Bump (bang). Destabilising trough moving slowly east with robust  convective elements on its southern end in the western Channel this evening.

A note made under Current Conditions

Can just about see the odd fork lightning flickering away in the distance over the French coast as I look towards the far south east.

Beeb gave a sunny-spells-and-dry look for the day through to at least 2pm. Showers on and off and some heavier stuff- after the sunshine; the washing was in and out all afternoon. The sky really did a dark one at about 2pm.

Likely to be a few thunderstorms firing off tomorrow afternoon, as high pressure collapses away and we bring in a more unstable air mass from the south west. CAPE and LI look pretty decent for this time of year, and combined with steep lapse rates, some could get a kick-off to the thunder season.

Also looks quite interesting given the weather we've just had as well - an anticyclonic warm spell, giving way to thunderstorms as the Atlantic tries to break through. Seems a bit like the break down of a summer warm spell! It's pretty unusual to get this in March.

Likely to be a few thunderstorms firing off tomorrow afternoon, as high pressure collapses away and we bring in a more unstable air mass from the south west. CAPE and LI look pretty decent for this time of year, and combined with steep lapse rates, some could get a kick-off to the thunder season.

Also looks quite interesting given the weather we've just had as well - an anticyclonic warm spell, giving way to thunderstorms as the Atlantic tries to break through. Seems a bit like the break down of a summer warm spell! It's pretty unusual to get this in March.

Aye, synoptic setup of June/July

It was snowing around these parts a couple of weeks back.  crazy.

Had a brief but welcome thunderstorm with some torrential rain a little earlier on.

The start of the convective season has arrived folks,

A few good rumbles here, good start to the spring/summer