got the www.lightningmaps.org up and the rain storm is producing lightning every 3-5 mins as it passes through just to the south of Hatfield.

My time Iapse caught a bit of lightning last night over the Irish Sea. It really kicks off towards the end of the clip.

Also the moonlight catches the cumulonimbus building up from time to time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncj4HlIwiug

Yes we had some of that , followed by some amazing defined Mama 

Hi kev  nice that - even just to watch without the lightning.  I saw the lightning myself - seems to be the remnants of what came out of snowdonia - some orographic generated storms there.  QQ what kit are you using there? is it a regular SLR with a low F-stop on photo - or videod?

Quite interesting on the situation currently happening in Italy http://sat24.com/it (set to animation - and set speed to "4")

If the blue dot on the forecast from estofex was a sign, then they have got that absolutley blob on - cracking forecast,

Thanks

It is a Brinno TLC 200 pro. An actual time lapse camera. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QURrPHS8A5c&feature=youtu.be

Been a noisy afternoon in Alton. Several storms have passed by in various directions giving torrential rain.

Sunshine and showers over London this afternoon. A very vivid rainbow viewed across the Thames from the office (unfortunately two layers of glass mean the raindrops intrude!)

Missed most of the rain today, storms passing by, just to the north, until now.  Several flashes of lightning and loud claps of thunder, almost overhead.  Max. rr/hr 192.0mm

While it has remained dry with good sunny spells the whole day at this end, it was the wind that has been the main feature. However, the lumpy cumulus stuff hanging over the Channel has now developed their own anvil tops and while they are moving away from my location, I may get to see a distant lightning show over the French coast after sun down.

Another storm, plenty of lightning and now loud thunder, rain not that heavy,

evening great lightning strikes in the English channel  . lots of sheet and fork lightning .

Where you may have seen me mentioning about the possibility of seeing a distant lightning show over the Strait of Dover this evening, seems I've got it right as I did get to see a few flashes over the sea. It's nothing too dramatic but it's there.  

Thunderstorm to the south has moved away.  1.6mm rain here but a pws at Horley, nr, Gatwick, recorded 17.5mm

After a dry day so far now a heavy shower.

The skies cleared last night enough to capture night time convection development some miles away to NW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ot-hMQzQJE

Seems to be the pattern this week, a decent or so morning then here comes the rain in afternoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWdRn8Plf4Y

A storm a few miles to the south of here.

Came across this news item.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11529291.Flooding_hell_strikes_again/

Picked up lightning again over the Irish Sea on last night's time lapse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6-dghv0OaI

yes it really was quite severe and no forecast of such conditions , bbc weather and even local radio sussex just talking about scattered showers continuing and bbc saying mainly in south west . furtherd own pours overnight and earlier this morning to add to it thesecontinuous  heavy downpours coming in off a warm channel at this time of year can produce large rainfall totals in this county and it was similar conditions almost exactly 14 years ago that caused the severe flooding in lewes and uckfield  with  inches or so of rain. there have been several other similar but less extreme instances 

Just had a heavy shower 9.8mm since midnight, 60.4mm month to date,