Only recently got back home from work, so a late report from me on this afternoon's epic storm!! Never in my life have I seen anything so intense in Winter before! A thunderstorm hit us at around 2.30pm, with the sky darkening pretty intensely. Increasing amounts of thunder were heard, then the sudden, intense deluge of rain which was being blown horizontally by strong gusts. Easily the heaviest January rain I've ever seen in Gainsborough, that's for over 30 years.
During the peak of the storm, there were some impressive multiple lightning flashes which were followed immediately by crashing thunder. So some very close lightning strikes here.
One chap I spoke to this evening said that it was like the kind of rainfall you only see abroad - that gives some perspective on the event.
Someone posted earlier saying the reason for such strong storms was the temperature gradient around the front, but surely even that wouldn't account for the amazing rainfall intensities we've seen today, especially considering it's only January?
Originally Posted by: Andy J