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Yeah.. Its been pretty poor. Considering the amount of heat, we have had almost nothing. Some low pressure systems with heat should be good. There are normally many showers on the tail end south of the lows, so bringing warm moist air up might give us some real good daytime showers and storms. All starts from Sunday!

Wow.. I hope we dont get hail like that. Just had a nice big solar array installed lol

If only it was a little further north. So far had pretty much 20 mins of rain and 2 rumbles lol. Still warm as hell

Yay, 1st crack of thunder all year!

Pretty good.

I'm In Woburn currently not far. And yeah winds dropped a lot. Fairly muggy. If something's gonna happen, it needs to happen soon. It's getting late. Certainly a classic storm feeling right now.

Updraft can sorta happen anywhere. I mean any cloud is technically an upwelling of air. And yeah. The rear of a storm is normally where the rainfall happens. A lot of this can vary based on how strong the updraft is and the speed of the storm. I would say it's not an exact science, when it is.. but it's a complex science.. In general however. Yes, youre correct

I can tell you now, This is almost guaranteed as i am on holiday in the east of the UK. Whenever I'm on holiday, storms move up from the SW.

So , convective weather on face book have a severe warning out for a large part of the UK.. What coolaid are they drinking or am I missing something today...

While, not so extreme, they look very much like Undulatus Asperatus clouds. undulatus+asperatus+clouds - Google Search WWW.GOOGLE.COM

Give it time. Thunderstorms are tricky beasts to predict, especially in situations like today where heating is required (rather than say a showery day after a low pressure system) Its not often you get storms this early in the day.

First crack of thunder this year. Little bit of hail, moderate rain. Nothing fancy.

Horses need wellies

Out of interest, has anyone seen any data / modelling in relation to the lack of aircraft in the air this year and cooler temps in the northern hem? I have a feeling its gonna get very cold later in the season due to the huge decrease in fossil fuel burning this whole year.

If not already posted: TORRO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 2020/008 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued at 1050BST on Thusday 13th August 2020 Valid from/until: 1050-0600BST on Thursday 13th/Friday 14th August 2020 for the following regions of the United Kingdom & Ireland: The Midlands, E Anglia and S England Wales Southern Eire THREATS Hail to 20-30mm diamater; wind gusts to 50mph; frequent CG lightning; flash flooding; isolated tornadoes SYNOPSIS A very warm and humid airmass remains across the area, with several short-wave troughs moving WNW across the region throughout today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible throughout the period - initially more elevated across parts of the Midlands this morning, but some surface-based storms will form this afternoon too, especially along convergence zones. Several clusters should form, with large hail and strong winds, as well as a risk of flash flooding. Isolated tornadoes are possible along convergence zones. Overnight, further showers and storms, mainly elevated, will move W across the area, with hail and flash-flooding possible. Forecaster: RPK

Thunder overhead now.

The 0z shows a lot of PPN in the southwest later. Somerset etc may be in for a lot of rain!

My beepers going off. Strikes fairly close to Gloucestershire. Wow.. some beasts appearing now! Esp in Beds!!!

A good sign considering its 10am With some diurnal heating, im sure it will be insane later.

We have it all here currently. Its raining, cloudy but sun is also shining and its misty. Just waiting for some snow. Annnndd now its strong sunshine but also very heavy raindrops lol

Level2 from estofex. Today is gonna be interesting!!

still growing! South end of it is exploding and the sky here is insane!

yeah, there is a storm NE of gloucester.. Probably at least 1 flash per second. maybe more. Constant rolling thunder.. Yet, it barely even registers on the detectors currently

Lightning all every direction around me currently. Probably 2 to 3 flashes every second. Very distant rumbles.

Awesome Rainbow in front of incoming storm with the sun behind me.