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A weather report from Italy

Posted: Sat 07/09/2019 01:37
by spwill
Some great thunder and lighting over Venice today, hoping it will continue tonight for some lightning photography

We have had thunder on 6 days of our trip so far, a couple of photos below of storms over Tuscany

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Sat 07/09/2019 19:27
by RODALCO
You are in Italy, I am in The Netherlands, and traveling through Western Europe at the moment, look forward to some thunderstorms if they happen.

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Sun 08/09/2019 00:46
by spwill
Keeping a watch on the next couple of days for thunderstorms here in Venice.

A couple more photos from down Tuscany way.

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Sun 08/09/2019 05:13
by spwill
Photo, thunderstorms erupting near Venice this afternoon.
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Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Sun 08/09/2019 14:47
by Orion
^ Some mighty clouds there, spwill - "erupting", alright!

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Mon 09/09/2019 09:25
by spwill
More storms over Venice today, the lightning show tonight was spectacular :D , took some lightning photos off the Accademia bridge.

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Mon 09/09/2019 22:18
by 03Stormchaser
spwill wrote:More storms over Venice today, the lightning show tonight was spectacular :D , took some lightning photos off the Accademia bridge.
Stunning stuff!

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Tue 10/09/2019 20:50
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Nice shots :D

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Wed 11/09/2019 07:08
by Richard
impressive alright, what sort of rainfall did these storm produce :-k

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Wed 11/09/2019 07:50
by Awhituobs
Italy seems to have had an active thunderstorm season alright
is that always the case?
I bet they get some good sea breeze convergence
and the Mediteranian sea is warm too
they get good water spouts too
I am visiting there this time next year (school trip), so maybe can see some action :)

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Wed 11/09/2019 19:02
by NZstorm
Europe being a continent gets a lot of thunderstorms and severe thunderstorms are common in summer.

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Wed 11/09/2019 20:43
by Simon Culling
Lovely pictures spwill. I hope you are enjoying Italy as it is a fantastic country to visit for so many reasons - landscape, culture, food, the language and so on...….

From the synops, the weather at the Venice Tessera (Marco Polo) Airport up to 1800GMT (which is on the mainland) was:

Friday 6th, max 22.7°C and 24mm of rain
Saturday 7th, max 24.4°C and 0mm rain
Sunday 8th, max 21.2°C, and rain 6mm

It was rather humid though. Europe has seen a lot of thunderstorms this summer and especially over northern Italy and eastwards to the Balkans with many reports of larger than golf ball sized hail - some have been in the 8-10cm diameter size. This Twitter site features numerous pictures and videos of European severe weather but it does update frequently:

https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU

Re: A weather report from Italy

Posted: Thu 12/09/2019 20:01
by spwill
Simon Culling wrote: Wed 11/09/2019 20:43 Lovely pictures spwill. I hope you are enjoying Italy as it is a fantastic country to visit for so many reasons - landscape, culture, food, the language and so on...….
Yes, Italy has to be one of the best places on earth for a hoilday for so many reasons, a big shame NZ is so far away from here.
Driving in Italy is always interesting, the freeways are great but often crowded with big trucks and fast cars. The roads away from the freeways are narrow, winding with no verge and few places to stop to take a photo. The locals love to speed, tailgate and overtake on corners.

A couple more photos, storm clouds over the Alps, Lemone
Surfing in Munich after the storm