Great storm - big thunder - just to our NE. Sky there looks apocalyptic.

Yet to our west, it's blue sky and the sun is blaring down. Huge rainbow to our east and barely a breath of wind.

It's a weird combination. 

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Storm been going on here for about 30 minutes. Fairly strong thunder and rain briefly heavy, seems to be moving northwards now.

Just had a storm, some thunder and lightning, nothing extreme but our first storm of this spell.
9mm rain in 25 mins, just to the NW of here seems to have been the sweet spot though with much more rain.

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Sudden and loud storm here at Yeadon NW of Leeds (Leeds Bradford Airport) Bright forked lightning overhead from a massive CuNimb with the setting sun to the west. Dramatic sky!

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You beat me to it Tim. Staying at pals at the top of Yeadon so birds eye view of that storm

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You beat me to it Tim. Staying at pals at the top of Yeadon so birds eye view of that storm

Yes looks like you were better positioned,  on the Sferics maps it showed a number of strikes over the Airport and Yeadon area which were a decent watch here but must have given you a spectacular show.

Seems the storms are following you at the moment! 

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I saw that storm pass by but we were too far east. Didn’t hear any thunder or see any lightning. Story of the summer unfortunately.

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Notable pileus today. Convective days are great to view.

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Heavy downpour just gone through here with a rumble of thunder as it cleared NE.

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Some quite vicious storms just off the coast of Lowestoft.

Yes, fantastic lightning show seen from Lowestoft in the night of 20/21 August. 1st lot were over NW Netherlands (Wadden Sea area), later, just off the coast here (to the E & NE). 

Thunderstorm here for the last 25 minutes with quite impressive lightning. Looks like there's a bigger cluster of strikes over the Bournemouth area too.

Lightning and thunder here now. The thunder is not that loud at the moment but the lightning seems fairly close. Temperature only 14.7C at the moment so quite chilly for a thunderstorm.

EDIT: Thunder has stopped for the moment but looks like more on the way. Major power outage reported in the Newbury area within the past 20 minutes which is probably weather related.

The radar returns over west Hampshire and Dorset have been unbelievable. Looks like they are fading as they approach here but that could be an artifact of the dodgy triangle of weaker radar which always seems to be present over north Hampshire. In fact as I type I can hear the downpour building.

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The radar returns over west Hampshire and Dorset have been unbelievable. Looks like they are fading as they approach here but that could be an artifact of the dodgy triangle of weaker radar which always seems to be present over north Hampshire. In fact as I type I can hear the downpour building.

Yes, thats always like that down that way. Wnder what causes it and whether it can be fixed?

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The radar returns over west Hampshire and Dorset have been unbelievable. Looks like they are fading as they approach here but that could be an artifact of the dodgy triangle of weaker radar which always seems to be present over north Hampshire. In fact as I type I can hear the downpour building.

I watched it form and it was a major deluge in this part of Dorset with severe flooding.

But as you say they seems to be fading for whatever reason.

Nick

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Heavy thundery rain in stevenage

Heavy thundery rain in stevenage

And in St Albans. Some rumbles of thunder for 30 minutes or so now. 

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And in St Albans. Some rumbles of thunder for 30 minutes or so now. 

And here in Watford with thunder and lightning, 13.2mm fallen in the last half hour.

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Some good rotation going on - the heaviest burst has just passed to the south of here and the low level cloud is going almost due west while the upper clouds with patches of blue sky are tracking eastwards!

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