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Distant clear-air lightning (with +389kA flash) - 20th November 2024
On November 20th, a cold and unstable northerly brought in snow showers to many coastal regions of the UK and Ireland. One of them started producing very strange lightning off the coast of Norfolk after sunset - these clear-air bolts were very visible even from over 100 miles away. Their peak current ranged around 20 kA but what set most of these apart was a 389 kA strike which I caught at the start of the video. If the skies were slightly darker, I could have observed a red sprite or some other TLE (transient luminous event) associated with this flash.
Music: 'Firefly' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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Amazing thunderstorm passing through Bedford, UK - 21/22 September 2024
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After witnessing a strong thunderstorm on the afternoon of September 21st, elevated thunderstorms developed later at around 10 p.m. and drifted NW through the night. The first distant lightning flashes were observed at 10:30 p.m. when I was in my car picking up my parents after a party. On the journey home the flashes were getting brighter and increased in frequency. I arrived back just after 1...
Thunder from positive lightning - Bedford, UK (21st September 2024)
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My previous upload featured clips of the same afternoon thunderstorm taken with my iPhone and Canon cameras at 60fps. This upload is all the footage I caught from my Blackmagic camera at 25fps and my Zoom H1n field recorder. Annoyingly, the only CG strike I caught with this camera was at the start of the video. I'm unsure what their peak currents were but I know the most powerful I caught was 7...
Approaching thunderstorm - Bedford, UK (21 September 2024)
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Active thunderstorms were forecast to develop over the Midlands on Saturday afternoon but to my surprise they seemed to pop up slightly further south. Towering cumulus was observed all around at 1:30pm before the first storms developed, mainly to my west but one of them developed 5-10 miles to my south and drifted NNW towards my location. As a result I had torrential rain and frequent intraclou...
UK Mesocyclonic Tornado - 22 September 2024
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Thunderstorms were expected to develop on Sunday afternoon across areas of central-southern England - but here in Bedford, I got slightly more than that. At 4pm a very peculiar cumulus tower approached my SE, and just by staring at it for ten seconds it looked like it had a rotating updraft. This prompted me to film a timelapse which is featured at the start of the video. As it moved west I sta...
Huge lightning strikes - 129kA and 173kA - Bedford, UK (21/22 September 2024)
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Do you remember, the 21st night of September? I certainly will from now on! The day as a whole brought amazing thunderstorms in the afternoon (which I will upload a separate video of) but I was able to see so much more visible bolts of lightning in the storms that hit Bedford during the night at 11pm, including these two CG wild house shakers (or wilder hausrüttlers for the Germans) that I caug...
UK thunderstorm with lots of CG lightning - 8 September 2024
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Strong elevated thunderstorms developed over SE England after midnight on the 8th of September, bringing frequent lightning and flooding to many areas. These storms just missed me to my southwest, but a few models were still showing the possibility of isolated storms developing in the late morning after the original band of thunderstorms passed, so I perched my Acurite lightning detector on my ...
Frequent CG lightning from distant thunderstorm - Bedford, UK (8 September 2024)
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The storm that passed near Bedford this morning produced the best CG lightning barrage I've seen in this country since 2016. Attached is an unedited two-minute video showing their frequency - you'll be able to see a few bolts if you look to the right-hand side.
Thunder rumbling 29/07/2024 - Orlando, FL
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Multiple rumbles of thunder from a pulse storm on the 29th of July
Effects of Hurricane Debby from Central Florida - 4/5 August 2024
