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Could not get to sleep last night. 0205 woken by heavy rain. Then at 0330
thunderstorm started and now at 0745 it is still going on ! Almost continuous
loud thunder and lightning and so far 25.4 mm rain and rain rate 1.0 mm/h . At
0405 we had a terrific bolt of C-G which took out the power for about 10
minutes. (I had already switched the PC off by then). At 0630 I saw a shelf
cloud looking SW which looked like something out of a movie with rotation
evident. Another massive C-G which I had to admit frightened me a bit as it was
so close. Power stayed on at that time. Now the darkest area is to the east, the
street lights still seem to be on in the distance and it is eerie seeing the
blackness. It might be coming to an end now but the storm is still rumbling on.
Thought it would be OK to put PC back on, but now switching off again.

0745

13.6
DP 13
NE 5 knots
Thunderstorm
Vis 5Km
Bar 1013.1 - falling

OK I'm back to bed, I'm completely knackered, but strangely satisfied :-)

Will.
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Could not get to sleep last night. 0205 woken by heavy rain. Then at
0330 thunderstorm started and now at 0745 it is still going on !
Almost continuous loud thunder and lightning and so far 25.4 mm rain
and rain rate 1.0 mm/h . At 0405 we had a terrific bolt of C-G which
took out the power for about 10 minutes. (I had already switched the
PC off by then). At 0630 I saw a shelf cloud looking SW which looked
like something out of a movie with rotation evident. Another massive
C-G which I had to admit frightened me a bit as it was so close.
snip

Was in an office building that was hit a couple of years ago.... now that
did alter my heart rate a little!

Still can't sleep so I've got up again. Three strong cups of coffee have done
the trick :-)

Still thunder rumbling away at 0845 but the rain has now stopped. 29.5 mm total
(AWS). Garden is sopping wet again, ah well. One thing I forgot to mention last
night was the strong and gusty wind max gust was 28 knots at 0445 local. Looking
at the radar the whole event has an MCS signature but the satellite image I saw
for 0600 did not bear that out. At 0815 'ish (just after getting up for the
second time) I looked out of the window and saw a tremendous white flash heading
straight down to Newton Abbot anyone get anything there ? My wife went out for a
walk around 0800 to try and calm our dog down, she remarked on how the cows
seemed totally oblivious to all the action grazing away, honestly how can they
:-)

0900 and the rain has started again.

I want my summer back :-)

Will.
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Could not get to sleep last night. 0205 woken by heavy rain. Then at 0330
thunderstorm started and now at 0745 it is still going on ! Almost continuous
loud thunder and lightning and so far 25.4 mm rain and rain rate 1.0 mm/h . At
0405 we had a terrific bolt of C-G which took out the power for about 10
minutes. (I had already switched the PC off by then). At 0630 I saw a shelf
cloud looking SW which looked like something out of a movie with rotation
evident. Another massive C-G which I had to admit frightened me a bit as it
was
so close. Power stayed on at that time. Now the darkest area is to the east,
the
street lights still seem to be on in the distance and it is eerie seeing the
blackness. It might be coming to an end now but the storm is still rumbling
on.
Thought it would be OK to put PC back on, but now switching off again.

0745

13.6
DP 13
NE 5 knots
Thunderstorm
Vis 5Km
Bar 1013.1 - falling

OK I'm back to bed, I'm completely knackered, but strangely satisfied :-)

Will.
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:46:50 +0100, "Will Hand"
wrote:

...and rain rate 1.0 mm/h...

Are you sure that that's right? It sounds a bit low for the conditions
you're describing.

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0940

Thunderstorm finally ceased at 0930, so circa 6 hours of thunder and lightning.

Rainfall now stopped too, total for event 30.7 mm.

0940

Temp 14.9 deg C
DP 14 deg C
Wind NW 3 knots
Weather - cloudy (recent thunderstorm)
Visibility 15 Km
Bar 1013.3 hPa - steady.

Inside temperature 20.6 deg C

Will.
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Still can't sleep so I've got up again. Three strong cups of coffee have done
the trick :-)

Still thunder rumbling away at 0845 but the rain has now stopped. 29.5 mm
total
(AWS). Garden is sopping wet again, ah well. One thing I forgot to mention
last
night was the strong and gusty wind max gust was 28 knots at 0445 local.
Looking
at the radar the whole event has an MCS signature but the satellite image I
saw
for 0600 did not bear that out. At 0815 'ish (just after getting up for the
second time) I looked out of the window and saw a tremendous white flash
heading
straight down to Newton Abbot anyone get anything there ? My wife went out for
a
walk around 0800 to try and calm our dog down, she remarked on how the cows
seemed totally oblivious to all the action grazing away, honestly how can they
:-)

0900 and the rain has started again.

