According to my radar Edinburgh has had some thunderstorms today and
some are heading to Glasgow. Rain looks intense. I would imagine there
will be some flooding tales this evening?

brian
aberfeldy

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:33:53 -0700 (PDT), Brian in Aberfeldy
wrote:

According to my radar Edinburgh has had some thunderstorms today and
some are heading to Glasgow. Rain looks intense. I would imagine there
will be some flooding tales this evening?

Thunder heard in Helensburgh about forty-five minutes ago and a short
but torrential shower here which confined us to the garage until it
eased.

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On 2012-06-22, Brian in Aberfeldy wrote:
According to my radar Edinburgh has had some thunderstorms today and
some are heading to Glasgow. Rain looks intense. I would imagine there
will be some flooding tales this evening?

On this note are there any good, free lightning detection sites that
have a good coverage of the Edinburgh area? I'm currently using

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

which is fine (it's free after all) but I was wondering if there were
alternatives.

Many thanks.

Jim
--
"A few ground rules - no bombing, no running, no petting, no diving and
no inflatables. In fact, probably best to leave all swimming related
activities until later - this is, after all, an operating theatre."
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On 22/06/2012 15:10, Jim wrote:
On 2012-06-22, Brian in Aberfeldy wrote:
According to my radar Edinburgh has had some thunderstorms today and
some are heading to Glasgow. Rain looks intense. I would imagine there
will be some flooding tales this evening?

On this note are there any good, free lightning detection sites that
have a good coverage of the Edinburgh area? I'm currently using

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

which is fine (it's free after all) but I was wondering if there were
alternatives.

Many thanks.

Jim

.... well, unfortunately you've got to put up with the clunky (and slow)
interface, but the Met Office site now has a good display via this link ...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/w.../observations/

Select: "Lightning" on the right-hand panel, then zoom in using the
Googlemap-style slider on the left.

Martin.


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On 2012-06-22, Martin Rowley wrote:

... well, unfortunately you've got to put up with the clunky (and slow)
interface, but the Met Office site now has a good display via this link ...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/w.../observations/

Select: "Lightning" on the right-hand panel, then zoom in using the
Googlemap-style slider on the left.

Thank you for that.

Jim
--
"A few ground rules - no bombing, no running, no petting, no diving and
no inflatables. In fact, probably best to leave all swimming related
activities until later - this is, after all, an operating theatre."
Mac, 'Green Wing' Twitter:@GreyAreaUK

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:10:39 +0100
Jim wrote:

On 2012-06-22, Brian in Aberfeldy
wrote:
According to my radar Edinburgh has had some thunderstorms today and
some are heading to Glasgow. Rain looks intense. I would imagine
there will be some flooding tales this evening?

On this note are there any good, free lightning detection sites that
have a good coverage of the Edinburgh area? I'm currently using

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

which is fine (it's free after all) but I was wondering if there were
alternatives.


There's also
http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/...n&subpage_0=12
Coverage for your area may not be perfect as stations are a bit sparse
there. They provide equipment at cost for anyone wanting to join the
network.



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On 2012-06-22, Graham P Davis wrote:

On this note are there any good, free lightning detection sites that
have a good coverage of the Edinburgh area? I'm currently using

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

which is fine (it's free after all) but I was wondering if there were
alternatives.


There's also
http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/...n&subpage_0=12
Coverage for your area may not be perfect as stations are a bit sparse
there. They provide equipment at cost for anyone wanting to join the
network.

Ah, that's more like it!

I must admit I'd love to get hold of my own Boltek gear, but the cost is
too high for me at the moment. Perhaps in the future.

Jim
--
"A few ground rules - no bombing, no running, no petting, no diving and
no inflatables. In fact, probably best to leave all swimming related
activities until later - this is, after all, an operating theatre."
Mac, 'Green Wing' Twitter:@GreyAreaUK

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:23:23 +0100
Jim wrote:

On 2012-06-22, Graham P Davis wrote:

On this note are there any good, free lightning detection sites
that have a good coverage of the Edinburgh area? I'm currently
using

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

which is fine (it's free after all) but I was wondering if there
were alternatives.


There's also
http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/...n&subpage_0=12
Coverage for your area may not be perfect as stations are a bit
sparse there. They provide equipment at cost for anyone wanting to
join the network.

Ah, that's more like it!

I must admit I'd love to get hold of my own Boltek gear, but the cost
is too high for me at the moment. Perhaps in the future.


Perhaps the "cover your area" tab at the blitzortung site might be of
interest?


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"A neighbour put his budgerigar in the mincing machine and invented
shredded tweet." - Chic Murray
openSUSE Linux: http://www.opensuse.org/en/

Graham P Davis wrote:

I must admit I'd love to get hold of my own Boltek gear, but the cost
is too high for me at the moment. Perhaps in the future.


Perhaps the "cover your area" tab at the blitzortung site might be of
interest?

It might indeed, thanks.

I'm in the middle of a house move that won't conclude until possibly
December (honestly, don't ask) but when I start to get spending cash
again I'll certainly look at that.

Jim
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be waxing an owl." Mac, 'Green Wing'

According to my radar Edinburgh has had some thunderstorms
today and
some are heading to Glasgow. Rain looks intense. I would
imagine there
will be some flooding tales this evening?
brian
aberfeldy

Bit late in responding. We were at the Royal Highland Show, and
just waiting for the Grand Parade, which was delayed by previous
events over-running. Just as the first Clydesdales enetred the
ring, there was a flash followed almost immediately by a clap of
thunder, then several more, then heavy rain. The rest of the
parade was cancelled for safety reasons, and we spent the rest
of the afternoon dodging floods on the roadways. We were
supposed to be participating in a BBC Radio Scotland recording
session in the evening, but that was cancelled too.

Anne