thunderstorms

[OtterGreen]

i myself rely mainly on TAFS and METARS..

[AdamLein]

Originally Posted by Ulladh

As the storm gets closer, maybe to close, you may feel an increase in static electric on bare arm hairs.

Cool idea! If you don't trust your arms hairs, you can make one of these:

Electroscope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[WDS123]

Storm cells follow a consistent local pattern - if you check the weather channels website and go to Lightning strikes, you will notice the lightning (ie storm cells ) will march along a relatively straight line.

One can try and visually guess the precise direction, but difficult because of the up & downdrafts and confusing wind patterns generated by storm cells.

Local knowledge and experience is paramount here.