I'm back. That was a rough day! Gale force gusts, and intense hail showers from quite decent convection for this time of year. Plenty of big cbs around but mid level cloud hid the beauty of most of them. Was out for about 6 hours, now I'm freezing, wet, and knackered. Plenty of images but nothing really photogenic. Around 05.00 last night it was the worst I have seen it in a long time, it was complete horizontal torrential rain with flooded the streets. Waves of water where blowing across the roads at phenomenal speed. The street lights shook violently. Certainly fits in with a level 1 forecast. I don't think the tornado risk was high at all today because of a lack of significant wind shear (early days yet) but there was enough lightning around in N. Ireland and the Republic. Recent strike in Northern Lough Neagh. More crazy hail thumbing my window as I write this.
The camera certainly got a soaking (what else is new) but it's a tool at the end of the day. There would be no point in having it if I was afraid it might get wet in the elements. Convective images need to be taken where the action is for them to be effective in my opinion. But that's just me.
