Jon Somerset

Personally I’ve always enjoyed thunderstorms. But in the UK we haven’t really seen the extreme versions. I enjoyed a particularly good one in the Pyrenees five years ago which rumbled around for a few hours.

I was very glad to have the period of heat, as it was the weather I always hope for when I take a summer holiday to the Med. But for me a holiday abroad is a distant hope now thanks to a mixture of matters including the virus and Brexit but not exclusively so. So some of my nigglyness is due to having to having no break away. Current weather doesn’t help at all as it drives home how much I feel I’m missing. I really feel for the campers in Cornwall.

I’m guessing you’re on holiday? I’m jealous.

Right - I’m getting grumpy again. I don’t want to wear one layer, let alone two, at this time of year.

Not bad at all despite temporary cloud cover. Looking forward to the weekend, and sun is great for my back which is recovering nicely, but enjoyment dampened by mid/European weather which looks serious. General concern about global warming.

Curious weather in Somerset where the clouds are coming in from the north. I’m in central Somerset where the cloud has thinned and periodically allowed the sun through, but most of the time it’s been mild and dry - but grey. Only about 15 miles west near Bridgwater my friends are reporting wall to wall sun.

Pelting down here now. I’ve also done my back in so I’m extra grumpy.

Inland Somerset again not too bad despite early rain. Some sun poking through now and warmer than forecast by a degree or two. Should be nice by 5.

Not been too bad here today- no rain at all, comfortably mild and some sun. Still some heavy clouds about and the weekend looks wet and rather dull - but I will grit my teeth and think of the following week where signs are now much more promising- fingers crossed!

...and before you ask no I’m not a football fan.

Yet another wet, grey and cool weekend due by the looks of things. Really depressing (particularly as I took a day off because the forecast was good a week ago) - very much ‘a month of wet Sundays’. Today first acceptable day for a week - it’s always decent Thursdays it seems. Roll on some heat SOON!

Not quite so bad today. Air is warmer and sun is actually coming out between showers so my SAD is reduced.

After particularly heavy shower passed earlier temperature really dropped and i needed to put heater on temporarily. No sun at all today apart from five minutes at 6.30 a.m. Noted forecasts for next week have suddenly become less sunny and no heat coming my way it seems. Really depressing especially as no holiday this year.

Well at least I got my Thunderstorm fix this weekend. It seems we currently have an extended period of warm early mornings and then vast amounts of cloud. I’m getting grumpy again as it feels the chance of proper summer is getting less and less as the weeks move on.

Annoyingly it appears another front will come over Somerset on Friday - I’m relieved we’re not getting the extremes of the western US/Canada area but I would like another sunny weekend please

I think it’s easy to become fed up with a British summer when we’ve become used to travelling abroad and experienced continental weather, which we only get when plumes come over. Although it’s grey today it was great last week, and there’s more to come. Somerset rain means my garden is being watered nicely and I will enjoy more sun soon.

Lucky to have a 1920s council house here which retains warmth nicely. caught on the edge of the weather system here so grey and cloudy and some VERY minimal precipitation every now and again. No sun for last three days, but no thunder either. Realised I’m missing Med weather as I’m normally in Languedoc this time of the year.

Looking at the forecast until the end of August looks as if that’s it for summer. Too soon to tell for mid-September but I’m having to get used to the idea of a blustery cool bank holiday where jumpers are needed to stay warm

September in the Rain - Dinah Washington

Not one thunderstorm here. Very disappointed- the heat gradually reduced with first drizzle and now more regular rain, but the only decent storm occurred several weeks ago.

It’ll get better:)

Not a sausage in central Somerset and only one good day of storms in the last year. Clouds are bubbling up so maybe tomorrow?

Mid Somerset again providing a pleasant dry day with plenty of sun in the afternoon, albeit a fresher day such as you might expect early to mid May. Still warm enough to enjoy.

Just had the first overhead Thunderstorm of the year in my village. Lovely.

Perhaps it’s been said before, but for me this summer has been remarkable in the differences in weather across various regions, with the differences even more localised than ever. In central Somerset this has been a fine summer since late June. Very little rain, lots of sun and temperatures in the low 20s at worst. I’m as brown as a berry and my garden is pretty brown too. No thunderstorm has come close to my village at all this year so far - just the big ones a week or two ago heard in the distance. I recall previous years coldly watching cloud all day while the east had sun and warmth. Remarkable seeing the lines of rain on radar moving north over specific towns. Regular distribution seems to be a victim of global warming.