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Dave Ludlow wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:43:05 +0100, "Blizzard" wrote:

Currently some nice storms moving out of france and channel towards
south
and south east england... Look towards that direction already big
cumulus
clouds exploding..

Well they have arrived here now... and this lot isn't missing us!
Thunder lightning and heavy rain from the SW for the last 15 minutes

22..5 deg C down to 20.5 now, the garden will love this... but not the
guy up on scaffolding next door!

This seems to be at odds with the forecast which suggested (and still
does) a bias towards the southeast and east, with central southern and
southwestern areas missing out.

Also it seems to be a rather more organised band, more like an
organised group of storms moving from the SW than the random,
locally-generated distribution that the forecast suggested.

Nick


Wind got up a bit in last 5 mins nar Gravesend Kent. Sky darkening and a few
rumbles around

"Blizzard" wrote in message
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Currently some nice storms moving out of france and channel towards south
and south east england... Look towards that direction already big cumulus
clouds exploding..


I got some nice video footage of some intense lightning over Horsham at
around 4am. Calmed down for a bit then more storms mid morning. Sods law
says it coincides with me taking my bicycle for a service so I get soaked in
the half hour walk back from town.

Adam

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:23:54 +0100, alanwhitewick
wrote:

BlueLightning wrote:
My LW radio is totally crazy with the sferics at the moment.

Some places are gunna have an interesting day

I think Hampshire must be under siege

Personally i'm enjoying the fresher conditions out west.
Needed a break from the humid stuff for a while

East Somerset very Humid, able to hear the Thunder but not a spot of
rain, very humid at 73%, recording 120 plus strikes per minute at times.

12.9mm in 3 hours for this rain event in Fareham ... most of which
fell in the first hour. Now, I suppose I'll have to cut the grass next
week, Grrr!!!

--
Dave
Fareham (West)

damn all petered out now 'slight rain' in west london - no thunder - usual
dissipation
DR (annoyed)

"Blizzard" wrote in message
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Currently some nice storms moving out of france and channel towards south
and south east england... Look towards that direction already big cumulus
clouds exploding..

"Adam Lea" wrote in message
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"Blizzard" wrote in message
...
Currently some nice storms moving out of france and channel towards south
and south east england... Look towards that direction already big
cumulus clouds exploding..


I got some nice video footage of some intense lightning over Horsham at
around 4am. Calmed down for a bit then more storms mid morning. Sods law
says it coincides with me taking my bicycle for a service so I get soaked
in the half hour walk back from town.

Adam

Adam,

I was beginning to wonder whether anyone was going to mention
the tremendous light show last night. It comes as some relief that
it was witnessed by someone else (even if you are in West Sussex,
so perhaps not the same batch).

At the rate of almost 1 flash per second for quite some time, akin
to some media photo shoot, it was certainly the most frequent
lightning I've seen in this area since the night of 1st/2nd June 1999,
the last time I've reported a heavy thunderstorm. Today's effort
was nothing in comparison, not even moderate here.

Apart from a couple of spindly looking forks playing near the base of
the high Ac castellanus cloud last night, all of the lightning was within
the cloud ('sheet'). Totally devoid of CG strikes, this display was
quite safe to view from outdoors.

Cheers,

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)