Shower activity developing over wales is very well forecasted by Metoffice videos on their twitter page this morning. Bang on queue in terms of development

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Thundering here now

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Wow - that was quick, showers have hit us now, relatively heavy, fat rain. Temps dropped back from 32 to 30... my record hopes are probably over....

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Brother at work in Luton reporting flash shower in last 20 mins

 

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Popcorn showers here between hot hazy sun. Another hour or two and something bigger might develop.

TORRO have issued a tornado watch on their FB page I notice.

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A high level spotty shower just passed overhead with one rumble of thunder, so something is happening.

It's sticky 32 degrees too.

 

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Thunderstorm has now fired off near the Fylde coast:

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That storm north of Rouen looks surface based, and pretty potent. Heading north - be interesting to see how it develops.

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Line of potent fast moving storms incoming for Chester/Liverpool.

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Line of potent fast moving storms incoming for Chester/Liverpool.

 

yup just hit here like the opening few seconds of a concert... big dump of rain, eases off, big rumble of thunder...

 

 

Its here.... :D

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yup just hit here like the opening few seconds of a concert... big dump of rain, eases off, big rumble of thunder...

 

 

Its here.... :D

Looks good - over 40 strikes/min currently.

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The thunderstorm now affecting the Liverpool and Birkenhead area looks very active indeed. Can anyone there give a report?

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The thunderstorm now affecting the Liverpool and Birkenhead area looks very active indeed. Can anyone there give a report?

 

yeh lots of thunder, very few visible strikes.  

 

Rain came in waves, the last was torrential, gutters couldnt keep up with it.

 

interestingly - dropped to about 24*c, but the wind has now gone from cool in the interior of the storm, to a very warm almost hair drier feel, as the storm sucks in the surrounding hot air

 

Clearing now, i would say as active as Tuesdays storm that

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Sudden tropical downpour in Otley, Wharfedale at 35 C, Crazy!!!

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We took a direct fit from the Liverpool storm. Very short but intense, with thunder and lightning, but it was the hall!! An inch across, set all the car alarms off.

20mm of rain.

Love it. (Still terrified though lol)

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Incoming for the SE. Looks a whopper

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Over 100 strikes per minute from those cells in NW England now.

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im seeing photos from wigam of pebble sized hail from the cell up north west england... crazy

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looks like its going crazy in north lancashire, that storm has gone nuts.

Also - Kent beware - that cell is now crossing the channel, will really jump into gear once it clear the channel and back into the heat

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