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There are a few reports from Belgium and  the Netherlands floating around on social media 

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4 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

One from the N and one from the NW, the NW seems to be the right colour but has no visible structure - i`ll be keeping an eye on it for sure

Just the warmup act before the main show? 

Definitely worth keeping tabs on, good luck 

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1 minute ago, mushymanrob said:

Good luck!

 

 

Quite cloudy here, ill only get partial views of anything high. No chance of horizon huggers... bugger.. 

Thanks, looking at the forecast it does show cloud increasing from 2am, so we'll see, this will probably be my last chance for this year, so fingers crossed

Hope it clears up for you. 

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1 minute ago, mushymanrob said:

Depends how far West they stretch... morning almost cert

 

Thanks, I might just head off to bed then and set the alarm, they appear to be quite bright which bodes well for later, and they're reasonably high.

Hopefully the it stays clear like it is now,  the conditions here right now are perfect

 

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1 minute ago, Jamie M said:

Lindenberg camera

This is also looking positive 

Does that translate to a morning display, or might we just get something before midnight?

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1 minute ago, DanN said:

Was just about to say the same.

Meerkat pose at the window has been adopted.

Different cam same clouds, I don't know how close they are together 

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Just scanning through the European webcams. Can't tell these are cirrus clouds or not

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3 hours ago, Sprites said:

Which lightning app is the black and yellow screen ? 

It's the my lightning tracker app, only I have it in dark mode, which is why it looks different 

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We have a couple of rogue false returns on lightning maps, I checked the lightning app to see if the were also showing on there, as you can see, the Uk storm shield is fully operational  

Still waiting for the first real storm of the year

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This is a post that can be safely placed in the clutching at straws pile, but what are the chances for southern coastal areas in the next few hours? 

Showers are starting to form as they leave the french coast, and are moving this way 

Things are getting desperate down here 

 

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For those of you that are worried about the post frontal airmass not having the properties to generate stormy goodness, well it still feels very muggy and the radar gives me hope for some decent storms in  favoured spots later this afternoon, just a shame this is not happening during the dark hours 

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Milford on sea about 20 minutes ago 

This lot looked very dark, but it didn't appear to be doing much.

enjoy the storms to whoever gets them  

Unfortunately it's a near miss again for my area, but there's still plenty of time to get some decent storms

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3 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

Can see it too. Looking good for soon but also later

Definitely, the Salisbury cell is real, went to have a look to my north and immediately saw a flash, something may also be developing over Bournemouth/Poole 

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1 minute ago, ChrisW-Manc said:

I don't do photography,I love that shot. What do you use?

 

Hi Chris,the photo was taken using night sight on the Google pixel 6, if your phone is relatively modern, you may have something similar, nothing fancy really, the phone/software does all the work, plus the moon is up tonight, which is providing a decent amount of light to illuminate the clouds.

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6 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

Developed so fast that the IR satellite doesn't even show them on the radar yet.

It feels very ripe outside, and really breezy 

And we have this passing overhead, it's definitely trying , I can see the Portsmouth cell flashing away nicely from here!

You can see something developing on the last image I've attached

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Just now, Convective said:

Great photo, and the sferic detected coincides perfectly with the below echo at 00:55…

Wowsers, that thing appeared fast! 

Too far east for me unfortunately unless something develops further west, good luck to anyone in the firing line

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This is looking towards the IOW direction from where I am, and this has just appeared on lightning maps, can anyone confirm?

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8 minutes ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

Too early methinks . I’m guessing 2:30am we will see some electrification south of Bournemouth and then things will evolve quite messily towards london

Whatever happens, you look to be in a decent location, that cell that's east of the IOW and about to make landfall is heading you way isn't it? Could be a nice surprise on the way!  

One thing to note, it's rather breezy here in Christchurch 

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Showers now forming east/southeast of the IOW, will or won't they?

 

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6 minutes ago, ChannelThunder said:

They've got a long way to go, but I'll be keeping an eye on those Granville cells. Headed NNE at the mo, but looking at the steering flow modelled, I'd expect them to take a turn to the N and perhaps NNW should they survive into the night.

Definitely worth keeping an eye on them, i wouldn't be surprised if get something half decent in the early hours, however, this years storms season has been so pants for our area! makes me think we'll end up with nothing. 

 

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Worth keeping an eye on the skies closer to home, it's hard to tell due to it being early but I'm seeing some bright patches to my north, way above the crud layer, might be nothing but let's see what happens. 

Very encouraging for the early hours though, regardless of how the next couple of hours turn out, the weather may not play ball, I might set the alarm and have a peek outside to see if it's clear

Edit

It's starting to cloud over so can't be totally sure but I think what I saw was just high cloud, good luck this evening to those heading out, It could be a cracker 

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1 hour ago, DanN said:

It's been a painfully slow start this year so I'll take any kind of sighting now. The early morning display wasn't that great for me, but I don't really remember seeing them in the North West skies on both the evening and morning shows before (more NE in the morning)? Maybe I'm just getting old and forgetting previous events. 

One shot from about 11:30ish

 

Think I might have to find a new viewing spot too. My favoured location is getting contaminated with cars parked up all night with music, headlights and engines running. Old man rant, I know.

Lovely photo 

That looks like great place to shoot.. the scenery that is, not the antisocial D#!@Heads

Sad to hear of your experience with this type of behaviour, but I also have the same problem. 

The place I've been going for years has now turned into  a meet-up area for boy/girl racers, loud music, drifting in the carpark littering all over the place, the list goes on! And it doesn't feel as safe as it once was 

It's a real shame, and the police don't seem to care

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2 hours ago, ChannelThunder said:

Wednesday night's cold front has caught my eye (probably out of storm-starved desperation more than anything!)

A few cherry-picked crumbs to go by on the models:

 

 

It's nice to have something to pin our hopes on at least even if it doesn't come to anything, also I get feeling this season is going to throw up some real surprises.

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1 hour ago, ChannelThunder said:

Nice little display; the first I've seen in two years! They've faded now.

It was indeed, I almost missed it completely while watching Elton John absolutely killing it at Glastonbury. 

Looks like there was a decent amount of clear skies judging by the amount of pictures that have been posted in the thread

It would have been a real shame if the UK missed out on tonights display.

Unfortunately the clouds didn't stick around for too long, and I genuinely thought it was a false ID for a while, just going off how quickly they seemed to fade, but as darkness fell more and more I was still able to see them on the back of the camera 

2023 NLC season is finally up and running, at least it is for us southern folk. 

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I see a nice cheeky little bonus Cell is heading towards Basingstoke, I can see some nice cumulus building to the North of my location.