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On the 4th of August during the evening, tropical storm Debby intensified into a category 1 hurricane with wind gusts exceeding 80mph on the western coast of Florida. However, areas further inland mostly escaped the worst impacts, especially where I was staying near Orlando. The wind started picking up in the evening of the 4th with occasional distant lightning visible. Fast-forward a few hours...
Bolt from the blue lightning barrage - Orlando, Florida (10 August 2024)
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A small but potent thunderstorm developed to the NW of my location on my last day in Florida. Despite its tiny appearance on radar, it was chucking out frequent clear-air lightning at a rate I had never seen before. Unfortunately, my camera over-exposed almost everything so I tried to enhance the footage to make the bolts more visible. Twitter/X: x.com/ThunderGalore Instagram: zm....
Florida thunderstorm timelapse - 9 August 2024
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Timelapse of thunderstorms developing and travelling east over central Florida on the 9th of August. Blossom by GalaxyTones soundcloud.com/galaxytones Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported - CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/3wfncng Music promoted by Audio Library bit.ly/3UxpPsE Twitter/X: x.com/ThunderGalore Instagram: zm.storm
Florida thunderstorm timelapse - 8 August 2024
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Timelapse of thunderstorms developing and travelling west from central Florida. Most of the thunderstorms missed here apart from during the evening when I could see CG lightning and hear some pretty loud thunder. Music: 'Clarion' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au Twitter/X: x.com/ThunderGalore Instagram: zm.storm
Lightning near Orlando, Florida - 1 August 2024
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Lightning near Orlando, Florida - 1 August 2024
Clear-air lightning from distant Floridian thunderstorm - 31 July 2024
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Clear-air lightning from distant Floridian thunderstorm - 31 July 2024
Bright positive CG lightning strike near Orlando, Florida - 30 July 2024
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Bright positive CG lightning strike near Orlando, Florida - 30 July 2024
Powerful lightning with LOUD thunder near Orlando, Florida - 28 July 2024
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Powerful lightning with LOUD thunder near Orlando, Florida - 28 July 2024
Morning thunderstorm with shelf cloud observed from Bedford, UK - 6 July 2024
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Morning thunderstorm with shelf cloud observed from Bedford, UK - 6 July 2024
Intermittent rumbles of thunder - Bedford, UK (15 June 2024)
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Intermittent rumbles of thunder - Bedford, UK (15 June 2024)
Morning squall line brings loud thunder - Bedford, UK (15 April 2024)
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Morning squall line brings loud thunder - Bedford, UK (15 April 2024)
Early Spring thunderstorm - Bedford, UK (28th March 2024)
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Early Spring thunderstorm - Bedford, UK (28th March 2024)
Difficult storm chase in Lincolnshire, UK - 9th September 2023
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Difficult storm chase in Lincolnshire, UK - 9th September 2023
Multiple rounds of lightning and thunder - Bedford, UK (2nd October 2023)
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Multiple rounds of lightning and thunder - Bedford, UK (2nd October 2023)
Intense thunderstorm with bright lightning - Bedford, UK (18 September 2023)
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Intense thunderstorm with bright lightning - Bedford, UK (18 September 2023)
Severe thunderstorm passing over Bedford, UK - 10 September 2023
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Severe thunderstorm passing over Bedford, UK - 10 September 2023
Timelapse of a thunderstorm over Marbella, Spain - 25th August 2023
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Timelapse of a thunderstorm over Marbella, Spain - 25th August 2023
Thunder and lightning - 12th July 2023
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Thunder and lightning - 12th July 2023
Lightning viewed from over 100 miles away - 9 July 2023
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Lightning viewed from over 100 miles away - 9 July 2023
Multiple thunderstorms - Bedford, UK (8 July 2023)
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Multiple thunderstorms - Bedford, UK (8 July 2023)
N. England storm chase - 25 June 2023
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N. England storm chase - 25 June 2023

