Thunder and Lightening in January!!!!!

Shikkaka · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:45

Is this even possible? It's ruddy freezing outside and it's thundering. I always thought it has to warm conditions for it to thunder.

Tk7 · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:48

Erm..yeah sure it's possible! You new to this planet?

Shikkaka · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:49

Tk7 said:
Erm..yeah sure it's possible! You new to this planet?

Possible.... maybe in South Africa, but not in Derbyshire, UK... surely?

Rotty · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:50

Steameh said:
Is this even possible? It's ruddy freezing outside and it's thundering. I always thought it has to warm conditions for it to thunder.

all hell has just broken loose here with the weather :eek:

knocked my Sky tele out :mad:

misterPK · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:52

Blame global warming. It is now offically the excuse for everything.

Send them south a bit will you? I love a good storm!

PK!

Muffin` · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:53

Rotty said:
all hell has just broken loose here with the weather

knocked my Sky tele out

Do you ever work?

Tk7 · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:54

Expecting it here any minute, i'm in the west side of Nottingham right now.

MeatLoaf · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:54

We had thunder and lightening here about an hour ago

Rotty · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:54

[DW]Muffin;10910828 said:
Do you ever work?

occasionally

panic over, tele is back on now

Slinwagh · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:55

There was one good rumble of thunder in Crewe just before lunch time.

Neil79 · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:57

Steameh said:
Is this even possible? It's ruddy freezing outside and it's thundering. I always thought it has to warm conditions for it to thunder.

Ofcause its possible , its not just warm/hot temps that cause lightning... Ever heard of thundersnow?

Thundersnow also known as a Winter Thunderstorm or a Thunder Snowstorm is a particularly rare meteorological phenomenon that includes the typical behavior of a thunderstorm, but with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. It commonly falls in regions of strong upward motion within the cold sector of extratropical cyclones between autumn and spring when surface temperatures are most likely to be near or below freezing. Variations exist, such as thundersleet, where the precipitation consists of sleet rather than snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBUYmpnjob8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ws6e7sctYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OHetw29o_A

memyselfandi · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:25

Tk7 said:
Expecting it here any minute, i'm in the west side of Nottingham right now.

Its in Beeston at the moment, (and we're on the top floor of our office with the ceiling tiles down due to a aircon issue which is being diagnosed so the rain is _really_ ould against the flat roof ... )

Dappy · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:27

We had thunder and lightning here in Manchester around 9pm a week ago, with continuous rumbling of thunder and constant lightning for around 10 mins.

melbourne720 · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:28

memyselfandi said:
Its in Beeston at the moment, (and we're on the top floor of our office with the ceiling tiles down due to a aircon issue which is being diagnosed so the rain is _really_ ould against the flat roof ... )

Are we in the same office?

<looks round to spot blue background>

Who are you? :eek:

Teki187 · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:29

Just come over Mansfield no less then 20mins ago.

Its nothing to do with temperature, its down to pressure.

If we have high and low pressure building up on top of us, we get thunderstorms.

Sankari · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:36

Steameh said:
Is this even possible? It's ruddy freezing outside and it's thundering. I always thought it has to warm conditions for it to thunder.

Lucky sod!

Overcast all day here in Walsall; a bit of rain earlier, but no thunder/lighting (typical West Midlands, we always get budget weather).

Gilly · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:39

I opened the thread expecting this to be a joke or something. What is special about thunder and lightning in January?

We've had very dark clouds for hours but only light rain, no pressure changes and it doesn't smell like a storm.

stevenazari1 · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:45

Slinwagh said:
There was one good rumble of thunder in Crewe just before lunch time.

yeah storm came to wales, mumbled something and said **** this Im going to reading

b1uepower · 17 Jan 2008 at 15:03

Had no thunder on Pride Park in Derby just lots of heavy rain.. since about 13:40

SoliD · 17 Jan 2008 at 16:11

Rotty said:
all hell has just broken loose here with the weather

knocked my Sky tele out

Same here, tipped it down hard, then hail then that strange sideways rainy/mist stuff, had to wait in my car til it eased off to come back inside. now its just bloody windy.