stormwatcher20

Not expecting any storms here in Stoke, but got some great pics and a video of last Saturday's storm, that I've only just had chance to sort through. There was some great convection before the storm earlier in the day, from I believe a storm to my east. It was too far away to see any lightning or hear any thunder though. Later on, I noticed some nice elevated convection approaching from my south, although it didn't really amount to anything, was nice to see though. Not long after this, around 5pm I believe, I noticed another CB, and could hear constant thunder, but couldn't see any lightning at this point. As the CB approached, it grew significantly taller. It was really amazing seeing how fast it was growing taller and taller, you could see it in real-time virtually! Not sure on the height it went up to, but it was certainly quite high! Now for the video (it's quite a long one!). The lightning is much more noticeable towards the end, since the storm was elevated, but from what I saw it was near enough constant, with hardly any gaps between the thunder! Would have been amazing to see at night I also got a pic of the side of the storm as it approached with a nice structure too. After the storm, I was greeted with a nice sunset and a rainbow

There's been some great convection today!

Yeah, it literally came out of nowhere! It's not very often you see lightning and a rainbow, especially the lightning going through the rainbow, haha. Was a great little storm, moved past quite fast though.

Hi all, got this photo of lightning with a rainbow, from yesterday's storm. Thought I'd share