| WEDNESDAY 10
MAY 2006 |
| M4 chase
|
 |
| A
fine late spring day in Wiltshire |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 12:24
PM |
 |
| Once
again to Beacon Hill - yet not a cloud in sight! |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 1:23
PM |
 |
| Ah,
there's one... |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 2:04
PM |
 |
| And
soon, it's joined by more - the cap is broken! |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 3:30
PM |
 |
| Not
long before fine CBs develop |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 4:32
PM |
 |
| Some
great convection occurs over Berkshire |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 4:32
PM |
 |
| Watching
the storm become more organised, from the Berkshire/Hampshire border |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 4:40
PM |
 |
| Storm-chaser
convergence! Jamie R snaps whilst Adiwood watches the developing
storm, while Bren J steers more chasers to our location |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 4:40
PM |
 |
| The
storm is now producing rain |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 4:54
PM |
 |
| Still
going up! |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 4:54
PM |
 |
| A
gust front develops |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 5:32
PM |
 |
| Intense
rain over a nearby hill |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 5:36
PM |
 |
| Light
from behind the storm cell |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 5:52
PM |
 |
| A
downburst is clearly seen as the storm draws closer |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 6:03
PM |
 |
| At
a new location, the storm continues to maintain its identity |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 7:26
PM |
 |
| Bren
J and Jamie R documenting the cell |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 7:29
PM |
 |
| Convection
still going on at this time of day! |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 7:29
PM |
 |
| The
storm shows no sign of dying - still producing lightning |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 7:30
PM |
 |
| Chase
vehicles |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 7:44
PM |
 |
| Close
to 8 pm and air is still rising! |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 7:51
PM |
 |
| The
chase continued to Weston-super-Mare, where we observed the cell
cross the Bristol Channel into South Wales, still producing lightning
as it went |
| TAKEN
BY LAURA AT 10:21
PM |
|
|