Storm sat currently slap bang over hook dumping rain.

Another cell has just become active too just to my north headed this way.

Some vigourous hard-edged cauliflower towers going up to my south now.

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I left the office in Hook at 5.35 and headed north up the B3349. The heavens opened - the biggest raindrops I've seen, though not particularly intense. The rain was enough to make the ground wet with a little standing water, cars had their headlights on, and my car thermometer dropped to 20C (though I think it records too low in rain).

Once I got to Heckfield, it was dry, and the car thermometer gradually increased up to 28C here in Arborfield, where it is cloudy with big towers going up all around. I am currently sat in the garden, and I've heard two distant rumbles of thunder from the clouds above. 👍 [thunder]

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Any chance any of these nursery storms migrating north up the M1 to Leicester.... ? We have cloud bubbling but not to the extent showed/told from further down south.
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They're heading south west I think.

Liking the radar and the view out of my rear window (north) is to die for!

Looks like I'm missing out on all the action, stuck here in London while the storms kick off in Hampshire!

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This shows activity quite well, if it works.

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=51.50&lon=-0.51&zoom=12

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I don't think their heading anywhere, they 're just popping up in hotspots, i don't think storms of this nature drift

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They do seem to be heading SW slightly. but bubbling up and dying as they go.

GFS picked up the area at risk quite well although obviously it can only be a rough blob

 

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rmgfs063.gif

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Talk of thunderstorms coming up from the South locally during Friday and into the weekend as a low down in Southern Biscay throws up troughs/fronts. A bit far out at present but one to keep an eye on as temps. keep climbing.

Downpour to the south, downpour to the east - why do I get the feeling that we will miss out in Reading?!

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They were just to my north, gradually drifted towards me... and fizzled just before arriving!

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They really are small, nasty and all but stationary aren't they. Reckon could've a few problems for anyone found under them.

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Frequent rumbles of thunder heard here in Arborfield (one every 30 seconds or so) presumably from the cell currently over Bracknell, and inching towards us. Unfortunately I'm about to head west to Spencer's Wood to pick up my daughter, but hopefully I'll be back before the storm gets here (if it doesn't die out first).

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Just started raining here and the wind has really picked up, looking very dark all around

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Reasonable call by the meto. Cap broke near the Chilterns and extended SW to the N.Downs. 

Chased up to Odiham to get under a decent localised cell with torrential rain and some good backbuilding. Also drove up to Hartley Witney on the A30 to observe the heavy storm in the distance towards Slough.

Alton remained dry but will count as a "thunder day" 

Classic hot weather convection.

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On the way home from work tonight saw some huge bubbling clouds to the North & West of London. Agree that these storms have been well forcasted. The threat moves further West tomorrow. One to watch.

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It looks like the storm over Bracknell has both lost some intensity and turned left, so it'll pass us by to the SE. The sky is dark in that direction, it's very quiet, but I don't think I need to dash around getting all the garden furniture in.

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This was the original Odiham cell around 1730z as viewed from Alton. I subsequently engaged this storm which gave torrential rain at Odiham

 

My wife says the heavens have opened in Yateley, despite the seeming loss of intensity. It must have been really torrential a bit further NE

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This cluster of developing cells became the major storm that affected the Slough area an hour ago. I took the shot from the A30, just SW of Hartley Witney 

Nice shoots Dave.

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