rosieposey

Sleeting here in Swaffam, Norfolk.

Thank you Mapantz, i had a feeling i had seen that advice somewhere before I also meant Mammatus clouds not Mammals - i have learnt quite a lot on here from lurking the last couple of years, Thanks again!

Hi, i was watching this thread a little yesterday as we had the mother of all Thunderstorms here ( i am on the Leicestershire/Rutland border ) and wanted to ask if anyone knew the answer to a strange thing that happened half an hour before? I was at my riding stables about 20 mins from where i live and very near Leicester and a few of us outside noticed that the sky was getting dark and i saw some mammals clouds in the distance which after spending a couple of years on here i knew meant possible thunderstorms ( apologies but i am still learning all the terminology) I also noticed that everybody's hair was standing on end! This was for about five minutes and there were a couple of rumbles quite close by. Anyway i suppose what i am asking is, is it dangerous to be outside when your hair ( and everyone else's ) goes static for no reason? I did mention this to the lady who owned the place and she just pooh - poohed it and said that the forecast had given rain but nothing else ( i could clearly see that there was a huge storm about to hit ) - i would love to know if i was right to leg it to the car with my son and come home?! I think i might have got this idea from a famous photo of two boys who had their hair on end and then were struck by lightning shortly afterward. When we got home i had planned on going out and going a bit further south to 'chase' the storm ( towards Northampton and Corby way ) as i was using Blitzortung and i love a good storm but luckily for me it was pretty epic where i lived. I don't think i have ever heard such loud thunder in my life, I went to the shops in Oakham mid-storm and there was some really severe flash flooding. That really was one of the best storms i have ever seen in the UK but i have never ever seen anyones hair stand on end beforehand!?

Snowing lightly here - village in between Melton Mowbray and Oakham but were quite high up - fingers crossed!

Hi Snow Crystal - thank you for replying I had a look too on the Exmoor webcam and no luck, We moved from Swindon 18 months ago ( where looking at fb and this forum it has snowed this morning) Was just hoping that there was a repeat of Weds up on Exmoor as there was lots of snow, like another world!

Is there any way of finding out if it snowed or is snowing on Exmoor, i took my son up there on Wednesday (he is two and has never seen snow before) as we only live 40 mins away near Tiverton - i was really hoping i could take him again this morning?