Weather What are Convective Storms? 10 June 2020 Convective storms or thunderstorms, as they are more commonly referred to in the UK, are severe local storms associated with thunder, lightning, heavy rain, hail, strong winds and sudden changes in temperature. Weather What is upward lightning? Over the past few years, Dakota USA native Tom A Warner and his colleagues have been filming lightning on high-speed cameras. In total, they have captured 776 naturally occurring lightning flashes with recording speeds as high as 100,000 images per second. Weather A Change in the Weather? 29 January 2020 The last few months have been strangely mild across the UK. Temperatures in December and January were well above average and people have been asking "what happened to winter?" Weather Unprecedented Heat and Intense Thunderstorms 25 July 2019 The UK and central Europe is suffering another extreme heatwave, with all-time records being broken in many places. Weather Catatumbo 'Everlasting' Lightning 20 June 2019 It occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venuzuela, South America. In the Spotlight Lightning Photography - advice from award winning Photographer 19 June 2019 Stephen Cheatley, winner of the 2018 Weather Photographer of the Year competition explains the art of lightning photography. Weather Big Freeze Hits the Midwest, US 30 January 2019 The Midwest has been hit by extreme freezing conditions this week. Weather The 'Beast from the East' bites the UK 28 February 2018 The ‘Beast from the East’ has reared its ugly head and brought severe winter weather to much of the UK this week Weather Types of Lightning 18 December 2017 Lightning can strike the ground, the air, or inside clouds, but there are roughly 5 to 10 times more cloud flashes than cloud-to-ground flashes. Discover the different types of lightning!
Weather What are Convective Storms? 10 June 2020 Convective storms or thunderstorms, as they are more commonly referred to in the UK, are severe local storms associated with thunder, lightning, heavy rain, hail, strong winds and sudden changes in temperature.
Weather What is upward lightning? Over the past few years, Dakota USA native Tom A Warner and his colleagues have been filming lightning on high-speed cameras. In total, they have captured 776 naturally occurring lightning flashes with recording speeds as high as 100,000 images per second.
Weather A Change in the Weather? 29 January 2020 The last few months have been strangely mild across the UK. Temperatures in December and January were well above average and people have been asking "what happened to winter?"
Weather Unprecedented Heat and Intense Thunderstorms 25 July 2019 The UK and central Europe is suffering another extreme heatwave, with all-time records being broken in many places.
Weather Catatumbo 'Everlasting' Lightning 20 June 2019 It occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venuzuela, South America.
In the Spotlight Lightning Photography - advice from award winning Photographer 19 June 2019 Stephen Cheatley, winner of the 2018 Weather Photographer of the Year competition explains the art of lightning photography.
Weather Big Freeze Hits the Midwest, US 30 January 2019 The Midwest has been hit by extreme freezing conditions this week.
Weather The 'Beast from the East' bites the UK 28 February 2018 The ‘Beast from the East’ has reared its ugly head and brought severe winter weather to much of the UK this week
Weather Types of Lightning 18 December 2017 Lightning can strike the ground, the air, or inside clouds, but there are roughly 5 to 10 times more cloud flashes than cloud-to-ground flashes. Discover the different types of lightning!