On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 10:50:41 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 1:36:35 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
Though there might be a few who would like that scenario! Still there for the end of next weekend and into the following week.

........but the warmth is unlikely to last for too long........yet!

A case of slow, slow, quick quick, slow before it really gets going at end of the month?

On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 11:17:59 PM UTC+1, Scott W wrote:
On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 10:50:41 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 1:36:35 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
Though there might be a few who would like that scenario! Still there for the end of next weekend and into the following week.

........but the warmth is unlikely to last for too long........yet!

A case of slow, slow, quick quick, slow before it really gets going at end of the month?

That's a hope........which mirrors mine perfectly!

On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 9:59:51 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
How about three fine days and some spectacular thunderstorms in 7-10 days?

One of the worst things about east Scotland (after the lack of real summer warmth) is the relative scarcity of thunderstorms. So different from the Hampshire of my childhood.

On Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 5:40:21 PM UTC+1, Trevor Harley wrote:
On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 9:59:51 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
How about three fine days and some spectacular thunderstorms in 7-10 days?

One of the worst things about east Scotland (after the lack of real summer warmth) is the relative scarcity of thunderstorms. So different from the Hampshire of my childhood.

The good old rumbling through the night thunderstorms of the 1980s seem to have made a comeback in the south in the past three years, making a return within a month of my lament for them in June 2013. https://wansteadmeteo.wordpress.com/...thunderstorms/

"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
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One of the worst things about east Scotland (after the lack of real summer
warmth) is the relative scarcity of thunderstorms. So different from the
Hampshire of my childhood.

You should try Dartmoor, thunder is very rare (average 5.5 days per year),
we get more snow than thunder and most thunder occurs in the cool season Oct
to May. Cue now some big storms!

Will
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believes that it was created in 1910 "
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You should try Dartmoor, thunder is very rare (average 5.5 days per year),
we get more snow than thunder and most thunder occurs in the cool season Oct
to May. Cue now some big storms!


Interesting. I'd have though you'd have far more. We've averaged 4.6 over the last 20 years here.

Trevor

"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
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You should try Dartmoor, thunder is very rare (average 5.5 days per year),
we get more snow than thunder and most thunder occurs in the cool season
Oct
to May. Cue now some big storms!


Interesting. I'd have though you'd have far more. We've averaged 4.6 over
the last 20 years here.


Dartmoor has too much clean Atlantic air. Storms are normally to the east
and further up country. In the past the SW was more prone to big storms
coming up from Biscay but they seem to be a thing of the past now. NE'lies
are our best chance for home grown storms. Light winds and warm air
conditions may give some rumbles but that's about it. However, on the
occasions when we have had good shows the sound of the thunder is amazing as
it is normally so quiet up here. You can hear thunder from a very long way
away indeed sometimes, I have often heard storms the other side of Lyme Bay
running into E.Devon/Dorset. Distant lightning is also fairly common from my
living room, sometimes over 50 miles away.

Will
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" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 1:15:07 PM UTC+1, Trevor Harley wrote:
You should try Dartmoor, thunder is very rare (average 5.5 days per year),
we get more snow than thunder and most thunder occurs in the cool season Oct
to May. Cue now some big storms!


Interesting. I'd have though you'd have far more. We've averaged 4.6 over the last 20 years here.

Trevor

We get 8 per year in Penzance (over the last 24 years). A lot of these are winter polar maritime 2 or 3 flash & hail storms, which we are very prone to due to the amazing warmth of sea off Cornwall. These seem to do more damage than the more spectacular summer storms July 2014 saw some of the most spectacular lightning over Penzance in recent years. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/...4328-large.jpg

It would probably surprise many how much hail we get in winter, no snow but plenty of hail. This was particularly true in winter 2013/14, when January and February both had 10 days with hail.

Graham
Penzance

On 04/05/2016 13:15, Trevor Harley wrote:
Interesting. I'd have though you'd have far more. We've averaged 4.6 over the last 20 years here.

Over the last 11 years I have averaged 15 thunder days a year. Most
occur during the June to September period but there is a second 'peak'
in November and December (probably due to being surrounded by a warm sea
at that time).

The least thundery, i.e., practically zero thunder days occur February
to mid-March. I presume this is because the sea is about at its coldest.

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Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalleyweather.me.uk