I want my summer back :-)

Will.
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Could not get to sleep last night. 0205 woken by heavy rain. Then at 0330
thunderstorm started and now at 0745 it is still going on ! Almost
continuous
loud thunder and lightning and so far 25.4 mm rain and rain rate 1.0 mm/h .
At
0405 we had a terrific bolt of C-G which took out the power for about 10
minutes. (I had already switched the PC off by then). At 0630 I saw a shelf
cloud looking SW which looked like something out of a movie with rotation
evident. Another massive C-G which I had to admit frightened me a bit as it
was
so close. Power stayed on at that time. Now the darkest area is to the east,
the
street lights still seem to be on in the distance and it is eerie seeing the
blackness. It might be coming to an end now but the storm is still rumbling
on.
Thought it would be OK to put PC back on, but now switching off again.

0745

13.6
DP 13
NE 5 knots
Thunderstorm
Vis 5Km
Bar 1013.1 - falling

OK I'm back to bed, I'm completely knackered, but strangely satisfied :-)

Will.
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"Alan White" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:46:50 +0100, "Will Hand"
wrote:

...and rain rate 1.0 mm/h...

Are you sure that that's right? It sounds a bit low for the conditions
you're describing.


Alan, yes that was correct for the time I looked. The rate has been up and down
like a bride's nightie. One minute 15 mm/h the next less than 1mm/h. At no stage
would I have described the rainfall as torrential, just very heavy which is why
we only got just over 30mm. The storm was notable for the fantastic lightning
and loud booming thunder and of course the shelf cloud with rotation.

Cheers,

Will.
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Could not get to sleep last night. 0205 woken by heavy rain. Then at 0330
thunderstorm started and now at 0745 it is still going on ! Almost
continuous
loud thunder and lightning and so far 25.4 mm rain and rain rate 1.0 mm/h
. At
0405 we had a terrific bolt of C-G which took out the power for about 10
minutes. (I had already switched the PC off by then). At 0630 I saw a
shelf
cloud looking SW which looked like something out of a movie with rotation
evident. Another massive C-G which I had to admit frightened me a bit as
it was
so close. Power stayed on at that time. Now the darkest area is to the
east, the
street lights still seem to be on in the distance and it is eerie seeing
the
blackness. It might be coming to an end now but the storm is still
rumbling on.
Thought it would be OK to put PC back on, but now switching off again.

0745

13.6
DP 13
NE 5 knots
Thunderstorm
Vis 5Km
Bar 1013.1 - falling

OK I'm back to bed, I'm completely knackered, but strangely satisfied :-)

Will.
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Yep! Just amazing! Truly AMAZING!

Gary
Torquay

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Could not get to sleep last night. 0205 woken by heavy rain. Then at 0330
thunderstorm started and now at 0745 it is still going on ! Almost
continuous
loud thunder and lightning and so far 25.4 mm rain and rain rate 1.0 mm/h
. At
0405 we had a terrific bolt of C-G which took out the power for about 10
minutes. (I had already switched the PC off by then). At 0630 I saw a
shelf
cloud looking SW which looked like something out of a movie with rotation
evident. Another massive C-G which I had to admit frightened me a bit as
it was
so close. Power stayed on at that time. Now the darkest area is to the
east, the
street lights still seem to be on in the distance and it is eerie seeing
the
blackness. It might be coming to an end now but the storm is still
rumbling on.
Thought it would be OK to put PC back on, but now switching off again.

Interesting near surface dry slot on the 00Z Camborne ascent, provided it is
correct -
http://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/soun...&STNN=Camborne

Joe

Felly sgrifennodd Will Hand :
street lights still seem to be on in the distance

Street lights at 07:45? Was it really that dark?

Adrian
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"Adrian D. Shaw" wrote in message
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Felly sgrifennodd Will Hand :
street lights still seem to be on in the distance

Street lights at 07:45? Was it really that dark?


Yes !

It was as dark as 30 minutes after sunset looking east. Definite lights on in
Kingsteignton area.

Cheers,

Will.
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