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Welcome to the StormHour Photo of the Month competition.

The competition is run in conjunction with The Royal Meteorological Society who are kindly offering their Welcome Pack including Tote bag plus 12 months free membership to The Royal Meteorological Society (*although it is possible to win the competition multiple times each year, unfortunately, we can only offer the prize once in any 12 month period)

As always the final decision is very subjective and a difficult choice has to be made from so many great entries.

Thank you to Mark @StormHourMark and @RMetS for judging and we hope you enjoy their choice and the best of the rest beneath.

Thank you for all your entries as ever 🙂

First Place Winner: Mammatus Clouds over Rural Central Texas by Phil Ostroff @philostrophy

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Second Place: Lendalfoot on a calm sunny evening with the perfect weather conditions for rare crisscross waves by Ian Barnes @Ian_Barnes

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Third Place: Tower Bridge at Dawn by Jemma Southall @mariannejemma

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And the Best of the Rest! (In no particular order)

Moody cloudscape at Winterton-on-Sea by Nicholas Dunbar @NickDunbar77
Iridescent cloud above Ailsa Craig during the sunset at Lendalfoot by Pamela J Green @PamelaJG
A fiery sunset over Venice in late July by Cameron Wilcox @buckycalloway
Paddling across Lake Malawi with a warm sunset by Michelle Rowe @inspire_malawi
Mirror calm tranquil water of the River Frome at Wareham by Caroline Benyon @CaroBenyon
Lock on the River Cam in Cambridge by John Challis @JohnChallis27
Gilleleje Harbor, Denmark by Lyndall Lambert @LyndyMiami
Rainclouds over Castleacre Priory and the end of a long walk by Sali Martin @skillswayland
The Old Man and the Sea by Sonata Moroz
Beach at saltcoats, North Ayrshire by Andrew Borland @ajbo1969
Early morning lifting mist, Waterhead, Ambleside by John Lloyd @AB4MuMu
Sunset on the rolling hills of Red Wing Minnesota by Sharyl Zeno @zenophotog
The back side of a Wyoming sunset Tony Douzenis @TonyD2155
Beautiful sunflowers at Little Wytheford Farm in Shawbury in Shropshire by Liam Ball @Liam_Ball92
Sunlight through the cloud at the top of the Wrekin in Telford by Manel Roura @ManelRoura
An eerie shelf cloud descends on rural York, Pennsylvania by Elan Azriel @elanazriel
Purple Wildflowers during a storm in eastern Colorado by Laura Hedien @lhedien
Halo in Valdidentro, Valtellina, Italy by Emiliano Verga @EmilianoVerga
Storm clouds rolling in over the Northeast coast of Yorkshire by Sally Margerison @rosetintedlass
Amazing lightning from an evening storm in Barcelona by Gilbert Montané Pinto @gimonpin
A farmer in his farmland in Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India by Prabu Mohan @prabu201
Raglan Castle, Raglan, Monmouthshire by Sheena Parry-Davies @davies_parry
Between The Barley And Wheat At Sunset by Chris Fletcher @cpf-photoart
Sunrise Haze of Maine by Adam and Laura Casey @mainelycaseyph1
Storms on the Solway by Alan Ferrol @alanferrol
Predawn. The August Sun brings the light, but the clouds bring the DRAMA by Marc Diamond @MarcD_Weegem
Cloudy Mood at the Dolomites by Manuela Mravlak @ManuelaMravlak
Somewhere under the rainbow by Geoff Taylor @biomed32uk
Beautiful sunset at the Birling Gap in East Sussex by Ben James @BenJamesPhotos
A storm that passed over Selsey West Sussex Meryn Woodland @fraggle1971
Yorkshire sunset with beautiful iridescent wing formation clouds by Su Martin @siouxshe
Brilliant coral clouds after the rain at sunset on Massachusetts’ North Shore by Stephanie Glennon @smartinglennon
Rainbow with coloured boats Grasmere, Lake District by Rick Martin @faerymere
Thunderstorm over field in Lincolnshire by Liam Cox @Liam_Jcx
Storm Coming, Manchester, UK by Christopher Lawton @SABUGPOLEGO
Rainbow, Tornado super close by Kyle Russell Allen G @kylegraves24
Sunny day at the seaside by Zoé Patrick @zoeapatrick
Waxing Crescent Moon over Ely Cathedral in Ely County Park in Cambridgeshire by Veronica Poultney @veronicajopo
Reflections on an Oregon beach by Elanor Samwise @SingingLehrerin
Sunset over Lisbon by Connor Wilkinson @WagwanEquation
Sun setting over a pond at Barton Marina by Diana Neves @DnPhotographys
Storm clouds Gulf of Tigullio by Silvio Catalano @skata2013
Localized storm rolling in over Mallard Lake Forest Preserve in Hanover Park, IL by Ana Sprague @anawanna1958
Crops still being taken in after the sun sets as swallows dip and dive to feast on the bugs disturbed by the harvester by Brian Smith @IBri_Photo
Bird flying by a Misty Rainbow by Kat Goldwarg @kat_niagara
Sunset overlooking Boscombe Pier with the Purbeck Hills in the background by Nigel Martin @nippy_nige
Sunrise over Tarragona, northeast Spain by M.Josep Joncosa @Karme00
Saliña sunset reflected by Nohemy H @NoshhaPhotos
Bringing in the harvest by Chris Jones @jonesy1007
Sunset at Entwistle Reservoir in Lancashire by William Jones @BillJon65661972
Sunset at Horsey Mill by Simon Luckman @simon_weather
Crepuscular rays at sunset from Stirling by Graham Fraser @frasergj
Early morning fishing by Helen Rogers @photos_hr
Sunrise over The Secret Garden by Kieran Metcalfe @kiers
A lonely swan at sunset at seeswood pool in Nuneaton Warwickshire by Jack March @Jacksweatherch1
A stunning Lenticular cloud over the fields towards Coniston, Cumbria by Judith Morris @JUDITHM58257161
Selsey fishing boats on a calm Summer’s morning by Coastal JJ @CoastalJJuk

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