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Thunderstorms - More Common nowadays

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  • 23-03-2005 11:17pm
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    mike2084
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    It seems that almost every time a rainbelt passes through this country it's nearly always Thunderstorms following in afterwards. They seem to be far more often mentioned in weather forecasts than they used to be say about five years ago. John Eagleton was talking about significant thunderstorm activity tomorrow. I would like to know if the figures back up my theory on more frequent thunderstorms? Any thoughts?


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    #2
    ninebeanrows
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    Warning Rant Ahead

    More than when?? In the last 100 years... maybe but our climate
    has been changing for millions of years and changes all the time..
    I do not have any knowledge of specific figures for TS activity
    in the past but i would be sure of myself when saying that in the
    past TS's have been more common here than they are now..

    Climate Change is happening but it is natural..

    :o


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    It's much easier to detect them now - lightning can be picked up with radio.

    "The 30 minute lightning detection facility is provided by three Boltek detectors located in Kirkwall, Canterbury and Galway."
    http://www.metcheck.com/premium/sferics.asp


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    Danno
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    It's just the time of year for it now, Mid March to August...

    Springtime heat versus colder Wintertime air gives us storms around now... later on the heat buildup over land versus the cooler sea air rushing in to take it's place gives us those nasty convective summer t-storms.

    Then there are the imported Spanish Plumes, where day-time thunderstorms migrate north over the Bay of Biscay to Ireland for night-time.

    IMO, thunderstorms are more common now due to Global Warming and more intense variations between warm air masses and cold air masses, and Ireland is in the firing line! So, storm lovers - the future is bright - litterally! :D:D:D


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    sunset
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    Thunderstorms and global warming? Just consider - (a) Thunderstorms have a very short lifespan and require many conditions before they fire off. (b)There is no meteorologist on this earth that can predict thunderstorms from temperature data. So, I think that global warming theories have little to tell us about thunderstorms just at the minute. But I think they are great and I wish we saw more of them!


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