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Intense Thunderstorms, 6th July 1991

Started by Portland Paul, Feb 13 2012 22:10

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#1 Portland Paul

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Posted 13 February 2012 - 22:10

1991 - Following a cold, dull, very dry May, and a cold, dull, wet June, temperatures rose markedly in early July as very warm and humid easterly airflow arrived from the continent.
Late on Friday 5th and during the early hours of Saturday 6th, an intense belt of torrential thunderstorms moved north across many parts of England and Wales. There was much lightning where I lived, in Birmingham, as a series of dramatic storms moved through for several hours, during what was a distinctly warm and sultry night.
Strangely, I can find very little info on the net about those storms, and was wondering does anyone have any stats or personal memories of that event?

Edited by Portland Paul, 13 February 2012 - 22:10 .

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#2 Jane Louise

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 15:04

Certainly no memories here Paul Lol. Hopefully someone will come along to help with some information. :good:

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#3 Grimsby Snow Lover

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 15:43

Here are a few charts from the two dates you mentioned. The first one shows the warm, humid easterly you was talking about
http://www.wetterzen...00119910705.gif

This chart show the upper 850 temperatures with 15 degrees quite widely across southern England.

http://www.wetterzen...00219910705.gif

The next one shows a small area of low pressure, probably the cause of those intense thunderstorms
http://www.wetterzen...00119910706.gif

Edited by Grimsby Snow Lover, 14 February 2012 - 15:45 .