Tarmo Tanilsoo
EF5
Well, these thoughts came into my mind today. At 16:00 Estonian time, radars indicated a line of thunderstorms firing up on the Gulf of Riga. It continued to develop and move towards my area, and by 19:00, it crossed Latvian-Estonian border. I also expected to have a nice storm, and at 19:30, I saw the same clouds I had on 21 August 2006, when I got hit by a strong thunderstorm. However, sad truth was that once it entered to the territory of Estonia, it went into dissipation stage. And I just had some claps of thunder and one lightning. I did have a squall winds though, so did Tartu(note the rise in air pressure - that is common indicator of squall winds). I have assembled a video of the cloud approaching, which I will post later.
Well... Now I am thinking... If I only could drive to the border, maybe even 10-20 miles into Latvia and intercept the cloud before it went into dissipation stage. Have you had similar "If I only could..." feelings?
Well... Now I am thinking... If I only could drive to the border, maybe even 10-20 miles into Latvia and intercept the cloud before it went into dissipation stage. Have you had similar "If I only could..." feelings?
