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waterspout4
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Watch out for storms!!!
With all the heat, humidity and the sunshine we have all the ingredients for storms. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is up for the entire area. Be careful if you head out!!!!!
Weather geeks unite!!!!!!! 
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Posted 6/8/08 1:47 PM  |
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LIMOMx2
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
YAY!!!! Bring it on!! I love heat lightening. Last night it was amazing. I wish I had my camera with me.
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| Posted 6/8/08 2:30 PM |
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MrsB-07
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
ohh, as long as the power doesn't go out and no one is stuck in it, I'm cool with it
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| Posted 6/8/08 2:31 PM |
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waterspout4
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Posted by 5ofClubs
YAY!!!! Bring it on!! I love heat lightening. Last night it was amazing. I wish I had my camera with me.
Just so you know, there is no such thing as heat lightning. All lightning is considered dangerous. If it's close enough to see lightning, it's close enough to strike.
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| Posted 6/8/08 2:35 PM |
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danielleandscott
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Looks like rain in levittown
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| Posted 6/8/08 4:08 PM |
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LIMOMx2
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Posted by waterspout4
Posted by 5ofClubs
YAY!!!! Bring it on!! I love heat lightening. Last night it was amazing. I wish I had my camera with me.
Just so you know, there is no such thing as heat lightning. All lightning is considered dangerous. If it's close enough to see lightning, it's close enough to strike.
There is def such thing as heat lightening and yes it is still dangerous.
WHAT IS HEAT LIGHTNING?
METEOROLOGIST JEFF HABY
If a lightning strike is a sufficient distance from the observer, sound from the strike will not be heard. These silent bolts are called heat lightning. Lightning bolts produce thunder, but the thunder sound does not travel all the way to the observer if the observer is too far away.
The movement of sound in the atmosphere depends on the atmospheric properties of the air such as temperature and density. Because temperature and density change with height, the sound of thunder is refracted through the troposphere. This refraction results in spaces of volume in which the thunder does not propagate through.
The sound of thunder often reflects off the earth's surface. The rumbling sound from thunder is partly due to reflections off the earth's surface. This reflection and refraction leaves voids where thunder can not be heard.
The earth's curvature also contributes to people far from the strike from not hearing it. Thunder is more likely to be bounced off the earth's surface before it reaches an observer far from the strike. With this said, the right refraction and reflection can result in people on the earth's surface being able to hear thunder at very far distances from the storm. The reflection and refraction in the troposphere determines who hears the strike and who doesn't.
The term "heat" in heat lighting has little to do with temperature. Since heat lightning is most likely to be seen in association with air mass thunderstorms in the warm season, the term "heat" may have been used because these flashes are often seen when surface temperatures are warm.
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| Posted 6/8/08 4:13 PM |
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Babe49
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Sunny...but thundering in Islandia!
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| Posted 6/8/08 4:15 PM |
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SweetCin
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Getting overcast in Lindy
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| Posted 6/8/08 4:40 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Getting windy, dark and thundering in St. James.
As I typed this I saw the first bolt of lightening.
I want the RAIN too!
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| Posted 6/8/08 5:02 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
About 4pm it started thundering and POURING in Holbrook.
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| Posted 6/8/08 5:15 PM |
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LIMOMx2
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
It must have missed Nassau
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| Posted 6/8/08 5:34 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
It' s back here in Holbrook again at 5:40
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| Posted 6/8/08 5:38 PM |
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Acerone
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Yes, it's really bad here in Holbrook...
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| Posted 6/8/08 5:46 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
It was just pouring in Centereach
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| Posted 6/8/08 5:46 PM |
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waterspout4
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
We lost power for an hour! 
And 5 of clubs......
What Jeff Haby describes is correct. It's just one of the first things we learn in meteorology is that is no such thing as heat lightning. Most people use to term so they don't have to take those lightning bolts seriously. So, in the field we do not use that term because it lets people's guard down.
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| Posted 6/8/08 6:05 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Posted by waterspout4
We lost power for an hour!
And 5 of clubs......
What Jeff Haby describes is correct. It's just one of the first things we learn in meteorology is that is no such thing as heat lightning. Most people use to term so they don't have to take those lightning bolts seriously. So, in the field we do not use that term because it lets people's guard down.
I only listen to my local weather mommy for up to the minute coverage!!!
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| Posted 6/8/08 7:33 PM |
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waterspout4
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
Posted by hbugal
Posted by waterspout4
We lost power for an hour!
And 5 of clubs......
What Jeff Haby describes is correct. It's just one of the first things we learn in meteorology is that is no such thing as heat lightning. Most people use to term so they don't have to take those lightning bolts seriously. So, in the field we do not use that term because it lets people's guard down.
I only listen to my local weather mommy for up to the minute coverage!!!
 
Anybody want to verify any storm damage for me? Let me know!!!!
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| Posted 6/8/08 7:43 PM |
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Bring it on! I LOVE thunder storms!
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| Posted 6/8/08 8:23 PM |
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danielleandscott
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
We lost power twice today
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| Posted 6/8/08 8:46 PM |
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lvdolphins
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
We were in Hauppague and the rain and lightning definitley hit. The thunder too. Came home and our appliances (stove, microwave, etc) clocks were flashing, so, we definitley lost power.
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| Posted 6/8/08 8:49 PM |
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HeathKernandez
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
I looooooooooove nights like these... The thunder was minimal but the sky opened up a few hours ago...
COINCIDENTALLY immediately after my neighborhood's annual street fair ended
what a nice ending to a brutally hot day...
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| Posted 6/8/08 8:56 PM |
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mommy0604
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
We had a thunderstorm here in Queens this evening...
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| Posted 6/8/08 9:17 PM |
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BunnyWife
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Re: Watch out for storms!!!
A little lightening and thunder in manhattan. Still no rain.
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| Posted 6/8/08 9:39 PM |
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