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Post by bhk on Oct 28, 2014 4:59:15 GMT -5
We had a spectacular lightning storm here on Sunday night. I haven't seen anything like it in Canberra. We could see it approaching for quite a while, simply because of the number of lightning flashes....averaging about 1 every 6 seconds. I checked the distance on the weather radar and when I started recording it (the storm) was between 12 and 15 kilometres away from Yamba. By the time it arrived overhead the lighting strikes had finished and we had about 6 mm of rain. But it was wonderful to watch and quite strange to see all the lightning but not hear claps of thunder, only some rumbles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=98xJYVhfwV8&feature=youtu.be
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 5:31:07 GMT -5
We too are susceptible to thunderstorms here in the Dordogne, Bruce, probably because we're close to the intersection where warm air from the south (Africa) frequently hits cold air from the north (Arctic). Some storms are very interesting with lots of cloud, thunder and lightening but hardly any rain and at other times we get a deluge. I guess it depends on the extent to which the air has come in off the Atlantic and how much water it's carrying. One of our problems is the infrastructure here is already a bit flaky and after the last big storm we had I lost my telephone line and internet for several weeks, which was really annoying as getting things done here in France is always problematic. Trust it's not the same for you in Aus.
Roger
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Post by sgtmajor on Oct 28, 2014 9:53:17 GMT -5
Good Stuff Bruce!! It's been quite a few years since I've seen a good lightning storm like that one.
Cheers,
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