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @dsc7972
    @dsc7972 11 днів тому

    Chuva muito pesada com microbursts! Ainda bem que as gotas saíram da câmera antes de suas quedas

  • @KennethOsman-m8m
    @KennethOsman-m8m 13 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @bettyrivera7916
    @bettyrivera7916 22 дні тому

    I have always wanted a telescope I love to watch the sky imagine space!

  • @I_see_a_spider
    @I_see_a_spider 29 днів тому

    HI Zak,it's Dami, it certainly was something, watched it with my daughter and filmed some of it on my phone.

  • @TheToastPeople
    @TheToastPeople 29 днів тому

    It certainly was a stonker!

  • @blick182
    @blick182 Місяць тому

    Magnificent 👌

  • @JillyalexanderQantasA380
    @JillyalexanderQantasA380 2 місяці тому

    DAMMM THAT RAIN AT 4:08 😮

  • @JillyalexanderQantasA380
    @JillyalexanderQantasA380 2 місяці тому

    We had storm nelson on 28th march 2024 here at London the winds were 38 Mph gusts but i got no thunder only rain and high winds

  • @blisscosmic
    @blisscosmic 2 місяці тому

    That last one was loud 🔊

  • @JillyalexanderQantasA380
    @JillyalexanderQantasA380 2 місяці тому

    Amazing got a squall line on Thursday 26th September 2024

  • @JillyalexanderQantasA380
    @JillyalexanderQantasA380 2 місяці тому

    I got a squall line today at London with thunder! at 3pm

  • @IAmChris7423
    @IAmChris7423 2 місяці тому

    I think it's fair to say that it's very likely a tornado and not a funnel cloud. That amount of meso rotation seems too strong and I think a tornado was confirmed in or near Luton, Great capture.

    • @ZacAttackk
      @ZacAttackk 2 місяці тому

      Is a tornado not comprised of a funnel cloud?

    • @IAmChris7423
      @IAmChris7423 2 місяці тому

      @@ZacAttackk Kind of, but it's referred to as a funnel cloud if it does not make contact with the ground and a tornado once it touches down.

  • @KJames2345
    @KJames2345 2 місяці тому

    Your breathing like your bricking it, dude.

    • @Flamboyant-randomist
      @Flamboyant-randomist 2 місяці тому

      *you're. 🙄

    • @ZakM1
      @ZakM1 2 місяці тому

      Yes that was me realising what I was actually seeing lol

    • @KJames2345
      @KJames2345 2 місяці тому

      ​@@ZakM1Did you see it touch the ground? If you did than it's classified as an actual tornado, if not it's just a funnel cloud.

    • @TenguXil
      @TenguXil 2 місяці тому

      ​@@KJames2345tornadoes can appear to not be touching the ground yet still be doing damage to it as if they were. There's clips of dirt rotating on ground while the visible funnel is higher up in the air, still classed as a tornado.

  • @Fiftytimes
    @Fiftytimes 2 місяці тому

    Wow, great catch. Thanks for sharing. I bet TORRO would be interested in your footage

    • @KJames2345
      @KJames2345 2 місяці тому

      TORRO Forecasted it dude, unlike Netweather.

  • @hodgeheg480
    @hodgeheg480 2 місяці тому

    Amazing capture. I was passing through the area by train at the time and the cloud bases were incredibly dark and low.

  • @Conmanthompson2
    @Conmanthompson2 2 місяці тому

    You Got A Lucky Mini Tornado

    • @GarethCoombes
      @GarethCoombes 2 місяці тому

      Not a mini tornado it is a proper tornado just a smaller version of those you see in u.s.a that being said I think it would probably be rated as ef1 or 2 you don't often see meseocyclonic rotation in our thunderstorms because our storms rarely get big enough but when they do you will soon stop this crap talk of mini there is no mini it's either a small tornado or big tornado get your facts straight

    • @KJames2345
      @KJames2345 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@GarethCoombesTornadic storm will increase across the UK, A tornado hit Guernsey earlier this year which was rated F2. And a F1 hit Stoke in February.

    • @SEVEREWEATHERUK
      @SEVEREWEATHERUK 2 місяці тому

      These are not called mini tornadoes just because they happen in the uk. They are just tornadoes they can be very deadly and kill lots of people if they hit the wrong areas.

  • @ukweathervideos
    @ukweathervideos 2 місяці тому

    Amazing!

  • @Robchaser1981
    @Robchaser1981 2 місяці тому

    Great capture getting the funnel cloud hope one day I see one 👍

  • @adamblunsdon7784
    @adamblunsdon7784 2 місяці тому

    Nice video Zak m

  • @jaggass
    @jaggass 2 місяці тому

    These storms ravaged across the Midlands and due to Lightning strikes at some level crossings in Derbyshire it caused major disruption with the trains. I was stranded in Birmingham for hours due to train cancellations. We got RRP buses to Sheffield and throughout the night on the way home the sky lit up 10's of times followed by torrential rain.

