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19th April
Started this chase off surprised, mainly because it was already the third one of the year! I just hope it hasn't peaked! Big low in the channel meant everything was moving westwards, makes me a little uncomfortable but if it brings storms who am I to complain. Picked a mate up after work this time, and he navigated me to the other side of Basingstoke, an area I haven't chased in so far. We left the main road and stopped to have a look around. A line of cells (trough?) was moving slowly over us, the picture below was looking west.
And this picture below looking east. The front of this
was trying to form a shelf cloud, I have a picture but it's not worth
putting it up. The rainbow shown eventually reached the other side, and
then doubled up, but we had to move on as the system was overtaking us
and we were getting wet.
After a couple more stops and driving through many one
way country lanes, we could see that we weren't going to get away from
the pylons that are pictured here. Not a problem, we jumped out the car
and ran down a footpath, went under and beyond until the weren't an issue.
The cells behind us were catching up pretty quickly, this is the leading
edge as it approaches us from behind.
In the distance we were treated to this lovely looking
rain foot. It looks a bit like a microburst, but figure it is just the
downdraft area. Unbelievably scenic and pretty to look at. As we were
also in the middle of nowhere, it was really quiet. Couldn't have been
better, and these pictures do not do it justice!
Another shot from a little further away.
