Convective / Storm Discussion - 23rd August onwards 2013

[poseidon]

Storm chances looking a bit abysmal in the next week.

[MP-R]

While the British snoozefest continues, it looks like Spain is the place to be today! Temperatures are higher in southern Britain than much of eastern Spain.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

While the British snoozefest continues, it looks like Spain is the place to be today! Temperatures are higher in southern Britain than much of eastern Spain.

Wow, Spain is literally exploding! Huge MCS going on there by the looks of it. Would be incredible to be there now! Also that storm pushing out of Algeria has got to be one of the most sharpest, beefiest looking storms I've ever seen!

[Guest William Grimsley]

Wow, Spain is literally exploding! Huge MCS going on there by the looks of it. Would be incredible to be there now! Also that storm pushing out of Algeria has got to be one of the most sharpest, beefiest looking storms I've ever seen!

Excuse my French, but that thunderstorm in Algeria and the thunderstorms in Spain are f'ing huge!

[Guest William Grimsley]

Storm chances looking a bit abysmal in the next week.

I've noticed that, too.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Excuse my French, but that thunderstorm in Algeria and the thunderstorms in Spain are f'ing huge!

You're not wrong. Makes our storms look like a drizzly mess!!

[MP-R]

Here's a picture from a friend of mine currently finishing his year abroad in Denia:

 

[Guest William Grimsley]

You're not wrong. Makes our storms look like a drizzly mess!!

Thanks. Exactly!!

[Convective]

Remember going to Tenerife when i was about 12. Thunderstorms every night loved it

 

Hmm, most times I have been to the Canaries, we've had one thunderstorm. In the last 2 years however, we've had none

[poseidon]

Here's a picture from a friend of mine currently finishing his year abroad in Denia:

 

 

Got these two last week......

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/18919-cg-strike-1-19th-aug-2013/

 

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/18920-cg-strike-2-19th-aug-2013/

Edited August 28, 2013 by poseidon

[poseidon]

Just came across this....

 

Moments after this photograph was taken these two boys were struck by lightning and seriously injured. A nearby hiker was killed. They were posing for the shot on top of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park in the Sierra of California during the summer of 1975. Photo by Mary McQuilken (sister of the two boys).

 

[Cheshire Freeze]

Just came across this....

 

Moments after this photograph was taken these two boys were struck by lightning and seriously injured. A nearby hiker was killed. They were posing for the shot on top of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park in the Sierra of California during the summer of 1975. Photo by Mary McQuilken (sister of the two boys).

 

 

A full quote here...

 

''This is an image no one would be happy to replicate. Two seconds after Mary McQuilken snapped this shot of her brothers posing on top of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park, California a powerful lightning bolt struck them. A hiker just outside the frame was killed and Sean (on the left) eventually also died from complications associated with his injuries. Michael McQuilken (on the right) survived. The family was hiking in the Sierra Nevada during August 1975 when the incident occurred. Photo by Mary McQuilken''.

 

Found on this site which is a very interesting read..  http://imgur.com/a/1SXNI

 

This is a sad story really, your hair standing on end like that is a sure sign you've become positively charged and are about to be hit by lightning. Best thing you could do in that scenario is drop to the floor immediately.

[poseidon]

A full quote here...

 

''This is an image no one would be happy to replicate. Two seconds after Mary McQuilken snapped this shot of her brothers posing on top of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park, California a powerful lightning bolt struck them. A hiker just outside the frame was killed and Sean (on the left) eventually also died from complications associated with his injuries. Michael McQuilken (on the right) survived. The family was hiking in the Sierra Nevada during August 1975 when the incident occurred. Photo by Mary McQuilken''.

 

Found on this site which is a very interesting read..  http://imgur.com/a/1SXNI

 

This is a sad story really, your hair standing on end like that is a sure sign you've become positively charged and are about to be hit by lightning. Best thing you could do in that scenario is drop to the floor immediately.

Absolutely.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Thanks. Exactly!!

My goodness, if you're still up Will, look at that t-rex mother of a storm leaving the Algeria/Tunisia border, its the length of Wick to Portsmouth 

Worth checking this now folks, look at that beast coming into the med towards Sardinia. http://www.sat24.com/?ir=true&co=false&ra=false&li=true 

Edited August 28, 2013 by East_England_Stormchaser91

[Coast]

Hmm, most times I have been to the Canaries, we've had one thunderstorm. In the last 2 years however, we've had none

 

I've only been a couple of times, but did have a nice storm the last time I went to La Palma in 2011:

 

[Guest William Grimsley]

My goodness, if you're still up Will, look at that t-rex mother of a storm leaving the Algeria/Tunisia border, its the length of Wick to Portsmouth 

Worth checking this now folks, look at that beast coming into the med towards Sardinia. http://www.sat24.com/?ir=true&co=false&ra=false&li=true 

WOW!

[Coast]

My goodness, if you're still up Will, look at that t-rex mother of a storm leaving the Algeria/Tunisia border, its the length of Wick to Portsmouth 

 

[Guest William Grimsley]

I can't get my head round that image. Are the red stars the lightning detectors and the blue dots the lightning strikes. Though, I see what you mean now.

[MP-R]

I've only been a couple of times, but did have a nice storm the last time I went to La Palma in 2011:

 

 

Are thunderstorms common in the Canaries? I've never experienced one there as the weather is always so stable. Having looked back through holidays I can say I witnessed thunderstorms in Menorca on 31st August 2001, Barcelona on 30th July 2002 and again in Barcelona on 17th July 2011. The Barcelona area seems to be a humid and wet enclave in the northeast of the country.

Edited August 29, 2013 by Miguel Hugo Roberto

[Coast]

Are thunderstorms common in the Canaries? I've never experienced one there as the weather is always so stable. Having looked back through holidays I can say I witnessed thunderstorms in Menorca on 31st August 2001, Barcelona on 30th July 2002 and again in Barcelona on 17th July 2011. The Barcelona area seems to be a humid and wet enclave in the northeast of the country.

 

I don't think they necessarily are and this week coming certainly not:

 

[Guest William Grimsley]

I don't think they necessarily are and this week coming certainly not:

 

Where do you get these charts from, Coast? They look interesting.

[Coast]

Where do you get these charts from, Coast? They look interesting.

 

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkavnmgeur.htm

 

The bottom portion of the free-atmosphere section is what you should look at for convective activity, but it is only from GFS and should be used as a guide with other models and data.

[Stuart]

beeen looking at the coast i cant see not a thing for next week for the uk

Edited August 29, 2013 by Stuart

[Coast]

beeen looking at the coast i cant see not a thing for next week for the uk

 

If you take GFS I think you're right there Stuart, very quiet on the convective front.

[Guest William Grimsley]

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkavnmgeur.htm

 

The bottom portion of the free-atmosphere section is what you should look at for convective activity, but it is only from GFS and should be used as a guide with other models and data.

Thanks, Coast. Looks very quiet.

If you take GFS I think you're right there Stuart, very quiet on the convective front.

Yes it is, annoying.