Azazel

Yes I see that on the radar - the sky is just way too messy and ragged today - I personally can't see anything happening. At the very least I was hoping something would go off to the North East like yesterday so I could drive out to some good views near Whitchurch/Kingsclere, but I can't even see that happening right now.

rogue sferic near Petersfield - not sure if a false return - nothing on the rainfall radar? edit: Was a false return. Something going up near Ringwood?

We need a catchy name for Hampshire/Wiltshire/Dorset. I was thinking ‘the void’ or ‘Rhombus of solitude’

Have a word mate.

A lot of this type of thing but nothing significant yet.

Unless something fires to my SW around Haslemere, then I've got that familiar sinking feeling about today.

is that a hook on that cell North East of London?

I’m tempted to drive over to kingsclere downs again later today to get a view of anything that does pop off to the north.

Tony Gilbert of UKWW actually puts me in the possible weak FC/TN box for today.

Risk transfers a little further SW today - i'm going to stick my neck out and plump for something juicy around Taunton/Bridgewater moving into Southern Wales/Cardiff.

This one was the last good SB storm I’ve seen. Definitely a tilt to the updraft and I’ve often wondered if it could’ve been perhaps briefly supercellular.

Of course not! Here’s hoping we get something a little better and closer to home over the next couple of days.

The Salisbury cell not even kind enough to give me one solitary distant flash

You know what, if storm motion is more east to west tomorrow I might actually have an outside chance. Trying to stay positive.

I mean this is the pits for us in the no storm zone. When people were suggesting a more thundery than usual summer I was like bring it on! But under this slack flow, it’s not hot enough to be glorious, there’s no storms and it’s all just a bit benign and boring. Im sorry to keep moaning haha and I am glad you guys up north are having a fabulous time. Pray for us down south that we see something before the end of July (I don’t actually remember the last storm I saw in August). I’m not crying. You’re crying.

Our only hope is a plume. I won’t scoff at an elevated lightning show but what I would give for some structure and surface based shenanigans.

Move the risk box 50 miles north and 50 miles west and it’s spot on.

Bit of a unit going up to my north. This has been going on all afternoon. Probably about 15 miles too far south.

Must be north of Basingstoke I would’ve thought.

Hard convection to my north east. Looks like w train of several cells.

Hampshire. Andover to be precise which was described as the ‘armpit of the UK’ - so it has that going for it at least.

I think I need to sign out of this thread for a while as it does my mental health no good. No snow in winter, no storms in summer - might actually be a contender for most boring climate on earth in my little part of England.

Again - that is looking remarkably suspicious.

Quite. Just had a peek at the models and it looks a carbon copy from today. The feature on Wednesday night - is that ‘thundery rain’ or are we looking at an MCS?

Again from twitter of the storm approaching Liverpool from afar.