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Having said the above a whole new line has formed to my east. The sun is shining here - stuck in the middle as usual. Clear and sunny to the south west - so I guess that's it for here for now!
Constant rumbling from a storm over the southern Peaks earlier this afternoon. The thunderhead spread right over Sheffield and gave us a few big drops of rain as it pummelled Chesterfield. Good to see from afar though!
Another cell out west at the moment - nothing compared to the excitement around Cambridge at the moment but it might give us a last hurrah. Still very muggy and warm!
In the words of Baldrick, "Boom, boom, boom, boom". Near continuous thunder and heavy rain to our south that has wiped out our tv satellite signal. Looks to be pouring down near Ipswich.
At 18.05hrs I could see a distant anvil on the northern horizon. A check of the radar suggested it was from the cell north of Colchester - 62 miles away !
Originally Posted by: johnr
Parts of Suffolk look like they are really taking a hammering!
THere are a few isolated cells up north at the moment but nothing overly close to here.
Stoke was a storm shield again today. We're not doing too well this year for storms; they all seemed to fire up east of here again.
Originally Posted by: doctormog
It was very impressive but quite short-lived - back to blue sky in about 30-40 minutes. We were sandwiched between two very high rainfall areas so didn't get more than a heavy shower and viewed most of it in the dry.
Yes, it was quite an impressive storm here, the epicentre was just to the SE, with frequent lightnings and strong winds up to 25 mph, but it didn't last too long and there was just ordinary heavy rain here (not like last week Tuesday).
In this part of Suffolk it was the wind that was key, snapping the tree behind the gardens and turning our gazebo upside down bending 3 bars and snapping one of the anchored ropes, I now regret not listening to myself to put it away. Average wind speed at one point was 30mph. The rain was noteworthy with many instances of the rain rate being over 125mm ph. Almost constant lightning and thunder and debris everywhere. Stanton 11 miles SW (ish) had large Hail.
Edit: oh and we had no power until around midnight.
Originally Posted by: SJV
That is a stunning photo!
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1469142000
A watch out for heavy showers and thunderstorms for some Central areas of the UK.
Looking too capped in this neck of the woods atm ...
1.0mm yesterday, 17.0mm month to date.
Was in Lincoln earlier today, and it was hit around 1.15pm by a 20 min. intense downpour of rain. Then another approach of quite dramatic looking low-hanging clouds around 3pm, heralding another big downpour as I headed out of Lincoln. Large areas of standing water seen on some roads, but yet roads were dry heading towards Gainsborough.