Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts, 28th June 2012>

[Carl46Wrexham]

the sun is out, daytime heating is kicking in, and yes, more cells are now firing in the west midlands

I feel sick

[Lynxus]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165944/Man-swept-away-floodwater-inch-rain-hits-Midlands-just-ONE-hour-apocalyptic-thunderstorm.html

[syncmaster]

First images coming through from Leicester!

no it isnt u try save it this is what it says ( tornado_Elie_Manitoba_2007) lol,,,

[Radiating Dendrite]

http://www.dailymail...understorm.html

Apocalyptic Thunderstorm..........is it me or are they playing down the storm just a bit?

[Liam J]

Feeling more humid than ever now, 20.8c with low cloud, I'm thinking that might be it for the storm risk today. Not that I witnessed any!

Well done to you all if you got lucky, real impressive weather day for sure. Wait until all the reports start flying in.

[Andy_]

> 10000 strike rate now

What do you reckon North Easterner's is this band of storms going to grace us with our presence or not? Still looking very active over central northern england atm

[Radiating Dendrite]

no it isnt u try save it this is what it says ( tornado_Elie_Manitoba_2007) lol,,,

It was a joke, hence the smiley face!

[Paul]

Wow, we've passed through the 10,000 strike mark in the last hour

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=lightning;sess=

[tinybill]

any people near Newcastle better get ready huge storms not far away

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

[UKSupercell]

Well as per usual, absolutely sweet FA near Wycombe in South Bucks. I totally reject what the "experts" say about thunderstorm frequency in UK regions, that the south-east of England apparently sees the most storms....TOSH. Maybe not if you're on the outskirts of Kent, in Margate, or in Eastbourne in East Sussex and are totally vulnerable to common french imports, but here in the north-west of south-east England, I have not seen one decent thunderstorm (as in frequent lightning not 5-10 flashes and everything is all over) since about 2005, and that was a French import that one. Had an "ok" thunderstorm earlier this year with up to 10 flashes, but that's pants let's be honest.

Last decent storm I saw wasn't even in the country, it was in Phoenix, Arizona, USA back in August 2008.

I am never optimistic because it never bleeding happens here!!!!

[syncmaster]

It was a joke, hence the smiley face!

ahaha its been a long day,,

[snow_mad_09]

It's so close I can smell it lol. My sister is due to land at 16:10 at Newcastle airport, look like its going to be bumpy landing.

[Liam J]

Wow, we've passed through the 10,000 strike mark in the last hour

http://www.netweathe...lightning;sess=

Not one of them over my house.... LOL

Impressive action packed day for many though!

Edited June 28, 2012 by Liam J

[lorenzo]

Explanation not required.. Wow.

[reef]

Everything seems to fade away before it hits here, while intensifying to the east. Pretty frustrating!

Its actually quite cool now at 16.9C. 5.4mm of rain so far.

[Arnie Pie]

Whats over Leicester

http://www.brumcam.co.uk/

[Weather-history]

Keeping an eye coming up from south Cheshire, may get something from that

[Hodr]

Anyone give me a rough estimate what time (if at all) that band approaching from the West will hit me? I would love to see something even slight now but am not really hopeful after how the rest of today has played out for us here.

[mackerel sky]

Not a sausage.Zilch. 30 miles too far SE. Sun is beating down, breezy and 27C.

[> mark]

Well as per usual, absolutely sweet FA near Wycombe in South Bucks. I totally reject what the "experts" say about thunderstorm frequency in UK regions, that the south-east of England apparently sees the most storms....TOSH. Maybe not if you're on the outskirts of Kent, in Margate, or in Eastbourne in East Sussex and are totally vulnerable to common french imports, but here in the north-west of south-east England, I have not seen one decent thunderstorm (as in frequent lightning not 5-10 flashes and everything is all over) since about 2005, and that was a French import that one. Had an "ok" thunderstorm earlier this year with up to 10 flashes, but that's pants let's be honest.

Last decent storm I saw wasn't even in the country, it was in Phoenix, Arizona, USA back in August 2008.

I am never optimistic because it never bleeding happens here!!!!

Agreed - I'm literally "just down the road" and feel the same. Last what I'd call decent storm was probably around 2004/2005 perhaps when I was in Bucks Fire. We were called out to lightning strikes on the Met Line in Lt. Chalfont (Tube train smoking :-) and then to multiple strikes over in Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross (as their pump "died" in the floods) and even over the border into London. trouble is that I was driving the appliance and couldn't watch much of it :-(

One day .... fingers crossed.

[Interitus]

Some good pics on twitter -

http://twitter.com/A...8/photo/1/large

[Chris D]

Anybody near Grantham/Sleaford area? Storms around here seem exceptional on radar

[Robbie Garrett]

Welcome to South East England, apparently home of the storms.... yeah that's ball***t and you know it. AHAH!

Gone very hazy here, lots of energy in the atmosphere, Cu not moving anywhere, dare I say it if that cold front comes through quickly... it will blow up down here. Very much doubt it, but hey you never know.

[paul m]

All we are getting is heavy rain............

[Lesley Johnson]

Any chance of anything happening in Stockport cheshire please?