It's going to be exciting to watch it develop! The BBC have even hinted at it on the BBC Look East local forecast. I expect the MetOffice to issue advisories for it tomorrow.
I know it left trouser leges many people off when they've had pretty bad snowfall for a while and it has yet to make the news and then when the capital gets its first snowflake, it's suddenly the top story in the country.
The bit just west of Liverpool looks destined for Blackpool. Off out in the car in a minute! Swear I just heard another rumble too. Skies are darkening again.
edit: Nice flash of lightening then and crack of thunder
EDIT: FORK LIGHTENING WOWZA
Temperature dropped 4 degrees Celsius since that happened. Looks like round 2 is on the way for us in the next 5-10 minutes according to the raintoday radar. Bring it on!
I hope you got pictures of the mist. I went to Cyprus this year in early July and stayed in Protarus in Larnaca and temperatures exceeded 35 almost every day. I think the highest we recorded was around 38 so not quite as hot as it has been in the last month.