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Storms and Convective discussion - June 2023
Gleb Berloff replied to Supacell's topic in Storms & Severe Weather
At 2am this night, was woken up by a lightning strike. It sounded like something exploded nearby. Loudest I've heard since 2020 at least -
Best storm you've ever seen in the UK
Gleb Berloff replied to James1979's topic in Storms & Severe Weather
Wednesday 18th May 2022. I love thunderstorms, and was disappointed. You see, Cambridge for some reason constantly avoids thunderstorms, which pass to the side all the time. Only very few hit directly. And almost all, even those which hit, are weak. There was one storm in 2021 which sounded vicious, as I was hearing thunder constantly from it as opposed to intermittently. But nothing comes close to the display a squall line put on the 18th May. It was at night when I checked the weather radar and saw a massive bow echo heading right at Cambridge. The worst of it, again, avoided Cambridge. But the thunder sounded legitimately terrifying from the storm, and lightning flared absolutely nonstop and so bright it turned night completely to day, it seems. Someone I know in Longstanton also spoke of how brightly the lightning flared. I can't imagine what it would have been like if the storm hit Cambridge. Even after it had moved off and the sky was clear above Cambridge, I was seeing nonstop flashes of heat lightning in the distance where the storm had gone off to. It stayed distant, so my photos of it aren't that good. Of course, that comes nowhere close to a thunderstorm I saw in Spain, which happened in August 2020. In 15 minutes, 5 palm trees had been smashed to pieces, our balcony became a swimming pool, a nearby eucalyptus grove had branches pouring out of it, the lawn in front of our house turned into a bog and there was flooding everywhere.
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Cambridge, UK severe weather
Images added to a gallery album owned by Gleb Berloff in Member's Gallery
All the images I will take of thunderstorms and other severe weather around Cambridge and the rest of the UK. -
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From the album: Cambridge, UK severe weather
An ancient image from 2017 representing my only capture of the phenomenon. The image is from a plane, looking directly to the north. You can 'see' the noctilucent clouds as a band of cirrus-like clouds above the horizon. Taken in June/July. It was really interesting, flying in the dark, watching the sun still shining over northern countries. -
From the album: Cambridge, UK severe weather
After trying and failing to get a decent timelapse, I went out to see if there were any more mammatus clouds, my house being right under the anvil of a storm. I looked out of a window pointing to the west and almost had a heart attack. It was the best funnel cloud I have ever SEEN, a grey finger pointing towards the earth from a deck of especially dark cloud. But, for once, even my speed was not enough to catch it. When I shifted location to get a better view, it had fallen apart. The tendrils reaching from the cloud are where it was. It would have been a spectacular image had I caught it -
From the album: Cambridge, UK severe weather
Another shot of the anvil of a storm which sidetracked Cambridge today, containing mammatus clouds. I thought this was just great, until I looked out of my other window and practically had a heart attack... -
From the album: Cambridge, UK severe weather
Very windy today, a drizzle swept over Cambridge. Intense skies and thunderstorms, but everything stayed away. That I thought, until I looked out of the window. These are the most spectacular mammatus clouds I have ever seen, on par with ones earlier this year from a train going from Bristol. -
Thanks! Nice to hear that. And yes, there was an exceptionally violent bombardment of hail a few minutes after I took this particular image...
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Severe thunderstorm bearing down on my house!
Gleb Berloff posted a gallery image in Member's Gallery
From the album: Cambridge, UK severe weather
Filming a severe thunderstorm which hit town on the 30th April, I caught a lightning bolt right behind the menacing-looking shelf cloud... -
From the album: Cambridge, UK severe weather
Whilst filming one of the 3 storms that hit Cambridge on the 12th April, a massive blast of lightning lit up the entire sky! -
From the album: Cambridge, UK severe weather
During the three storms that impacted Cambridge on my birthday, 12 April 2020, I was filming a storm when THIS happened. Long have I waited for this!! -
Of course there will be more thunderstorms! I seriously won't be surprised if there will be a very severe storm with this heat. Today I hoped for a supercell- and was...dissapointed when the tornado warning did not manifest. But there have been 4 thunderstorms over Cambridge this year already, three of them on the 12th April and a very violent one on the 30th April. In addition to an awesome-looking cell near Bristol on the 1st March.
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Hi, I live in Cambridge, and on the 30th April this year a really violent thunderstorm, with lightning, strong wind, hail and really loud thunder, sped over the city. I took numerous pictures of the event- does anyone have any idea what type of storm this is, and is the cloud formation depicted on the first image a shelf cloud? In addition, is it just me, or do the clouds have a very slight greenish tinge to them? Thanks!
