Southeast England & East Anglia, Weather Chat...July 1st 2015...

[Ice Day]

Almost 4,000 strikes in the last 20 minutes in the UK - incredible.  Just spent 10 minutes in the garden, the amount of lighting is unbelievable, west Essex is going to be in the sweetspot for the next hour or two I reckon!

[saint]

Walk out the pub to some distant CC lightning... Very beautiful, and then, 10 minutes ago, all of sudden, intense, close CG lightning started... Had to run home with the heavy rain starting! Bloomin' heck!

[PurpleButterfly]

Seems to be getting close. The radar looks crazy!

Yep its getting a lot closer now, lightning every 10/20 seconds and rummbles of thunder

[Maxxie]

Its getting closer,I just saw a huge cg

[Dangerous]

Had a real beefy downpour. Thunder moving away north now.

[loopydreamer]

Dam.... not sure I'm in the sweet spot

[alexisj9]

Is the main event still at 2am or did it start early?

[loopydreamer]

I have hail!!

[mishy]

Mad storm!

[Ellozee]

Another east coast cell which seems to be multiplying eastwards..

[saint]

Mad storm!

 

Isn't it just! Which part of St Albans you in?

[suffolkboy_]

More 'embryo' cells firing up just south of Kent. This could be a very long night! Fantastic reports coming in relatively early in the night. I wonder how many people are still going to be online at 3am!?!

[Snowman.]

They're just rolling off the channel.

[SMU]

another cell just developed over brigton - awaiting 00:30 radar

[mishy]

Isn't it just! Which part of St Albans you in?

 

New Greens, Where are you?

[anything-but]

Android users,try "lightning camera" to capture some shots.

[loopydreamer]

Is that it? All gone quiet here

[saint]

New Greens, Where are you?

 

Literally the town centre, one road off St Peters Street!

[Storme]

another cell just developed over brigton - awaiting 00:30 radar

Been watching that develop as it could be on its way here.

[Norfolk Sheep]

A strike near Norwich? Really????!!!!!

[Nath]

Gotta hand it to the BBC, they were spot on!!

[alexisj9]

Got one over me now, no lightning registering on the lightning map for it though, but it does have some.

 

Showing now though may be a delay.

Edited July 3, 2015 by alexisj9

[PurpleButterfly]

Just started raining here. But it sounds like the storm is moving away. Haven't seen this much lighting in years lol

[Storme]

Rumble of thunder here.

[echodelta21]

Quite a strange storm as it passed over Romford....initially lots and lots of close C-G lightning, but as it passes to the NE it seems to be mostly C-C now.  I'm greedy and hoping for more tonight, but that was one of the most powerful, constant (10-15 visible strikes a minute) storms i've ever seen....still got goosebumps!