Lightning like day light

[AlMorr]

A neighbour of mine took this photo at 3am, the photo is of frequent lightning near where I live.

[Birdlady64 Graduate]

Amazing!

Power of nature...

Sounds like you are having the weather bad in parts of Scotland

Landslides and that terrible train crash

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

In that photograph it is raining heavily, but the heavy rain only lasted about 5 minutes, the lightning however lasted much longer, this afternoon after all that happened during the night I was suntaning in 27C temperatures, despite the rain at night today was the fourth day in a row I have been in my garden basking in the sun, strange weather indeed.

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

Wow, it hasn’t got to us yet

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Lucky you, its only been raining at night, for the 4th day in a row I have been suntaning in my garden in the afternoon.

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

That’s the best eh?

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

👍

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

We had rain overnight and now the sun is back but it’s brought a few clouds with it, looks like after our run it’s still warm enough for a swim, we’ve never been in the sea so much unless on holiday, it’s a lot cheaper to go to our local beach

Hope you’re getting more lovely weather Al

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

I do feel so sorry for all those people who live in south east England, it's going to feel cold when the temperature next week goes down to 25C/77F, they will have to wear heavy clothing after being used to 35C+ temperatures during the day and 20C minimum at night.

Nice that you live near the beach where you can have a swim in the sea.

As I post this at 8.55am it is cloudy 17C but the weather forecast is for the clouds to break and the sun to come out, the maximum temperature today in Central Scotland is to be around 24C, warm enough for me to once again get out into the garden and sunbathe after I take my neighbour's dog a walk around 2pm.

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Sounds perfect, and 😂 yup I will be wearing a jumper to work next week but so happy to be off this week and enjoying the warmer weather, it’s our run day so we are getting ready and it’s really hot already

[nowster Graduate]

Manchester has got off lightly. The storms all tracked off to the west of us today. Distant rumbles last night, though.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to nowster]

The great British weather 😊☔😎🌩

[Oldgirlruns Graduate]

Looks amazing Alan - we haven’t seen anything here on the south coast but it’s in the forecast. It would certainly cool things down a bit!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Oldgirlruns]

It didn't cool down the weather all that much if at all, this morning at 7.40 I ran a 5K in a minimum temperature of 17C, in the afternoon I was suntaning in a maximum temperature of 27C/just over 80F.

[TallTeal2020 Graduate]

I'm in Fife and the thunder and lightning last night was nothing short of spectacular! I ususally get freaked out by such events but not yesterday for some reason?

Unfortunately, there appear to be many environmental issues that followed today but like Disney says... you've got to have beauty and the beast...

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to TallTeal2020]

Fife was hit bad, if this had been a Saturday morning I doubt if any of the parkruns, including the one at Dunfermline which I run in would have gone ahead.

[TallTeal2020 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Ah I know Dunfermline well but it wouldn't be my local parkrun. I'm nearer St Andrew's (Craigtoun Park) and although I've done it unofficially I can't wait to do my first real Parkrun!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to TallTeal2020]

I know St Andrews very well, I have been going there for many years, not the parkrun, my last visit was two weeks ago, usually I go a walk along past the university to East Sands, then back to the West Sands and around part of the golf course at the club house 1st and 18th hole, the most famous golf club in the world.

[TallTeal2020 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

St Andrew's has many beautiful walks and cycle paths to offer 😍 I'm actually in Cupar but we have on occassion cycled to St A's and back with the kids (age 8 & 10) - it's got a great ice cream shop which is usually the carrot we dangle for the kids 😀

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to TallTeal2020]

Thats very good to know that you and the kids 🚴 cycle to St Andrews, especially to get ice cream, I hope you and the children cycle on one of the back roads to get there, I would imagine cycling on the main A91 would be a bit dangerous, that's the route the bus goes along, quite a busy road for bikes, especially with children.

[TallTeal2020 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Yes my husband cycles a lot around Fife and knows the quieter/ safer roads for kids. We go via Strathkiness and the likes but definitely not main roads.

[JeanneMary Graduate]

Wow! We're just in constant fog and drizzle here in West Cornwall - warm but no sun for three days!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to JeanneMary]

Sea mist

[HeavyFoot Graduate in reply to JeanneMary]

Ditto for north Cornwall. I had to return to London for 2 days - 35C !! Back to cool mugginess now and now it’s tipping down just after I finished a run. Bliss.

[HeavyFoot Graduate]

Don’t forget to run between the lightning strikes, Al. Safer. ⚡️🏃🏻‍♂️⚡️

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to HeavyFoot]

All the lightning strikes were during the night when I don't run, I ran a 5K on Wednesday morning well after the rain stopped, no lightning at all, cloudy with 17C temperature, in the afternoon it went to 27C and the sun came out, I was in my garden suntanning.

[Run46 Graduate in reply to HeavyFoot]

We've had lots of lightening in North Wales too so thanks for the advice HF 😂🤣

[HeavyFoot Graduate in reply to Run46]

A pleasure. I hate the smell of fried runner! 🥓

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to HeavyFoot]

👍 ☔

[roseabi]

Wow!!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to roseabi]

It was the most dramatic display of lightning I have seen in at least 15 years.

[Bupkiss100 Graduate]

We had a house on our estate struck overnight. Set the roof on fire 😳

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Bupkiss100]

Lightning can be very dangerous and can cause fires in many places, many years ago I was caught in a thunderstorm while out cycling, I was only 15 and it was a great run, if it was now, I would be very scared.

[Fifitrixiebell73 Graduate]

Wow! I'd have been feart! 😱😱😱😱

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Fifitrixiebell73]

Same with me if it was now.

[Run46 Graduate]

Brilliant, great to watch when you're safe at home...we've had lots of lightening and a fair bit of thunder the last 2 evenings and into the night here in North Wales too. Thankfully not too much rain with it so no flooding.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Run46]

The most dramatic thunderstorm I have ever seen was way back in September 1961, It went on from around 9pm on a Saturday well into the following Sunday and ended around 3 o'clock, plenty of lightning but very little rain, so little rain that some of the boys in my class at school were playing football and using the lightning as lights as it was well after sunset, most of the lightning was cloud to cloud, not hitting the ground, my uncle told me later he had only seen lightning like that in the tropics, never in Scotland with not much rain.

[Run46 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Sounds amazing Al, and probably a bit frightening!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Run46]

You know how lightning affects Medium AM radio, that night the interference was so much that even the national radio could not be heard because of all the interferance caused by the electrical storm, it was amazing that the electricity did not go off, I remember at the time the only radio station that was interference free was Radio Moscow on the Short Wave.