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Snoopie42 Explorer

Snoopie42

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  • Location: Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire
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4 hours ago, Surrey said:

So something I see often is some fantastic cloudscapes and weather photos by accident on google maps!

Whats your best?

Kicking it off with this one near Heathrow Airport! 

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What an unusual but brilliant idea @Surrey. In my line of work i use Google Maps most days, therefore, I will probably become a real pain in this thread! I will now be looking for interesting cloudscapes rather than doing what I am supposed to be doing.......because I never post / view the forum when at work....not! I would hope to make some additions in the next day or so....If I see anything interesting that is? Have a good evening!

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Clair_Witch Enthusiast

Clair_Witch

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  • Location: Cardiff 9m (32ft) asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, cold, thunder and lightning.
  • Location: Cardiff 9m (32ft) asl
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I've always got my head in the clouds and am forever snapping photos of them.

Here's 2 from January this year.

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TheBigFreeze Newbie

TheBigFreeze

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  • Location: East Dereham, Norfolk
  • Weather Preferences: snow or stormy...colder the better
  • Location: East Dereham, Norfolk
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Shot this out over the fens, near Chatteris last year. Was a storm to remember :)

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11 hours ago, Snoopie42 said:

What an unusual but brilliant idea @Surrey. In my line of work i use Google Maps most days, therefore, I will probably become a real pain in this thread! I will now be looking for interesting cloudscapes rather than doing what I am supposed to be doing.......because I never post / view the forum when at work....not! I would hope to make some additions in the next day or so....If I see anything interesting that is? Have a good evening!

I hope so! Should get some good input on this!  Remember rules are you have to screenshot it from Google maps and has to have reference too the place!  I got a few more stunners to come haha!!

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MP-R Maestro

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
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Great idea! I also use Google Maps on an almost daily basis with my job and have already come across a few good ones, but stupidly didn't save them! I'll upload some soon as and when I can find them again. It's always fun finding ones with cbs or thundery looking skies, looking at the month it was taken in, then guessing the date.

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1 hour ago, MP-R said:

Great idea! I also use Google Maps on an almost daily basis with my job and have already come across a few good ones, but stupidly didn't save them! I'll upload some soon as and when I can find them again. It's always fun finding ones with cbs or thundery looking skies, looking at the month it was taken in, then guessing the date.

Hahah cheers @MP-R Look forward to your input on this thread!

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MP-R

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
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^^ Ah yes, memories of the Thames overflowing when I was at uni in Egham then. I'll never forget what the Runnymede roundabout and surrounding fields looked like - quite incredible!

Meanwhile I've managed to locate one of the cool weather views I've come across. This one in July 2011 in East Dereham, Norfolk of a nice looking cb. I think the most convective period of that month was around the 05th-08th so I'd guess it was taken around then.

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Snoopie42 Explorer

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  • Location: Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire
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@Surrey @MP-R @TheBigFreeze @Clair_Witch I know this isn't cloud related, however, look what I discovered whilst in google maps.......

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56e2cc9a755cf_BourneEnd2.thumb.JPG.3cd9bNow that's cool!! :clap:

I wonder how many aeroplanes like these are on google maps?

Also, apologies for quoting you all, just thought this may get missed if I didn't as the thread is a little quiet! Have a nice weekend all! :D

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MP-R Maestro

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
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To keep the thread ticking along, here's another one I've just come across of what looks like the edge of a cb cell with mammatus in Kettering in August 2014. 

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Metwatch

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  • Location: Coventry, 96m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow in winter, thunderstorms, warmth, sun any time!
  • Location: Coventry, 96m asl
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On 04/05/2016 at 11:00, MP-R said:

To keep the thread ticking along

Wonder if we could restart this, it's an interesting idea. A few more I've found and not just recently, I do love exploring street view a lot!

 

December 2010 hoar frost parts of Coventry, likely on the 6/7th as I have pics that day too in nearby Warwickshire:

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4134854,-1.4974676,3a,75y,280.29h,85.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sCwelULRE4Gem8bszXnn9iw!2e0!5s20101201T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.404657,-1.501639,3a,75y,255.4h,86.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZOOe9L4NBewqXrjHZcnz8A!2e0!5s20101201T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

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November 2020 South Wales, mist and frost:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7341041,-3.5472662,3a,75y,58.06h,84.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2Z1iHDozk4dzSCy1t11oNA!2e0!5s20201101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

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Cb with a small rainbow on the A41 near Aylesbury November 2021:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8353188,-0.8714383,3a,61.6y,4.72h,100.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sRSSzksYC60S53C6mHz0ixg!2e0!5s20211101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

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Frontal clearance January 2021 (my gallery shows this as being on the 21st, lost the link to the spot)

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I did have one from January 2009 somewhere in Wales with hoar frost and mist / freezing fog but couldn't find it again.

 

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LetItSnow! Experienced

LetItSnow!

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  • Location: Islington, C. London.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold winters and cool summers.
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
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This very menacing cloudscape on the A206 in Greenhithe near the ASDA taken in September 2008. There are other shots which showed it moved southward so this must have been on a northerly. Remember this one from my childhood. 

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Thia beautiful looking shower cloud taken looking east on the A13 by the M25 interchange in October 2008. I also remember this one from childhood. I used to browse StreetView a lot as a child. It was a way to explore. 

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Metwatch Maestro

Metwatch

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  • Location: Coventry, 96m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow in winter, thunderstorms, warmth, sun any time!
  • Location: Coventry, 96m asl
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Gotta add this one, even though it was already found on a different website!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6980658,24.2723125,3a,75y,264.98h,98.41t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-EDX68YR1nbbz7iqY4WTBA!2e0!5s20120801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

Lightning strike Romania August 2012.

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Thunders

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  • Location: South east, Eastbourne
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, hurricanes, and my favourite tornadoes
  • Location: South east, Eastbourne
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https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7791321,0.2553811,3a,75y,0.1h,96.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suwxA2xEUKViGJW-ILm5d5Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

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pretty stormy looking  sky in June 2012 

 

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LetItSnow! Experienced

LetItSnow!

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  • Location: Islington, C. London.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold winters and cool summers.
  • Location: Islington, C. London.
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Saw this rainbow captured on the A42 just as it merges into the M1 on the March 2023 imagery.

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