Today's thunderstorm potential

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Plenty of potential for some rather juicy thunderstorms today. As always, just because they are forecast, it doesn't mean that everyone in an area will get one - its quite possible for one town to be hit badly and the other stay dry.

So we have a low pressure interacting with a trough, to destabilise the atmosphere. High values of CAPE (convective available potential energy) However, the risk is still fairly marginal at present.

I think the strongest risk is to the west of the IOW this afternoon, evening, then developing further north in the west as we go through the night, where storms could become severe. Potential for large hail, frequent lightning and flash flooding. A low potential at present for funnel clouds.

I'm seeing distant flashes now from this storm (I assume).

ESSEX ... Lots and lots of lightening the sky goes bright white
No rain no Thunder but I can SMELL the heavy rain .. Fingers crossed we get a cracker of a storm

Ahhhhhh it's getting closer and lightning maps has broken!

Little bit from out my bedroom window.

Rain has started and distant rumbles now. I thought something had gone wrong with the map!

We're Portsmouth way (across the ferry, but not the posh one ), and it's been constant lightning for the past half hour over the Isle of Wight way.
Temperature's definetely dropped as the rain started 10 minutes ago.

I can on to see if anyone else was tracking the storm as my lightning map isn't working any more.
But I see it's not just me.

Maybe we've all craved their server?or it's been hit by lightning!

Dorset- recently started raining again. Been watching the distant lightning in channel.

Excellent webcam here from Bournemouth.

I'm in West London, a few flashes of lightning at 11pm and sprinkle of rain. Humidity is bad, hope it breaks soon.

According to the met office projected rain track, I've got a ark red area over me at about 1am....

EXCITEMENT!

Now, can I be arsed to dig out my camera and go out to where I can see a bit more? That is the important question!

not just me then.

Storm between about 7.30 and 8.30pm here (East Hants) - never overhead but a wave of heavy raindrops and flashes/rumbles came from the Winchester direction. Still very muggy.

The storm is back here.

Huge storm here in Cambridgeshire

Oh, I hope it's coming towards the east coast... nothing yet

Heh heh. I'm about 30 miles from Bournemouth and if I half look at the web cam and half look out the window I can see faint flashes a heartbeat after the strikes on the webcam. Isn't nature just awesome?!?

Damediazepam I'm in the Midlands too and have had nothing! Although can hear the wind getting up now

Well apart from a few flashes in the distance we've had nothing here thank god

Beautiful starry night out there now with a very soft breeze

Hopefully it's passed us by this time!

Lots of thunder and lightning but it's a way off. Just light rain here.

Wowjust had over an hour of solid heavy rain and directly over your head thunder with constant lightening.
We've lost electricity twice but currently back on. The rains just starting to slow a bit and the lightening starting to ease a little.
My gosh what a storm. Stood out in the front garden watching for a while.
Wish I had roof lights.
Down in the south west here

My mistake. Thought it was settling down and starting to ease off.
My house feels like Blackpool illuminations and my dogs absolutely freaking out so I'd say it's still going strong.
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Have had just flashes of lightening for a couple of hours now have beautiful forks all over the sky and thunder. South Coast

Storm raging over Portsmouth now

@Mooey89 you are where I am. Watching some beautiful forks lighting

Huge storm here in hove....lighting is incredible.