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    Storm & Convective Discussion 12z 21/7/14 ------>

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    Posted · Edited by gpspete

    Well everyone has gone all gun ho on me :p I only read what Estefox had to say, and sorry but most of it did not verify as they alluded I understand how unpredictable these sort of things are.But I've always known them for their accuracy, not at all angered by the lack of storms, I'm angered by the expectation which drilled into my head - I can't help but think it could have been a whole lot better.However that's the nature of storms, they leave you begging for more. I'm sorry just a tad deflated after being awake many hours, which came to nothing. It does not apply to all of you, Some win some lose. London seemed a good bet, going by at the time.

    Estefex was actually  quite correct you must remember to qualify it within a probability of  'x'  amount of miles  of a given point,  i would have said 50 miles would be correct, you can not predict much closer even the NWS and NSP centre in the US do not normally predict severe weather in less than that distance.  the Oxford Supercell was almost within that distance of you. As to what you get with that type of storm even a mile can make a difference as to what you get one side of Bicester had 1" hail the east side just rain.

    So on our small island draw a 50 mile circle on a map around Oxford that will cover a large area the storm top when near Oxford was so high it was visible from Portsmouth i personally  watched it from near Brill in Buckinghamshire and at one time drove under the edge and got caught in a torrential downburst soon got out of it to watch it start to break down to the north east. Remember just because storms of any sort are predicted does not mean you will personally get your own

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    Convective / Storm Risk Discussion - 23rd July 2013 onwards

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    What a difference a couple of hours makes. Went to sleep to cloudy skies and heavy rain with the occasional rumble and have woken up to clear blue skies and sunshine here. 

     

    Whilst checking back through my footage i noticed some of the bolts of lightning i filmed were a bit blurred but then others were crystal clear. It's a bit disappointing but at least it was only around 30% of them and not all of them. I have had this trouble before during night time storms. Does anyone know why? Is it anything to do with how bright the flashes are affecting the lens (going from darkness to very bright in a split second) or is it something I am doing wrong?

     

    Edit: I just use a basic Sony handycam.

     Where you videoing from behind glass as you may find it was focusing on rain drops etc. on the glass  if you cam has manual focus set it to infinity or it may just be the rain/hail causing haze and making the strikes diffused 

    Convective / Storm Risk Discussion - 21st July 2013 onwards

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    Got to love the hole of nothing appearing over the West Midlands again. Beginning to feel chances are slowly slipping away from us as winds are a little too SSW'ly than I thought and this stupid cloud hanging around. Posted Image

     

    Still down to nowcasting but not quite as upbeat as last night.

    thats what you want a hole to appear in the cloud/mirk to heat up the land it will get the convection going to help form storms  

    Convective / Storm Risk Discussion - 21st July 2013 onwards

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    Working night shifts keep having to go out on roof of workplace to see if I can see anything in the distance all evening but sky is a bit murky/hazy and a bright moon. Mixed feelings for tomorrow night would like it off to watch but no one to cover my shift and storms cause havoc at my workplace with generators kicking in an out and equipment needing rebooting etc. can be hard work an no time to watch lightning boo.

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