SP1986

Going to be a hot one today.. already 17 degrees at 08.20.

It's 19:00 and it's 26 dgrees C ... going to be a warm one tonight

Gone almost overcast now.. It's going to be one of those days again. Think I'll bury this spell and look forward to the next one sometime later in the summer hopefully

Won't even reach that next weekend in the day!

Suns out finally and temperatureshave responded immediately.. now nearly 17C

only issues are that there is a lot of cloud around - the sun hasn't made an appearance yet. it's currently 14.5C also here, but no sun, or it may have been higher at this point. This cloud will have to disperse if temperatures in the mid-20s are possible, otherwise it'll just be a high teens day with high humidity.

Conditions for storms don't look too bad today though they will be isolated. Met office suggests coastal areas will get the warmest weather today... I guess 27C isn't out of the question. Therefore coastal areas probably have the highest risk of storms too

There was a really dark sky approaching and then it just fell apart.. now light rain all evening I suspect

It's always been the problem with storms from the south though.. often we just don't have sufficient energy in place and this impedes the progress of storms. We need exceptionally unstable conditions to reap rewards here. It's a shame but it should be one we are used to by now?

The sky is stratifying here.. one of the famaliliar rights from past failures. It's a shame as there is a shower over Shrewsbury with a storm... but there is a notable cooling element to things now.. well see

I agree on the radar I saw a shower die a death as soon as it developed... just not enough elevation and not far enough inland ... too far north.. same story most times

Looks like the track of those cells will all miss Wirral.. but should be a good show over north Liverpool if the shower doesn't die out with the decreasing surface heat. Nevertheless regardless of it, being stuck in work I won't see anything anyway

How depressing its only about 10 miles between us. hopefully I'll see some flashes in the distance tonight to the north and east.

Still really struggling here under overcast skies. Sun makes all the difference I suspect... outside there's a breeze but it's cool enough to raise goosebumps. Not the best day here to be honest. Storms cannot initiate southwest of Liverpool I imagine

A contrasting day in which convection is initiating earlier across central southern parts but the frontal cloud is much slower than forecast to clear some northwestern areas . This might put a dampener on things for coastal Wales and NW England. Currently stubborn overcast high level cloud and suppressed temperatures of 15.9C

Still cool and breezy here.. currently 15C which will probably be the Max for the day. Feeling quite fresh in the breeze and quite cloudy .. no sunshine unfortunately

Really chilly feeling today. The forecast was for 20-21C today but here it will perhaps not even reach 15C today. Currently 10C and my hands are feeling raw after biking to work.. very strange considering the atmospheric conditions. But maybe a sea breeze is to blame as sea temperatures are most likely rather low after the cold April

The pollution particles may serve to enhance the chance of storms and particularly large hail and rain drops. Could be interesting if it happens

very dark ominous cloud approaching from the west.. wonder what it'll bring?

It could never have been better in December or January, simply because of the sea surface temperatures. It's been fairly cold for a while and SST's should have responded, I imagine they're pretty low for the time of year around our coasts. In December and Jan they would have been higher, I suspect thus limiting the possibility that this would have any better then. If we have a coldish December however and this occurred in January, I think we'd have some good snowfall on our hands, perhaps something similar to winter 1998-99 (when the band of snow came down from the NW giving a good covering for most of the region)

Rain and hail showers now

A blizzard of hail just hit leaving a pattial covering before quickly melting

Oh my lord a wall of precipitation incoming

wow massive call incoming.. black sky but no lightning

Its gone now I suspect.. football watching for you