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Convective/Thunderstorm Discussion: Spring/Summer 2016

Iancar29 · 2016-03-24 16:57:08

Finally nice to be able to get the Spring discussion going ! Lets hope its an active one ! Still need to tick off a proper lightning snapshot within Ireland, and not just a screen grab from video! ha So we start off the thread with looking at potential for convective weather on Sunday. Its not particularly exciting but…

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#1712 27-08-2016 6:22pm
Hal1

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The size of that cell now is huge. Jammy sod's :P.

From NW:

2 hours ago, Chris.R said:

Wow! Latest GFS now shows 1800 J/kg CAPE and -6 LI overnight, and MO forecasting very heavy and possibly thundery rain tonight as well.

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#1713 28-08-2016 10:31am
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Was just west of Cambridge out walking while that lot was going on. Was keeping a very close eye on the Lightningradar website so see if it was getting closer....

Didn't see any flashes but the sound that was coming off it was quite impressive, especially the very first strike, which was very very loud and rumbly! Maxed out at 192 strikes per minute IIRC. Very impressive.

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