The Weather Outlook

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picturesareme
31 March 2024 17:49:29
Line of storms had formed over southern England this evening. 

Also a weather warning out for tonight with a risk of more moving up from France overnight.

picturesareme
31 March 2024 19:24:05
Just having a couple of flashes and nearby rumbles at the moment.
Jim-55
31 March 2024 20:38:36
Earlier they skirted just to the south of us here heading west then we had one heading straight towards us, by the time it got here we had one boom and then it died a death. Hopefully the one leaving Hampshire that's heading this way stays active long enough to see something, doubt it but fingers crossed.
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Jim-55
31 March 2024 20:58:03
Well we may have missed the lightning but boy have we copped the rain, its torrential.
Previously JimC. joined back then in 2009. Frome, N/E Somerset, 125mtrs asl.
Andy J
01 April 2024 19:08:19
Huge crack of thunder just heard!   Didn't expect this.
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
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Andy J
01 April 2024 19:20:29
Some very powerful and blinding lightning strikes with very loud thunder continuing here!   One strike produced instant thunder.  Have to say that I've not seen lightning/thunder that strong for quite a few years.   Heavy rain accompanying this.   Totally unexpected event! 
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
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Caz
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01 April 2024 19:25:31
I was looking for this thread an hour ago.  We had a lovely thunder storm with some good flashes, cracks and constant thunder.  Sky was black but we dither much rain. 
Market Warsop, North Nottinghamshire.

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Caz
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01 April 2024 19:28:36

Some very powerful and blinding lightning strikes with very loud thunder continuing here!   One strike produced instant thunder.  Have to say that I've not seen lightning/thunder that strong for quite a few years.   Heavy rain accompanying this.   Totally unexpected event! 

Originally Posted by: Andy J 

It passed over us.  A lovely storm that seemed to come from nowhere.  I watched the lightning radar and saw it heading your way after Newark.  👍
Market Warsop, North Nottinghamshire.

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Andy J
01 April 2024 19:36:09

It passed over us.  A lovely storm that seemed to come from nowhere.  I watched the lightning radar and saw it heading your way after Newark.  👍

Originally Posted by: Caz 

Hi Caz, yes it was very impressive for a short while anyway here.   It was the intensity of the lightning and thunder that really surprised me, being stronger than many Summer storms I've experienced, even though it was very brief.

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Caz
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01 April 2024 19:55:09

Hi Caz, yes it was very impressive for a short while anyway here.   It was the intensity of the lightning and thunder that really surprised me, being stronger than many Summer storms I've experienced, even though it was very brief.

Originally Posted by: Andy J 

It was definitely a good one and not so brief here.  We could see and hear it approaching from the South West, then It just cracked and rumbled constantly for quite a while, with some directly over us.  We didn’t get much rain though. 
Market Warsop, North Nottinghamshire.

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picturesareme
04 April 2024 01:49:36
A nice band of active showers/storms moving east across southern counties & the channel.
picturesareme
08 April 2024 17:36:38
That is a lot of lightning just over the channel... Wondering if some of that will clip kent later 
Retron
08 April 2024 17:53:45

That is a lot of lightning just over the channel... Wondering if some of that will clip kent later 

Originally Posted by: picturesareme 

I doubt the really active stuff over France will, as the steering flow is southerly.

That said, there's plenty of activity pending for Kent.... There has been a rumble over Tenterden, the other side of Kent - and there's a very active cell heading this way. It's one of those situations where one area will have torrential rain and hail, whereas just down the road it'll be a bit of light rain...

EDIT: And just been a faint rumble from it here. First storm of the year!

Leysdown, north Kent
idj20
08 April 2024 19:00:32
Had a cheeky thundery shower flit through here at Folkestone at 7.15 pm, a short spell of heavy rain (2.0 mm in a few minutes) and a couple of forked lightning. Did wake me up from my pre-telly soaps grandad nap. 😂 That rounded off what was a decent bright day with plenty of sunshine but I noticed how the air felt heavy and muggy for a max of 16 C.
Home location: Folkestone Harbour.
Retron
09 April 2024 03:39:59

Had a cheeky thundery shower flit through here at Folkestone at 7.15 pm, a short spell of heavy rain (2.0 mm in a few minutes) and a couple of forked lightning. Did wake me up from my pre-telly soaps grandad nap. 😂 That rounded off what was a decent bright day with plenty of sunshine but I noticed how the air felt heavy and muggy for a max of 16 C.

Originally Posted by: idj20 

There was thunder here at the same time, along with torrential rain (peak rainfall rate of 58mm/hour).

We had 7.2mm of rain here from that storm - far more than the GFS' 0.6mm forecast!

Leysdown, north Kent
Bolty
15 April 2024 19:39:29
A torrential thundery shower crossed Manchester city centre about an hour ago. I heard the rain and thunder in work.
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Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.

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Jiries
15 April 2024 20:12:54

A torrential thundery shower crossed Manchester city centre about an hour ago. I heard the rain and thunder in work.

Originally Posted by: Bolty 

Had some hail shower this morning but never match what Cyprus get proper hail covered as if was snow cover than in here?  Possible reason that their hail storm was very slow moving while here typical rush quickly but if rain shower it take it time to move away.

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