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Raining here. Seeing a very occasional flash to my South, must be coming from the storm near church Stretton.

Yeah, definitely. Tonight is a golden opportunity, showers/storms over Wales and West Midlands are developing more and more. Nearest recent strikes are in the Oswestry area. I'm sure we should be able to see these now it's dark.

Electrical activity over Wales is expanding ever further East, now strikes over the West Midlands in South Shropshire, could be an interesting few hours overnight. Lightning should at least be visible once properly dark from Southern parts of our region.

Ties in with the current radar. There are now developments further East near Oswestry.

Lol! Mind you, it's not just the birds that are noisy at that time here, the milkman comes round about the same time Monday to Saturday. Its not quiet milk floats any more, it's a noisy transit that comes flying round the corner sounding like it's trying to set a new land speed record!

Some thunderstorms intensifying over Wales right now and further showers over Central Southern England. I'm assuming these may form a line, further develop and push North over the region in the early hours if some of the models are to be believed.

Thanks for this, a potential taster before the main buffet tomorrow then. A night storm would be great. Metoffice not seeing this, but as you highlight, anything can happen once the unstable air is in place.

Dry all day here, but has been mostly cloudy until recently. Sun starting to burst through the cloud now and temperature responding accordingly, has shot up 3 degrees in the last hour, currently 24.3C and a muggy feel. I'm hoping for some cooler days/nights. The bedroom has been roasting hot by sunset over the past few days and only cooling slowly overnight given elevated overnight temps as well. Window is open all night, but that means my first wake up call is nature's pre-dawn chorus, which is always in full swing by 04:00.

Another hot day today, max of 28.2C. It did cloud in somewhat late afternoon. A downward trend in temperatures looking likely over the next few days, which will suit me fine, although likely to become more humid.

It's another sunny start here, barely a cloud in the sky and very still out. Currently 17.7C. Needless to say, another hot day coming up.

The weather was great for weeks prior to last weekend, largely sunny days, temps into the low 20s Celcius and cool nights. Made it so much more comfortable for outdoor activities and the house wasn't too warm inside. Now we're getting into the high 20s Celcius here every day and nights staying warm, it's definitely gone past my comfort zone. The thunderstorms have provided some compensation though.

Yes, little wind today has made it feel that bit more uncomfortable. Got up to 28.2C here today and house is now an oven. Some cloudier conditions with a bit of a breeze would be most welcome for a while at least to help cool things inside a little. This may be the case as we head into Sunday.

Hot once again here today, currently 28.1C. Mostly sunny, but one or two clouds have bubbled up.

Yeah, I do.the same, windows open, curtains shut in rooms which get the sun late afternoon. Still gets very warm in the room, but probably slightly less so than if the curtains were open.

I tried the trick of keeping windows and curtains shut previously, but just found it got too stuffy. I opt for multiple windows open to try and get cross ventilation going. Maybe I just need to stump up for air conditioning. The way our summers are going in recent years, it's probably worth it. I'll check out those water spray fans you mention, they sound great!

Another hot day here, max temp of 27.2C. Less humid than earlier in the week, but the house is starting to get uncomfortably warm by the end of each day with these consistently high temperatures and unbroken sun.

Saturday and Sunday: Outlook for Friday to Sunday: Mostly settled with prolonged warm sunshine through the rest of this week, though maybe the odd shower. Turning more humid with a chance of thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday.

Yes, true, and no steady build up to the hot days nowadays. Saturday just gone being a prime example. That's certainly good going for your location, although aided by wind direction no doubt.

Got up to 28.6C here earlier this afternoon. We seem to reach these sorts of temperatures with ease nowadays.

I think I've used up all my storm luck for the next five years lol! However, I thought the same early in the summer of 2020, but that turned out to be a really good summer for storms here, in terms of the duration and intensity of storms we had later that summer. Hopefully this summer also provides plenty more opportunities.

Yes, a little less uncomfortable with lower humidity today, but still feels very warm/hot out, which will remain the case for the foreseeable. Hopefully we don't have to wait long until the next thundery incursion. Maybe a sniff at the weekend, but not sure it will make it this far North. Hope we don't end up with days on end of temps into the high 20s Celcius with no thundery reward. I'd sooner have the temperatures we had prior to this hot spell. Much more comfortable.

The calm after the storm this morning. A bright morning and looking like being another hot day. Back to days and days of dry weather again now by the looks of it. We had nearly 40mm of rain between Saturday and Monday.

It was certainly an epic storm here earlier this evening. Thunder rumbling on and off for a good three hours and delivered plenty of decent lightning strikes and ground shaking thunder when the core of the storm moved through. It really has been a decent few days for storms here with two very good events in three days.

Triple fork now, insane!

Right overhead that one, huge bright bolt, loudest so far.