↗Stormchasing near Culemborg
A striking shelf cloud announces the storm. Near Culemborg, I experience strong gusts, heavy rain and small hail – before following the front towards the northeast.
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Stormchasing
My storm and weather reports from the Lower Rhine region and the Netherlands: cloud formations, lightning, snow and the stories behind my photographs.
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↗Snow instead of routine: a winter night in the Reichswald
7 JANUARY 2026 · KRANENBURG & REICHSWALD Heavy snow falls in the Lower Rhine region on 7 January 2026. Houses disappear behind the flakes in the morning. In the evening we drive the Jeep through the snowy Reichswald. We estimate around 20 centimetres of snow within a few hours, an unusual amount here. In the dark, only […]
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↗Thunderstorms in the Lower Rhine region: Clouds, rain and lightning
On 19 and 21 May 2024, I take the Jeep out in the Lower Rhine region. Dark clouds gather over the fields, rain hits the windscreen, then lightning flashes.
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↗Thunderstorms between Venray and Venlo: driving the Jeep through lightning and heavy rain
On 2 May 2024 I am on the road between Venray and Venlo: lightning over the A73, heavy rain near Horst and barely any visibility through the wet windscreen.
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