August 10, 20205 yr Massive lightning storm a long way off lighting up above the clouds. Look s amazing, no sound at all. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
August 10, 20205 yr Can't see them from where I am. Bit too far away. I like this site though:https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;https://www.lightningmaps.org/blitzortung/europe/index.php?bo_page=map&bo_showmap=uk Plenty of activity right now. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
August 10, 20205 yr Commercial Member 35 minutes ago, Chock said: Massive lightning storm a long way off lighting up above the clouds. Look s amazing, no sound at all. Depends where you are! :D I'm north of you, it's just to the south of me and it definitely has sound! Owner, Fulcrum Simulator Controls. fulcrumsim.com facebook.com/fulcrumsimulatorcontrols instagram.com/fulcrumsimulatorcontrols twitter.com/Fulcrum_SC
August 10, 20205 yr Author Shame, you couldn't see it, it's quite a show. Big yellow and orange flashes above the clouds in rapid succession, perhaps one every three or four seconds, lighting up the entire span of low clouds over a good 120 degree arc, occasionally with a really bright centre point where there's a break in the clouds. Must be a long way off though, there's no sound at all here just south of Manchester, about three miles from EGCC. Edited August 10, 20205 yr by Chock Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
August 10, 20205 yr Summer thunderstorms are the best Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
August 10, 20205 yr Commercial Member The bulk of it is north of here over Preston and Blackpool. What I was hearing was one of the closer bits. Still going on. Tried posting a radar screen shot from my phone but it's not straight forward! Owner, Fulcrum Simulator Controls. fulcrumsim.com facebook.com/fulcrumsimulatorcontrols instagram.com/fulcrumsimulatorcontrols twitter.com/Fulcrum_SC
August 10, 20205 yr Just now, Chock said: Shame, you couldn't see it, it's quite a show. Big yellow and orange flashes above the clouds in rapid succession, perhaps one every three or four seconds, lighting up the entire span of low clouds over a good 120 degree arc, occasionally with a really bright centre point where there's a break in the clouds. Must be a long way off though, there's no sound at all. The flashes with no sound...we call that "heat lightning" in my neck o' the woods in the southern USA. That name really means nothing, as it has nothing to do with heat. It is of course a CB that is 70-100 statute miles away typically. On that live lightning site, look at what is headed towards STL and Indianapolis right now. A big o line of storms probably 500 miles long from Canada to TEXAS. I'm a little bit southeast of that, I'm sitting here wondering if it will make it down here. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
August 10, 20205 yr Author 7 minutes ago, Matthew Kane said: Summer thunderstorms are the best Slightly spoiled by the waft of the smell of the old 'jamaican woodbines' from one of my neighbours in the garden lol. Still whatever floats yer boat I guess. 🤣 Edited August 10, 20205 yr by Chock Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
August 10, 20205 yr 35 minutes ago, Chock said: Shame, you couldn't see it, it's quite a show. Big yellow and orange flashes above the clouds in rapid succession, perhaps one every three or four seconds, lighting up the entire span of low clouds over a good 120 degree arc, occasionally with a really bright centre point where there's a break in the clouds. Must be a long way off though, there's no sound at all here just south of Manchester, about three miles from EGCC. Watch out, if there comes a huge metallic disc object out of,...that would mean they have arrived. Bernd P3D V6 - PC spec: Intel i9-9900 overclocked 5 GHz HT off, 32 GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX3090 24GB, 2xM2 SSD, Skalarki HomeCockpit and Jeehell FMGS on a dedicated Server, PF3 for ATC, MCE, GSX, EFB, AS+ASCA+ENV and OrbX
August 10, 20205 yr Just looked at the UK radar display in Foreflight. Quite an intense area of storms to be sure! It appears to extend from northern Wales all the way up to Cumbria, with an extremely intense cell near Morecambe right now at 23:53 UTC. The whole are is moving north towards western Scotland Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
August 11, 20205 yr Author Video still, not great quality, but shows you how bright it is, this view is normally pretty much pitch black and it's 1:14am here. That's more or less where Liverpool Airport is: Edited August 11, 20205 yr by Chock Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
August 11, 20205 yr We had thunderstorms for most of the night up here in Ulverston, Cumbria (south of the Lake District National Park). Lots of lightning flashes in quick succession, but I was too tired to get up and have a look! Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
August 11, 20205 yr Chris in East Lancs we did not get anything until 02:30 which lasted just short of an hour. Norman Bowman
August 11, 20205 yr Bah , I was hoping to get some of that rain last night as I put a load of grass seed down last week , but not a drop here in the Peak District. I’m hoping for some tonight as there’s more storms forecast. At least I was able to counter my wife’s usual complaints that it rains here more than other parts of the U.K. As a footnote ,such evenings always puts me in mind of , and therefore in the mood for “ summer lightning” one of my favourite real ales, from the hopback breweries 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
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