What a day for some of us lightning fans, even though I had to work, luckily it allowed me to be outside for much of the afternoon. The storms kicked of over us just before I left for work at 13.30 and didn't let up till late afternoon and into the evening, the wife said the thunder disappeared into the distance at around 19.30-20.00. All the lightning I witnessed was directly overhead with fork lightning pretty much continuous with very loud thunder that you could hear even over the noise inside the buildings. The rain at times was torrential with pea size hail on occasions, we had one report that the north side of Frome had some hail almost as big as golf balls but not so sure about that as my stepdaughter lives that side of town and she hasn't mentioned anything anywhere near that size. The rain here totalled 26mm for the day so not as much as Gibbys patch but certainly enough to raise our local river a fair bit.
I'd go to say that was the best series of storms I've seen in many years, the wife and dog on the other hand hated every minute of it and she said she sat watching a couple of dvds with the sound turned right up. The only thing i wish was different is I would have preferred them at night, much more exciting.
Originally Posted by: JimC