  • @Conmanthompson2
    @Conmanthompson2 2 місяці тому

    Distant storm

  • @Conmanthompson2
    @Conmanthompson2 2 місяці тому

    You Got Early Autumn Thunderstorm

  • @Conmanthompson2
    @Conmanthompson2 2 місяці тому

    Oh You Got A Lucky Night Storm

  • @andymcskimming8755
    @andymcskimming8755 2 місяці тому

    did you record many videos from night time

    • @ZakM1
      @ZakM1 2 місяці тому

      Yes

  • @adamblunsdon7784
    @adamblunsdon7784 2 місяці тому

    Nice video zak m

  • @NikoStorm
    @NikoStorm 3 місяці тому

    👍👍

  • @Conmanthompson2
    @Conmanthompson2 3 місяці тому

    A Hurricane Moves In With Lightning Flashes

  • @Conmanthompson2
    @Conmanthompson2 3 місяці тому

    Crazy Storm

  • @adamblunsdon7784
    @adamblunsdon7784 3 місяці тому

    Nice video

  • @WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay
    @WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay 3 місяці тому

    👁️👁️

  • @TheToastPeople
    @TheToastPeople 3 місяці тому

    Oh now im well jealous! last time i visted Florida i missed the hurricane by a week! Bet that was an experience!

    • @ZakM1
      @ZakM1 3 місяці тому

      To be honest, it just felt like a typical winter windstorm with warmth and thunder added 😂

  • @melonbobful6940
    @melonbobful6940 3 місяці тому

    Dangerous stuff. They're typically staccato in nature and so tough to capture at the best of times so don't worry, that's still some good bolts.

  • @anthonybernardfamily9258
    @anthonybernardfamily9258 3 місяці тому

    0:32 02cm is a lot of work for a beginner but I think it would be a good idea to get a good grip lasting for a few minutes and then just keep it in the fridge for a few hours before you start to get a little bit of a bit of a break 03cm is a good idea for a beginner to get a good start on the right side of the fridge and then you can get a good idea of how much you need to be able to get to the bottom of the fridge to get it to work and then you can get the right side of the freezer and bridge it bridge and then you can get the bottom of the freezer to the fridge for fridge to keep the fridge to the fridge and then you can get a little fridge the fridge and fridge freezer and then you can get some of the freezer fridge freezer fridge freezer and freezer and fridge and freezer fridge and fridge freezers freezer fridge freezer cooler fridge freezers fridge freezers and freezer fridge freezer stuff fridge freezers and fridge freezer freezers fridge 1:11

  • @luvrielgaming
    @luvrielgaming 3 місяці тому

    zak

  • @adamblunsdon7784
    @adamblunsdon7784 3 місяці тому

    nice video zak m

  • @TheToastPeople
    @TheToastPeople 3 місяці тому

    I could live there quite happily under that atmosphere

    • @ZakM1
      @ZakM1 3 місяці тому

      Same

  • @TheToastPeople
    @TheToastPeople 4 місяці тому

    Stonker!

  • @bucephalus00
    @bucephalus00 4 місяці тому

    The Floridian accent seems to have been lost in recent years

    • @ZakM1
      @ZakM1 4 місяці тому

      LMAO

  • @adamblunsdon7784
    @adamblunsdon7784 4 місяці тому

    Nice video

  • @TheToastPeople
    @TheToastPeople 4 місяці тому

    Always love your trips to florida, Looks like your having a blast!

  • @adamblunsdon7784
    @adamblunsdon7784 4 місяці тому

    Nice video Zak m

  • @vicozan6466
    @vicozan6466 5 місяців тому

    Who cares mk45🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

  • @celeno31
    @celeno31 5 місяців тому

    nice

  • @Conmanthompson2
    @Conmanthompson2 5 місяців тому

    I Heard Distant Rumbles

  • @adamblunsdon7784
    @adamblunsdon7784 5 місяців тому

    Nice video zak m

  • @I_see_a_spider
    @I_see_a_spider 5 місяців тому

    so i did hear thunder!

  • @TheToastPeople
    @TheToastPeople 5 місяців тому

    Thought i heard some thunder from that cell

  • @suleimanabbas5650
    @suleimanabbas5650 5 місяців тому

    Had a thunderstorm in Leicester on the same day, ours was quite more violent with many flashes of lightning, heavy rain, loud thunder and one rare bright positive bolt of lightning that produced shotgun thunder ⚡

  • @blisscosmic
    @blisscosmic 6 місяців тому

    That was fast

  • @blisscosmic
    @blisscosmic 6 місяців тому

    Nice shots 👌