The cynic in me thinks you're both right and that the Saints of this world will witness another fantastic light show later tonight while we enjoy a few blobs of rain in the next hour or two while the system recuperates before heading North.

 

 

I've felt just like that during snowfall situations 

At least you SE-erners had a nice July

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Well that storm over Stoke must be like an extinction level event to anyone under it.
A rough estimate is 80 strikes a minute just now!

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Seeing distant lightning to my south west, from the MCS, for the third night in a row.

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Lightning off the east Sussex coast for past hour

Stars (and meteors!) visible through thin high cloud, but there is regular flashing visible from distant storms. Can’t tell which direction but looks vaguely westerly.

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Can see distant flickering over the French coast by an active cell that seems to be reluctant to make the Channel crossing. 

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I fear this might be me tomorrow

 

 

This is pretty surreal. pic.twitter.com/CKKsEPMlgo

— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) August 12, 2020

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The Richmond storm. I could see it developing but thankfully missed me

 

 

Thanks to the wonderful couple who welcomed me into their home and offered me a towel and ☕️ after I got caught in this ... no coat and no umbrella #hail #weather #london pic.twitter.com/65XcSMmnsb

— Rebecca Williams (@BexWills) August 12, 2020

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Well all that stuff moving up from France seems to have faded into the faintest of blue echoes on the radar that don’t even seem to be reaching the ground.

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We have left over clag from some french storms. MetOfffice predictor radar and forecast really doesn’t show much likely to to happen in this part of the world.

Really irritating. Let’s see what happens

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Another bust in my area, a few distant rumbles of thunder yesterday morning was all that was on offer. Looks like another hot one today.

So the wait for a storm continues down here in Kent. We have had to endure the highest temperatures but with none of the pyrotechnics.

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Watch the Wigan storm devlop yesterday afternoon, clouds really took off. Develpment starts around 2.37 into video. Lot of low growling thunder could be heard.


Notice about 10.15pm last evening, the breeze suddenly got up and it coincide with this feature passing overhead on my timelapse. Note how still the tree is behind the detach house on right and how it suddenly starts to shake.

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The Richmond storm. I could see it developing but thankfully missed me

 

 

Thanks to the wonderful couple who welcomed me into their home and offered me a towel and ☕️ after I got caught in this ... no coat and no umbrella #hail #weather #london pic.twitter.com/65XcSMmnsb

— Rebecca Williams (@BexWills) August 12, 2020

Almost like USA hailstorm type.  Wish to see this here.

Big storm here at the moment. Exceptionally heavy rain.

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Thunderstorm in progress here 👍🏼
No rain as yet

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Storm clipping us to the north In Stevenage/Buntingford. Rain is torrential at the moment.

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As ever is the case. A band of storms erupted north of London in to East Anglia. Obviously when it passed through he we just had some nuisance value rain.

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We've got some spectacular thunder and rain right now.

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