the storm fisherman

Just seen the first flashes and rumbles of thunder towards the south west here in Gosport hants and it has just started to rain

The sun is now out in chandlers ford and feels very warm and muggy and the sky to the east looks stormy I wonder if there might be a surprise thunderstorm in the offing???

Thunderstorms about to hit Chandlers ford 2_3strikes a min

The convective showers have just kicked off in Gosport just very large rain drops and a small amount of Hail in the heaviest of the shower.

paul and team on channel 5 now on ad break on after 19:30

My temp ranges were + 49c in phoenix AZ, August 2011 the same day that my sig pic was taken and -20 at sauze d olux in the Italian alps Feb 1982 my biggest one day range was in Switzerland September 1995 -2c at the Schilthorn down to 25c in Interlaken in the valley

Hi All the squall line passed through here in chandlers ford about 1/2 hour ago a lot of flooded roads around and some tree debris lying around at one point it was like being in a hurricane or the hook of a super-cell out in the states.

The main thunder is still towards the SW of Gosport it is raining just

Just had 1 loud clap of thunder here in Gosport

Just had a very loud clap of thunder herein Gosport

Odessa, TX 19-May -2015 Yesterday’s storm chase was a first for me ended up in a flash flood Nr Pecos e started the day at Childress then headed to our target area the storm started to fire up to the south west of i-20 and a town called Pecos we headed to shelter in town to let the core pas over plenty of small hail and some larger 10p size mixed in . After that passed we headed south on hwy 285 towards Fort Stockton we ran into heavy traffic and the back end of the this storm was starting to produce a large amount of hail the landscape south of town looked like a winter wonderland with 6-8†hail drifts as we cleared the storm there came a report of a thin rope tornado and 4inch hail but that was not headline for this storm because of the slow the forward motion at about 5-10 mph the storm dropped about 4inches of rail in ½ hour leading to flash flooding which we got in see pict below(to follow) Nr small town of Coynossa We had stop because of the optical illusion that the cars where sliding of the road but in reality we were not moving. After that we head to Odessa for the night .

Monday 18th may-8.30am local Good morning All a fine warm sunny morning in Chilldress this morning todays storm chase is going to be in the furthest SW corner of Texas possibly setup base camp somewhere around midland or Odessa. The conditions are marginal at best due to lack of moisture this i think is a classic dry line setup as storms fire off the dry-line heading into the approaching moist air from the GOM tomorrow is looking a lot better as they will be a deeper moisture pool to work with for mid western Texas around Lubbock and to the west. Paul H

Hi All. After 18 hours of travel last yesterday finally arrived at the Days inn Norman, OK at about 9pm local time just as the squall line hit the hotel, what a way to start the fortnight off. as the storms are to far away for us to reach today we have traveled to Childress, TX with the view to capture any storms coming up from the south west and possibly New Mexico. i would have posted earlier but had a connection settings issue with my laptop, all sorted now

Hi Andy If using windows go to Microsoft download site and download the Microsoft camera codec pack

Hi All Just a quick update i finally got around to sorting out my insurance with dog-tag yesterday i had to go through medical pre-screening, as i take prescriped medication for arthritis, so not too many questions and was not charged any extra as it was deemed not a risk. As i have already travel insurance with my bank account but that does not cover stormchasing but it still cost me £88. as i am on another tour with Charles Edwards, i will be setting up my own thread on the fourum to keep everyone updated on the chase/tour. see you all under the meso Paul

Hi Thomas To get the best from your shots you will need a tripod especially if taking lightning shots, As hand held will show up as bluring on the image, longer the exposure worse the blur If you already have one it will need to go in your suitcase , If you don't wait until you get to usa as they are usally cheaper to buy out there, either from wally-world(Walmart) or Best-Buy

Here is my choices in 1st place No 8 Broken bow 2nd place No 11 Ballinger 3rd place No 4 Rosswell

A few more like that during the chase season and it will be great year considering the late start

Hi Dave I am travelling to Dallas with BA but i am on a totally different tour and day when you booked your flight with BA your should have been issued a 6 fig and letter booking ref number I.e. 48SR7B if you go on line to BA'S web site and to go manage my booking, enter the booking ref no and your last name it will bring up your flight details. from there you will be able to print out the flight itinerary this is all you need(having printed form makes things a bit easier at the airport if there is any queries. when you check in online you can print out your boarding passes or use BA app to your smart phone. you can also check in at the airport at the self service kiosk this is where your booking ref no comes in handy you will probably need to do this at airport on the way home anyway to print out a paper copy of the boarding pass. if you haven't done so yet? Go on BA'S website under manage my booking and fill in the advanced passenger information as this is required. yes you can choose your seat but it will cost and all the better seats have gone by now i would wait to till you check-in and then you can choose your seat for free i hope this helps P.s I forgot to add you will still need to go to bag drop to check-in your hold luggage which is virtually a mini check-in anyway and you will need flight details and passport this where the printed itinerary comes in handy .

Hi Tom and All Thanks for the info looking at the cost i will go with toms suggestion as the price increase is not to bad from the basic and you get a whole load more on the the max pakage paul.

Hi All I am just about to purchase my usa storm chase travel insurance from dogtag what cover do i need to get? from what i can see the sport+ and the Dogtag base cover will suffice anyother suggestions will be most appreciated . The Storm Fisherman

further to Pauls tips clear your cookie cache on your pc as well as they use that to track you and those offers may not be available

Just had a pea sized hail shower and a handful of lighting bolts for good measure here in a now sunny chandlers ford

Sorry make that a direct strike overhead no time delay between lightning and the thunder boy was that was loud

One rumble of thunder and the heavens have just opened here in chandlers ford nr Eastleigh Hampshire