Convective drizzle passing through now........

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I really detest how potential weather events are now hyped up to the extreme.

The Manchester Evening News and Key 103 have been going on and on about tonight's "inevitable" storm all day. 

It was never nailed on, and now everyone will be asking why it hasn't happened. If it doesn't, of course. 

It was always just the "chance" of a storm. A shame the media doesn't portray it that way. 

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It was never nailed on, and now everyone will be asking why it hasn't happened. If it doesn't, of course. 

Agree with your post but I singled this bit out, I'm wondering why it hasn't ruddy happened....again!

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Interesting obs at Blackpool from XC Weather site: 

16.20 = 14 mph SE winds

17.20 = 22mph W

17.50 = 12mph ESE with thunder and a scattering of Cumulonimbus at 400ft

Glad to see some areas in the NW have been getting a result!

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Activity in the Eastern Lake District continues - Kirkby Stephen is the place to be atm! 

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A bit of light drizzle & that's been it here today. I feel it's a bit late now for any decent thundery activity around here now. 

Cannot recall hearing 1 rumble of thunder all year.

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A bit of light drizzle & that's been it here today. I feel it's a bit late now for any decent thundery activity around here now. 

Cannot recall hearing 1 rumble of thunder all year.

same here on both counts i cant even remember the last time i heard thunder around coventry.

Convective shower passing through from a cell.

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Convective shower passing through from a cell.

That line of showers to SW of Manc is trying very hard to get going... we'll see

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That line of showers to SW of Manc is trying very hard to get going... we'll see

The cell that passed through has produced sferics.

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Well like always, we get the boring rain which we get for 99% of the year anyway, but all the interesting stuff stays away. An excellent one for the south, but once again another thunder event down the pan for this area...

What I would give for an August 2004-type month to redeem the thunder drought...

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Storm out in the North Sea at the moment is forecast to graze Northeast Scotland in a couple of hours. Might have my name on it...

Well like always, we get the boring rain which we get for 99% of the year anyway, but all the interesting stuff stays away. An excellent one for the south, but once again another thunder event down the pan for this area...

What I would give for an August 2004-type month to redeem the thunder drought...

There has been a fair amount of activity in parts of the NW today but often, the only way to be sure of catching a storm is to chase it! Being stuck in one location is very hit 'n' miss! I would have needed to travel some 30+miles or so today to catch any thunder! At least it did kick off for some areas,as the last few events, but just not widespread.

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Storm just south of Aberdeen now. Come to papa!

First lightning now and loud thunder.

I've been watching that one (from a distance). It seems like there is some pretty intense precipitation with it.

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Short and sweet. It got extremely dark beforehand (and misty), heavy rain, a few flashes of lightning and some loud thunder so it must have been close. Looks like there might be more showers lining up for later, possibly slightly further north this time.

A heavy shower with one loud crack of thunder here early this afternoon.

Short and sweet. It got extremely dark beforehand (and misty), heavy rain, a few flashes of lightning and some loud thunder so it must have been close. Looks like there might be more showers lining up for later, possibly slightly further north this time.

6.8mm fell here in 7 minutes between 8:40 and 8:47am with a peak rate of 195.2mm/hr. Then just miserable drizzly muck the rest of the day with no sun.

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I was checking out my lightnjng images from the other night and spotted some interesting cloud formations being lit up.