I have been watching lightning for around 40 minutes now from a line of Cb
clouds way way in the distance to the N-West of here. Approx 1 strike/30
seconds - to 1 strike/minute. They are lightning the clouds up a nice
purple colour - very pretty - no thunder heard so must be quite a
difference. My Strikemaster is picking some of them up but not all - I
image this is the line of storms towards Northampton ? Visibility must be
very good.
One Cb is active - then seems to decay - then the one behind it becomes
active etc etc.

Mark.

"Mark Buckley"
wrote in message ...
I have been watching lightning for around 40 minutes now from a line of Cb
clouds way way in the distance to the N-West of here.

Which prompted me to look out of the window and sure enough there was the
lightning on the NW horizon

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk

No problems George - one of those things you have to spot first then start
watching - I just caught one by accident. Some of them are now nice long
C-C strikes which are pretty. There is a long row of Cb clouds - and there
will be no activity for a couple of minutes then one will discharge and then
some of the others within 1 second or so - how are they electrically linked
?

Mark.

"George Booth" wrote in message
...

"Mark Buckley"
wrote in message ...
I have been watching lightning for around 40 minutes now from a line of
Cb
clouds way way in the distance to the N-West of here.

Which prompted me to look out of the window and sure enough there was the
lightning on the NW horizon

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk

Can you still see lightning Mark?

My friend in Danbury says there are no clouds at all.

Tom
Docklands, East London

"Mark Buckley"
wrote in message ...
No problems George - one of those things you have to spot first then start
watching - I just caught one by accident. Some of them are now nice long
C-C strikes which are pretty. There is a long row of Cb clouds - and
there
will be no activity for a couple of minutes then one will discharge and
then
some of the others within 1 second or so - how are they electrically
linked
?

Mark.

"George Booth" wrote in message
...

"Mark Buckley"
wrote in message ...
I have been watching lightning for around 40 minutes now from a line
of
Cb
clouds way way in the distance to the N-West of here.

Which prompted me to look out of the window and sure enough there was
the
lightning on the NW horizon

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk

"Mark Buckley" wrote I have been watching lightning for around 40
minutes now from a line of Cb
clouds way way in the distance to the N-West of here. Approx 1 strike/30
seconds - to 1 strike/minute. They are lightning the clouds up a nice
purple colour - very pretty - no thunder heard so must be quite a
difference. My Strikemaster is picking some of them up but not all - I
image this is the line of storms towards Northampton ? Visibility must be
very good.
One Cb is active - then seems to decay - then the one behind it becomes
active etc etc.

I can see the same from here, now - 22.45 hrs. Probably is around
Leicester. I recall 3 years ago watching an August evening storm here that
later turned out to have been over The Wash - about 100 miles away and,
sometime in the 1980s, from NW Durham a summer storm over the W. Cumbrian
Coast - again about the same distance.

BTW - quite a bit of Ac drifting in from the west - looks very good
silhouetted against the moon.

- Tom.
Blackmore, SW Essex.

Tom,

Yes but not that often.

Have a look at these photos I took of the Cb clouds in the distant before it
got too dark- first one digitally enhanced to make them more visible. 2nd
one was taken when it was dark - its a 30 second exposure.

Don't seem as active - but they are still dischargin occasionally and my
Strikealert is picking some of them up. Question - lastet Avbrief shows some
interesting development - Norfolk -is it Anaprop again or actual storms ?

http://www.mark-buckley.pwp.blueyond...uk/distant.jpg

http://www.mark-buckley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/6.jpg.jpg

Mark.

"Tom" wrote in message ...
Can you still see lightning Mark?

My friend in Danbury says there are no clouds at all.

Tom
Docklands, East London

"Mark Buckley"
wrote in message ...
No problems George - one of those things you have to spot first then
start
watching - I just caught one by accident. Some of them are now nice
long
C-C strikes which are pretty. There is a long row of Cb clouds - and
there
will be no activity for a couple of minutes then one will discharge and
then
some of the others within 1 second or so - how are they electrically
linked
?

Mark.

"George Booth" wrote in message
...

"Mark Buckley"

wrote in message
...
I have been watching lightning for around 40 minutes now from a line
of
Cb
clouds way way in the distance to the N-West of here.

Which prompted me to look out of the window and sure enough there was
the
lightning on the NW horizon

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk