Thunderstorms - 2017

bingham67 · 29 May 2017 at 00:06

Worthing getting hit by a few and Seaford

shephga · 29 May 2017 at 00:09

Sporadic thunder in Portsmouth.

drunkenmaster · 29 May 2017 at 00:15

dirtybeatfreak said:
Can hear the Thunder and seen a few flashes. It's a comin'

I'm just down the coast on the other side of Hastings, there is definitely the odd rumble here, in the distance though. No hint of flashes from where I am. Gotta crash soon, hoping if it picks up it will wake me up.

XeNoN89 · 29 May 2017 at 00:15

http://imgur.com/a/ucb4A

Incoming!

dirtybeatfreak · 29 May 2017 at 00:20

Kicking off nicely now. Seen some decent forks and kids been woken from Thunder.

Bickaxe · 29 May 2017 at 00:21

Couple of seconds of strobe lighting here.
Still in Channel and moving away i think

drunkenmaster · 29 May 2017 at 00:25

ooo, I couldn't see where it was, somewhere south behind a hill, but there was just a series of very bright flashes, like 5-6 pulses of light, holy crap, typing and just saw freaking awesome lightning. Massive forks coming down above hastings. I'm opposite a large field, unfortunately uphill so not a huge distance view. Getting good now.

Dougall321 · 29 May 2017 at 00:27

Few low rumbles of thunder in the distance but not much more here apart from rain.

Was hoping for a good light show but seems to be sticking to the channel.

dirtybeatfreak · 29 May 2017 at 00:29

Yea looks like we got a little of it passing but it's moving along the coast. Still getting some nice forks and rumbles, rain has kicked in too. You can see it moving along though rather than coming towards

bingham67 · 29 May 2017 at 00:30

drunkenmaster said:
ooo, I couldn't see where it was, somewhere south behind a hill, but there was just a series of very bright flashes, like 5-6 pulses of light, holy crap, typing and just saw freaking awesome lightning. Massive forks coming down above hastings. I'm opposite a large field, unfortunately uphill so not a huge distance view. Getting good now.

Looks like there is a lot heading Hastings way jealous

BananaDunka · 29 May 2017 at 00:35

This is the best site for real time tracking of weather: https://www.ventusky.com/?p=51.13;0.43;6&l=cape&t=20170529/00

I woke up the other night by THUNDER!

So whipped out the phone and recorded these:

Liquid_Entity · 29 May 2017 at 00:36

Amazing mrk

drunkenmaster · 29 May 2017 at 00:36

I'm actually in Pett, getting a huge amount of flashes in the sky but very little forking where I can see. Looks like it's almost all south of me. My windows face more east/west. Moved in, late November so first real lightning storm. THe one a week ago or so we got thunder but no real lightning, was day time as well... getting all excited about it like a little girl

My knees are too bad to drive so I never bothered learning, I suspect if I could and drove down to the park on the cliffs above Hastings the view would be absolutely spectacular, see everything around and a storm out to sea probably.

Calming down now, had 5 mins of heavy activity, still the odd big flash, lights up a pitch black field opposite me in a super super creepy horror film way, it's great

Need to befriend someone on the main road in pett, it's at the top of a hill so the guys on the south side of the road have insane views out towards the beaches and then out to sea. Find someone who will let me come and watch a lightning storm from a conservatory.

Dougall321 · 29 May 2017 at 00:42

Yay! Thunder and lightning here now. May stay up after all.

drunkenmaster · 29 May 2017 at 00:45

After a bit of a lull activity increasing again. I'm not seeing an awful lot still unfortunately. I also have a giant hedge which blocks out a lot of the view more south, previous owners let it grow into a monster and I can't get rid of it till the nesting birds are done with it

bingham67 · 29 May 2017 at 00:46

I bet it awesome if you have sea view at hasting right now

dirtybeatfreak · 29 May 2017 at 00:46

Few of my friends are up Beachy Head which is about 5 mins from my house. They saying it's amazing up there

@drunkenmaster there is a big blob coming towards you on lightningmaps. and it looks as though it's aimed right at Pett too lol.

drunkenmaster · 29 May 2017 at 00:51

bingham67 said:
I bet it awesome if you have sea view at hasting right now

I'm going to find a way to watch a thunderstorm from the carpark on cliffs above hastings, been there just to walk around a bit(hobble in my case) with friends. You can see a lot of the coast out towards Camber/Dungeness, or the view from Winchelsea or somewhere, must be absolutely amazing. I might learn to drive just for that experience

Housey · 29 May 2017 at 00:53

The Staffordshire countryside is.......quiet, zilch, nothing.

Digital X · 29 May 2017 at 00:53

Got either a big ONE, or several storms in Dover, France that area right now. SO much activity!

http://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=...;b=;n=0;y=50.2325;x=1.4636;z=6;d=2;dl=2;dc=0; Look at the channel crossing!! I'm in Dover, 1 mile ish from the port, can see so much, it's lovely