We had a large crack of thunder from that same storm, but no hail that I could see.  My wife reported a significant hail storm in Royston, which is about 6 miles west of here.

Looking back at the radar, this was the same storm that passed over the western end of the South Downs at about 1pm. Impressively noisy thunder, lightning, and the ground covered by hail. What's not to like?

This comes after a night in which the temperatures refused to drop, thus bringing us back in another frost free horror show.😡

Currently around 5°C here in Edinburgh and not even the least bit cold.😡

Edit now 2.4C with slight roof frost.

Wd, 120° 15 Kts.

Sea State, Rather rough.

999 Mb.

A high of 6.2°C, after a low of 3.8°C.

F.2 NW breeze.

It is coming up to my favourite time of the year that sits between February and April. The last final month of the meteorological Winter still containing some winter possibilities despite snow being rare as rocking horse's poo before really noticing the lengthening daylight and the warmness from the sun, yet nights still easily comfortable to sleep in and weekends with the nearby nightclub are still relatively quiet. Yes, we can still have rubbish stormy weather in February and even March but made more bearable knowing that the darkest depths of Autumn and first half of Winter are behind us for another year. 

It's a glorious sunny morning here after the rain cleared a few hours back. Doesn't feel warm though.