Looks like quite a significant event developing. 

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I managed one bolt of lightening and then it all moved away to the NW 🤣🤣

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Still waiting for a thunderstorm this year. Today's offering was over the Poole area and north of Dorchester. Just a little light rain not even measurable here.

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Just seen some fork. The wait is over.

Nope, short changed again! Must be quite a show however out to sea from Walton on the Naze and Clacton.

Unbelievable electrical storm here over High Wycombe. Awesome

Constant lightning and rumbling 360 degrees and no rain.....yet!

A poor nights sleep, the storms were literally all night long, coming & going, torrential rain and lightning flashing, very loud thunder
Woken up to a very misty morning. So humid too

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Didn't hear thunder overnight but there was a lot of flashing of lightning going on. 

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Not a thing down here. The storm drought as well as the drought continues

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Horrible left over clag here near the Thames this morning. What a dreadful attempt at some storms.

Perhaps we might get some today. Perhaps not. I can’t see it.

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Horrible left over clag here near the Thames this morning. What a dreadful attempt at some storms.

Perhaps we might get some today. Perhaps not. I can’t see it.

HP postcode to my brother area Letchworth SG postcode had been very active with storms but why the clags with November weather are among the rest of us? Not normal for storms and clags together, should be clear skies in between storms.

Now cold and windy here and windows remain shut again today to keep the residue heat from 2 days ago to keep me warm.

Horrible left over clag here near the Thames this morning. What a dreadful attempt at some storms.

Perhaps we might get some today. Perhaps not. I can’t see it.

We seem to be in the quiet zone again at the moment and they really are hit and miss. Looking ahead for us on Sunday, from 6pm could offer something that evening.

 

 

Still waiting for a thunderstorm this year. Today's offering was over the Poole area and north of Dorchester. Just a little light rain not even measurable here.

 You were unlucky as the first storm developed over lyndhurst and spread to the bournemouth Poole area and we caught the edge of it . An hour later and another storm Developed near Eastleigh and hit us bang on. 

Horrible left over clag here near the Thames this morning. What a dreadful attempt at some storms.

Perhaps we might get some today. Perhaps not. I can’t see it.

   just grey clag and drizzle here top and after no storms! Cool too. Can't see what's going to trigger convection today unless the sun breaks through and lifts temperatures 

A frustrating few days here too.

Wednesday nights storms stayed in the channel to my south decaying as they moved westwards, yesterdays thunderstorms were all west of here. Last nights impressive lightning display on the northern horizon was 100 miles away towards Essex.

 

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A frustrating few days here too.

Wednesday nights storms stayed in the channel to my south decaying as they moved westwards, yesterdays thunderstorms were all west of here. Last nights impressive lightning display on the northern horizon was 100 miles away towards Essex.

 

The way that lot came in from the north sea, I thought it had our name on it. Apart from seeing one fork, hearing a few rumbles it seemed to anchor down off the Clacton coast until it died away.

Just welcoming a bit of relief comfortwise in the relative coolness. Garden could do with a good dousing and was hoping/expecting one by now. Again, pinning hopes on some appreciable rain for a few hours Sunday evening. May even get some action if it isn’t as shy as this lot!

Well, it was close but no cigar this morning. Managed the North Sea, but decided to visit Great Yarmouth instead. Still, the fog cleared as it neared so that’s good, as it was foggy most of yesterday.

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No convection across the SE today despite the BBC forecast at 130 pm grey and cool sums it up after early drizzle. Need some warm sun for any showers to get going today

No convection across the SE today despite the BBC forecast at 130 pm grey and cool sums it up after early drizzle. Need some warm sun for any showers to get going today

 Yes it was a pootr forecast and this afternoon thought i must be missing all the showers till i looked at the radar , very bereft of storms.

Not seen these daily analyses posted on here before from Paul Blight (PJB on UKWW) but they are utterly superb and give great explanations of the atmospheric drivers at play.

Highly recommend having a read/following him on Twitter. 

 

Convective Forecast for Friday Issued- Overall a rather lower risk outlook given recent activity and rather higher uncertainty given the influx of cloud, moisture and changes to the atmospheric thermodynamics. #ukweather #Thunderstorms pic.twitter.com/2XUDT4bpNF

— Paul Blight (@PaulBlight6) August 13, 2020

 All this information yet it was not right as the lines of storms never really formed.

 This is his comment today.

Quick Update, Significant convection has not materialised and the cloud has been very slow to break up. Well surely that is an important part and should have been allowed for. Not saying i could do any better but it shows the limitations even 24 hrs out with all the model info.

 

 All this information yet it was not right as the lines of storms never really formed.

 This is his comment today.

Quick Update, Significant convection has not materialised and the cloud has been very slow to break up. Well surely that is an important part and should have been allowed for. Not saying i could do any better but it shows the limitations even 24 hrs out with all the model info.

 

Would love to see a professional write up of the SE Scotland storms on Wednesday night. 20,000 strikes! Constant feeder cells formed in a small area of the Borders and moved north into the boiling mass covering the Lothians, Fife, Perthshire and Aberdeenshire. 11hrs of frequent lightning in Edinburgh area. Severity never been seen before here

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