Have you seen the weather forecast for next week?!

[TokyoSushi]

Looks like it's going to be hot hot hot!! Does that look right Ohyoubadbadkitten & Gloria

Absolutely nothing doing here at the moment ~ clear skies have returned, there's a good breeze and it's still 30C. I'm keeping an eye on the 'splodge' of rain on the netweather radar, that's to the west of London at the moment and hoping that it's heading in my direction.

Looking to this weekend, could be quite wet in some areas on Sunday.

And rather windy as well for those crossing the Irish Sea/western coasts.

What the hell happened to the thunder we were supposed to have? It's disappeared off the fprcast

Please rain gods send the splodge towards London...

abbsisspartacus ~ I think it was always going to be a bit 'hit and miss' today. Looks like there's an increased chance tomorrow ~ ConvectiveWeather think these areas might see storms.

Here in Leicester, we have rain! Only a small thundery shower but it's something.

London was stifling today. 35 was forecast do we know what the top temp was today?

35.1C Delatron

Ahh thanks Gloria, it felt like that. Off home to have a cold shower!

Just had a spectacular wee thunder storm.
Loads of cloud to cloud stuff, just as it was dark, with gaps in the clouds so we could see the lightning, not just the flashes....and then lots of ground stokes and some torrential rain.....cleared up now and can see the moon.

Not surprised the storm find do it's usual if die out before getting here, as the temp at 10pm was 24C...after a high of 27C today.

Clearly incapable of spelling and sentence formation due to bring too excited

We missed any storms yesterday, too far west I think.

Too hot t sleep last night, and its sunny and warm again now.

melting, sweaty and grumpy here this morning.

melting, sweaty and grumpy here this morning.

Here too - SE, and a big morning at work today. :(
Nothing on the radar for the next few hours as far as I can see.
We DESERVE some big storms. C'mon weather god, be fair!

Oh yes, bring on the storms...….please

One huge clap of thunder and torrential downpour lasting less than 5 mins here at 2.44 in beds. Not even enough to wake up the kids. Grass looks greener though??!!

We've had a shower already this morning with a few rumbles of thunder so hopefully that's a start!

I think those in the south/SE/central areas wanting rain/a good thunderstorm should be luckier today. Once the heat gets going, it should set them off, especially this afternoon.

I'm in North Yorkshire and it's muggy and hot, just had a few rumbles of thunder. We need a storm!

TheWeatherOutlook on whether temperature records might be broken today but there's doubt from others, as the storms might dampen things down too much.

Reminder of netweather's radar and lightningmaps.

It’s 28° here already. The plan today is to stay in the house. Although I might go to a nicely air conditioned John Lewis for a cup of tea.

Sounds like a good plan, Simon!

Updated weather warnings from the metoffice, now includes Sunday for when the wind/rain arrives in the SW.

From last night's storm I learned that lightning maps don't register cloud to cloud or intracloud lightning.
Don't know if we'll get more today.

Looking forward to Sunday

(Though sad for people on their hols near the coast)

Yes Sunday could bring some welcome/unwelcome rain for a few areas!

Clouds have started forming here and it's a rather humid 31C

Updated weather warning from the metoffice Amber Thunderstorm Warning for E.Anglia and parts of Lincolnshire.

So I am camping in North Norfolk for a week from tomorrow. Am I going to need a fleece too as well as a thick hoody? ( Both seem ridiculous at present)