More storms about this morning. Plenty of sferics across the SW and there was torrential rain in Basingstoke around 5am

Squall just went through Torquay. I was watching it over Cornwall for a long time and wouldn't go out until it passed with all the electrical activity recently. As it went over Torbay it intensified with violent winds, lightning, and large hail making louder noises than other hail of late (you could hear it was large). Also this was the first power cut out of all the storms recently which lasted about 5 seconds, long enough for everything in the house to go off and be in darkness, I have storm supplies for power cuts but they were not needed. Lightning was blue. Temperatures dropped markedly as it approached, they kept dropping for about 45 minutes before it hit.

 

Now I can finaly leave the house without cr*pping myself.

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London area looks like it will get hit quite badly in the next few hours. Seems to be two areas of squall converging

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Lightning showing on [mobile storm] [net weather] & [blitzortung] First time all 3 of them are showing rouggly the same strikes, in the same places at the same times! Marvelous!!!

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Incoming!

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Gone very dark in Stevenage squall line going to hit here soon.

Got a bit biblical for a time here this morning, now easing off after 20 minutes of often huge rain drops falling fast with the odd rumble of thunder. If I didn't know better I'd say it was an afternoon downpour in late April...!

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Squall line just hit us. Very heavy rain and hailstones here.

What's the betting that squall line will fizzle out by the time that arrives here at Kent? Like most squall lines seem to do as The Downs or the East Sussex/Kent border must act like some kind of dampening field.

Either or, I'll find out in a couple of hours time anyway.

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getting clobbered by this line. Water eveywhere and a rumble of thunder as well

 

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currently at school teaching ; squall line lasted 5 mins, amazing hail and torrential rain. Flooded on site

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That rain was quite something this morning. Coincided with my cycle to the station and it was like riding through a car wash!

Then when I got to London the squall line had caught up and dumped on me again. Certainly not boring this winter weather!

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What's the betting that squall line will fizzle out by the time that arrives here at Kent? Like most squall lines seem to do as The Downs or the East Sussex/Kent border must act like some kind of dampening field.

Either or, I'll find out in a couple of hours time anyway.

And what's left of this squall line has finally arrived here, it is practically down to the bare bones but still gave us a 10 or 15 minute's power shower with even a bit of hail in the mix (like you get in a passing thundery shower in the summer) but, thankfully with very little of that horrible gustiness.   

And now the sun is back out again.

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Got a bit biblical for a time here this morning, now easing off after 20 minutes of often huge rain drops falling fast with the odd rumble of thunder. If I didn't know better I'd say it was an afternoon downpour in late April...!

Here too....we had a couple of Church goers knock at the door during my hail Mary (Mary is my next door neighbour, who had just asked me what the small ice pellets are called)

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A proper downpour south of Guildford today at 12pmish, one where it was coming down in sheets (stairrods) and for 10 mins. Could'nt see far ahead it was that heavy.

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Squall line went though here with strong winds and very heavy rain after midnight.

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 I witnessed some really intense rain and hail at around 08.30/09.00 this morning with some lightning and earthumping claps of thunder, nice start to the new year.

I've just had a read of our local paper the Frome Standard and there's a picture of hail which fell during Friday mornings thunder storms at Gare Hill a couple of miles from Frome, they fell only briefly and were 1.25 inches in diameter. For me that's big hailstones and a bit bigger than the pea sized ones we had that day. Can't get a link but if you look up the Frome standard click on news, page three and look at readers pics.

Bit of electrification to the SW now.

Slight tornado risk from a few more organised cells.

Otherwise, standard April showers.

 

Oh wait.

It's January.

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Single lightning discharge recorded by Cheryl in Alton during the passage of a big convection line around 4.15pm. Bren also just reported thunder from Weybridge(Surrey) just now. Lots of hail as well

Single lightning discharge recorded by Cheryl in Alton during the passage of a big convection line around 4.15pm. Bren also just reported thunder from Weybridge(Surrey) just now. Lots of hail as well

I can report thunder and hail from Egham in Surrey too.