I'm about 40 miles from the beacons. Hope it's not a flop or I fall off to sleep tonight (if it comes in tonight)

I don't need WV imagery to tell me the plume is incoiming and the middle layers are destabilising as a haze envelops the area from the south.
WRF develops a few storms as early as 10pm across Dorset, these expanding into the early hours.

We are driving to Norfolk tomorrow, via the East Midlands, for a week`s holiday. I`m not looking forward to the journey after seeing the weather warnings.

Yes Neil, 12z EURO4 also gives a fair distrubution of storms over central and southern areas overnight as well:

http://expert-images.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/euro4/2014/06/06/basis12/ukuk/prec/14060703_0612.gif

http://expert-images.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/euro4/2014/06/06/basis12/ukuk/prec/14060706_0612.gif

Could be interesting overnight down there in your neck of the woods.

having moved down to the south coast from the e mids this is my first summer living down here. Now i hope all those summer evenings of watching storms along the south coast on the RADAR convert into events I can actually see!

In the last 3 hours it has hazed over. A little more humid witha light breeze.

Looking like the core of the biggest thunderstorms will move through southern and then central areas on a NNE track between 0000-0600hrs (1st link), a weaker band of showery rain moves through SE England late morning clearing by early afternoon (2nd link).

Folkestone has an airshow tomorrow attracting over 200,000 visitors..the thought of miserable showery rain for the early part of the event is not a welcome prospect.

http://expert-images.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/euro4/2014/06/06/basis12/ukuk/prec/14060706_0612.gif

http://expert-images.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/euro4/2014/06/06/basis12/ukuk/prec/14060712_0612.gif

No action at all... despite the forecasts.

Tomorrow is concerning.
There are similarities with the very nasty flash flood event in June 2005 (Hawnby/Helmsley)
This year things are already rather waterlogged just now so 20mm or more in a couple of hours will cause sudden high levels in streams off the moors.
However we are somewhat on the eastern edge of it.

hi idot

gt8 name what does it mean is it a nick name ?   i live a few miles away well in seaford so if i see any storms in the channel i will let you know  { if you are up lol  }

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/science/landUseAndDevelopment/shallow_geohazards/flooding/yorkshire2005.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/villagers-fled-from-flash-floods-on-a-night-of-chaos-and-confusion-6143961.html

We're now on alert for tomorrow (mainly expected power outages), but also for possible flash flooding/lightning strikes etc - and guess who's holding the on-call phone....

Can anyone give me a quick update for  East Kent, mainly east of a line Medway through Maidstone, Hawkhurst, Camber please? Just trying to work our out chances of call out, and therefore how many crew I need on standby. Ta :)

oh idot goes a long way back. used to have a company called icommunicate - which had an email addr i.communicate...

but it also is close to idiot, which is fitting. tonight is my first chance to see french imports first hand

The real truth, is that one of the 'i's didn't make it to press when he created the username 

We should have another 'how did you come up with your username' thread in the Forum Arms n'est ce pas? :-D

I genuinely cannot find any output to suggest Kent will get any thunderstorms out of this..are there any links out there suggesting we will ?  

ha! Jive isnt far wrong - it was a uni thing and i believe 2:2 is pretty close to idiot. Now i know why Jive Buddy is called such; he once tried to get me to dance...

No idea Steve tbh, I've not been keeping a close eye on this weekend. I'm not sure why we've been alerted - I hope the powers that be haven't done this off the back of that Daily Trashpaper article ...although we are talking UK Power Networks for the power outage alert, so anything's possible 

Either I was pi55ed, or all the women were taken! 

Was just going to say it's getting lively over Cornwall 

wow - that is looking good for north devon

GFS, WRF and Euro4 had storms in the Channel approaching the S Coast from 10pm.
It is now 11.35pm and no sign of anything yet.