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Well that was an unexpected but most welcome little storm. ... And here's the current state of the sky after it! ... The heat has gone right up now!! Very, very humid.

Hull could be a good a place as any this evening. The atmosphere over England and Wales is like a loaded gun at the moment.

Keep the faith ... the evening is young

WOOO HOOO!! Just had one hell of a good rumble of thunder over to my west. ... And another!! BRING IT ON!! And to everyone else, keep the faith... this is starting to happen!!

Gotcha... About nine miles from where I am... Just the other side of Ruthin

Something's most definitely trying here.

Evening Sarah. I honestly don't know... but reading some of the other posts I wouldn't write this off just yet. I'm the t'other side of Hope Mountain, so I fully understand your pain on this. There is a lot more water to go under the bridge as yet.

Still very hot and humid here... But the sun is trying to come out. This is the current state of the sky here. ... By the way, good luck to everyone on here with this.

The sky has gone very dark to my south west... The humidity is horrendous.

This is the current state of the sky here. Yes the sun is out, but it's a milky sky... Very, very humid and sultry.

HOLY COW!! Estofex have got my area under a level 2!!!

Morning @LightningLover They look more than nice, the problem is so have the charts for the past two days... But today looks potentially incredible. I don't know why this has quoted twice?

Morning all Today is going to be very memorable... Here are the charts from the 00z run from the GFS for today!! Now I say its gonna be memorable, this is gonna happen two ways... Its either gonna be a huge bust for may, like the past few days have been, and so it gets remembered for the one of the most storm potential ever forecast yet in fact delivered nothing, or its gonna give us some really quite spiky (dare I say supercell?) storm(s)... Now I'm certainly no expert, but these charts are incredible!! As ever, its gonna be down to if the cap breaks... Although I admit I am cheered up by the sight of the storms over the north of England this morning As ever, good luck to everyone on this today, and if you are lucky enough to get a storm enjoy and stay safe

Just managed to grab a photo of what the sky is like here at the moment... It's really oppressive.

In the past half hour the heat and humidity have suddenly gone through the roof!! The sky has gone from a milky blue to a grey/hazy orange colour... The sweat is now pouring off me. Please let this be the start the cap breaking and allowing it to go bang.

Morning @Flash bang flash bang etc I know, and I fully agree with you, I was trying to be optimistic ... Professional straw clutcher me ya know.

Ohhhh, what ever happened to the days when you could just look at the cape and LI charts and say that either yes its gonna go bang today or not? *sigh* ... Sorry... Morning everyone, another day and yet more storm 'potential'. I think today is gonna be a case of west is best... And possibly the Midlands too. But as @Surrey has already said, its a horrible set up, we've got the most juicy looking charts on the table and nothing. But on the other hand, @Summer Sun posted the link from Convective weather, and that offers at least a bit more promise. But for what its worth here are todays charts from the 00z run from the GFS. Now although these charts look impressive, are they showing these incredible figures due to the cap? I dunno So another day of watching the turkey towers going, and probably watching them com back down again? As ever this is mother nature we're playing with, as she can pull a few tricks out of the bag to confuzzle us all As always good luck to everyone today, and if you are lucky enough to get a storm, stay safe and enjoy

Sooooo... The question is could tomorrow be game on? The top image is what I took this evening... The bottom image I took two years ago and the following day was another swelteringly hot day, but oh boy did it go bang in the evening. Plus both were taken from more or less the same spot!! Here's hoping.

That's exactly what the sky looks like here at the moment... Very warm/hot and muggy though.

Cheers @Sparkiee storm And good luck to you as well Everything is really starting to froth up around here now, and it's all coming at me from a south westerly direction. The way today is looking I would personally say that this is going to come down to a nowcasting situation @wimblettben Keep poking @Flash bang flash bang etc... It looks like your stick is doing its job here quite nicely

The solstice is on Wednesday and many people claim that we are once again on the slippery slope... Try and think of it as a glorious free wheel once you've gotten over the top The countdown to autumn is underway. ... And moving swiftly back on topic... Personally speaking I love this time of year the run up to, and just after the summer solstice, and then all the way to halloween, for me its just magical Once we get past Halloween some of the magic goes, and no I can't explain any more than that. By the time we get to December I find myself wanting/craving the longer days, and once more I find the light in February/March very, very pleasant as well. *Memo to self: Must order more heating oil*

This is my current view to my South and south west... The azure blue skies of yesterday have gone, and it looks like something is starting to brew up ... Steady as she goes... This is still a knife edge situation as far as I'm concerned.

Morning @Chris.R I agree, its looking amazing... From where I am at the moment the skies have turned hazy... And I can see some juicy towers starting to go up to my south... I'm just about to take the dog out, and I'll try and get some phots, and post them up

Nice to see that I'm just about under a Level 1 from Estofex

HOLY COW!!! Sorry I've just been looking at the 00z run... I've regained control of my senses now... I think. Lol Right ... Where to start? Today is a good a point as any... The first two images show todays potential... And I have to say that it DOES look quite promising. The next two images show tomorrows potential... And then we move on to Wednesday... Now the question is how much capping is going to take place? As despite these quite frankly astonishing looking charts this could end up being a huge bust for many. But where the cap does break... Well... As always, good luck to everyone on this, stay safe folks, and lets hope that this IS the start of the big beasts for this this summer And don't ask me why this chart for today has appeared down here. Lol \/ \/ \/ \/