Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts, 11th July 2012>

[Cloud 10]

Some active stuff heading towards Laaaaandon in the next hour.

[Joey.G]

Happy birthday to me two pretty decnt storms have passed by here today, one to the south then another to the north. Seen plenty of lightning for the first time in years!

[Hurricane Debby]

Woo hoo ! Counted 6 runbles of thunder now...This year !!! Get me !! And just had a tad of hail !!

[Evening thunder]

Actually it is not so bad as I thought in my last post, My mum left Reigate earlier than I thought she might have before the thunderstorms thankfully. Did also see unusually stormy seas at the beginning of this month, Just needed a rant after all the bad luck.

We had some dark skies to the north just now as a small very heavy shower moved to my north, but nothing more really.

[Tim Bland]

1st proper storm of the year just approaching Stevenage from the south about 1 flash every minute or two

[5thchang]

Thunder lightning and hail with sunshine all at once, just passing kimpton herts.

edit very low base

Edited July 11, 2012 by 5thchang

[Lynxus]

Im still hopeful. Not sure why though lol

[Hurricane Debby]

No lightening but my first 'storm' of the year. And loving it x

[5thchang]

you have had seven strikes going by the radar

[YokTok]

There is a lovely sounding cell to my north over Sutton/Coulsdon - cloud structure around the outside is impressive with lots of low level stuff whipping in towards it. Just seen a 747 from heathrow taking a hard left as it came towards it.

Looking to my east though there is another large looking cell and its building nicely - just taken a look on NW R and it's just started to chuck out some rain so maybe storm 3 is on the way

[Wet'n'Dry]

Huge storm over Basildon at the moment, very slow moving, 3 IC strikes and very long and loud thunder!!

[Mikel Nimbus]

South of the Thames seems to have been the real sweet spot for storms today. The radar has looked stunning. Parts of Herts haven't done too badly either. As usual, light rain in north London not amounting to much.

[liambailey09]

Nice rumble of thunder here

[Jane Louise]

Im still hopeful. Not sure why though lol

Lol, it's not fair for us in Glos! mind, I did get a heavy rain shower and the wind picked up almost like a tornado.It was quite exciting watching it but sadly no Thunder or lightning with it.

[bobbydog]

had a few near misses today, saw a few distant flashes and heard thunder but no direct hits..... yet.....

[Dan the Man]

About to get slammed in here, not far from LTN airport.

[Reefseeker]

Heavy hail storm to end my evening walk at 6.45 - looked up and the air was just white with hail, covering the pavements, came home with squelchy soaked-through trainers!

[YokTok]

How late are these expected to go on for?

[bobbydog]

incoming...?

[bobbydog]

distant rumbles and flashes now, just started raining as i type......

[HighPressure]

Incredible M25-M26 corridor, lightening, hail, rain showing purple on the map 100mm p/hr. Horrendous conditions for motorway drivers.

[Kentish Kiwi]

Getting hit by storm after storm here... Best day for it for a long time. Possibly the best I can remember...

[A.J]

surprisingly, not even a sprinkle here which was going against the forecast somewhat...Nice to see some in the sarf-east finally getting their slice of the storm 'pie' (don't ever complain about not getting a storm again!...lol) and still some lingering activity in a line stretching west to east south of London...Good call from Tony Gilbert over at TORRO & UKWW, he got the forecast spot on & also from our very own Nick Finnis

[Lauren]

Must just be skimming us then as heard a few distant rumbles but nowt to be seen

[YokTok]

These storms are nuts - I keep looking for existing cells beyond guildford but they just pop up out of nowhere as soon as they hit 6-10 miles west of me.