Spectacular thunderstorms over central Japan

[bpo]

Exciting stuff indeed!

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

That's nice

[bpo]

That's nice

It is! Just phenomenal.

[Orion]

Photo and a time-lapse video at this link:

http://www.severe-weather.eu/recent-eve ... t-26-2018/

[bpo]

Photo and a time-lapse video at this link:

http://www.severe-weather.eu/recent-eve ... t-26-2018/

Astonishing to watch. And the rain! Talk about a deluge.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

We don't get spectacular thunderstorms in New Zealand, these days. It has something to do with global warming, apparently.

[bpo]

We don't get spectacular thunderstorms in New Zealand, these days. It has something to do with global warming, apparently.

Had a few good ones on the mountain. There's nothing quite like being inside a thunderstorm.

[Richard]

Had a few good ones on the mountain. There's nothing quite like being inside a thunderstorm.

Yes impressive aright, the thunder during high country storms are amplified greatly being surrounded by mountains, been some great storms over the years of working in those areas.

[bpo]

Had a few good ones on the mountain. There's nothing quite like being inside a thunderstorm.

Yes impressive aright, the thunder during high country storms are amplified greatly being surrounded by mountains, been some great storms over the years of working in those areas.

Have you ever been on a mountaintop during a thunderstorm. On an exposed plateau at 2,000 m asl it can get a mite nerve-wracking at times.

Now typhoon Jebi is bearing down on us, although it's been downgraded to a cat. 1 hurricane and will likely be only a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Now typhoon Jebi is bearing down on us, although it's been downgraded to a cat. 1 hurricane and will likely be only a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall.

Seems to worse than that according to media reports here.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

.....and now a 6.7m earthquake in Hokkaido
Japan seems to be hitted by not very good circumstances at the moment.

[bpo]

Now typhoon Jebi is bearing down on us, although it's been downgraded to a cat. 1 hurricane and will likely be only a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall.

Seems to worse than that according to media reports here.

The system passed to the west of us, so the areas around Osaka and Kyoto got the worst of it. A few strong gusts and a bit of rain here.

[bpo]

.....and now a 6.7m earthquake in Hokkaido
Japan seems to be hitted by not very good circumstances at the moment.

Never a dull moment.