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Quick update from last week from me as couldn't post at the time.
Last thursday was a total bust apart from some nice cells which came over and dumped a load of rain. However, when I finished work on friday the skies to my north were absolutely black and I saw the most incredible shelf cloud I've ever seen. I tried so hard to get some pictures but the thing was so massive I couldn't find a clear spot without buildings in the way to picture it. I managed to get home quickly before it arrived and started to drop rice grain sized hail. Had a couple of rumbles from it too so my first storm on 2024.
Just sorry I couldn't get any pics for the thread. 
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Well, this year has been really poor from a storms point of view for my area. I've had about 6 VERY weakly electrified storms maybe 1 or two rumbles, and any flashes all IC, no forks at all. This is despite massive cells coming right over and dumping loads of water, but there just seems to have been hardly any triggering mechanism this year for us. Hoping for better things next storm season.
Now...saying that, I do hope we get some Thundersnow this winter!
I've been incredibly lucky to have experienced it twice in my life. It's so unreal feeling, having lightning right overhead/nearby but no sound (the snow has a natural sound dampening effect). A truly beautiful sight to behold. Wishing everyone a great winter. 
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Had one rumble last evening about 6.30pm when it got incredibly dark early from a passing cell blocking out the light. It absolutely poured down for about 10 minutes. My mother said she saw a flash at about the same time as the rumble.
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17 hours ago, WeatherArc said:
Anyone up for some october storms?
Always.
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Warm and sunny now. 24c. Still, nice weather for going out this late in September.
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Yeah, clouding over a bit here but nothing substantial/stormy looking at all. Tbh I expected as much. All the action seems to be out west/north west (as usual).
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11 hours ago, WeatherArc said:
Just come across this good vid from the severe thunderstorm outbreak we had 2 weeks ago, i believe this was the storm near Holbeach, absolute insane shelf on that thing
Sounds like continuous thunder as well, quite rare for the uk and indicative of a very powerful storm.
Incredible. I would've loved to have been there to see that.
Usual bright and sunny here. However, forecast was for potential late morning/early afternoon so will see if anything develops.
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21 hours ago, alexisj9 said:
Perhaps it was what storms were had, the old French mcs that came over here was actually weird for wind, it scared me actually, blowing quite strong one way, then blowing the opposite way, couldn't see anything other than what way the rain was blowing, but it didn't mess about.
French imports are the best!
They are often mcs in nature and quite powerful if they make it here. Yeah, it was weird having hardly any wind while other people have had really strong wind. Every storm is different though, that's what makes them so special. I haven't had a night time storm for two years so really appreciated the one we had early yesterday morning.
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Incredible storm at 12.30am this morning. Lasted for ages and flashes every few seconds. Proper Usa style stuff. Didn't come right over, most of the flashes were quite far away and all ic but was great to finally get something and something at night as well. What was weird was there was hardly any wind whatsoever. Just constant flashes and booms (not very loud). Still haven't seen a single fork this year and guessing this will probably be my last chance but what a way to finish off what has for me been an incredibly disappointing season up until last night when things turned around.
Good grief!
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Had nothing during the "breakdown". A couple of drops this morning on the windscreen as I was going to work but that's about it. Hottest place in the country for the longest - no storms. Always the same.
At this point I'll take a shower, anything! Looking black from the West at the moment. I see some small cells are around on radar but not sure if they'll peter out before getting here...
As others have said Sunday looks the most promising for my area but I'll wait and see if it changes as it's still a way off yet.
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51 minutes ago, TN26 said:
I'm in Ashford and it wasn't sunshine everyday. It was bleak.
Perhaps I'll move to Bexley del Sol. Looks like you have a great microclimate.
Yeah, something like that. I have a friend who lives just south west of Sevenoaks - not too far way, and he has had storm after storm all summer.
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On 07/09/2023 at 09:07, Azazel said:
Interesting.
Really hope we get to see something over the coming days, but I doubt it tbh - looks like a northern event if anything.
Yep, certainly is weird looking at those sunshine total maps but I'm telling you, at least here it's been sunny almost every single day since April.
Storms forecast for pretty much everywhere in the next few days...except here!
I think I'm gonna write this season off and look forward to next year!
Still, you never know, maybe the forecast will change slightly with storms from the west moving more eastwards and storms from the east moving more westward. One can only hope.
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On 04/09/2023 at 13:37, Sunny76 said:
We didn’t have very good summer between early July until the middle part of August.
Yes, it did improve as August went on, but July was appalling for its lack of sunshine and long sunny warm days.
For people who hate the heat, I think Summer 23 has been the ideal season for people who hate hot sunny weather.
The current weather this week looks to be the only good sustained period of warm sunny days since June for people who enjoy summery weather.
Not here. We have had nothing but sunshine non stop since early spring with only a few cloudy/showery days as the exception.
We've had a couple of short heatwaves at the beginning of the summer but thankfully it's been nothing compared to previous years. I was hoping we'd largely gotton away with it this year, then I saw the forecast last week.
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I was hoping we'd escaped the worst of the usual Summer Heatwaves this year but here we go again.
Not sure why people claim "We haven't had much of a Summer". It's been sunny here almost every single day since April, with hardly any convective activity this year whatsoever. I haven't seen a storm since the beginning of May I think and anything I have seen has been barely extremely rare and barely active. Any remote chance after this disgusting heat finally buggers off we'll be in for a thundery breakdown? Desperate for something substantial this year. Haven't seen a single fork for over a year.
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Haven't been around for a while as absolutely nothing to report. Been a dismal summer storm wise here with the only consistent theme being sunny and warm (but not convective) .
Even when things looked promising on storm forecasts nothings materialised or missed us completely. Only a few weeks to go until the end of storm season. 
I feel this summer has been a huge missed opportunity for us.
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22 hours ago, Jamie M said:
Pretty big waterspout at Dungeness
Awesome. At least they didn't refer to it as a "mini" tornado!
Is it just me or is the humidity through the roof? I haven't checked any figures recently but last night I felt extremely hot/sweaty even though it wasn't actually that warm at all.
Also, to the weather gods - Can the south east, in particular Bexley actually get some proper rain/storms please like the rest of the country has enjoyed for a month? Many thanks!
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Still waiting for any rainfall whatsoever since friday night...let alone anything remotely stormy and so the forecast continues to be dry for these parts.
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Still waiting for all these gales and rain we were supposed to get on saturday...
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1 hour ago, Eagle Eye said:
Can totally understand. All the big words are just for practising for University for me (hopefully). QG (Quasi-Geostrophic) forcing local maximas just mean, the changes in landscape or pressure deformation affecting storm formation. Most models won't pick them out to their true extent. Though the high resolution models will generally get a better idea of positioning of course. The pressure deformation (shortwave trough) is the main reason here. Though it's a bit further south than it was modelled yesterday and weaker.
Interesting. However, I think I need to increase my knowledge of dissecting all the various data more first though before I start doing my own forecasts! Tell you what, if I had my time again I'd definitely consider either becoming a Meteorologist or an Astronomer. I find both subjects utterly fascinating.
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Just now, Eagle Eye said:
True true. Its downgraded since last night to be fair.
I'd love to do my own forecasting but I've always been much better at raw instincts than using data!
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52 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:
Oddly nothing in parts further north in Ireland given quite a few models still supporting that QG forcing that I talked about along with decent MLCAPE.
Yeah, different forecasters using different data and/or having different opinions I guess!
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Nicks forecast is out as well...
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Storms and Convective discussion - November 2023 onwards
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JordyB Textbook cb there. Beautiful shot against the setting sky.