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2 minutes ago, khodds said:

Ooh get me posting in spring/summer! Not looking likely at present for sferics?

Apparently there was thunder near me recently. Saw and heard nothing. Anywhere that has that heavy rain is in with a chance.

 

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Just now, webtone said:

Well that was some storm just passed over here west of Swindon. 

Just dumped 27mm of rain in 30 minutes according to my weather station!  Never seen anything like it! Roads like rivers etc etc 

No electrical activity though, fingers crossed for later. 

Just noticed max rainfall rate was 248mm an hour...for a few seconds!!

Gosh! Scrambling to load radar now.

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Thought all the inversions would stop the lift today. Then the Sun came out and towers went up. Had no idea.. Amber warning for rain and Estofex level 1 severe. <rubbing hands> 

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8 hours ago, Dormouse said:

Keep it there, I say!     A real live summer at last.   

Nice steady light rain all night, great for the gardens and smells so fresh.

the runner beans are running up their canes now!

temp is 19c.

No storm, thunder or lightning though.

Though that's great, my area is now on blight watch - too humid.

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Today, I put my outdoor Tomatoes out, and planted sweetcorn. I do hope there are no hail storms in the offing, or, convective gusts. 

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35 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

After all of that heat and humidity, zilch again.

Yep. Still going on in France but nothing seems to want to enter the Channel just yet.

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Very muggy.

Temp 20C  Humidity 78%  Dewpoint 16C  currently.

Not much chance of a severe storm like last night - not that that excited so many of us. But storms have fired - mainly in France so we might piggly back on that. Certainly juicy enough in the atmosphere.

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1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

It's dying. 22:20 update clearly shows it now.

Well for half an hour it was terrific. 

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1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

I wouldn't chase something that is dying..

Toss a coin, it could be cycling.

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1 minute ago, matt111 said:

I can see lightning from that Wycombe cell from here 

Its one to chase. Its THE one of the year so far for a chaser.

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1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

Tomorrow actually look's much better for storms in our neck of the woods @matt111 @Dorsetbred

Appreciate that and agree for more the region.. but this cell..... in a level 2 severe.... its so tantalising for us up here just now.

Feels muggy Temp 18C  Humidity 88%  Dewpoint 16C 

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Just now, ThundersnowDays said:

Amazing light show way in the distance from that storm near Wycombe. I'm surprised I can see it. 

I'm not surprised. It has clear air around it. https://en.sat24.com/en/gb/infraPolair 

perfect for both the storm longevity and distant views. Its also quite bad a@@s

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4 minutes ago, CheesepuffScott said:

Woah

Where's that, Cheespuff?

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Pretty cell.

 

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57 minutes ago, twister2005 said:

Willing it all to move west

Moving into Oxfordshire! Your wish may come true. 

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Instead of moving further North or NW, those Milton Keynes area storms are back building Southward. They also look to be slightly expanding laterally, West and East. Plenty of hail cores, multiclustered by the look - MCS.

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Aside from the storm cluster in the East of England/Midlands right now, we have ourselves a tiny little discreet cell just West of Stroud, Gloucestershire, making its way North. Either that, or its a swarm of Aphids and farmer Ants destined for my Tomatoes lol.

 

 

 

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Just now, twister2005 said:

Hi from Cheltenham also shame the storms arent just that little bit further south.

Hi Twister.. you can feel it in the air though? Its not over yet.

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A great chase route right now would be Northbound M5 then M42 Birmingham. 

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Well, estofex -LEVEL 2 SEVERE!

Are you inside this zone? I am on the very edge.

http://www.estofex.org

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1 minute ago, fromey said:

It’s beginning to come to life in respect of clouds going up and pushing north towards Bath 

Its from a reletively tiny area of precip. on radar. lots of potential for home-grown storms this afternoon.

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A storm has fired near Banbury in the Midlands. FI.

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More thunder, didn't show on lightning map. 

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First thunder clap of the day!

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Sferics just to my SE now. There has been/is a bit of back building happening.