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The low cloud that was here has risen up a fair bit. Fingers crossed

A lot of low-level cloud up here which will obstruct any decent lightning shots unfortunately.

Also, to add, I love it over that way, Salisbury plane, and especially Marlborough downs over Pewsey vale, Knaphill, Walker is Hill, Golden Ball Hill milk Hill area. Such a beautiful part of the world which I regularly visit stay overnight. Some great dark skies over there.

Brilliant! Now i know why ! All is forgiven now just move baak dan saff or bake deown serth ( sorry, my poor attempt at putting Wiltshire twang onto that last part)

Could not have put haveCould not have put that better myself one thing I’ve noticed over the last few years is the distinct lack of a proper stormy Spanish plume. We haven’t had one for years, a proper one delivering electrical lightning in amongst the heat and humidity. I’m not talking about a cold front coming in from the west hits the warm, which often doesn’t really do that much, but more so proper storms flooding up Through France or developing in France and then giving us a brilliant light show. Most hot spells we half an hour just seem to fizzle out without any severe activity at least in my part of the world.

I swear the temperature did not drop below 20 up on top of the hill where I was I just got back now and normally the coldest part of the night would be around 4 am But I literally was walking around in a T-shirt. Unbelievable I have been up there in June and July and it is felt better like winter as it’s high up and 98% of the time it’s windy but this felt like I was back in Spain. Remarkably warm, but I love it so nice to be out without having to have jumpers and layers and a coat on top There was some rain around which left a lot of dust from Sahara but no storms

I am currently near mere on fairly high up ground after attempting a little timelapse earlier, but it became too cloudy. During the sunset, I noticed some pitted clouds, which we would all normally get excited about as indicative of convection and potential storms. Also saw one cloud rose quite high cumulonimbus i think it was. Then I thought I would just have a look at the radar, as you never know, and lo and behold a fair crop of showers down in the channel. Nothing seemed to be forecast, so I wonder if the showers could intensify as they move inland and over the heat of the day. I have never been up on these hills and encountered it so windless and so warm any time of the year, let alone September and with the days that getting shorter. It’s really humid very Mediterranean like. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a storm or two develop.

Is the lower pressure coming up from the south at the weekend likely to generate storms? Warmer humid air coming in with it.

Just landed no sferics IMG_0908.dng

On a flight back from spain shortly to bristol, might be the best chance of me setting sferics( have a window seat too.

I was thinking similar to you, but in terms of the grass, the outdoor plants as my places on the market at the moment and I was having to water the lawn which I would never normally do. I will just wait until autumn. But as I need to keep it good for viewings, the rain is welcome to a point , although I would like some warm hot weather again soon.

Certainly is especially around our area on the radar earlier

Unbelievable Paul, in that it’s not just today concentration over in north and north-east. It does seem to have been like that most of the summer this year. Quite strange really.

I see they’ve put Amber, severe thunderstorm warnings over the region again. I’ve lost count how many times last year and this year they put thunderstorms on us and we just don’t get any.

Can actually see the tops of the Cardiff storms from all the way over here in frome Good luck everyone hope you get some good storms over there and the rest of the country.

Hi Chapmanslade, Thanks for your suggestion but I had already done this before posting the question. Unfortunately i couldn’t find the original as i thought it was 2018 according to the photo information when i had checked it said 1st May at 18.54 soo thought i May have screenshot it as the information was only 653KB if indeed that was the date would you or Andy Brown be able to find radar images of that memorable small cell. thanks if you can

Morning Chapmanslade, i just wondered if you can remember a few years ago when when a single cell spectacular afternoon storm ( was pretty much the only storm that day in the whole of the uk) came from Westbury direction passed nearly over you then over to Cley Hill and on to Longleat and beyond. I think it lasted near on two hours and it spawned before Westbury. Think it was 2018 but can’t be 100% but it was incredible . I’m trying to find old radar images of it. May have been September time. It was extremley rare and doubt that will happen like that again just single extremely slow moving cell. Heres a strike i caught that afternoon.

Looks like the storm chances are over once again for us in our region.

Very humid out there. Breeze picking up along with storm darker clouds . Not sure if it will just rain from this or storms but certainly feels ripe and humid enough for one.

Good luck everyone for some decent storms this weekend!

Looks like thunderstorms forecast for Monday and Tuesday

I was just talking about this with a friend, but it’s not just the BBC have a look!!!

Possible storms coming?

I know Andy I had exactly the same thought of you after the thunder happened! The lightning bolts must’ve been incredible. Certainly some CG, and probably some good crawlers as well. Great photos!