 3pm. Crews have also been forced to deal with a glut of fire alarms sparked by the lightning

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9109925.Send_us_your_weather_pictures/

Less than a mile away from where I was at work!!!! (thought it sounded close)

[Lauren]

I swear we still had the odd rumble into late last night and we definitely saw a flash just around midnight in the distance. Nothing was showing on radar though.

I will try and get my close strikes uploaded today if i can work out how to get it in the right format. Haven't heard thunder that loud in England for at least a decade.

[Coast]

Here we go, yesterday in one animated gif!!! (we are in the upper left corner of the World!)

http://wwlln.net/WWLLN_movies/Movie_of_Lightning_in_EurAfrica_BIG.gif (for today only)

[Sprites]

A few CGs during the storm here yesterdy 2.40-4.20 pm , the storm seemed a mid-level type , dont know if that made the CGs more powerfull with a large distance to jump, or if a few positive strikes occured, some potent thunder at times, and 28mm recorded in around 2hours.

[anvilhead]

Glad to see the storms kick off yesterday! Even if they missed here completely

To all forecasters: Ignore criticism - the vast majority of us find it invaluable and understand that forecasting is about highlighting your opinion of the upcoming risks and possibilities, not putting your head on the block!, so thanks from us all and keep them coming.

Sam

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Ok i have a crap camera and the mic is blocked up with mud from the jungle but here is a montage of the best bits, the video does not do the storm justice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFyywnP2bnc

I hear la strike alertie!

[Neilsouth]

My storm video..........

Edited June 29, 2011 by Victor Meldrew

[ZONE 51]

Ok i have a crap camera and the mic is blocked up with mud from the jungle but here is a montage of the best bits, the video does not do the storm justice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFyywnP2bnc

great vid, see how close that strike was at 45secs!!

[Adi F]

Cheers mate. I think it is about time I upgrade my camera. I am thinking of going down the lines of a GoPro HD camera mounted on the outside of the car but car tax and insurance have to come before I can go down that route.

Something that is not clear in the film is the lightning strike that struck Chichester cathedral. That strike at 45 seconds went into Goodwood airfield where they are setting up for the Goodwood festival of speed. I bet it left some skid marks lol

[Lauren]

My video is uploading slowly. Couldn't edit it down ans video editor was broken so it's a ten minute video.

Video will be posted later.

[sparky1972]

Cheers mate. I think it is about time I upgrade my camera. I am thinking of going down the lines of a GoPro HD camera mounted on the outside of the car but car tax and insurance have to come before I can go down that route.

Something that is not clear in the film is the lightning strike that struck Chichester cathedral. That strike at 45 seconds went into Goodwood airfield where they are setting up for the Goodwood festival of speed. I bet it left some skid marks lol

hi where abouts were you while you were filming? mark.

[Adi F]

I was up on the Trundle about a km the other side of the hill from Goodwood horse racing stadium.

If you enter this Grid ref SU872110 using this link you will see a viewing area on OS mapping.

I hope that helps.

Edit: It would help if I added the link The Link

Edited June 29, 2011 by Adi F

[dave48]

Have been down in Brighton for a few days and enjoyed 3 great thunderstorms yesterday, Lot's of close lightning and thunder, the best I have seen since 2008.

I was lucky to be down there as there was no such activity in Wiltshire.