RaVeNStOrM

THUNDERSTORM T0044
Date: Tuesday 13th May 2003
Time: 15:30 BST (2 Cells)
Location:
Reading, Berkshire UK
Path: Overhead

Synoptics:
Polar/Arctic Maritime Airmass heated with long land track
Duration: 30 minutes
Type: Linear Multicells
Average lightning type: C-G
Average discharge rate: Cell 1: 136s, Cell 2: 97s
Footage Quality:
VHS / Hi-8

 

Location is Reading now (first summer at Uni). Produced from a cool and unstable polar/arctic maritime flow post-system. These cells (2 in this instance) were reaching maturity as they took in the inland surface heating across the Midlands. However this particular cluster was weakly electrified and hard to film from my hall, however the cloud shots were good and the second cell produced some C-G and possibly a positive flash (P-F) which produced a long booming thunder.

Cell 1 and Cell 2 were the first two of an array of cells to cross Reading on this day. There was a short lull between the two cells which I didn’t feel was long enough to class them as two separate storms. They were probably sharing the same anvil. However, behind these two cells a strong convergence zone was setting up and approaching, which shortly after produced T0045, an incredibly active squall-line that left these two cells shouting without a microphone.

CELL 1

CELL 2 (3rd shot is the C-G)


SATELLITE IMAGES (Credits)
INFRARED 13.05.2003 13:37

INFRARED 13.05.2003 13:37 + GRID


CHARTS (Credits)


SFERICS (orange markers) (Credits)

 


 
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