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That was quite an unexpected noisy wake up call here in Folkestone. Slightly unusual in that we had a good 15 minutes of constant thunder from 7:50 onwards. Would have been far better in the dark as I really couldn't see a great deal of lightning.
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A couple of loud rumbles of Thunder here in Folkestone; didn't see the first flash as I wasn't expecting it but saw the second through closed curtains. Didn't know there was any potential for this today.
EDIT:- tremendous CG strike to the North West of me with the sky lighting up all around with booming thunder. I think its hailstones now by the sound on the window
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14 minutes ago, lottiekent said:
That was a loud one wasn’t it! The cat nearly jumped out her fur
12.9mm of rain so far...8.9mm of that has fallen in the last hour
I sympathize fully - I jumped out of mine too I think the problem was it was a very weak and somewhat quiet storm; there were a few flashes and growls but not much else which lured me in to a false sense of security. Then I just happened to look out the window as the sky lit up followed by instant thunder that made the ground shake; I was not prepared for that at all - that wasn't fair! That was the last I saw and heard before it all went quiet bar the rain which up until about 15 minutes ago was torrential - your observations don't surprise me.
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Oh my god - just had the loudest, most instant crack of thunder from any storm we've had this year. I think I almost soiled myself.
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1 minute ago, lottiekent said:
I’m just up the road in Hawkinge so I’ll have a listen out now you’ve said that!
Another flash and now thunder - I'd imagine you're close enough to have heard that
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Just saw a (my first tonight) very big flash light up most of the sky to the south of me in Folkestone. I have yet to hear any Thunder despite having the window open a bit.
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Theres a few flashes coming from that cell to my west but can't hear any thunder from it despite it being close. One thing I am noticing is theres some very fast moving scud like clouds (have I made that up?) moving in the opposite direction to the storm so I assume there must still be some energy left in it yet.
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Strikes are still very few and far between here. Thunder a lot louder when it happens but this really is a weak storm if ever I saw one.
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Despite how the strikes out in the channel are looking on the map theres surprisingly little to see in Folkestone at the moment. I'm seeing a flash every 40 secs - 1 min with the occasional deep rolling growl of thunder with my strikealert sat in the window going off with even less frequency. Theres a wonderful cool breeze kicked up out there and its raining gently; so nice after that sticky air we've had for the past 48 hours.
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Woken up 20 minutes ago by thunder - thought it was a neighbours wheelie bin at first as I thought it was only forecast for the west country.
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Lightning now visible and thunder increasing in volume. Appears to be a band of mammatus? cloud ahead of the front. Seems to be headed this way unfortunately :/
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Just heard 2 distant rumbles here from the West. Not surprised as its gone quite humid here this afternoon!
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I can see a few CGs coming out of that band across the english channel from my bedroom window every 45 secs - 1 minute; didn't know it was there until I heard the growls of Thunder rumbling across Folkestone.
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OK so just as I thought it was going weve just had 3 terrific claps of thunder in Folkestone - the second of which Im almost certain hit ground within half a mile. This storm has suddenly lost its cool factor
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Terrific thunderstorms in Folkestone plus the worst rain Ive seen in a few years. Theres still huge ICs across the sky just east towards Dover and loud thunder even now. Weve had this for the best part of 2 hours now :S
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Been thundering here since about 3:30am. Torrential rain mixed in with it too. Nothing too loud or close to report but definately loud enough to hear it through closed doors and windows.
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Quite loud cracks of thunder now - brief rain too
An hour ago it was 27 degrees which has now only dropped to 25.2. Not refreshing at all yet still horrible and sticky.
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Ohh also Thunder coming from my West - towards you guys in Chatham/Sheerness. This is on to of the South East one and even some due south of me. Think I'd better get me birds in off the lawn; don't think they'd enjoy being out in this much when it kicks off!
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Deep sinister growls of Thunder coming from the South East from me - hadn't noticed that cell out in the channel until then!
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Theres been a couple of bright flashes and rumbles of Thunder here in the past 20 minutes which has now turned in to heavy rain. Wasn't expecting that tonight!
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J-Me, Â Â your shelf cloud picture posted earlier seems to contain a ufo, if you zoom in it seems to be a saucer shape! Â with a strange ring around it..
You're not the first to ask about that as it really does look as you described - even I had to look twice! Alas closer inspection of the RAW image reveals its a seagull and the 'ring' is just artifact from the high JPEG compression in the uploaded version of the picture.
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Thanks for the comments everyone - it stuck out like a sore thumb but I had to be quick with the camera as within 3 minutes it had vanished. Its all quietened down here now ; the last cell is now moving out into the North Sea and thunder is becoming less frequent. That last cell was quite nice - at one point there were 3 CGs & 1 IC at the same time within the same area which I hadn't expected from a storm that didn't seem very intense.
At least that humidity thats been around all day has cleared!
Jamie
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Could this be what you saw Neilsouth? I took this looking north towards the sea about 20 minutes ago. I suddenly spotted an odd formation similar to one I saw a few years ago. It seemed to approach land rather quick despite the storm moving along the coast.
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Rolling past now with louder thunder & seen 3 CGs while hanging out of the patio door.
Storms and Convective discussion - 16th June 2021 onwards
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Looking towards Dungeness and Ashford it can only be described as being like a strobe light - its pretty incredible. Theres not a great deal of thunder and the wind is hot, hotter than it felt an hour ago it seems.