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Frostbite80
31 October 2014 09:04:50

Hi All, just to get in the spirit of Halloween and that we are on the brink of some spooky warmth for this day I thought it would be nice to have a light hearted thread on weather events that were weird or strange, if the mods don't like this please delete.


I will start - I was laying around the pool at my hotel when I went to Tunisia 2 years ago and it was a gloriously hot day with clear blue skies. I was just sipping on an ice cold beer when I heard a rumbling in the distance. I didn't think much of it as there was some work going on in a nearby hotel but then the rumbling got louder.


The rumbling became more and more persistent and then it started to rain so it must have been a storm but the skies were clear and the sun was still beating down. I looked all around but there were only a few fluffy clouds in sight and there were certainly no signs of a storm approaching. It was sooooo strange and an event I will never forget!!

TimS
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31 October 2014 11:44:42
Not sure if this counts as spooky, but I'll always remember the thundersnow of January 2004 (it was 2004 wasn't it?). Mild sunny day, then 5 minutes of heavy rain, then, well, thunder and snow.
Brockley, South East London 30m asl
eddied
02 November 2014 07:53:20
I remember a huge thunderstorm in my youth in Surrey. in 1981 i believe. so severe it went as dark as night. there was green lightningtoo made a big impression on me
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POD
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02 November 2014 09:56:15

I remember a huge thunderstorm in my youth in Surrey. in 1981 i believe. so severe it went as dark as night. there was green lightningtoo made a big impression on me

Originally Posted by: eddied 




It was the first half of August '81.  I moved to Caterham on the 15th and missed the action.

Pat, Crawley Down, West Sussex.
ozone_aurora
02 November 2014 10:02:17


I remember a huge thunderstorm in my youth in Surrey. in 1981 i believe. so severe it went as dark as night. there was green lightningtoo made a big impression on me

Originally Posted by: POD 




It was the first half of August '81.  I moved to Caterham on the 15th and missed the action.


Originally Posted by: eddied 


Must have been 5-6 August if I'm correct, the day violent thunderstorms moved up across central/SE England, also giving 'dark as night' sky in London. Further torrential rain from Greater Manchester and Cheshire area.

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