Someone has just turned a tap on over Portsmouth. As i left work at 5.30 the sky was black i walked 100 meters down the road and there was a clap of thunder then the skys just opened, oh well i might as well keep walking i thought as by that time i was socked to the skin. With in 5 minutes the roads had at least 2" of runnig water on them, at no point did the rain let up untill 15 minutes after starting someone turned off the tap, I dont know how much rain fell put i think it must have been getting on for at least 1/2 inch in 15 mins but i will be looking out for todays precipitation record over the next couple of days, there is a weather station based on Hayling Island so i just hope it was hit by this deluge. Its been a good weather day though, at 7 am we had a temp 0f 17 with no cloud, by 10.30 am u could see the very first signs of Cumulus forming and by 12.30 pm the Cumules was starting to tower over the Southdowns and moving out to sea. I am peed that the sferic is down but the USAF sferic has shown CG slightly east of my location . I think that storm has killed any updraft for more storms tonight but i might be wrong. Ill keep you updated. Adi