There was a shower which developed just to the east of here a short time ago, but which has now fizzled out.

What is amazing though is the fact that although the sky looks very dark, the Sun is still continuing to shine with virtually no effect from that cloud cover on today's sunshine totals which have continued to pile up as a result.

I noticed a distant anvil way. way to the west of me whilst driving back from my sister earlier. Looked rather picturesque with the setting sun illuminating it a dark red colour

Nothing here though and typically I'm off to Cornwall tomorrow so on the day I might at least get a decent storm as compensation for the crappy heat I'll be elsewhere

Meanwhile, the same radar maps show that a massive torrential downpour has moved through Hawick in the Scottish Borders (it's a pity that I'm no longer there to be able to witness that). This appears to be part of the same cluster of thunderstorms which was affecting the north of England not long ago, and all of that appears to moving from the SSE in this direction just now.

Let's hope that all of this doesn't just fizzle out as it reaches us, which has been happening all too often during this summer.

Here we go again!  A couple of lightning strikes and rumbles.  Will it materialise this time?

I really like the high res rainfall charts the Met Office have on their own forecasts. It shows an area of small but intense showers continuously feeding north across the spine of the country all the way from the south coast throughout the night. Hit and miss but a reasonable chance that many central areas will see at least one shower during the night if those charts are correct.

I haven't heard any thunder yet, but the lightning appears to be getting much closer now with some frequent very bright lightning strikes going on around here.

Furthermore, those echoes on the radar map just to the south of here which shows where all of the rain is, appear to be getting even more intense over time.

A few flashes seen to my east as a small cell trundles northwards.

Cracking stuff looking south from here, then overhead, very sharp shower as well

https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=2;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;z=10;y=55.8603;x=-3.2011;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;

Very sudden torrential downpour here with some very intense lightning & loud thunder!

Thunder, lightning and heavy rain here. 1mm has fallen in less than 10 minutes.

I've had to close my bedroom window which is not good when the temperature inside is 24.1C.

Well that was remarkable.  From virtually nothing to a full blown thunderstorm in seconds with ferocious rain and intense lightning!, and then after just a couple of minutes the deluge just suddenly stopped.  Still some spectacular flashes on the back edge of this storm though - really was quite vicious for a short while.

EDIT - found 5mm extra rain in the gauge after this storm - most of that probably fell in those 2 to 3 minutes.  On top of 7mm from the earlier storms.