Once again a lot of thunderstorms around up country on Saturday but what do
we get here on Dartmoor - just heavy rain and no thunder. I hadn't realised
how very rare thunder is down here until moving here. It is quite amazing
really.

Still, today 26th has dawned sunny and promises to be a glorious day with
excellent visibility, Shaldon, the Ness, were glinting in the sun this
morning with the sea beyond!
It will also be my first day out of my home environment since last Sunday,
so I'm looking forward to walking a few miles at a gentle pace to help
recovery.

Onward and upward :-)

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On 26/08/12 09:16, Dartmoor Will wrote:
Once again a lot of thunderstorms around up country on Saturday but what
do we get here on Dartmoor - just heavy rain and no thunder. I hadn't
realised how very rare thunder is down here until moving here. It is
quite amazing really.

Still, today 26th has dawned sunny and promises to be a glorious day
with excellent visibility, Shaldon, the Ness, were glinting in the sun
this morning with the sea beyond!
It will also be my first day out of my home environment since last
Sunday, so I'm looking forward to walking a few miles at a gentle pace
to help recovery.

Onward and upward :-)

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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We had some short bursts of torrential rain here in Horsham, but no
thunder. There was a line of intense precipitation on the Met Office
radar mid afternoon heading this way but it seemed to fizzle when it got
within about 30 miles of here.

Adam Lea wrote:
On 26/08/12 09:16, Dartmoor Will wrote:
Once again a lot of thunderstorms around up country on Saturday but what
do we get here on Dartmoor - just heavy rain and no thunder. I hadn't
realised how very rare thunder is down here until moving here. It is
quite amazing really.

Still, today 26th has dawned sunny and promises to be a glorious day
with excellent visibility, Shaldon, the Ness, were glinting in the sun
this morning with the sea beyond!
It will also be my first day out of my home environment since last
Sunday, so I'm looking forward to walking a few miles at a gentle pace
to help recovery.

Onward and upward :-)

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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We had some short bursts of torrential rain here in Horsham, but no
thunder. There was a line of intense precipitation on the Met Office
radar mid afternoon heading this way but it seemed to fizzle when it got
within about 30 miles of here.
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A couple of small storms here late afternoon with brief downpours with
some decent forked lightning and thunder.
Dave S.Essex

On 26/08/2012 9:16 AM, Dartmoor Will wrote:
Once again a lot of thunderstorms around up country on Saturday but what
do we get here on Dartmoor - just heavy rain and no thunder. I hadn't
realised how very rare thunder is down here until moving here. It is
quite amazing really.

Don't have to go 'up country' for thunderstorms.

Yesterday's thunderstorms have notched up the 'thunder days' this summer
to 8 days.

In amongst that lot were two spectacular night time storms at end of June.
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Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On Sunday, 26 August 2012 09:16:25 UTC+1, wrote:
Once again a lot of thunderstorms around up country on Saturday but what do

we get here on Dartmoor - just heavy rain and no thunder. I hadn't realised

how very rare thunder is down here until moving here. It is quite amazing

really.



Still, today 26th has dawned sunny and promises to be a glorious day with

excellent visibility, Shaldon, the Ness, were glinting in the sun this

morning with the sea beyond!

It will also be my first day out of my home environment since last Sunday,

so I'm looking forward to walking a few miles at a gentle pace to help

recovery.



Onward and upward :-)



Will

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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)

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Ah ah!

So therefore some people don't want warning signs they want good weather news announcements. Let's face it when there's a chance and mainly of a severe winter spell many of us here wet ourselves. So surely that makes the OTT UKMO weather warning service presumptuous if not daft. They should have a fantastic News severe weather warning system -hold on that gives me an idea!