scotland Scotland Regional Discussion16th July 2013 onwards

[Mesosphere]

Storm right overhead here, flashes every so often and some very loud thunder

 

Edit: WOW, lights going out soon i feel 

Edited July 23, 2013 by Mesosphere

[edo]

Incredible here from 9.30 till around10.30.... At one point were regularly getting lightning every 30 seconds...the thunder seemed constant.....I have never seen such frequent strikes in my life....amazed the kids slept thru it although there were never any gigantic claps of thunder over the house like in November 2010

[Northernlights]

 Having just looked at the radar thought I would shut a few hayshed doors.Went outside and  felt a warm almost hot wind .It is currently 20 c here there has to be a storm on its way. Cloud from the south has just obscured the moon.

Edited July 23, 2013 by Northernlights

[Mesosphere]

Moving off north now, but can't complain. Just been treated to 30 mins of loud thunder (some shotgun), CG lightning, fork lightning and torrential rain. Slap bang overhead . Still flashes in the distance now, fingers crossed for more 

[LomondSnowstorm]

Certainly a lot of rain here and lightning visible every minute or so in both directions but with minimal thunder (although having said that there is a bit more around now). A fair amount of cloud to cloud lightning but I think most of it isn't in our immediate vicinity.

Still hope for Thursday, CAPE potentially a bit more favourable than even today so it'll be worth keeping an eye on certainly:

 

Thereafter a continuing risk of storms, though perhaps less severe, as low heights to the southwest continue to slowly build in and plumes of warmer upper air move up from the continent:

edit: it really seems to be overhead now, about 3-4 seconds between a big crack and a loud rumble of thunder.

Edited July 23, 2013 by LomondSnowstorm

[Polar Gael 2]

All that thunder has woken me from my estivation...

 

The weathergods be angry...

 

Some screen captures from a mobile vid of this evening's superb thunderstorm around Crieff (from half 9 to around 11ish). The lightning was striking the local hill above the town, known as The Knock. 

 

Nature in full and epic fury - a magnificent sight. 

 

Back to sleep again now. See you all when the clocks go back.

[howham]

Thunderstorm arriving here at last!

[Flotsam]

Yup, not long passed overhead here too, woke up to some very loud bangs but passed on quite quickly.

Just watching the garden getting a good soaking now.

[Richard Taylor]

Thunder & lightning periodically here since 5am-ish, accompanied by sporadic bursts of moderate rain which clears the mist. Too misty to see any forks, but some flashes have been seen through the mist.

[Hawesy]

Haar this morning following rain with intermittent thunder and lightning yesterday evening. I'm on holiday for the rest of the week with family visiting. Unfortunately the forecast looks awful! :-(

[Ravelin]

Thunderstorm arriving here at last!

 

Yep, at 5am I was raised from my slumber. As I was half awake I was wondering "what the heck is that?" as a loud, long rumbling sound became apparent. Once I was fully awake I realised that it was thunder and for the next 15 mins or so there were at least another 6 flashes of lightening accompanied by very heavy rain. I couldn't see any of the lightening bolts directly from the bathroom window but if they weren't overhead they were pretty close. Didn't last long though and I was back in bed trying to get back to sleep.

 

Yesterday evening was very humid. I went for a run and was literally dripping by the time I got back. This morning we were still under a heavy band of rain when I got up for, and drove to work. Eased off as I approached Dyce and now it's just very grey and misty.

[Big Innes Madori]

Sunbathing after work yesterday, between 6pm - 6.30pm ah bliss, then......

A' hell broke loose and lasted till aboot 10.15pm frequent Lighting overhead wi loud bangs and of course fkn torrential pish

Did ah ivur tell yeez that ah hate fkn rrrrain?????

Whaurs ma hoat sunshine, the rarest withur type by far in these parts!!!!!

Ah want it back noo eh, enough pish thanks.

Big wantin mare hoat sunshine Innes

Edited July 24, 2013 by Big Innes Madori

[Hairy Celt]

A Liverpool win, crikey.

 

O, the weather....  mmm, cloudy, warm, clegs & midges abound. I'd almost forgotten about clegs.

 

East Sutherland was bathed in a sort of faint pink mist last night, almost pornographic in a nice way.  No, forget the porn bit, it was much nicer.

[Stuart]

with only with 1.2mm last night hope it get more intresting with storms here next few days

Edited July 24, 2013 by Stuart

[todd1970]

After yesterday mornings bit of a dissapointment , glad to see metoffice have warnings out for today and tomorrow.

 

Hopefully catch something better.

[todd1970]

Am i right in thinking these storms today could manifest out of nothing really , that one currently moving up towards Port Glasgow , sprung from nowhere. 

[Northernlights]

A shower over night that has all but disappeared. Very oppressive  with a few rumbles in the distance and a hot 26c so heat still here. Could do with a good thunderstorm to clear the air. Thunder bugs (corn lice) are  also  making life miserable outside for humans and animals another reason we need a good soak.

[Hairy Celt]

A shower over night that has all but disappeared. Very oppressive  with a few rumbles in the distance and a hot 26c so heat still here. Could do with a good thunderstorm to clear the air. Thunder bugs (corn lice) are  also  making life miserable outside for humans and animals another reason we need a good soak.

I'll swap your thunderbugs for my clegs any day.  I'll even throw in the midges to sweeten the deal. <slap swipe curse scratch smack thwack splat>

[Hawesy]

Fortunately the forecast was way off. Instead of cloud and showery rain its been dry all day and the sun has been out since 11am. 21c in a light easterly breeze.

[NUT]

Seems a familiar pattern has occured i.e. showers to the west/east and right here in the middle.......................you guessed it. Zilch

[rob4al]

Seems a familiar pattern has occured i.e. showers to the west/east and right here in the middle.......................you guessed it. Zilch

I know exactly how you feel! Same here a few miles down the road.

[rob4al]

Is it wrong that I'm basing my decision on whether to go to the Catch-in-Laws' house tonight on this question "is there more chance of a storm there or here?" ? As it stands the best chance looks to be there

If I had any in-laws and a car and there was going to be a storm I'd be off in a sec hahaLittle bit of convection here in Coatbridge. Maybe it will develop and give a good dumping to those further north.

[BurntFishTrousers]

Doesn't look like much activity pepping up to me

 

http://neige.meteociel.fr/satellite/anim_ir.gif

[Northernlights]

I'll swap your thunderbugs for my clegs any day.  I'll even throw in the midges to sweeten the deal. <slap swipe curse scratch smack thwack splat>

Game set and match according to Mrs Northernlights who one August several years ago heard me cursing and swearing as I walked up through a field of barley covered in thunderbugs. As I walked past the house she shouted out "They are only Gods little creatures".

[Ross B]

Plenty of towers going up now. .