Re:Why are there no thunderstorms in the UK?
by ofalkaed on Sunday May 04, 2025 @04:42PM
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There was not one thunderstorm in the years I lived in the PNW or the years I lived in Austin TX, it is more complicated than how far north you are. There was a very good thunderstorm during my vacation in Alaska a few years ago but I have no idea how common they are there, no one remarked on it being a rare occurrence, just that it was a good storm.
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Very rare in the PNW (or at least Washington) and Alaska. Thankful for that as the chances of a fire starting from them seems high. Last summer we only had one lighting "storm" which had a total two lighting strikes and one of them started a fire.
I spend just one week per year in Austin and I've seen several there so I always assumed they were common. It's either me or my timing!
> Austin TX
Strange, in Dallas, where I grew up, we had severe thunderstorms every spring.
I suppose Austin is further south, on a plateau and hillier, and not really a part of the Great Plains?
Re:Why are there no thunderstorms in the UK?
by vel0city on Monday May 05, 2025 @10:47AM
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I don't exactly have solid data on it, but from what I've seen the big thunderstorms of Dallas don't often get further South than like Waco. Even Dallas seems to miss a lot of the big storm fronts or only get hit by the tail of them.