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Spikecollie

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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Play at Roland Garros stopped ahead of a severe thunderstorm warning.

Not surprised! The odd strike annoyingly close to me now...a cirrus gathering, some convection clouds earlier..but...

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Spikecollie Accomplished

Spikecollie

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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A pretty magnificent thunderstorm just passed in Belgium. Certainly in the north of England or Scotland these can't happen more than a few times per decade although I imagine it's not too rare here. 

You get used to them...but I could never tire of them or take them for granted. Madame Nature is so wonderful...

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Spikecollie Accomplished

Spikecollie

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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I know my clouds, but what is it when cirrus have little turrets at the leading edge? Not Ac cas...because that's what I've got almost out of nowhere...

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Karl83 Community Regular

Karl83

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  • Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms, Heat Waves, Tornadoes.
  • Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol
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Eindhoven sky cam - might want to mute it unless you understand Dutch.

 

http://www.studio040.nl/webcam.html

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Karl83

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  • Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms, Heat Waves, Tornadoes.
  • Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol
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Great find! Just saw a huge CG!

getting tasty on there now!

 

Seeing some awesome stuff on there now!

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East_England_Stormchaser91

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  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and Thundery, Cold and Snowy
  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
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Today has been the day that has made my mind up to make sure I head over to the continent on marginal plumes like this. The other side of the water nowadays is pretty much a guarantee for spectacular storms. I was so tempted to put in for an annual leave date for today at the beginning of the week, but the westward shift that was showing at the same time made me stay here and clutch at straws!... Big mistake! We can only learn from them at least. Happy for the Kentish people that did catch that decent one his morning anyway

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Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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Today has been the day that has made my mind up to make sure I head over to the continent on marginal plumes like this. The other side of the water nowadays is pretty much a guarantee for spectacular storms. I was so tempted to put in for an annual leave date for today at the beginning of the week, but the westward shift that was showing at the same time made me stay here and clutch at straws!... Big mistake! We can only learn from them at least. Happy for the Kentish people that did catch that decent one his morning anyway

 

Complete agree with this. It seems to be a rarity nowadays for continental plumes to deliver the goods here. It does happen, but it is that rare that us storm fans can normally rattle those very few dates out off the top of our heads. Since the start of 2013 - July 22nd/23rd 2013, June 9th 2014, July 17th-19th 2014. I realise the far SE of Kent may have had more but these are the three (yes three) widespread plume events over the last 2 years. 

 

Now ask a storm nut from Holland to rattle off dates of storms - if they could they should be on Hollands Got Talent! :D

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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Anyone know the cheapest airports to land at in let's say belgium/france/Germany with a same day return in August time?

Probably Dusseldorf from Stansted. Check on www.skyscanner.com, it is quite useful for trying different dates and combinations.

Sorry, that's www.skyscanner.net

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Bolt from the Blue Enthusiast

Bolt from the Blue

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  • Location: Sturminster Newton (N. Dorset)
  • Weather Preferences: Fair Weather, Snow, Thunderstorms
  • Location: Sturminster Newton (N. Dorset)
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Guys the eurotunnel is a great option, even better if you can get a few other storm nuts to come with and share the cost.

Plus you'll have your own car to chase.

About £100 return and you can change the date at the last minute (if it looks like the storms are actually coming to the UK!)

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StormChaseUK

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  • Location: Ludlow, Shropshire
  • Weather Preferences: thunder
  • Location: Ludlow, Shropshire
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Or Ferry over which is from £39 from Portsmouth.  (I did this recently for family purposes, but also added bonus of storm chasing)

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Convective

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  • Location: Douglas, Isle of Man - 380ft/116m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Warm summers, cold winters.. How it should be!
  • Location: Douglas, Isle of Man - 380ft/116m ASL
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Good show kicking off here: http://www.dus.com/de-de/erlebnis-dus/webcams?s=/static/webcam/webcam_dus2777.html

 

And here: http://www.dortmund-airport.com/e55c3446ae2148f9/webcam?cam=camera_west

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East_England_Stormchaser91

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  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and Thundery, Cold and Snowy
  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
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Probably Dusseldorf from Stansted. Check on www.skyscanner.com, it is quite useful for trying different dates and combinations.

Sorry, that's www.skyscanner.net

We should all definitely arrange it when things are looking ripe!

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Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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We should all definitely arrange it when things are looking ripe!

Yes I agree with that. We need good conditions on the near continent to coincide with when people can be free. Like you, I wish I had booked that ferry to spend today over there. Still, there will be other opportunities.

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Spikecollie

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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Never a damn flash here and still 23c. I'm way too sunkissed (not burned) and it's too hot for anything other than a sheet for bed cover! I love this weather, but would love a storm even more...

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Spikecollie

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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Utterly still here in Limousin with just the chirping of "cigales" to break the warm silence. A perfect t-storm evening...if only!

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Mesoscale

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  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Humid Continental Climate (Dfa / Dfb)
  • Location: Watford, Hertfordshire, 68.7m ASL
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ok keep watching now the active Thunderstorm is not far away prob about 15 min or so.

 

will be a great show trust me.

 

http://en.glaz.tv/top/252/2/e2bf5ee76387bb4f24678f28caf63688/

Cool cams those im watching the 4th stream, its a shame we cant get storms like this, we had nothing not even a rumble today. Disappointing.

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  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and sunny with night time t-storms
  • Location: Haute Vienne, Limousin, France (404m ASL)
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A flash already!

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