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Paul Sherman

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  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley

Well you wanted Lightning from this tour and tonight we hit the Jackpot Big Time! This was a proper Monsoon Chase today leaving the Hotel at 4pm and meandering down towards Tucson where the Moisture was pretty decent. Along the way 2 Storms were going nuts spitting out Lightning to our SE & SW Making it 8 out of 8 days with Lightning observed.

Having been scouring for Great views the day before I knew that Windy Point at 7,000ft above Sea Level would be the perfect Vista for a Storm rolling through the Tucson Valley below. As we approached Tucson the Storm to our SW Was beginning to throw out a Haboob which was not that Strong, we got to the base of Mount Lemmon at Sunset and disaster struck as both Storms lost intensity, knowing that the view 12 miles further up the Mountain we great a Windy Point we went up there to take some scenic shots overlooking the Valley below. As we got there I noticed an Outflow Boundary was being thrown off to the South East and sure enough Cg's started to crank up to our South about 10 miles away. We were now level with the Storms Base at 7,000ft above Sea Level. The Storm was moving very slowly to the West across the Valley and we did not recieve any rain at all at our location. We had about 90 minutes shooting Cg's from our location and then moving around the valley to document Storms to our NE, SE & East. At one point we could see Cg's from Storms in Mexico!

I myself have taken over 100 Shots and need to process them but here is 1 for you to look at. Craig has also taken over 100 shots.

This place is incredible and I will upload more later as it is 230am here

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  • Location: Purley, Surrey - 246 Ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: January 1987 / July 2006
  • Location: Purley, Surrey - 246 Ft ASL

OMG...........they are amazing!!

I think this could end up being more popular than the tornado chasing!

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  • Location: Barnehurst nr Bexleyheath, Kent
  • Location: Barnehurst nr Bexleyheath, Kent

Wow, brilliant pictures! clapping.gif I wish I was there cray.giflaugh.png

Look forward to more pictures once you have had a good nights sleep!

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  • Location: Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: Stormy...
  • Location: Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire

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  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley

Some more Images from the Hundreds - And yes this Tour could be as or even more popular than the Tornadoes!

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Had to have a Cactus in the Shot whilst in Arizona

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  • Location: West Sussex
  • Weather Preferences: Outdoors
  • Location: West Sussex

Not. Jealous. At. All

Great shots, it must have been unbelievable up there?

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  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley

Not. Jealous. At. All

Great shots, it must have been unbelievable up there?

If I am being Picky It was a tad Warm up there - Got upto 115f today! Tsk

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset

Stunning pictures, you could sell those, or Net-weather could do an app wallpaper for andriod & iphone

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  • Location: South East UK
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms/squalls/hoar-frost/mist
  • Location: South East UK

I wonder if the buildings have lightning conductors fitted as standard, amazing to see the cgs below you!

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  • Location: Aberystwyth, West Wales
  • Location: Aberystwyth, West Wales

If I could swear on here I would! :D Absolutely stunning guys and nice work Paul, KNEW you could do it in the end! blum.gif Laura loves lightening too so I would almost guarantee we'll be out next year for this drinks.gif

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  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy winters, hot, sunny springs and summers.
  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire

Wow, some stunning pictures there!

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  • Location: Dorking, Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Dorking, Surrey

Great pics boys and girls. My missus ain't impressed with the Nassau summer holiday choice, but i'm lovin it!!

She thinks it's bad now, can't wait till later :-)

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  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley

Thanks for the replies Guys! Baron Threatnet kept us safe and sound with not a drop of rain near us and Stars overhead! Have a Picture of our location the day before and I envisaged a Storm in this exact location and logged the location in my brain!

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More of this today!

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  • Location: Rossland BC Canada
  • Location: Rossland BC Canada

Back home now, day 7 being Tuesday spent in Las Vegas where it was sunny and 43 C. Naturally inside most of the day but I don't mind the desert heat that much.

Will be uploading pictures on appropriate day threads in an hour or two, home in Vancouver now and decompressing.

Is there going to be a day 6 thread?

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  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
  • Weather Preferences: Enjoy the weather, you can't take it with you 😎
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury

Great Photos Guys, Wish I was there!!!sorry.gifcray.gif

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