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Thanks to @suziesheehy for being one of the few particle/accelerator physicists to appreciate my meteorological work, and highlighting it on Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 this morning. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Red Sprite triggered by a -152.7 KA stroke over a storm just south of Puerto Rico on July 31 2026 at 8:23pm. @adamonzon @DeborahTiempo @spritacular @NASA @AMSAtmoElect @atmos_elect @NOAA @SPACEdotcom @ASIM_Payload @vaisalaxweather @NWS @NWSSanJuan @weatherchannel @spaceweatherman

glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/pyrocumul… To be a pyrocumulonimbus rather pyrocumulus, the firecloud must contain lightning, hail or have ice near its top.

Cas de pyrocumulonimbus (quasi-inédit en France) provoqué par l'#incendie de #Gironde, capturé depuis l'espace par le satellite Aqua de la NASA ce vendredi 24 juillet.

⛈️✈️ Voici l'une des très rares images que l'on a pu avoir de la cellule qui se dirigeait vers la Corse hier soir, depuis un avion au-dessus de la Méditerranée. L'activité électrique y était pratiquement extrême. #orages

Look at this 😳 The storm currently raging over the Mediterranean is making history right now. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ Off the coast of Antibes – Monaco it has turned into a true lightning bomb. Countless flashes, sometimes more than one per second. But the real madness started a few hours ago and is still ongoing: 🌀 An extremely rare, powerful and tightly packed mesocyclone is currently active over the Mediterranean. Inbound (green) and outbound (red) velocities are almost stacked on top of each other. maximwx measured a VROT of around 59 knots (≈ 109 km/h). This is an exceptionally high value for Europe, and especially for the Mediterranean. Typical fair-weather waterspouts rarely exceed 30-40 knots. A 59-knot rotational velocity clearly confirms this is a true tornadic waterspout produced by a supercell. The same cell later produced a second rotation with VROT exceeding 50 knots, and a rare “donut hole” appeared on reflectivity — something almost never seen on European radars. This is one of the cleanest, strongest and most textbook tornadic waterspout-producing supercells we’ve seen over the Mediterranean in the summer of 2026. If it had moved inland the damage potential would have been significant, but its track is remaining entirely over water. The radar data alone is already in the “insane” category. #Supercell #Tornado #Waterspout #Lightning #SevereWeather #Mediterranean #StormChaser #Weather

The monsoon through my lens. Man, I wish I could spend a whole month in the SW

apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.… Atmospheric electricity is @NASA astronomy picture of the day today! I anticipated the existence of upper atmosphere discharges in the 1920s but their existence was not proved until many years later.

That’s my invention, you know.

Two very distant Negative Polarity Sprites over an incoming Tropical Wave just east of Puerto Rico on June 29 2026. @DeborahTiempo @adamonzon @Soc_AstroCaribe @ASIM_Payload @NASA @spritacular @AMSAtmoElect @atmos_elect @NOAA @NWS @weatherchannel @vaisalaxweather @NWSSanJuan

🇫🇷 Ce week-end, la foudre m'a rendu visite ⚡ Pas d'inquiétude : j'y suis préparée ! Frappée en moyenne 5 fois par an, je suis équipée de paratonnerres et ma structure conduit l'électricité jusqu'au sol en toute sécurité. 👉toureiffel.paris/fr/actualites/… 📸 @‌sfavier_photo

La tour eiffel frappée par la foudre ! À 0:14 la foudre frappe la tou, on aperçoit de la fumée qui apparaît les seconde suivantes à gauche et à droite ! #Paris #Finaltop14 #Orage

Summer storm Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Thunderstorms now moving into Cornwall! A fantastic capture a short while ago by Stephanie Celella.

⚠️ Yellow weather warnings issued ⚠️ Thunderstorm warning for parts of England and Wales Thunderstorm warning for Northern Ireland Friday 00:00 – 1000 Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware⚠️

There is a high risk of severe thunderstorms across parts of the UK and Ireland this evening into Friday. Here are the details...

A very interesting possibility was mentioned in today's weather updates from the Met Office: A sharp spike in temperatures as thunderstorms (if they initiate) approach from the channel. You can see UKV predicting that here - look at that 31°C over the Channel at 7 pm BST.

A solitary thunderstorm cell erupting out of nowhere today over southern England.

Absolutely insane storm over Somerset/Bristol area right now, this weather is extraordinary and not like the UK at all Tropical like storms like something you'd see out of florida, not here This storm is moving NNE in a very favourable environment

Active thunderstorm just south of Bristol at the moment. Our DTN proprietory algorithms on #WeatherHub show that this is a potentially severe storm, with a risk of strong gusts and hail, which could be large. #RiskCommunication

possible supercell in south west England, very unusual for these parts