Vestan

Unfortunately it died just before it got here!

Is this stuff around the Chilterns a lot further east than was expected? I am in West Oxfordshire & the sun is still out, its hot & muggy and I am hoping that growing cluster is coming my way.....

Thought it was all over down in Oxfordshire/Berkshire but rain appearing again out of nothing. Just one rumble so far though

Looks like all IC to me. Plenty of lightning not picked up by detectors, but no real shotgun thunder.

Spent last night on the west side of the IoW around Christchurch, expecting a good show & got absolutely nothing. Back home tonight where we could be on the edge of the action, but it should be another good evening watching the radar

Get used to it if you are in Oxfordshire, everything splits and dies off as it gets nearer.

Incredible that the GFS shows temperatures falling from 38C at midnight Wednesday to 20c three hours later! Worth keeping those windows open..

I wasn't expecting that at all. Last time I looked at the radar it was all at the South Coast! Opened the back door to put bins out and there was a bright flash. A nice surprise

No, I think his hot air balloon finally deflated

Currently in Crete, was a lovely weekend, but now 18C, cloudy, wet and not at all what I was expecting. Doesnt look like it will change before I fly home at the weekend either ☹

I would be much happier next week with low to mid 20s as long as it stays dry most days. The charts seem to show this is a possibility. No one can really enjoy this 30C, high humidity in the UK surely?

What are people planning on chasing tomorrow? Nothing to 'chase' unless you fancy a trip to South Eastern Kent! Just a rain mass for the remainder of SE and CS England

The excitement in this thread usually eclipses the actual event! There will be some excited radar watching from around 6pm onwards. I am expecting some precipitation but little in the way of lightning this far West.

Just glanced at this forum for first time in months, just 10 seconds before a clap of thunder in Oxfordshire!

Appears to be directly West, so that big Reading storm is going South of us