Lightning on the radio, thunder in the distance but nothing on

http://imkpc3.physik.uni-karlsruhe.d...ics/sfanim.gif

It's looking decidely nasty to the west.

Paul
Troon


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Paul

You beat me to it Paul. Keep us informed.
Looks like you're in for quite a downpour at least.
Cheers.
Alex

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Alex Stephens Jr
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
N55º47'14", W3º55'15". 360ft/117m amsl
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"Paul C" wrote in message
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Lightning on the radio, thunder in the distance but nothing on

http://imkpc3.physik.uni-karlsruhe.d...ics/sfanim.gif

It's looking decidely nasty to the west.

Paul
Troon


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Paul

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:43:05 +0100, "Alex Stephens Jr"
wrote:

You beat me to it Paul. Keep us informed.
Looks like you're in for quite a downpour at least.
Cheers.
Alex

Has it arrived yet?

Torrential rain, thunder/lightning. for 30 minutes here. The fairway
on the golf course behind the house is now under water!

It's all over now I think.

Paul
Troon


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Paul

I see you had sleet into the bargain Paul.
Well, according to the Pretwick metar...
EGPK 081750Z 18023G35KT 7000 TS -RASN SCT015CB SCT030 BKN050 24/17 Q1001
Not sure about that one.
What I am sure about is the head of the CB which is dominating the south
west quarter of the sky here.
MW radio even more crackly than before. Probably still over an hour from
this location though.
Alex.

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Alex Stephens Jr
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
N55º47'14", W3º55'15". 360ft/117m amsl
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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"Paul C" wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:43:05 +0100, "Alex Stephens Jr"
wrote:

You beat me to it Paul. Keep us informed.
Looks like you're in for quite a downpour at least.
Cheers.
Alex

Has it arrived yet?

Torrential rain, thunder/lightning. for 30 minutes here. The fairway
on the golf course behind the house is now under water!

It's all over now I think.

Paul
Troon


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Paul

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 19:34:27 +0100, "Alex Stephens Jr"
wrote:

I see you had sleet into the bargain Paul.
Well, according to the Pretwick metar...
EGPK 081750Z 18023G35KT 7000 TS -RASN SCT015CB SCT030 BKN050 24/17 Q1001
Not sure about that one.
What I am sure about is the head of the CB which is dominating the south
west quarter of the sky here.
MW radio even more crackly than before. Probably still over an hour from
this location though.
Alex.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zaax/lighting.htm

shows the thunderstorm - the Boltek detector seems to have it a little
too far north.


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Paul

It seems to be decaying just as it arrives on my doorstep.
Very black skies overhead, but no rain or thunder at this location. (So far)
Alex

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Alex Stephens Jr
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
N55º47'14", W3º55'15". 360ft/117m amsl
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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"Paul C" wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 19:34:27 +0100, "Alex Stephens Jr"
wrote:

I see you had sleet into the bargain Paul.
Well, according to the Pretwick metar...
EGPK 081750Z 18023G35KT 7000 TS -RASN SCT015CB SCT030 BKN050 24/17 Q1001
Not sure about that one.
What I am sure about is the head of the CB which is dominating the south
west quarter of the sky here.
MW radio even more crackly than before. Probably still over an hour from
this location though.
Alex.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zaax/lighting.htm

shows the thunderstorm - the Boltek detector seems to have it a little
too far north.


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Paul

Very impressive mammatus all around in the sky here - extremely dark indeed,
so much so it would be difficult to drive on a road unless your headlights
were on. The sun in still 15 minutes from setting!
Radio still popping away. But no thunder or rain here.
Close examination of the radar shows that it's practically stopped marching
north east now. And I'm sitting right on the edge of it with holes
developing on the echo.

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Alex Stephens Jr
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
N55º47'14", W3º55'15". 360ft/117m amsl
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 17:41:06 GMT, (Paul C) wrote:

It's looking decidely nasty to the west.

Became sufficiently dark at 19:30 for the lighthouse at the tip of the
Ardgarten peninsula to fire up. One very close strike at about 20:30
and, since 20:00, 13.8mm with a maximum rate of 22.4mm/hr at 20:30.
Still raining quite heavily.

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Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
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