|
Thunderstorm
Descriptions (storms in yellow
were issued watches, red for
warnings) |
|
Date |
Time |
Tops(feet) |
Description |
|
Mar.09 |
7pm |
20,000 |
Very strong winds as temps went from 20C
to 0C in matter of hours. Gusts of up to 138km/hr recorded, power out, trees blown over. |
|
Apr.19 |
6am |
40,000 |
Frequent thunder/lightning. |
|
Apr.28 |
1:45pm |
40,000 |
Weak thunder, light rain. Severe
thunderstorm watch here, and tornado warning boxes just to the
south in the US. Main threat here of medium size (mothball) hail. |
|
May.09 |
12:45pm |
30,000 |
Brief thunder,
rain. Radar
summary A few vidcaps |
|
May.25 |
9:15pm |
30,000 |
Strong storms
to the south in the US but only light rain, lightning, and
thunder here. |
|
May.31 |
7:00am
2pm |
35,000
35,000 |
Moderate rain, light thunder. Radar:
Summary,
Reflectivity
Huge
cumulus formed with the passing of the "cold front"
(little temp. change here) Storms severe in other
areas - click
HERE
for info. |
|
Jun.04 |
10:35am |
30,000 |
Weak storm. Light rumbling thunder. |
|
Jun.05 |
4:25am |
35,000 |
Weak storm but produced some nice CC lightning strikes. |
|
Jun.15 |
10:15am |
30,000 |
Weak - light thunder, brief rain. |
|
Jun.16 |
2:10pm |
25,000 |
Weak - thunder, rain. Brief. |
|
Jun.17 |
2:10pm |
35,000 |
Weak to moderate here - thunder, brief downpour with pea-sized
hail, later around 3pm a stronger storm developed with the OPP reporting large hail was forcing highway traffic to
pull over and stop. Dime-size hail reported in
central St. Catharines.
Click
here for photos. |
|
Jun.21 |
5:30pm |
30,000 |
Weak - light thunder,
rain. |
|
Jun.27 |
12:15pm |
45,000 |
Moderate to strong.
Long-lasting (2 hrs) - periods of strong
thunder/lightning/rain. Winds gusty at times but
mostly non-existent. |
|
Jul.18 |
3:15pm |
30,000 |
Very weak. Minimal
rain. No visible lightning, light spaced out
thunder. |
|
Jul.21 |
11:00pm |
25,000 |
Weak storm brought some
much needed rain. |
|
Jul.22 |
5:00pm |
35,000 |
Very dark skies over the
lake but only light thunder/rain/winds. |
|
Jun.29 |
4am |
40,000 |
I missed most of this one
because I had to be somewhere. It seemed pretty
strong though from what I could hear. |
|
Jul.31 |
12pm |
35,000 |
Moderate storm. Was
severe earlier but by the time it hit Niagara there was
rain and thunder. Moderate winds at times. |
|
Aug.16 |
6pm |
40,000 |
Weak LP with minimal
thunder. |
|
Sep.10 |
8pm |
40,000 |
Severe storms with high
wind gusts, heavy rain, and very intense lightning. |
|
Sep.14 |
8:30pm |
35,000 |
Nice CC lightning and
in-cloud lightning. Minimal wind/rain. |
|
Sep.15 |
3:15am |
35,000 |
Moderate storm but was
mostly passing north over the lake, only top end clipped
Niagara. |
|
Sep.20 |
4:00am |
30,000 |
Light
thunder/lightning/rain/winds. |
|
Oct.07 |
3:30am |
25,000 |
Minimal thunder/lightning
but VERY strong winds with moderate rain.
Short-lived squall line. |
|
Nov.10 |
8:30pm |
35,000 |
Moderate
lightning/thunder. Light rain/winds. |
