Re: Violent, fatal Summer storms over Central Switzerland
Hi all,
I have planned to drive from Luzern to Calais through the night, starting at about 11pm. Anyone know if it's still safe to go? Got kids on board, so feeling a little more cautious!!
Have checked the Meteo website, but can't make out which way the storm is heading!
Grateful for any info!!
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I have planned to drive from Luzern to Calais through the night, starting at about 11pm. Anyone know if it's still safe to go? Got kids on board, so feeling a little more cautious!!
Have checked the Meteo website, but can't make out which way the storm is heading!
Grateful for any info!!
The storm is heading our way Thurgau
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Re: Violent, fatal Summer storms over Central Switzerland
The alert currently says till midnight, but that may change. Seems to be southwesterly but you're in the middle of the Alps so it can come from anywhere. Can't really give advice but I guess it'll be ok on the motorways.
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During the storm last night, when lightning was literally overhead, I kept hearing explosions. Thought they were gunfire at first. What was that likely to have been?
The truth is that cloud to cloud lightning results in a large ball of plasma that expands at speeds that are a significant fraction of the speed of light.
Needless to say this is way over the speed of sound and the expansion of the ball is so fast that it propagates just like an explosion. It sounds like an explosion because it basically is one.
Re: Violent, fatal Summer storms over Central Switzerland
Wow! What a show the past week has been! I lived in the Sacramento, CA area most of my life where thunderstorms were not a regular occurrence and definitely not ever in the summertime! So it's sort of cool to listen to it and watch everything (from safely inside of course). Though it is sad that there have been injuries/fatalities
Nice low thunderstorm overhead in Zurich tonight.
Sheet lightning strong winds and some hail.
The storm was quite pretty with the lightning. I ran out into the garden and filmed this clip (which doesn't do it justice as the storm was just past its highest point and you can't quite hear the constant low rumble of thunder).
But hopefully you can see how magnificent the lightning was against the clouds.
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Re: Violent, fatal Summer storms over Central Switzerland
A wonderful storm in Basel last night. Beautifully timed to start at midnight for a couple of hours, so you can relax in bed watching the sky light up and hear the rolling thunder.
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A wonderful storm in Basel last night. Beautifully timed to start at midnight for a couple of hours, so you can relax in bed watching the sky light up and hear the rolling thunder.
christ I'm knackered this morning, our big brave german sheppard kept us awake most of the night because she's scared of storms, seemed to have 2 in the zurich area, lots of rain etc then a break and then more of the same.
The storm was quite pretty with the lightning. I ran out into the garden and filmed this clip (which doesn't do it justice as the storm was just past its highest point and you can't quite hear the constant low rumble of thunder).
But hopefully you can see how magnificent the lightning was against the clouds.
That was something, wasn't it? My wife and I were awake still with jetlag so we got to enjoy the show, too. Not good for someone with photo-sensitive epilepsy, but that's not a concern in our home...
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