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The showers look to be developing around the Thames valley as well.

Nothing here on Southend seafront at the moment. Looks like a dead rubber for tonight.

Well, it' Saturday and I have reached Rhiconich and it's tipping it down with rain with strong winds which forced me off the hills early. I'm a day ahead of schedule anyway so it doesn't really matter but it has been very dry up until now. Temperature about 8c last night at the bothy I was at. Just right for sleeping!

I started the Cape Wrath Trail last month and walked from Fort William to Dornie and then stopped due to an injury. Saturday morning I pick up the trail again and I hope to reach Cape Wrath in about ten days. But the big question is, what sort of weather can I expect this time of year? Also, what has the weather been like over the last 6 weeks or so? When I started in May it was very dry with a lot of the streams being completely dry, so what has the rainfall situation been like? More to the point, what are the chances of me being hit by a gale, particularly in the exposed bit between Rhiconich and Cape Wrath?

Gone very hazy here in Southend and I'm struggling to see Kent on the other side of the Thames estuary. Of course on a good day I can't see it at all!

I live in Southend and the only place I can get any sort of relief from this heat is on the seafront where there is a good wind blowing off the sea keeping us cool. This afternoon was very hot but would have been unbearable without the sea breeze.

Storms about to make landfall over the Lizard peninsula. Anyone live down there?

The signs are looking good. Very calm sea in Southend at the moment. SO calm you just know something is going to happen!

Hi all, I'm a long-term lurker I've finally decided to sign up. Can anyone on the south-coast see any cloud build up yet? I'm based in Southend and often sit on the seawall when storms come in as you can see them coming up over the North Downs, the Medway and over the Thames Estuary. Last year we had some fantastic cloud formation preceding one thuderstorms, so I'm hoping for something today.