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Showers rolling into the South Hams, they've cropped up out of nowhere. Nothing electrical here so far though but we will see how it pans out...

Right overhead

Yep, same in Kingsbridge, first few clouds starting to encroach from the south. Very hot and humid out.

Kingsbridge has finally joined the action! OK, a solitary rumble but huge raindrops for a good 10min or so. Developed out of nowhere in a matter of minutes. Wonder what else today has lined up for us...

We had one solitary rumble of thunder in Kingsbridge just after 8. Accompanied by some really loud hail for about 10 seconds! Lightning further west caused some damage - a house in Plymouth was set on fire after being struck, plus numerous homes in Cornwall were without power earlier on. So much for plumetastic summer storms, all the fun of the fair is in February it seems

Blimey, squall line just gone through Kingsbridge just after 2am. Torrential rain and frequent lightning, one of which was very close. Absolute chaos for about 10min, now it's all gone quiet! Wasn't expecting that to be honest

Yep, squall line just passed through Kingsbridge in South Devon. Torrential rain and frequent lightning, one of which was very close! 10 min later and it's all quiet again...

Rinse and repeat today in Kingsbridge - gusty winds and plenty of showers. Horrible one just after the school run with the most minute bits of hail mixed in. Bouncing off my eyeballs walking into the wind, delightful!

Been a right old mixed bag in Kingsbridge today. Plenty of hefty showers but the lightning kept mostly out to sea south of here. Noticed a big tree down in the rec near to the cafe, presumably from yesterday's wind. Was being cleared up this afternoon. Wouldn't have wanted to be walking in the park when that came crashing down!

Merry Christmas all! Quite the mixed bag today in Kingsbridge today. Was woken just after 6am with some hefty gusts of wind. Culdrose had 63mph gust recorded earlier today, so must have been fairly widespread over the SW? Then we had a lovely settled spell between mid morning and early afternoon. Since about 1.30 though it's been absolutely rubbish! Got totally drenched on a family wander into town

Yep, tomorrow is looking rather grim in the morning. Kingsbridge currently has a top predicted gust of 73mph around 6AM on the Met Office website! Even if it isn't accurate I haven't seen that sort of level for a long, long time. Certainly not a day for an early morning walk on the SW Coastal Path!

Vile day in Kingsbridge. Yellow Met warning well deserved! Hasn't stopped raining all day, moderate to heavy all afternoon. Brisk wind makes it feel pretty grim. Plenty of surface flooding on lanes.

Just had few rumbles of thunder in Kingsbridge. Very sharp burst of rain and wind picked up bit as well, but all over very quickly. I see TORRO has updated its warning for southern areas today, could be a little surprise or two!

We are in Kingsbridge, I was woken about 1.30 by a really booming crack of thunder! Then there was another booming strike before a couple more distant ones. Not bad going, can't remember the last night time storm down here so I'll happily take that (despite feeling knackered now!)

She's back after briefly being killed off! Reformed as a tropical storm and NHC reckon hurricane in next couple of days. May well impact UK weather too but little early to say as yet. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?start#contents

Yep, same here near Modbury Lyn. Miserable day so far, rain alternating between moderate and heavy. Wind has also picked up a bit in the last hour. Looks like a conveyor belt of rain for a good few hours yet. Lovely!

Yes, a pretty wild night down in the South Hams too. Some torrential bursts of rain and really strong winds for few minutes, think roughly between 2 and 3am. Don't quote me though, wasn't really awake. I only noticed one flash of lightning, Blitzortung historical maps seem to back up the fact there wasn't that much going on, beyond the heavy rain and gusty winds. Not much fun for the many campers round here I don't suppose!

Beautiful morning in the South Hams. Interesting to see the Metcheck live temps showing 23/24c round here. Appreciate not 100% accurate but certainly rings true, it feels surprisingly warm and humid out this morning.

Very intrigued to see how it pans out tomorrow. We are camping in Stratford upon Avon, our glamping hut is SO toasty this evening. Tomorrow evening sounds like it'll be even more unbearable, 33deg is the daytime high forecast! Mostly I'm interested to see how the potential storms pan out. It's been a very long time since we were underneath anything special in the Kingsbridge area of the South Hams. Only saving grace not being home is that it looks like storm action will be pretty widespread, so expecting a tough night with the kids if that's the case

Checked into the MOD thread...! Next week looking very interesting. We are away from Devon glamping in a shed (lol) in Stratford upon Avon. The NW 10 day forecast for Stratford has a "feels like" temperature of 44deg for Wednesday, haha! Imagine...

Yes Germany lighting up like a Christmas tree again! https://leixner.de/ This one I linked to a few weeks back, it's Brücken in Rhineland-Palatinate. Looks like it may be in the firing line in the next half hour or so.

Afternoon all! Nice and warm again today. However interesting little development to the north of Modbury/Kingsbridge. Cloud visibly building but not moving fast in any particular direction. Sat24 clearly shows it building up over the past hour or so. Maybe a rogue hefty shower on the way?

25 degrees here. That line of cloud started encroaching in the distance but hasn't moved for a while. So nice and sunny here in the mighty South Hams!

Very muggy start to the day here in the South Hams. Showers already building up, can't say I'm surprised as skies have been looking pretty unstable all morning. This is the current view looking west.

Another nice day in the South Hams. Breezy yet again, and not as warm as yesterday. Don't have an accurate temperature but looking at current station readings it seems we are around the 20 degree mark right now. I'd say 50/50 that we may get the warmest temps of the week tomorrow, all depends how quick the cooler air arrives here. Somewhere in our region should hit 30 either today or tomorrow, surely?!