Eye to the sky

Well that was a cracking hour of thunder and lightning.Heavy rain and hail too.My rain gauge has collected 14mm of rain.My first storm of the year!!.

Nice little storm just gone through.Mostly in cloud lightning and 20 mins of heavy rain.Looking to my east more could be on the way.

Thundering to my east and gone very dark.It must be the cell near Nottingham.Just got the washing in!!

Not had a decent storm here since June 28th 2012.Dont get storms like we used to in 80's- 90's.So no chance here. Not sure why it has changed so much.

Skies looking threatening just north of Derby..

A cold but dry start to the day with a bitter NE wind.Sunny spells with patchy cloud thick enough to produce a few flakes of snow.Current temperature 5c.

A vile start to the day with outbreaks of heavy rain.Current temperature of 8.5 degrees with a fresh Sw wind.Rainfall since midnight 12mm

A cloudy wet start to the day with overnight rain clearing away.Current temperature 8.2c.Rainfall since midnight is 17.3mm.Gusty Sw wind easing.

A cloudy damp start with occasional light rain.Brisk SW wind with a temperature of 7 degrees.Rainfall in last 24 hrs 33mm.

A dry bright start before rain moved in.Currently cloudy but dry.Slight SW breeze,current temperature of 7 degrees.Rainfall 9mm in last 24 hrs.

A clear sunny start with a slight frost.Patchy cloud and a light westerly breeze.Current temperature of 2c.Lying snow still visible in north facing areas.

Snow showers to start the the day with occasional sunny spells.Strong WsW winds with a temperature of 3 degrees.Slow thaw of lying snow.

Heavy rain is now quickly turning to sleet and wet snow just north of Derby.

I’m probably 25 miles Sw of the storms over Lincoln way but I can see some pretty frequent lightning high up in the clouds.A nice little surprise!.

Spotting with rain here near Derby.The storms are definitely moving NE.The cell over Nottingham seems to be gaining strength as it moves on at a fair pace.

Distant thunder to my Nw. Plenty of deep booms.These storms seem to be moving quite fast.

Some photos from Filey just up the coast!.

Two storms in one day here in Derby.Can’t remember the last time that happened.Little lightning to see but plenty of deep rumbling thunder.A good start to the new season!.

Nice little storm just rumbled through Derby.5-6 booms of thunder but didn’t see any lightning.Steady rain for around 20 mins.First storm of the season here.

Stopped snowing here now,but it’s the most we’ve had all winter!.

Heavy snow here now,huge flakes settling on cars and grass quickly.Plenty more to come as well looking at the radar. 3B101B99-2E1F-49BA-BA1C-09027B431DF2.MOV

North west discussion has settling snow from the shower just north of Stoke.Moderate falls in places.Hopefully Derby could be in with a chance tonight as we’ve had nothing over the last few days.

I’m from the East Midlands Storme,but seeing as we’ve had no snow today and tonight looks even more depressing I haven’t bothered posting for a while.Showers seem to be everywhere but here.

Topsy turvy year here just north of Derby with snow in the last week of January,then in the 2nd week of February.1st of March saw the heaviest fall of snow here with 5” falling which then lasted for a week.The last 2 weeks of March were very cold and wet,this delayed building work on our new extension by 2 weeks.We had our last fall of snow on 2nd April.The weather then turned from winter to summer with late April and May being very warm and sunny,if rather windy at times.June and July were wonderfully hot and sunny with clear skies and warm nights.Any forecast thunderstorms failed to materialise and the drought continued.August started fine but a breakdown in the weather occurred as we went on holiday to Whitby.We saw the first significant rain since May on the way there and no sunshine all week.It was too cloudy and cold to even sit on the beach!. The fine weather came back for early September as we went to Norfolk in glorious sunshine.The weather broke again on the 6th of September to more standard sunshine and showers.October and November were average with a mixture of mild and cooler days,though we had 4 consecutive frosts in the last week of November.December,mostly mild but fairly dull and wet at times.Overall a mixed year here,but with a distinct lack of thunderstorms that seems to be a growing trend here now.

A cloudy cool but dry start here with a low of 2.7c.A strengthening breeze with a current temperature of 10.c