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Must be some sporadic lightning around here as I have seen a few faint flashes. Just had a fairly heavy shower come through as well. Forecast must be a bit off as it was suppose to be dry till dawn here, unless its because its from unstable mid level clouds which are always hard to forecast!

Just had a fairly heavy shower come through here must be from the mid level instability. Must be some sporadic lightning around as I have seen a few dim flashes.

Doesn't mean much for eastern areas though, unless something causes storms to break out away from coasts. The stuff would have to shift a good few miles to be of any note for most of us further inland.

Oh dear that sounds frustrating!

Bright and sunny here after some afternoon showers with distant to close rumbles of thunder. One strike must have flipped the switch of our surge protector and turned our electricity off though temporarily.

Well that was a fairly good afternoon of showers and mostly distant to a few close rumbles of thunder/lightning. Nothing major, the stuff you usually get on an unsettled showery summer day, but there was a cloud to ground strike to our north over the hills of the deverills that flipped the switch of our surge protecter and turned our electricity off.

Just heard a loud rumble here, going out to inspect.

I wonder if it was a positive strike that hit near you? They are the most powerful forms of lightning and you tend to get those from elevated storms. The thunders more powerful as the lightning has had to travel further than normal.

Have to find a way to get rid of the damn thing then as you lot seem to have had the worst luck out of all of us here for storm events. I mean I think I have bad luck for storms missing a good 6 so far, at least i've had two storm days.

Don't worry I was! No way I was going to bed with the distant heat lightning and potential we had yesterday evening. I was laughing like mad at times with when those storms moved in as I wan't expecting to see US type lightning strikes going all across the sky in the form of anvil crawlers. I've seen that type of lightning on videos before, but never in person.

Well the distant lightning did indeed mean something as later in the night we had a few storms around the area. I think it was the first time we have had that US style anvil crawler type lightning, with nice long rumbling soft thunder with loads of vibrant intra-cloud lightning. It wasn't the most intense storm, but it definitely had the most impressive and beautiful lightning I have ever seen. Its still mild and humid here now, with some cloud around.

Well the distant lightning did indeed mean something as later in the night we had a few storms around the area. I think it was the first time we have had that US style anvil crawler type lightning, with nice long rumbling soft thunder with loads of vibrant intra-cloud lightning. It wasn't the most intense storm, but it definitely had the most impressive and beautiful lightning I have ever seen.

Can confirm heat lightning here right now, which is lightning too far away for the thunder to be heard. Its to my South, Southeast with loads of intra-cloud strikes in a nice orange coloured top of a cumulonimbus. Going to go outside and investigate, definitely staying up tonight now as I reckon that trough is kicking things off.

Yeah, certain I can see it too at the top of the cloud! Its to my South, Southeast in a nice orange looking cumiloninbus

Thats got to be my lot later thats in the channel, shurely!

Not heard anymore thunder since that last rumble. Think I am going to have to just spend the night looking out for distant heat lightning now for potential arriving storms. Got a horrible feeling that thats our chance gone for the period now though.

It must have produced some lightning though Andy as I definitely heard a rumble from it earlier! Also, hope that trough does indeed give us the goods later.

Not heard anymore thunder since that last rumble. Think I am going to have to just spend the night looking out for distant heat lightning now for potential arriving storms. Got a horrible feeling that thats our chance gone for the period now though.

Just heard a faint rumble to the southwest from the cumulonimbus clouds I mentioned earlier! Shows my cloud watching works, glad I kept an eye out for those clouds else I would have missed that. EDIT: Still feel not much is going to happen here, but I hope our turn is indeed for later this evening.

Just heard a faint rumble to the southwest from the cumulonimbus clouds I mentioned earlier! Shows my cloud watching works, glad I kept an eye out for those clouds else I would have missed that. EDIT: Still feel not much is going to happen here, but I hope our turn is indeed for later this evening.

I see the stuff in the channel, yeah there not the clouds I am seeing then and that lot isn't going to be here for a while so may die out or miss us by the time it gets inland.

I can definitely see the tops of orange cumulonimbus clouds and cumulus to my South and Southwest at the moment. Is that probably the stuff that you are referring to that will affect us later. Not sure if its coming this way or not just by eyesight. I have been watching them there for quite a while so they don't seem to be moving very fast. EDIT: I see the stuff in the channel, yeah there not the clouds I am seeing then and that lot isn't going to be here for a while so may die out or miss us by the time it gets inland.

Oh dear I hope something forms later or I will be very disheartened. Everything looks either to have been to the West or East of here so far, come on man!

Oh dear I hope something forms later or I will be very disheartened. Everything looks either to have been to the West or East of here so far, come on man!

Well based on the forecasts I am expecting to at least witness something in the distance over this period if we don't get anything directly overhead. I think I would be very unlucky to get nothing out of this now, but I think I am just going to wait and see what happens on the day and night of Tuesday and Wednesday and won't check anymore forecasts as its just going to stress me out.