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1 would be nice here also Stuart...dosent even have to be a storm i'll even take a couple of flashes/rumbles ??

First time ive ever seen the the UK being the most active place in Europe for lightning. Notice that Estofex has the whole of the UK under a level 1...nothing here so far a few very heavy showers..hoping for something later on.

Just utter garbage in the UK this year for storms innit..and has been here for the last 3-4 years apart from the odd flash and rumble which wouldnt count as a 'storm' IMO. Just came back from Paris on Sunday..and had 4 storms over there..3 within about 2 hours of each other. First one was Monday morning..was awoken at 8am to the lovely sound of loud thunder in the distance..ran to the window opened it and seen the pitch black sky in the distance..rolling over towards us..lots of IC'sa few good CG's and lasted about 20 mins..with the thunder constantly rolling about the hills. Wednesday was 'THE' day of storms..went into Paris within about 15 mins day turned to night..we need shelter and we need it NOW !!! got under cover and the heavens opened..never seen rain this heavy in my life really..again..lots of IC's but it was behind us but could hear the thunder booming right over us. Another 2 storms after that..same scenario on the last one was really close..with loads of visible CG's instant cracks of thunder..i was in my element. Then have to come back here with the depressing rain rain rain..and nothing much else.

Okay..thanks for the reply weather..it would be good to see 'something' at least as the last 'proper storm' was May 2006.. what a night that was) since then apart from the odd rumble absolutley zilch. Fed up with the lack of storms here even when all the ingredients are right..heat humidity..etc (i know a load of other factors come into play) but you can always be sure to put your house on it nothing will happen.

Hi guys..sorry if this is the wrong place to post this...but im off to France..about 1hr outside Paris..10 mins or so from Euro-Disney tommorow about 4pm arrive there about 6pm (local time) just wondering the chances of seeing a good storm. Ive to interpret the charts etc and have no clue..and having looked through several forecasts they all seem to contradict each other. Thanks in advance for any replies.

Okay..thanks didnt expect it would..just like i didnt expect i would get a reply on my post...Oh wait !!!

Looks like 'last chance saloon' for my area for today/last night/yesterday had sod all..apart from grey skies all day. Please tell me that shower/cell moving over Greenock towards Clydebank and Glasgow area is going to become electrified. Seriously doubt it though.

Am i right in thinking the 'main event' has still to come..lots of thundery looking clouds around here atm..and just noticed some cells firing off in Northern Ireland. Be amazing to see a night time storm.

Hi Andy..we have about 3-4" of lying snow here..hard to tell with all the drifting going on..but some of the drifts are at least a foot or more.

Just goes to show the difference a few miles can make..its almost white-out conditions here and some pretty impressive drifts in the strong winds.

Minus 10 here at 8am this morning. Kinda wish it would turn a bit milder to get rid of all the 'crap snow' then turn cold and snowy again. Although i love the snow all the powdery trampled in stuff is no good to look at.

Sorry dunno if this has been mentioned already. Heavy SnowFri 25 DecThere is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting parts of Central and Western Scotland on Friday evening and night. Snow spreading from the southwest during the evening is likely to give falls of up to 10cm in places. Issued at: 1027 Thu 24 Dec Interesting...

Yeah..i was just off to bed myself then and thought id have a quick gander at the charts. I like the look of the precip the way its pivoting round on sat24..looks as though it could come this far south as well. Good few hours away though yet.

Nice..thats one big shower hitting Aberdeen right now.

Dont like the way the showers are moving at present..right round the east and west coasts with a big load of nothingness on the mainland. Does anyone think they will eventually filter into the central belt. ?

Turned very dull here again..think the heveans are just about to open again. EDIT: Correct..hammering it down again..massive flakes. :winky:

LOL..ye know what i meant. Just had a look on the radar and there seems to be quite a few showers feeding in from the west coast..moving towards the central belt. Could be a fun day.

Cannot believe the difference in the weather..we took a trip down to the Braehead shopping centre this morning..and there is no snow whatsoever..patchy ice/snow thats it. Soon as your on the M77 past Silverburn..white again. There is easily 4-5" of lying snow up here and its currently belting it down.

What an amazing spell of heavy snow that was about 2pm..that front raced through though. Hopefully those showers moving into North Western isles havent got long before they reach us.

Aye..i was just about to post the same myself..getting a bit worried as the temp is 3c and rising. Spose ill find out in the next hour or so as it has clouded over really quickly.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/pws/invent/weathermap/ click on rainfall/snowfall and it shows predicted precip. Most of Scotland looks to be in for some fun tommorow.

Not 100% sure myself but i presume it means watching the orange lamposts as you can see the flakes of snow falling easier.

Must say i was very surprised earlier..fell asleep on the couch..woke up with the wean coming in from school. Shes like..have ye seen the snow ?? looked out and theres a proper covering so it must have been belting it down earlier. Still snowing just now and the sky looks all that pink way when there is more snow coming. :lol:

Heavy snow in Edinburgh now by the looks of it. http://www.checkitlive.com/camera/edinburgh-zoo-penguins.html

Just had a brief but fairly heavy snow shower here..proper big flakes as well. Sun is back out now though..hopefully a sign of things to come.