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07-08-2011: Monsoonal Thunderous Downpours


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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset

07-08-2011: Monsoonal Thunderous Downpours

A deeply unstable airmass associated with a thundery trough from the southwest brought jus the right conditions to conjure up some monstrous downpours for three days running 6th-8th July. The heaviest and most impressive of these downpours came on Friday 8th, often accompanied by thunder but no full on thunderstorms despite a distant capture of fading lightning on shutter.

The day started with sunshine and cu-nimbs quickly growing.

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The first out of two strikes to the north, I caught on camera.

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I then followed the cell by driving into Bristol to go shopping where I was met with torrential rain.

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Later in the day, another batch of downpours were looming.

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  • Location: South East UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms/squalls/hoar-frost/mist
  • Location: South East UK

Nice photos ,thanks for sharing.

I have the same type of raingauge in my garden :D

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset

Great photos Michael, it certainly did chuck it down with rain.

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