Lightning storm is captured over Sannox
An Arran photographer who captured an intense lightning storm has had his video featured in a compilation by STV News in their report of the dramatic weather experienced in Scotland last week.
Glen Sloss, an amateur photographer and meteorologist, captured the stunning images and time-lapse video of lightning over the sea at Sannox which was featured in the broadcast of events from different regions across the country. Glen submitted a 33-second video which was uploaded to his YouTube account.
The footage, which took hours to film, is made up of thousands of still images that are taken at 10-second intervals and then joined together to make a timelapse video.
Already viewed by nearly 8,000 people the video clip is available to see at www.youtube.com/user/onfajja.
Glen said: ‘It was certainly the best thunder and lightning display I’ve seen here. For nearly two hours the lightning occurred every few seconds. The lightning mostly stayed in the clouds, with a few forks flying out the sides of the main cell, and the occasional whopper striking down to the ground.
Well worth
‘There were a couple of very heavy showers when the storm passed overhead. It was well worth staying up to watch. Lightning is pretty rare here. In fact, in recent years there has certainly been more displays of the northern lights, which can be seen from Arran, than there is lightning!’
The storms on Wednesday July 20 mostly affected the West Coast of Scotland, and came after the warmest day on record for 2016 which saw a wave of intense thunder and lightning moving from the Hebrides northwards while an area of thunder and rain swept in from the south.
There were more than 20,000 lightning strikes recorded in the UK over a period of 11 hours with most of them over Scotland.