On the local  rec... funfair must be not so fun...

And the next one looks like it's got our name on it as it rolls over the Mendips. The sky is as black as ink to the WSW.

Still dry not a drop here

Big black clouds now visible in PSJ.

Can hear more thunder in a storm heading Gibbys way.

Long line of it stretching from Clutton down to Bodmin...

and there she breaks. Flash bang wallop and torrents of rain.

That thunder was nice and loud....

Not much of a gap between lightning and thunder.

First night time storm here in Mid Sussex for 6 years last night. Other than a couple of rumbles we've had no storms that I've seen for the past two years. Didn't think anything was forecast last night so was a nice suprise when we got a fast moving but spectacular storm about 1am.

Mostly CC but got a few CG

Didn't manage to get many pics but those I did get about summed it up.

 
Lightning (1 of 1)-2  by Darren Wood , on Flickr

NB. New lens on the camera and didn't figure how much rain it would gather on the front element (hence all the rain splodges) which was a shame.

Thunder element has died back somewhat now with my detector showing a significant reduction in strikes over the last hour. Nevertheless, the showers keep coming thick and fast.

Excellent lightning pic there Goldieno1, no more thunder here but presently having some very heavy rain again.

Gibby

what type of detector are you using,Im looking to get something for here!!

Torrential thunderstorm here just before 3pm with loud thunder and torrential rain.

Fresh thunder to my SW now.

Heavy shower though not torrential as the last one was.

No more thunder so far either.

Thunder!

I use the Boltek 250 detector coupled with Nexstorm Lightning Software and Aninoquisi Lightning 2000 software on my main pc. Results generally quite accurate though ranging can be a bit out. Very useful when used in conjunction with the National network data that can be accessed via my website or this link from the UKMO website.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observations/radstock#?tab=map&map=Lightning&fcTime=1375505100&zoom=8&lon=-2.44&lat=51.29

All nice and calm here now, no breeze to speak of, still a bit cloudy but a damn site cooler, 15.3c outside at the moment, the lowest it's been for a while at this time of day.

can see why the showers form a line n.w of here . been quite a strong wind this aternoon. never get many showers in this setup. southerly wind or very light winds we catch quite a few