Give me whimpers over bangs at this time of year. Wet ends to hot spells (and this was only a 1 day wonder anyway) just mean worse weather in the following week. This coming week looks very pleasant indeed.
There should be two state-sanctioned thundery breakdowns per year, and they should be properly cataclysmic. First, at the end of whitsun bank holiday after an unseasonable hot spell, with terrifying forked lightning, hail and deafening thunder. Second, at the end of late August bank holiday with a high-based Spanish plume, continuous sheet lightning and a gust front causing localised wind damage. Before a warm and mellow September.
Brockley, South East London 30m asl