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bring it on, I'm in the yellow zone. my son and 3 mates are camping out tonight up in hills and middle of the woods. Should be fun in the early hours.

you lucky bu--ger Lokks like it will just miss me, but theres plenty more to come tonight.

DE4 , Matlock.

sure do, they moving fast, not heard any more thunder but the skys are full of action now. just got to hope it holds together, me cameras ready.

wow, here she comes me thinks, just started hear rumbles of thunder, maybe (20 to 25 miles away) could just miss me but sheffield looks to be dead centre.

met group radar is pretty good you can zoom in and up the spped bar to full, gives a good idear of the track of any storms, then you just hope they hold together.

yep looking good now, I,m North East of yer, and its gone really dark here. 25c and 60% humidity. could start to kick of soon. Been a long wait all day

well a hot day here, 29.3 but station in the sun facing south, 28.2 at the front in permanant shade facing north. bbq fired up looking forward to some extreme wearther. cats have just given up, not moved for 2 hours

great rainbow yeasterday, vivid colours

great contrails tonight contrails again at least 14 seperate ones at 9.30pm

Matlock ( DE4 ) ABOUT 12 Miles due west of M1, if you check on rain today radar it looks like these cells are slowly drifting towards Derby just checked outside and definately looks very black south east of me so, if the structure hold then could Derby.

four more loud claps of thunder with2 lighting flashes

definately been left out this year, only second time heard thunder this year. heavy rain stopped now, fingers crossed for more.

should be thundery, checked on radar and it just popped up out of knowwhere, and to think i was in chesterfield 20 mins ago wonering if there be any storms

wow,huge clap of thunder overhead/ lighting, and pea sized hail,

love this sort of challenge, the dog inn at pentrich in derbyshire some 15 years ago would organise large steak nights if booked in advance. were there good nights or what, first time i went i had a 24 oz steak my mate had the 32oz so 2 months later we went back minibus and 12 of us again, this time i pushed out the boat and went for the 32oz steak, but not good enough 3 lads had and eat the 48oz and two others finished off the 64oz steak ( it was unreal) and to add as a footnote the two lads who ate the 64oz steaks also followed up by eating the four puddings on the menu, spoted dick, treacle pudding, apple crumble and ice creame, all washed down with 6 pints. first and only time that you got a whole plot of mustard with your steak, and believe me two fried eggs on the steak, and a jacket potatoe. what a night, the things you do when your 21. :drinks:

very true, but reading Snow Jokes post definately gives me plenty optimism

thanks for that, the age groups are 12 to 15 and we have 6 activities placed across 2 rugby pitches. luckly a large club house for refuge. cheers.

wow things moving along now. temps slowly moved from 14,and 15 now up to 19.5. RH now at 76% and dewpoint has moved up to 14.9

i was thimking about this, but don't worry the sun has just burst through hear, full on leaving shadows on the patio. Looks like its going to get going soon for our area.

Hi Snow Joke, looks good for my location (West Derbyshire). We have a hog roast and activity evening planned at the rugby club, 6.00pm to 9.00pm for the kids,could this be interupted. I'm down there 4.00 to 5.00pm keeping an eye on the feast, should be 80 to 100 kids out on the fields ????

have to agree with these sentiments, hot augusts are great but becauce of the lenghing daylight late May and June can be fantastic for warm sunny weather, and long, long lazy days.Once you get to mid august it dos'nt matter how hot the days are the evenings are drawing in, you know what i mean, get up in the morning in mid august and theres condensation on the car windows, and yet late warmth in mid september into early october can be great to, hopefully a pre cursor to a good long cold winter.

you definately are, and the mores to come. right I,m of to the pub, brolly in hand and with camera in the pocket. good luck to all

torrential rain,and heavy hail plus some strong gusts. sky just gone, must been after the lighting, also hail is quite big now.

well stopped now. pretty good effort, considering the air wasn't to cold. Just shows we can still achieve a small amout of frontal snow. will it still be here tommorow.