We're looking set to see some thundery activity later this afternoon, it could well affect Southern counties of the UK later this afternoon and this evening. 

Yes in the current unstable southerly flow we remain under threat of more organised areas of activity over the next few days.
One such area as you say is due later today and overnight and may deliver quite a bit of rain in a band from Sussex to Wales.

Of more interest is teh WRF modelling of a large area of thundery rain for Thursday across teh SOuth an dthen into teh Midlands. Quite a bit of rain on this one at the present time.

Plenty of activity in the SW approaches at the moment

Thanks for starting a new one Grant, I forgot it was October and we can still have
convection.

Thanks Ben, I missed this one, This could be a repeat of last Saturday Morning when we
had over 4 Hours of Lightning - But storms are never like that as you know.

Thanks for heads-up Dave

Indeed Ian - I get more thunder here in autumn and early winter than in summer in some years....even this far inland

Good luck Gary!

Radio is crackling well and a couple of nice cells just West of Guernsey, in the last hour skies have cleared here and now in brilliant sunshine. Feeling humid.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html

Watch out for Thursday for heavy, thundery rain giving some localized torrential downpours in places and local flooding.

Anyone in Plymouth currently? Looks like they'll be swimming to the pub this evening.

To me it looks like another damp squib as the trough narrows and weakens like all the others since Saturday. As a result there looks like precious little rain from this feature for anyone away from Cornwall and South Devon.

This Low pressure's behaviour has been a nightmare to forecast with it's extension NE much more limited than was previously thought.

Estofex have a warning out for Southern Britain. Looking at the radar there looks to be some lively cells to my South.

  http://www.estofex.org/

Yes all heading our way. It looks intense enough but looks quite fast moving so should move through quite quickly after a couple of hours.

Lightning over the nearby Cherbourg peninsular.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Some more thundery rain to the SW, but of greater note is the bow echo feature down by the peninsula - that's good some good electrificiation and is the sort of thing estofex highlighted for severe wind gust potential.

evening all

really picking up in the channel storm wise 610 stricks wow  hope they will survive the chanel to give us a good show later on  

Seeing a fair few flashes of lightning to the south, looks to be heading my way.

Edit: lightning flashes very bright and virtually continuous, just hope it don't bypass here.

Flashes getting closer and every couple of seconds, have seen some forked lightning even though it's still a little way off.

No rain yet here Nemi but the lightning is continual with virtually no breaks and the thunder is getting louder by the minute.

Just had a thunderstorm here, with quite a few loud bangs!