On Saturday 7/8/00 central Florida was repeatedly pummeled with heavy
to severe thunderstorms. The culprit a quasi-stationary surface dewpoint
discontuinity and vorticity maximum.
I witnessed the strangest things today; clear sky to ground forked
lightning twice and moderate rainfall from a clear sky twice. There were
no nearby clouds or cumulonimbus at the times of occurence.
My friend and fellow CASI member Joe Dube of Tampa also witnessed the
events which occured in NE Tampa. I said to Joe how do you defend
yourself from a bolt from the blue? no way. It's kind of creepy. In 34
years of observing lightning and thunderstorms, I've only observed a
bolt from the blue one other time.
Take Care,
Thomas Giella, KN4LF
P.O. Box 1987
Plant City, Fl. 33564
Grid Square- EL88VA
CQ Zone 5
kn4lf{at}webtv.net
KN4LF 160 Meter Amateur Radio Site:
http://kn4lf.tripod.com
Florida Tropical And Severe Weather Site:
http://kn4lf.tripod.com/index-3.html
Florida Severe Storm Photographs Site:
http://kn4lf.tripod.com/index-30.html
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