Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20445 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2001 17:55:55 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 17 Sep 2001 17:55:55 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 23207 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2001 17:54:44 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 17 Sep 2001 17:54:44 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15j2UP-00007V-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:47:25 +0100 Received: from k2.pncl.co.uk ([212.35.226.183]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15j2UO-00007Q-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:47:24 +0100 Received: from 233.pncl.co.uk (51.234.35.212.in-addr.arpa.ip-pool.cix.co.uk [212.35.234.51]) by k2.pncl.co.uk (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f8HHkj109023 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:46:46 +0100 Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010917184133.00a5e920@mail.pncl.co.uk> X-Sender: blanch@mail.pncl.co.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:52:10 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Walter Blanchard" Subject: LF: Thunderstorms MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: In the current issue of "Weather" (monthly mag of the R. Meteorological Socy) there is an article "A Lightning Climatology for Europe and the UK, 1990-99" (a non-believer in the EU there!) It has charts showing the frequency of thunder/lightning for the whole of Europe and detailed maps for the UK for the four seasons. In the summer it's max over the Alps and Pyrenees (more than 10 days/month); in the winter Western Greece. In the UK in the Spring there is a peak just south of Scarbro (watch out, Big Kev!) at 4 days/month, in the summer it is joined by another peak over East Anglia both more than 5 days/month. UK winter hardly anything except along the Channel. Thought you'd like to know! Walter G3JKV.