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Anyone know how the trains are likely to run tomorrow - specifically the Coseley line into Brum? I live in Sedgley and drive into work in the Jewellery Qrt. I have to open up the office at 8am and work in IT sales so a no show is a no go! Cannot make mind up whether to drive or catch bus to Coseley and get a train! At that time I'm sure driving in will be no problem but just know getting out of town with the predicted weather will be a nightmare!

I was the same as you Catgirl, As a child I was terrified of storms, would close the curtains in the day to block out the lightning and stick fingers in ears to drown out the thunder, and god forbid the nighttime storms, I'd by under the sheet, head under pillow all night. I'm now 39 and during my childhood I not only remember the usual remit of 3 hot days followed by thunder, and usually it was storm after storm after storm, but the night time all nighters. Like you I was cured with 'shock therapy' only mine was accidental rather than forced upon, walking home from junior school a storm came over and a CG struck within a few hundred metres and after the inital shock it was like, well that wasn't so bad, I'm out in the open, not hurt and that loud thunder was kind of cool! But on the subject of the old Summers and plenty of storms, being terrified at the time I sure knew how to 'forecast' storms by looking at cloud formations building down stream, but I also had what at the time I thought was a gift of getting a headache 20 minutes before thunder! Only since coming on these forums in the last 5 years or so have I discovered many people get storm headaches!

Sedgley here. Watched the earlier storm core go by a few miles west and north west, but at one moment I swear it was close to dropping a funnel right over head but I would like to ask for some clarificarion as to whether what I saw counts as rotation or something entirely different; First, picture a boiling kettle under a shelf, the steam rises rapidly, hits the shelf and the steam very quickly spreads out in all directions. Well, the underside of the cloud, bang overhead was the upside down equivalent of that it seemed. Bubbling cloud spewing out in all directions, whilst to the right (eastern edge) scud was clearly being sucked back into the cell about 45 degrees off the general direction of the storm clouds. Amaxing sight, whilst frequent CC bolts and forks were going off several miles away.

nice IC / anvil crawler spotted just south of Sedgley and as I type a more overhead flush and rumble

Gaaah, since when did you have to register for Ustream?!

Just lost Sky, although rain not that heavy here.

I'm in Netherton.

We caught that one too Blizzards, tropical monsoon like rain for about 5 minutes.

LOL, the 14:40 NW radar grab, looking at midlands we have the country of Italy making its way SE!

just had the heaviest deluge I have ever seen in the UK. 1 rumble of thunder and small hail mixed in. Correction 2 rumbles of thunder now.

NW 5 min radar showing first signs of showers building, including what might be the 'anvil' Dogs reported. Also ties in with Sat24 that appears to show a CU field forming across the country and moving NE

I'm on a second floor flat, and with little cloud in the sky, just some haze its easy to make out larger cloud structures at distance. and its not that far down the M5!

throught the haze, many miles to my SSE I can just make out what is probably the same CB Dogs has just posted a pic of, and whilst I can't tell how low the base is it does look quite impressive with hard cauliflower top going up

For the ultimate in storm shield demonstration, post code zoom on DY2 and loop back the last 30 or so mins!! Have seen some IC bolts and a couple of CG's. Deep booming thunder but not too frequent. Stair rod rain was visible several miles west. Low level clouds seemingly keep changing direction.

can confirm 1 rumble thunder heard nr Dudley.

Weather09 - I'm just outside Dudley and the dark stuff you speak off has just been passing over giving nothing more than light to briefly moderate rain for a few minutes

On NW radar looks like a small convergence line going up just north of London

This is bizarre, I'm close to Dudley and there appears to be a new cell going up just a few miles to the NW but the clouds now appear to be moving in the opposite direction to earlier?! Is this what happens with backbuilding storms or has there been a shift in lower level winds?

Looks like the band is slowing up in coming north and weakening a fair bit on the eastern edge, which happens to be the area that was tracking in my direction!

I have always had headaches before storms, often before the cloudscape looks threatening. Headaches have become milder in later years and due to the number of hangovers (!) it is sometimes hard to tell the difference now! But as a kid I had a huge phobia of storms and the headache predictor thing sure came in handy for getting me ready to close the curtains and find some ear plugs! Always thought I was 'odd' by getting them but from reading weather forums it seems this is quite a common occurance. Last night I got one about an hour before the thunder came, although in West London we were in the small wedge you see on the sferic plots that managed to miss nearly all the main action! We only got a few rumbles from an edge of a cell that clipped past. Which seeing as I conquered my phobia as a teenager to the point I absoutley love storms now was a major frustration!

I had a terrible phobia of storms up until I was about 12. During the day if a storm came over I would shut the curtains and stick my fingers in my ears until it passed over. Night time sotrms were the worst, would instantly jump into bed with my nan, pull the blanket over my head and lie there fingers in ears shaking like a leaf until it passed. But then one day walking home from school there was a storm that came over head. I was terrified and then a very close CG came down with an instant boom. And in a kind of shock therapy way I was no longer scared! I can't explain it other than assume that at that moment I realised there was very little chance that the storm could hurt me and that as I was still 10 mins from home there was no more point fretting over it! Ever since then I have been fascinated and excited in equal measure and get thoroughly annoyed if storms break out widely but miss my location! It's the same with snow as well! When finances allow I would love to join a future Netweather chase in America.