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I presume Kev is referring to convectiveweather.co.uk and NetWeather's Nick Finnis who specialises in storm forecasts. I don't know if either had a 'favoured' location but both had a moderate chance for severe weather across northern England - which still isn't a certainty that anything will happen but I think a bit of disappointment is understandable, especially in an era where thunder days are falling for no apparent reason.
Which serves as a warning to all in these situations to nowcast yourself given the tools available rather than rely on others. As an aside, the previously maligned Estofex had a Lvl1 forecast this morning that looks spot on at the moment.
Hail storm too- drifts of it.. Lightning now every 10 seconds or so again.
The storm has just arrived here. Torrential rain and thunder briefly although it has eased off for the moment. A classic early plume. The sky looked very threatening earlier as the first shower moved in and after a calm day the wind started picking up ahead of the shower. No need for a forecast in this situation. I knew exactly what was coming.
Pepping up again- frequent lightning every few seconds; conservatory flooded .
Just the aftermath; light rain, a few desultory flashes in the distance.
A little snippet of tonight's big one as it moved in a few miles to my west - i was just on the edge of it.
Storm
How many flashes in the first 3 minutes can you count?
Has arrived here now but nothing like what people have experienced further south. Some moderate rain, the occasional distant flash, one rumble heard.
A nice light show is passing to the east of Frome right now, loads of thunder and lightning and looking at some other flashes there might be some heading a bit closer at this location, I can hear rumbles from indoors so must be getting closer now.
A string of storms are passing to the east of here right now with constant lightning, missed us this time. Very satisfied with the storms tonight though and to be honest I thought nothing was going to happen this far south. I wasn't in the wife's best books today as she hates thunder and lightning, unfortunately earlier I told her nothing was going to happen so I ended in the dog house for a while.
....and Tony Gilbert's forecast from UKWeatherworld.
Which serves as a warning to all in these situations to nowcast yourself given the tools available rather than rely on others.
That's what I do all the time! I'm not an expert so I see what the Met Office says, what other forecasters' opinions are. Then when it comes to the time, I nowcast by looking at the radar, the sferic charts, read reports from people near my area.......etc.