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Some unstable mid-level, cumulus and small cumulonimbus clouds taken on the evening of last Thursday 8th September. I even caught a rainbow at the base of one of the small cumulonimbus clouds. Unfortunately none of these clouds produced any thunder at the time.

Yes even I thought it looked quite unstable here in Wales today while out walking around the coast.

That's probably it now for our chance to get anything worth talking about thunderstorm wise for this year. What a rubbish way to go out of the storm season it's been. Virtually a whole week of potential and not one day or night of that week delivered. NOT AMUSED!!!!!!!

We have actually been having some heavy showers on and off here since the early hours and in fact I actually got woken up at least twice last night from the rainfall but there still hasn't been any thunder from these heavy showers yet. But like you say I can see the change in wind direction being a good benefit to us for later as any storms that form in the South won't just move in a Northeasterly direction like they have done since Sunday.

Me as well! Though I did have some short periods of thunder and lightning through the summer and a short-lived distant storm to the North of here way back in the first few day's of January very early in the morning when it was just getting daylight. It's appalling to think though that in over these last three day's of storm potential we have not had anything. We haven't even had heat lightning which is faint flashes you see at night from storms many miles away.

Looking like we have already had over half of our chance of getting something gone now with most risk of getting thunder only for today, tonight and tomorrow. Left feeling very dissapointed about this recent thundery period as we have completely missed out on anything over every day that had a risk for something. Just hoping that the next 24-36 hours finally changes that!

One thing I would like to point out for my location during this thunderstorm chance period is that yes a few isolated spots may have had something in Wales these last couple of day's but I have to say that thats not saying much considering that most of the whole of the area has been under decent levels of warnings for quite a number of day's now. In the last few years that I have been living here we have had periods in the past that had 30% or 50% risks like we have had in the last few day's and each day when those level of warnings were given most of the whole of Wales was effected by something at one point or another. It's by far been probably one of the most annoying periods of storm watching I have known in my life. Only thing that I can hope for now is something over the next few day's as I don't think I can stay up late for any possible thunder tonight because I am knackered already from staying up for the total no shows these last few nights have brought. Problem also is I am not as bothered about the next few day's as I was about the Sunday and Monday just gone because the ones possibly coming next will be daytime storms if anything comes and there have not been any night storms here this year just like last year and night storms are by far the best. The last time anything decent was around here at night was in August 2020!!!!!

Yes I know a few isolated spots may have had something but thats not saying much considering that most of the whole of Wales has been under decent levels of warnings for quite a number of day's now. We have had years in the past here that had 30% or 50% risks like we have had in the last few day's and each day when those level of warnings were given most of the whole of Wales was effected by something at one point or another.

Some pictures of big cumulus/small cumulonimbus clouds I took yesterday evening which gave me a false sense of hope which I thought was going to be a sign for things later which they weren't. Didn't even see any faint distant flashes when it got dark even though these types of clouds were still about the place. Wales has probably been one of the worst places to be for thunder in the country so far in this last couple of day's. Quite frankly it's been appalling and i've never known to have so much bad luck of not getting anything even when all the forecasts keep giving us good chances for day's on end.

Yeah, you're right about the no lightning bit. Wales has probably been the worst place to be for thunder in the country so far in this last couple of day's. Quite frankly it's been appalling and i've never known to have so much bad luck of not getting anything even when all the forecasts keep giving us good chances for day's on end.

I can't believe my luck these last couple of day's. Loads of people in the country already having several day's of the odd bit of thunder and at least two days or nights of good epic storms and here I am still with absolute zilch! Might of had a few rumbles from some heavy showers this afternoon but it's hard to tell as it was so infrequent and we get so many airliners high up in the sky flying past.

Just had a look out of some of our windows and the clouds do look a bit more unstable looking compared to earlier with some more bulky looking cumulus around so maybe there will be something this evening? Hope it holds off a bit so that nothing happens until it gets dark though as I wan't a nighttime storm.