Anyone else sat up watching this?
I'm currently sat in my van in bandit country. I'm certain there has been some strikes close by.
Really impressive storm

You are currently “sitting” in your van.

Kept lighting up the the high hills for ages. Looked like something of a SciFi set.

Oh. what kind of a sad **** is up at 2:30am just to watch the weather. get a life.

And yes.

It's exciting watching the lightning and listening for the thunder, especially as there is no rain.

spadesclaret wrote:It's exciting watching the lightning and listening for the thunder, especially as there is no rain.

It's the best kind of weather. Well worth staying up for, and going for a walk in given the ******* temperature.

Going for a walk in the heavy rain of a thunder storm was always something I enjoyed until I became dependent on a wheelchair. It's not the same being pushed along in the rain. In fact, it's quite uncomfortable.

The storm has more or less petered out now. Still no rain.

Plenty of rain in Easton, Spades. I was expecting to have our kids in bed with us at some point, but they’re obviously good sleepers.

Ended up with our children in our bed absolutely petrified. Didn’t get to see it but it sounded pretty amazing!

Got up for a wazz at 3.30am and it was like a bloody firework display all around us here...
Like a "Starwars Battle" scene in the sky.

Helluva rain shower after it too

We had it earlier than most down in North Hants I think. I got back into town c 23.40 and walked 2.5 miles back home, eschewing the cabs at the station. Got about half a mile into my walk and then saw the sky to the south and south west was lighting up every few seconds. Weirdly I couldn't hear thunder (though having been at a rock concert may've affected my hearing).
The flashes were getting nearer and nearer & more frequent and I was walking faster & faster to try and avoid the downpour that seemed inevitable. I got home just as a few drops of rain could be felt and the thunder actually heard.
Watched the rest from my upstairs window for the next hour or so. There was very little rain though, I was expecting a massive downpour and my garden pond to be filled up this morning.
Had this tune in my head all morning : Dry Lightening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuMqkzHql0E

Thunder, lightening and rain between 12.45 and 4.00 here in the north- West Lakes. My dog was terrified, she jumped into my bed and stayed there all night.

Getting up to watch the weather,sad f***s.

Steve1956 wrote: Getting up to watch the weather,sad f***s.

Nah nature called for me a slightly different fashion than to watch the bloody weather Steve

Bosscat wrote:Nah nature called for me a slightly different fashion than to watch the bloody weather Steve

Snap! About 6 or 7 times a night

The UK is likely to get a new high temperature record tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/11 ... 62019?s=20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So much for global warming.

More thunderstorms predicted for tomorrow. From about 7pm for us in Lancashire.

FactualFrank wrote:Random tip, don't have a shower during it. A lightning strike can be conducted through water and/or the pipes and increase your chances of getting struck.

Please delete this before Damo sees it.

Some people clearly need to look up the difference between the words Lightning and Lightening looking at this thread.

Lightning = electrical discharge associated with a storm
Lightening = making something lighter

They aren't interchangeable.

32 degrees and I'm sweating cobs!

Falcon wrote:Some people clearly need to look up the difference between the words Lightning and Lightening looking at this thread.

Lightning = electrical discharge associated with a storm
Lightening = making something lighter

They aren't interchangeable.

They is.....

Perhaps when its Thunder and Lightning... they get frightened and go pale .... in which case they would be Lightening when its Lightning

MACCA wrote:32 degrees and I'm sweating cobs!

Corn on the Cob, small draught horse, west country building materials or male Swans ????

Falcon wrote:Some people clearly need to look up the difference between the words Lightning and Lightening looking at this thread.

Lightning = electrical discharge associated with a storm
Lightening = making something lighter

They aren't interchangeable.

And not forgetting "lighten up" which applies to keyboard warriors who have nothing better to do than nit pick

It's confirmed as the hottest July day ever recorded in the UK. Still expected to break the hottest ever recorded in the UK, 38.5C, in the next couple of hours.

Imploding Turtle wrote:It's confirmed as the hottest July day ever recorded in the UK. Still expected to break the hottest ever recorded in the UK, 38.5C, in the next couple of hours.

Hotter than 1976 ? Personally I Love the sunshine

Burnley area. Current: 33.2°C ( +1.4°C /hr ) but feels like 41.9°C.

Here's a link/s.

http://www.higham-weather.com/index.html

http://www.higham-weather.com/live.html

Raining here now on the Fylde Coast !!

Bosscat wrote:Corn on the Cob, small draught horse, west country building materials or male Swans ????

A round loaf of bread, usually used to make a sandwich.

Other words associated are
Bun
Roll
Bap
Tea cake

MACCA wrote:A round loaf of bread, usually used to make a sandwich.

Other words associated are
Bun
Roll
Bap
Tea cake

And Sweating

tim_noone wrote:Hotter than 1976 ? Personally I Love the sunshine

Yes. The previous July record was 36.7C, in 2015.

middleton claret wrote:Raining here now on the Fylde Coast !!

Steady rain or just a few spots?

gawthorpe_view wrote:Steady rain or just a few spots?

Proper heavy rain, although it looks like it’s stopping.

Stupidly warm here in Oxfordshire, but on the plus side I've finished work earlier so I can enjoy it.

gawthorpe_view wrote:Steady rain or just a few spots?

Two quick but quite heavy showers. Some thunder claps too.

Had a strange experience of it actually feeling slighlty cooler on the tube in London today than at street level

JohnDearyMe wrote:Had a strange experience of it actually feeling slighlty cooler on the tube in London today than at street level

Air con

tim_noone wrote:Air con

I wish!

JohnDearyMe wrote:Had a strange experience of it actually feeling slighlty cooler on the tube in London today than at street level

Probably all the cold people!

In Auvergne, since June 20th it has rained a total of 1 time on a Saturday morning sometime way back for about 20 minutes. I've been living in 40-43° temperatures for 3 of these weeks, the inside of my car recorded 48° two days ago, my mate's polytunnel has a thermometer that goes up to 50° and the liquid went 1cm past that to where there are no numbers on the wood. Incredible heat, finally it rained last night, heavy storm and the temperature today dropped to 39. Lots of storms forecast for the next 3 days, phew, bizarrely the temperature on Samedi is said to drop to 15° in the daytime then back up into the high 20s low 30s next week.

Looking like the thunderstorms might miss us in Pendle now. Can't believe how warm it still is at 8.30 at night!

jrgbfc wrote:Looking like the thunderstorms might miss us in Pendle now. Can't believe how warm it still is at 8.30 at night!

Can't believe jeremy vine doing a programme on ch5 Melt down Britain .......in a suit.

tim_noone wrote:Can't believe jeremy vine doing a programme on ch5 Melt down Britain .......in a suit.

Lets hope he melts then can't do with the supercilious t**t

No rain to speak of but still Betty Swallocks in Padiham.

tim_noone wrote:Can't believe jeremy vine doing a programme on ch5 Melt down Britain .......in a suit.

I wonder if Jeremy's doing a programme on " The Great British Flood" this week? A Bit of warm British weather in Summer...who'd of thought it?hope the Moaners are enjoying the alternative

The top image is an imagined weather forecast in 2050, produced for a documentary warning about the consequences of climate change.
The bottom image is real weather forecast from last week.

Imploding Turtle wrote:The UK is likely to get a new high temperature record tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/11 ... 62019?s=20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So much for global warming.

Do stop showing your ignorance.

South West Claret. wrote:Do stop showing your ignorance.

What do you think i was ignorant about?