"fred" wrote in message
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Severe and prolonged thunderstorms in Aberdeenshire yesterday ( God, I
sound like a "broadcast meteorologist")

I was working at 2000 ft on Pressendye ( NJ490089) doing windfarm
stuff and the storms were all round 360 degrees

We came off the hill for safety's sake and were almost blown to
kingdom come by a lightning strike whist opening a metal gate. I have
never seen such intense rainfall anywhere in the world.

Met office suggested 30mm was possible - I wish I had a measuring jug
with me ! It was phenomenal. Many local reports of cattle killed by
lightning strikes and the main road (A93) was closed due to a wash
out.

Sweet FA mentioned on any news media !! Friday afternoon syndrome

Here at Inchmarlo thunder rumbled all afternoon and evening, sometimes very
loudly, but no rain fell. The flashes came from the hills to the north of
the Dee. However, at Aboyne, about 15 miles up river, there was quite a bit
of rain. The lightning seems to have knocked out Aboyne's temperature
sensors. The last time that happened, last July, it took over a month for
them to fix it.

Ian Bingham.