Non event here so far. Only a splattering of rain overnight which has nearly dried out.

Light rain but very humid and sticky.

I wouldn't be surprised to see big storms develop this afternoon as the sun breaks though.

Heavy bursts of rain in the early hours.

Wherever Charmhills is

very disappointing , seems Thursday night was the main event IMBY

The odd rumble ( not fumble )last night and at 04:00 but no great shakes, seems to have been to the West and East of us

Dorset/Solent area looking quite good...with storms building over France.

Heavy showery rain here.

The rain drops are huge indicating a convective influence.

Very heavy showery rain here atm. Bright flashes and rumbles seen last night from over 20 miles away An active storm moved and developed overhead around 2.30am with associated powerful cg's from the high cloud-base, instantaneous thunder from these for a time. Frequent lightning at times overnight - a flash every few seconds. I eventually called it a day at around 4am with still some distant flashes and rumbles from the north. Then got rudely awakened at breakfast time by a big rumble .. I was expecting that!

Dark with heavy to very heavy rain here now.

Develops taking my to my S/SE.

I'm not sure if I was a bit late checking the warnings/risk areas, but Thursday night into Friday morning turned out much better than I expected for here also. We did have some frequent lightning last night, however the majority of the lightning did seem to be further to my west, so somewhere must of done well.

The best storm in this area yet from a personal perspective was the one on Friday 13th June, which I will remember for a long time. Now that was a good storm 

Areas of heavy, thundery showers will continue to move northwards across England and Wales today. Not everywhere within the warning area will see thunderstorms, and indeed some spells of warm sunshine are expected at times. However, where thunderstorms do form, some torrential downpours are likely with frequent lightning, large hail and locally strong gusts. Significant flooding is possible where these do occur from surface water as well as from small, fast-responding watercourses.

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

The bits highlighted in bold.

Shame some of you missed out on the storms but not everyone in the amber warning area was going to get them and the meto said as much, always hit and miss these events. This area on the other hand has had more than it's fair share, I reckon I would have to go back to the Eighties to find a time where I'd sat up all night watching thunder storms roll by, and looking at the oncoming weather weather for later it's not finished with us yet. 

Heavy rain has started as I type and I can hear more thunder.

Well highlighted Duane. Some people still need to get a grip. This a forum for weather enthusiasts but sometimes I think 'enthusiast' obviously doesn't include anyone with even a basic understanding of convective systems, and the warnings that describe their potential impact.

Had a lively thunderstorm here early this morning, with plenty of lightnings, and for 1 moment, strong winds lasting a few minutes.

Time to play the thunderstorm guessing game...

The breakup of cloud over the south from around Bournemouth eastward is still going, and producing some very hot feeling sunshine in places. This may be a result of sunshine 'burning' through the cloud, or descending air from aloft related to the earlier storm systems, or most likely a mixture of both.

A region of convergence continues to bring heavy, thundery rain with embedded thunderstorms along the western flank of this clearing zone - a line running north from the coastal stretch from Weymouth to Poole has been getting hammered for hours on end, including Mattyland judging by his reports...

Storms continue to track North from France and are now starting the channel crossing. An area aiming for the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth looks particularly energetic, and when that reaches land again and encounters a low-level environment heated thanks to those breaks in the cloud, things could get quite explosive... though as always, nothing guaranteed.

Behind those is another area of cloud breaks, and to the east of them is a quite large clear zone heading for the far SE. These look to allow for some afternoon solar input provided storms don't initiate within them before they arrive (models don't see that happening but you know how it is!), and I believe GFS is seeing this, as it shows a marked temperature rise in many areas between noon and 3pm, away from the area NE of London where it seems to have predicted too much heating during the morning - Gravesend would be hitting 28*C by now if it was correct, which looks to be about 4*C too high. I reckon the high 20's temperatures will instead be achieved in the coming 3 hours instead as that clear zone moves over.

It's this afternoon heating that looks to set the stage for the most intense homegrown storms, as GFS shows CAPE peaking between 3pm and 6pm.

The big question then is whether the convective inhibition associated with those clear pockets is overcome by that surface heating. If yes, kaboom, if no, a fine, very warm but relatively quiet late afternoon period could unfold.

Phew. Let's see how that goes 

Had not just 1 but a few loud thunderstorms overnight, which woke us up at about 2:30 then they were still going till it were light. Rather tired now but worth it

Torrential downpour!

Nice analysis there SC - top work!

Thanks Jive Buddy 

http://ghrsst-pp.metoffice.com/pages/latest_analysis/sst_monitor/ostia/sst_anom_7000_600.png

http://ghrsst-pp.metoffice.com/pages/latest_analysis/sst_monitor/ostia/test_0_600.png

The SSTs make interesting viewing when thinking about those storms crossing the Channel. Generally above average, and considerably so near the coasts - up to 3*C or so - which corresponds to actual temperatures of 16-17*C in the open water and 18*C or so nearshore.

While that's not going to produce much uplift when the upper air is nearly as warm, it at least means that subsiding air supressing convection is less of an issue than normal 

Thunder still about. Rain heavy.