Monday/Tuesday Thunderstorm Heads Up

[gyvespa]

Yep, looks like France is getting a pasting again, it was the same yesterday evening.

http://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m ... 5.7461;z=5;

Small update on my post of April 13th.

Just as an indicator of damage.
Spoke to wifes friend, lives about 200 yards (its an imperial estate) from the Strike. she lost the Internet, when she rang her provider they said that it might be a couple of weeks before shes back on, they were sending a new router but from the amount of calls in the area they suspected major damage.
A lady I know lives in sheltered housing about 1.5 miles away, when she returned from a short break she found that her TV VOLUME WOULDN'T TURN DOWN, no Internet, no alarm, no satellite tv, all the houses in her road (about 20) appear to be the much the same.
Suspiciously 2 house within about 2 miles of the strike had 'UK Power Network Generators' in their gardens for a day or two afterwards.
The roads in front of them were dug up and on one they were replacing about 10 feet of cable, might just be a coincidence or could be a routine repair.
I think the lesson here is to unplug stuff !

On a separate note. A house a couple of miles from me was struck about 10+ years ago and it blew out the gable end.

[rdchawk]

Looks like some heavy storms south of London at the moment

Www.lightningmaps.org

[rdchawk]

Heavy storm now in Watford St. Albans area.

[H.A.Bucken]

I've been watching those over the last 20 mins. There's a ripsnorter swathe across N.W. mainland Europe. And there's some manifesting in the Shap area which I'm watching too, may not need to water me beans this evening in Kendal.
R.P.
Just looked at the Metro site:- gives any wind as southerly so afraid it'll be the hosepipe again. (Thirlmere is about 6ft below max).

[TankBuster]

There have been some spectacular high cloud formations today. I'm in Colchester & these were in the distance looking towards Chelmsford way. Some nice Anvils climbing way up into the heavens! I reckon the south/ south western part of Essex had a good soaking underneath that lot!

TankBuster.

[H.A.Bucken]

"Nice anvils", not to airmen!
R.P.

[TankBuster]

Had a large storm pass close to Colchester last night. Looking at the lightning tracker, this storm stretched from west to east, starting in East London right through parts of Essex and out into the Blackwater & Thames Estuaries! She was a big one & was flashing like a goodun .

TankBuster

[wolfie138]

i was down at Download on Fri, some silly rain and storms, got ridiculous by the Sunday PM apparently. Some wit on a board renamed it Drownload :-D

[rdchawk]

Storms heading our way, northern France and Channel Islands taken a bit of a battering earlier.

Www.lightningmaps.org

[TankBuster]

We got absolutely clobbered in North East Essex during the early hours of Thursday. There was some very spectacular c to c & c to g lightning displays, and the accompanying thunder claps were really quite frightening!
But the rain was something else, with flooded roads & properties all over the county!

It really was one hell of a storm!!!

TankBuster

[MRTT]

Got a storm starting here in Chippenham, hoping it doesn't come to much!

[wolfie138]

blatted down on Fri night up here, rain was bouncing about 3" up off the road, couple flashes too. can tell it's Hoppings week!

[MRTT]

Resurrecting an old thread here!

Had a MASSIVE storm in Chippenham earlier, don't think I've ever heard thunder so loud before!

[wolfie138]

"don't think I've ever heard lightning so loud before!"

or seen thunder so bright.

[H.A.Bucken]

"Can I get" comes to mind. I'm waiting to hear for the first time "What can I have you?".
From 'the scenic in the mist' (copyright), Roger

[MRTT]

"don't think I've ever heard lightning so loud before!"

or seen thunder so bright.

Thanks, didn't notice that!

[C-Harvey]

Just a little tip, if you remove the ear defenders, you might see clearer.

What were you told as a child? For us it was The elephants have fallen out of bed and are lighting candles. Any other sayings?

[wolfie138]

cracking storm at 2~4ish this morning over Newcastle, load of lightning and some cracking long peals of thunder, hoyed some rain too. absolutely belted rain on the drive to work too, dunno if there was more thunder, had music on.

[H.A.Bucken]

Nice little number passing over the Lakes and over the Vale of York this afternoon. Much of the P-38s seem to be air to air. The front is moving across the Solway into the Lowther Hills according to 'Lightningmaps'. Hello, there's a flash near Hexham as I write.
Crem d Meths in Kendal

[Blackcat1]

Cracking storm in South Wales this morning from 03.30-0430. At first there was lightning every 10 seconds for ages in the exact small piece of sky, never seen that before. Then the whole valley was lighting up!