Snowshine

Yes there isn't enough surface heating, but to be honest it's looking unlikely that we will get any storms and I suspect the Met Office will remove the Midlands from the warning zone.

That literally places the thunderstorms to the North and to the South of my location! I would hope that doesn't come into play, but thankfully it's only a forecast. I would definitely like a repeat of that!

I think we deserve decent snow given the appalling number of storms, while the East deserve rain.

I personally hope that forecast is incorrect (like the last one) and the Storms are slightly further South, into the S Midlands then into the N Midlands, not just the N Midlands! That gives the areas that missed out last night a chance, even in Wales.

The Estofex and Netweather storm forecasts are really quite different. The first has the risk area mostly to the West whilst the other has the risk area mostly to the East. I personally think the West will see more activity, and hopefully the Midlands - but that probably won't happen!

I wouldn't expect anything, as I live near your area and the storm risk is 0% from Netweather. It will probably either kick off in the West, North, or East.

I know, it's incredible that there literally seems to be a storm shield above us!

Not only did we not see the worst of the storms as we were supposed to, we didn't see any! It shocked me how bad it was and I actually knew by 11pm that they weren't tracking towards us, but I expected something to happen and it never did. It will go down as one of the biggest misses ever, we missed an MSC and then all the other action! Actually, this year is on par as going down as the worst year ever for thunderstorms in the West Midlands. I actually cannot remember a worse year. An incredible map to show how we missed out: Quite similar to the last major event this year:

Time to sleep, major disappointment but what can you expect when you live in the heart of the biggest storm shield in the UK. Sure, a few heavy showers managed to develop just to the North of me but they somehow avoided me, and I didn't observe any thunder. Everything is starting to weaken now, so no point in staying up any longer. It always amazes me how much action the East gets in comparison, but how close it is in reality.

Those storms heading towards London look incredible, will certainly be a good show for those who catch it and they are still developing! As for me, it's looking dire but I will stick around as who knows what could happen.

I notice that also, but I find it strange how the storm to the West is heading mostly northwards whilst the one to the East is heading north-eastwards, leaving the Central half of the country clear.

I'm going based on the direction they seem to be heading, but I may be wrong and instead they take a turn slightly West.

My personal prediction of where the storms will track, as usual missing the central areas of the country (i.e. the West Midlands)...

Not looking good really. Storms to the South seem to be decaying as they head inland and also noticed they are taking more of a north-easterly track probably heading towards the areas already affected by the MSC earlier, not fair on those missing out

That MSC north of London looks incredible! But I just cannot believe my area has missed out once again! However, a line of storms to the south of the country looks to be heading northwards which could be something to keep an eye on in the next few hours.

It just sucks that not only is there a decline in thunder days, even though they are almost absent here, but snow is a rarity as well. You'd have thought the warming would trigger more storms but nope. Having said that I noticed the East does get a fair amount of storms still.

I'm here no doubt.

I'm starting to get bored of the weather living in this area. No storms, snow, or anything of interest! We have literally dodged every single storm this year!

After all the hype (and the suffering) only a 10% storm risk! Disappointed is an understatement.

Looks like the Midlands (with the exception of the far north) is on par to miss every single storm during this thundery breakdown even tomorrow the BBC places the thundery showers developing to the East and moving towards London. It annoys me that we suffer with this hot stuffy weather and all and in return we get NOTHING unlike other areas, and the same thing happened last time. This year has had not a single storm in the whole of spring for the Central Midlands. It is still possible for something to develop albeit unlikely, but we have the rest of the summer to get something decent, and if we miss out on everything then hey ho.

All Lightning in the past 72 hours.

Cannot believe how badly the Midlands has done these past days. No thunder whatsoever, and now the rain has fragmented. Perhaps isolated thunderstorms tomorrow with higher CAPE values but overall one of the biggest disappointments I have ever seen thunderstorm-wise with only the far East getting all the action this evening. Oh well, enjoy it if you get the chance.

Max gust of only 40mph! I was expecting 60mph gusts Anyway, hopefully we will get some snow next week...

Winds haven't been as strong as I expected, but it seems the most strongest winds are actually in a few hours.

Relatively strong gusts in the region tomorrow (widely 50mph). However this may just be a taster of next week.