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Nothing here today, the sun has only made its first appearance in the last half hour or so. Apart from that it’s just been overcast and grey

Hopefully this evening/tonight delivers, but I’m not holding my breath

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Grey and overcast here with no sign of any surface heating. It does look brighter than it did earlier though, so the sun is trying. Fingers crossed it succeeds

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16 minutes ago, Jamiee said:

Some pretty severe rainfall in East London with that spot of 100mm/hr being sat near Dagenham for a good hour or two.

Yikes, that’s twice today I’ve been within about 10-15 miles of sustained, torrential rain. Seems like I’ve had a lucky escape! 
 

(Wouldn’t have minded some thunder though!)

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Very heavy rain up in Chelmsford currently, just seen a video of one of the main shopping centres flooding. And yet here, about 12 miles away, we’ve had barely any rain today, so it’s all very localised

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No thunder (yet?) here, but have just driven through a very heavy, very brief shower on the A130 near Rayleigh

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1 hour ago, Paul Sherman said:

Leigh On Sea and SE Essex should cop a biggun tomorrow as I am away for the weekend on the Norfolk Broads (Sorry Norfolk Folk) my shield comes with me.

But the Arome is interesting for North and East Norfolk in the early hours of Sunday with some storms drifting up the coast, will take my camera just in case

Good luck to the rest of you over the weekend

Enjoy your trip Paul - but I hope your first sentence is accurate!

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There’s been some very interesting flightpaths in and out of Luton tonight

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Looks like it’s skirting me to the North. Some pretty bright flashes and nice long rumbles though

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Closest flash yet with a very long rumble. The Cone has definitely fallen!

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Scratch what I said, HUGE flash over the hill just then!

Edit: Hearing distant rumbles too

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Damn, I’ve got a hill just to my East that’s probably preventing me seeing anything

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Another rumble, sounded like it was from the West this time so it is still moving away

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It’s gone quiet. I suspect it’s seen the South coast of Essex and buggered off, like every other storm in the last year or so

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There’s no sound quite like distant, deep, booming thunder...

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Just now, Paul Sherman said:

Yep it's running along the North Kent coast nothing to see here next

Just heard thunder from it, is it going to stay on the Kent side?

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Looks like the London cells have caused chaos on the Southern section of the M25

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Just had a general look at the radar, that’s a very intense cell to the NW of Exeter...

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I can see the dark clouds across the Estuary, slightly too far to hear anything from though

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Looking at the radar and seeing what’s happening in Kent in comparison to Essex is very depressing

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Clearly the Met Office can’t make their minds up with the amount of warning update notifications I’ve had in the last few days...

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5 minutes ago, Liam Burge said:

Last night was amazing. The lightning was constant over Ilfracombe and Minehead. I could see it from where I live. Not a hint of thunder just constant flashes. Only the 2nd time I've ever seen this.

Once again, my chance for storms today has been decreased from 77% to 29%, so I'm really not expecting anything spectacular, but I remain hopeful.

Wow, I know that area pretty well. I bet sitting on Exmoor watching a storm would be an amazing experience

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Now it’s just taking the mickey...

 

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I’m off to sleep now, let’s see if I get woken up later... 

I’m again employing my tactic of expecting nothing so that anything that does happen is a pleasant surprise

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1 minute ago, Harry said:

Severe Weather Europe offering hope for some areas of the SE tomorrow by the way, including areas of the COS

We can only hope

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Just popped to the greenhouse to water the tomatoes, it’s blooming hot out there, but I did see quite a bit of accas up in the sky

Maybe, just maybe there’s a slim chance. I’ll take anything at this point!