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[Wet'n'Dry]

Afternoon all.
Are we in for something down here? My AM radio is picking up strikes at the rate of 3 per minute, that generally means within a 10 mile radius but so far I've not seen or heard anything remotely interesting other than all to frequent moderate showers!

[Wivenswold]

First storm of the year here. Torrential for about 10 minutes. Lots of rumbles but no lightning seen due to very poor visibility.

now had lightning and a loud clap.

Edited by Wivenswold, 17 July 2011 - 12:50 .

[Snowstorm1]

WOAH Torrential Rain Here with thunder which is very loud and lightning and ive just had one of the clearest lightning ive had in my life!

Its every 1minuite here this is unbelievable!

Edited by Snowstorm1, 17 July 2011 - 12:55 .

[Lynxus]

NW Wales is gonna get some flooding at this rate.
Looks like some serious amounts of rain..

[Raidan]

Afternoon all,More heavy rain in the early hours here,The road opposite my house is flooded and vehicles are lining up because the right side of the road is really deep but the wrong side is more shallow so vehicles are taking it turns to get through,Hoping for some thundery weather today but not holding my breath,think the North and Scotland will hog it all again,Can only hope,Good luck all.

[QuantumSnow]

Several torrential downpours here this morning/afternoon, few strikes starting to show up in the SE now

[Cloud 10]

Big clap of thunder just now!

Another rumble of thunder and now extreme rainfall.

Edited by Cloud 10, 17 July 2011 - 13:03 .

[Sharri]

Torrential rain in Kilmarnock at the moment, heard one clap of thunder.

[Snowstorm1]

The thunder is like a constant drum!

[Harry]

Black skies rolling in...will this deliver a rumble???

Slight element of shear, lower clouds moving in different direction to higher level clouds...either way looks as if it's going to pour down!

[Matt_in_Walsall]

Could do with a good storm! Have missed out 5 or 6 times now and it's driving me mad! Was on the edge of the Penkridge storm a few weeks ago but that's all i've had this year.

[Alza]

Boom clap of thunder here, that's 10 days of thunder heard this year

[tomp456]

alza, on 17 July 2011 - 13:21 , said:

Boom clap of thunder here, that's 10 days of thunder heard this year

meh.

[Harry]

According to strikestar, there have been a number of strikes within a couple of miles of me! Pouring again, very dark skies, yet nothing.... come on, fire something off!!!

[Snowstorm1]

Eased Down now but still raining

[Alza]

Flash of lightning to my NW. The storm seems to be North West of Newcastle, moving W-E.

Edited by alza, 17 July 2011 - 13:29 .

[Lauren]

Harry, on 17 July 2011 - 13:25 , said:

According to strikestar, there have been a number of strikes within a couple of miles of me! Pouring again, very dark skies, yet nothing.... come on, fire something off!!!

I'm not sure how much I trust the strike radar. There's supposedly been a couple pretty much directly over me, but there haven't been. Pouring down though.

Also when people say a strike was positive what does this mean and how is it different to a regular strike?

[snow raven]

Had a couple of rumbles here in Bexleyheath around 5-10 minutes ago. Pouring with rain!

[Harry]

snow raven, on 17 July 2011 - 13:34 , said:

Had a couple of rumbles here in Bexleyheath around 5-10 minutes ago. Pouring with rain!

Just had a loud rumble here just as the sod is moving away, lol!

And another....bloody typical lol! It was just overhead as well

Edited by Harry, 17 July 2011 - 13:39 .

[Nick F]

Storm in progress just to my north here at work at Hounslow/Heathrow. Got a great vantage point from the 10th floor of my office across NW London and across to central London, just seen a cg towards Southall way - which is disappearing in curtains of rain.

Unfortunatley no time to take and upload photos, as there's some great cloudscapes today.