Bank holiday weather

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

sorry I've been a bit absent from this bit for a while.

After a nice week the bank holiday weekend weather looks, ermmm, potentially thunderstormy both on Saturday and Monday. GFS shows a ridiculous deluge on the Sunday night into Monday.

Thought people might appreciate a heads up. Plenty of time for it to change - cross your fingers!

Have fun Saint! could be quite an active few hours for you.

Oh hello, lightningmaps seem to be showing a kind of split with strikes now appearing further to the west in the channel near Southampton and Bournemouth.

Getting back on track for meeeeeeee

my lightning maps isn't showing anything at all. It's broken darn it.

OK just seen first lightning flash. Spitting a bit but no rain yet. Low rumbling around and about.

ok, it's back, yes I see what you are saying. I've read that there will be a more northerly component over the channel but I can't see that at the moment.

I'm going to have to go to bed. I'll peek in if I can't sleep. Have fun!

V different to Friday night's constant thunder with no rain until hailstones at the tail end. Lots of rain and more 'normal' massive flashes and crashes out at sea.

People are having way more exciting weather than here. Plops.

Bournemouth, we can hear the thunder now. Not much sleep here as we have Bournemouth7 as well.

Have a look at that French w back now

Stupid phone..webcam

tremendous thunderstorms and lightening over the English channel just now, moving NNE. For some reason it seems to be following the heaviest rainfall.

Looking at the lightening strikes they seem to be heading for London and East Anglia before morning.

Beautiful light show. It's all out in the channel though. Very quiet.

Wow! Massive flash of light and very long rumble of thunder here in surrey just now!

Looks like it was quite a night for the south!
Lightning strikes for the last 24 hours

15C and we've had some rain here (Leicester) but the sky has that dark 'thundery' look about it.

I'm in Kent and the thunderstorm last night was incredible. The thunder shook the house it was so loud.

I expect many people in the south are wondering what we are taking about! Much of the storm stayed in the channel (silly thing!) We did get a short lived storm well inland where I am though.

I got nothing :(

there's lots more summer yet :)

I'm desperate for that one photo. I've been waiting three years since I learned the technique to get a decent enough storm to try. Something about the land where I am means they tend to skirt round me.

Humidity revoltingly high in London, I really hope it goes away soon....

It really was beautiful to watch but it was mostly out in the sea. Lots and lots of multiple flashes and only a relatively small amount of thunder, very few inland strikes.

Pictures from last night's storm is on the BBC website here.

I've always wanted to do the same LadyFlump, never managed it :(

They are stunning photos Gloria.