THUNDERSTORM T0048
Date: Tuesday 6th July 2004   Time: 21:54 BST
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire UK
Path: Overhead

Synoptics: Mid-level forced convection (in cold but well-mixed preconditioned air-mass)
Duration: 70 minutes
Type: Multicell
Average lightning type: C-C
Average discharge rate: 263 seconds
Footage Quality: VHS, Digicam
 

T0048 was a very slow developing, slow-moving storm, quite weakly electrified and had a low precipitation echo looking at the radar. Although weekly electrified, it had a steady discharge rate give or take a few lulls in activity. The line of activity was associated with an upper-trough feature releasing medium and upper-level instability.

The storm approached in twilight and was visibly flickering away in the distance, but became irregular in activity as it dissipated and new cells developed behind it. I saw virga in the twilight before the storm hit. The best part of this storm was when it eventually made it to Macclesfield and produced a large C-C discharge (although low-amp) overhead.

After that the storm cell dissipated completely, however a couple of hours later the same system generated T0049 directly overhead which was a completely different story.

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