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kumquat Seasoned

kumquat

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  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
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There are plenty of vids on Youtube of close lightning strikes e.g.

but never seen the blue phenomenon you're talking about. Of course, it could be possibly an extension of electric current dancing around conductors (everything on the ground). There is the phenomenon of St Elmo's fire which is often reported as blue dancing light but I thought that was attributed to static.

 

I'm glad you saw the same green lightning flash that I did as I've never seen lightning of that colour before. Somebody posted a link about it above but I could not read as I was not a member of the site? National Geographic?

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  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
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Woop distant thunder and lightning to the South/South East, quite a way away but hopefully getting closer!

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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Looks like something is kicking off north of Wolverhampton now...near Stafford.

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Woop distant thunder and lightning to the South/South East, quite a way away but hopefully getting closer!

You see, was there any need to be so pessimistic in the first place? Lol.

 

Lightning kicking off again here. Round 2! :D

 

Still 20.5c here.

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gloucesterlad Apprentice

gloucesterlad

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  • Location: Gloucester - Quedgeley
  • Location: Gloucester - Quedgeley
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Look out folks ! Here... she comes ! Round 2 of the crash bang wallops.

Insane thunder and lightning !

John in Quedgeley just south of Gloucester !

ps. Storm no 5 since beginning of June... lucky or what !?

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fromey Experienced

fromey

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  • Location: frome somerset 105m ABSL,
  • Weather Preferences: cold snow, thunderstorms
  • Location: frome somerset 105m ABSL,
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Might be time for the thunder buddy song!!!

Fromey

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Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Seem to be getting flashes E, SE, S and W of me right now!

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kumquat Seasoned

kumquat

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  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
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Yep, this could be a night to remember. Plenty kicking off to our south and coming northwards.

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Summer of 95 Seasoned

Summer of 95

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  • Location: Shrewsbury
  • Location: Shrewsbury
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Seem to be getting flashes E, SE, S and W of me right now!

Same here, add NW and overhead. Some thunder booming around too but not a drop of rain and clear patches through which stars are visible.
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Dancerwithwings

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  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :)
  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
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Seem to be getting flashes E, SE, S and W of me right now!

Come out with your hands up your surrounded  :laugh:

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Adzyy Apprentice

Adzyy

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  • Location: Rugby, Warwickshire
  • Location: Rugby, Warwickshire
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Looking like everything is gonna be a tad too west here. Unless that stuff by Eastbourne comes over. Not holding out hope though....

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Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Some real nice flickers here now. Not sure if the one to my SW but the lightning just then seemed to outline what looked like some sort of wall or shelf cloud. Might be wrong as its hard to tell when you get a fraction of a second to see! No real thunder though so very elevated but lovely to see.

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Gibby Accomplished

Gibby

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  • Location: Kilmersdon Radstock Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: None Really but a snow lover deep down
  • Location: Kilmersdon Radstock Somerset
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Just had a thunderbolt strike Radstock Town Centre. Not sure what it hit but sparks visibly flew everywhere down there. Deafening thunder as a result. Knocked webcams and Weather Station out for now I'm afraid.

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Summer of 95

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  • Location: Shrewsbury
  • Location: Shrewsbury
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Only 3-5 seconds between lightning and thunder, but it still isn't raining and the thunder is a really low boom, like a distant jet or train, not the loud crashes we had this morning. Seems to be jumping from cloud to cloud to another cloud as its illuminating a large area.

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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Looks like this one i can see is travelling up the Severn valley...which would take the storm all the way into Telford! Going to be some happy posts from there soon!

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Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Looks like this one i can see is travelling up the Severn valley...which would take the storm all the way into Telford! Going to be some happy posts from there soon!

Yeah some really brilliant flashes this one out to my WSW/W now. Thought I saw an anvil crawler a moment ago!

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kumquat Seasoned

kumquat

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  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
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Four large supercells coming out of France and bending north-westwards around the Low currently centred on Biscay. Some very unstable air coming our way and favouring the Southwest and Wales through tomorrow morning. If the whole system moves NEwards as predicted then a whole swathe of the west will get hit including Northern parts.

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picog

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
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Thunder and lightening started here about 20 minutes ago. Rain pepping up.

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Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Defo seems to be some anvil crawlers out to my West now!

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kumquat Seasoned

kumquat

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  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
  • Location: Winterbourne, South Glos
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Intense rain and associated thunder lightning to my east. I felt sorry for the plane that looked to be lowering altitude to land somewhere around here (Cardiff?)

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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The bad news is that everything seems to be slipping to our west now.

The good news is that it's giving us a show as it does so.

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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The bad news is that everything seems to be slipping to our west now.The good news is that it's giving us a show as it does so.

Indeed, no rain here yet. But some cracking lightning. More than happy with that. :) Does seem to be easing off in southern parts though for now.

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gloucesterlad

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  • Location: Gloucester - Quedgeley
  • Location: Gloucester - Quedgeley
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Insane lightning and thunder around here. I fair jumped out of my boxers at that last one !

Unreal  :clapping:

John 

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Gord Rising Star

Gord

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  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
  • Location: Upper Gornal, Dudley, 205m asl
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You'll have a better view than me in Stourbridge.Also, I live on the east side of the hill in Upper Gornal, so I have a superb view of Birmingham and Walsall, but not so good of the west. If it wasn't so late I'd get myself down Jews lane where the view is superb.

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