The 2016 summer and thunder thread

The 2016 summer and thunder thread

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Puggit

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48,439 posts

248 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Dan_1981 said:
Grand National on Saturday?

Pissing it down?
Cloudy sunshine mix and occasional showers - very April type weather

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

228 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Amazing cloud formation on the way home from work yesterday. It was a huge grey thing that filled the sky and at one point, had a sort of triangle element that was just about touching the ground.

It chased me my 25 miles home and then hammered the house with rain shortly after I arrived.

Was quite funny because every time I looked in my rear view mirror, it was like the end of the world was following me. smile

PositronicRay

27,010 posts

183 months

Saturday 9th April 2016
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I remember chasing a patch of clear sky on my bike. Travelling south, I waited for a clear patch, and managed to successfully stay dry between 2 waves (is that the correct term?) of cloudy rainy nastiness for 120 miles.


Goaty Bill 2

3,407 posts

119 months

Saturday 9th April 2016
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coopedup said:
Deep joy, was yesterday our Summer?
It must have been. I clearly recall unbuttoning my overcoat whilst out for a perambulation on that day.


NRS

22,143 posts

201 months

Sunday 10th April 2016
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Got 5 minutes of sun today, which was nice, but mostly pretty grey.


Downward

3,584 posts

103 months

Sunday 10th April 2016
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anonymous-user

54 months

Sunday 10th April 2016
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Absolutely blazing sun here all day in the Lake District!

The Lambo's and Ferrari's were cruising up and down the lakeside at Windermere and there was heaps of tourists.

Here is a shot from a moving car.. The mountains were covered in snow yet there wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was absolutely T Shirt weather all day. Beautiful.



Edited by NinjaPower on Sunday 10th April 22:04

Puggit

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48,439 posts

248 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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Downward said:
Excellent picture of mammatus! Very much associated with thunder storms.

Puggit

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248 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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NinjaPower said:
Absolutely blazing sun here all day in the Lake District!

The Lambo's and Ferrari's were cruising up and down the lakeside at Windermere and there was heaps of tourists.

Here is a shot from a moving car.. The mountains were covered in snow yet there wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was absolutely T Shirt weather all day. Beautiful.



Edited by NinjaPower on Sunday 10th April 22:04
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Puggit

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48,439 posts

248 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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I know it's cold and even snowy, but heavy showers and possible thunder in the SE this afternoon!

VEA

4,785 posts

201 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Excellent,

I had quite the layer of frost on my car this morning in Henley.

Dan_1981

17,387 posts

199 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Forecast for the weekend in and around the Loch Awe area (Friday / Saturday) and the Loch Lomond (S.E Side) Saturday / Sunday?

Looks wet to me - or possibly deserves to be in the snow thread?!

Puggit

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48,439 posts

248 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Dan_1981 said:
Forecast for the weekend in and around the Loch Awe area (Friday / Saturday) and the Loch Lomond (S.E Side) Saturday / Sunday?

Looks wet to me - or possibly deserves to be in the snow thread?!
This this point, too early to call. There's a good chance of low pressure coming in from the NW, which I'm afraid means cool, windy and some rain.

As a general outlook, after that there are *some* signs of potential winds from the continent. Warmth could be on the cards starting around middle of next week or slightly later. But that's subject to a lot of possible change.

Dan_1981

17,387 posts

199 months

Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Puggit said:
Dan_1981 said:
Forecast for the weekend in and around the Loch Awe area (Friday / Saturday) and the Loch Lomond (S.E Side) Saturday / Sunday?

Looks wet to me - or possibly deserves to be in the snow thread?!
This this point, too early to call. There's a good chance of low pressure coming in from the NW, which I'm afraid means cool, windy and some rain.

As a general outlook, after that there are *some* signs of potential winds from the continent. Warmth could be on the cards starting around middle of next week or slightly later. But that's subject to a lot of possible change.
Photography weekend planned - wet isn't a disaster - often means interesting skies! overcast and cloudy on the otherhand could be a bit dull!

Puggit

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248 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Do you want the good news or bad news?

Celtic Dragon

3,169 posts

235 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Its going to be wall to wall sunshine and 17 degreees Celcius for the next month?

Puggit

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248 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Celtic Dragon said:
Its going to be wall to wall sunshine and 17 degreees Celcius for the next month?
Ha!

No, but of course this being Britain nothing is simple. Plume of warm air coming up from the South this week, building up to the weekend.

Warm, muggy - and good potential for fireworks. We should break 20oC in the South around Friday.

Puggit

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Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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shout Get the BBQs cleaned!

VEA

4,785 posts

201 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Puggit said:
shout Get the BBQs cleaned!
Certainly feels that way. Last till the weekend in our neck of the woods?

Puggit

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248 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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VEA said:
Certainly feels that way. Last till the weekend in our neck of the woods?
Weekend will be the hottest part - 23 widely expected, perhaps sneaking up to 25...