This Weather.....

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Exploding trees are always the best.

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

This one is entertaining! 😲

 

[MancWanderer]

4 hours ago, DirtySanchez said:

Love a good lightning display but reckon that would shit me up 

Same. I can sit for hours watching a storm. Got caught in one in Louisiana once when I was working over there. Fook me it was absolutely terrifying. You could see it way over the horizon and within minutes it was on top of us

[Cheese]

Best one I ever saw was in Bielefeld in Germany about 1999. Turned from a gloriously sunny day, to dark and torrential with violent thunder in about 5 minutes. Never seen anything like it.

Edited July 29, 2025 by Cheese

[DirtySanchez]

Just now, Cheese said:

Best one I ever saw was in Bielefeld in Germany about 1999. Turned from a gloriously sunny day, to dark with violent thunder in about 5 minutes. Never seen anything like it.

Best I saw was in Porec in Croatia 

Could see it coming from miles off whilst sat on roof top bar and heading towards us

Everyone went inside but I stayed watching it go overhead and got piss wet through 

Then, as often happens abroad, about ten minutes after it stops you wouldn't know it had been raining 

Apart from the fact I was soaked 

[gonzo]

14 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

Best I saw was in Porec in Croatia 

Could see it coming from miles off whilst sat on roof top bar and heading towards us

Everyone went inside but I stayed watching it go overhead and got piss wet through 

Then, as often happens abroad, about ten minutes after it stops you wouldn't know it had been raining 

Apart from the fact I was soaked 

Aye similar I did the same in Makarska in Croatia a couple of years ago. Was insane.

Lightening bouncing off the sea. Got marooned in a bar once it hit land with rain cascading down the streets. Fabulous.

[MancWanderer]

Croatia is ace for storms. This was the lightning map when I went to Dubrovnik a few years ago. Absolutely tremendous 
 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Bloody hell- you've kept that picture for several years, just waiting for the opportunity...😁

[MancWanderer]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Bloody hell- you've kept that picture for several years, just waiting for the opportunity...😁

[Dimron]

16 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Croatia is ace for storms. This was the lightning map when I went to Dubrovnik a few years ago. Absolutely tremendous 
 

Looks like a still from Dr Strangelove

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Anyone who isn't aware, Storm Floris is coming on Monday.

Unusually low pressure with very high winds.

https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/25358120.storm-floris-met-office-issues-yellow-weather-warning/

 

[green genie]

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Anyone who isn't aware, Storm Floris is coming on Monday.

Unusually low pressure with very high winds.

https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/25358120.storm-floris-met-office-issues-yellow-weather-warning/

 

Eldest is up at Kendal Calling. 
Going to be lively for packing up and drive. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, green genie said:

Eldest is up at Kendal Calling. 
Going to be lively for packing up and drive. 

My neighbour was going up to consiton this morning for a weekend's water sports with his kids.

Not the LW type of course.

[Not in Crawley]

Well just landed at home dropping the kids off at their grandparents for the week and its bloody lovely!

[miamiwhite]

3 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Well just landed at home dropping the kids off at their grandparents for the week and its bloody lovely!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY

[Not in Crawley]

Oh well, back to normal Northern weather service...😊

[gonzo]

This is madness.

It's red hot with 50mph winds 

[L/H White]

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

This is madness.

It's red hot with 50mph winds 

just stay on the bungalows today

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

This is madness.

It's red hot with 50mph winds 

Aye.

Just been out with the hounds.

Torrential rain with the first and strong wind.

Bright sunshine and some clouds later, and even stronger winds.

Wet through from the inside- wearing a waterproof in such humidity doesn't always help!

[L/H White]

the wind through the night was a bit barmy 

[1969]

18 minutes ago, L/H White said:

the wind through the night was a bit barmy 

There's tablets you can get for that 

[Sweep]

Cracking day today in the Shires, just popped outside, and it's apparently already 25C. Not a cloud in the sky either

[gonzo]

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

Cracking day today in the Shires, just popped outside, and it's apparently already 25C. Not a cloud in the sky either

Two tier woke weather

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 hours ago, gonzo said:

Two tier woke weather

He'll be complaining about water restrictions soon enough!

 

[Not in Crawley]

7 hours ago, Sweep said:

Cracking day today in the Shires, just popped outside, and it's apparently already 25C. Not a cloud in the sky either

Same here - beautiful today after a 7 hour drive through rain yesterday getting down south.

Youngest is camping in Garstang with her cousins - apparently really odd weather really windy for a bit, then rain, then really warm.