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Reefseeker

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  • Location: Surbiton, Surrey (home), Uxbridge, Middx (work)
  • Location: Surbiton, Surrey (home), Uxbridge, Middx (work)
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A couple of rumbles of thunder here, no lightning that I saw.

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Snowangel-MK

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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Driving through Bletchley at around 1.15pm when theres a big flash - everybody ducks and BANG! Booooomshanka!

 

 

Being Bletchley they probably all ran for cover in Cash Converters or one of the many charity shops Posted Image

 

The hailstones didn't do much for the spring flowers - they took a bit of a battering still the parks trust have planted over 200,000 bulbs here in the last 7 years ....

 

http://www.theparkstrust.com/about-us/media-centre/post/371-a-host-of-golden-daffodils

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
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Being Bletchley they probably all ran for cover in Cash Converters or one of the many charity shops Posted Image

 

The hailstones didn't do much for the spring flowers - they took a bit of a battering still the parks trust have planted over 200,000 bulbs here in the last 7 years ....

 

http://www.theparkstrust.com/about-us/media-centre/post/371-a-host-of-golden-daffodils

Always an enigma?

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Jax

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  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
  • Weather Preferences: Cool not cold, warm not hot. No strong Wind.
  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
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Afternoon all

 

 

Well was another damp and cool start to the day here, then it seemed to dry up a bit, made up for it around midday, came in very dark and then a long  period of  heavy rain arrived, only now starting to clear and brighten up.  Apart from a bit of hail included there has been nothing else here, certainly no T&L that I saw/heard anyway.

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Keraunic

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  • Location: Ipswich. (Originally from York)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder Storms. All extreme weather.
  • Location: Ipswich. (Originally from York)
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Being Bletchley they probably all ran for cover in Cash Converters or one of the many charity shops Posted Image

 

The hailstones didn't do much for the spring flowers - they took a bit of a battering still the parks trust have planted over 200,000 bulbs here in the last 7 years ....

 

http://www.theparkstrust.com/about-us/media-centre/post/371-a-host-of-golden-daffodils

Is Bletchley that bad now? Last time I was there I was nine years old and it was quite rural then. Mind you, it's quite a few years since I was nine. :D
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  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
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No thunder/lightning here - just light drizzle how boring, to make matters even more dreary, it's 6.9c and not pleasant when outside, I'm looking forward to the warmer period coming up, who knows how long it will last, but I will certainly make the most of it :good:

Relieved that the apparent plane crash 2 miles of gran canaria; was mistaken for a boat god knows how :)

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  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
  • Location: Northwood. NW London. 68m asl
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Afternoon all.Posted Image

 

Just as I was heading out the front door this afternoon a cheeky rumble of thunder sent me back indorrs to pick up my camera, and off I set. No lightning seen, nor any further thunder heard but the skies were very photogenic. Some nice cauliflower cloud heads in evidence, along with some dark clouds and a few few rain and hail shafts. It all looked promising.

 

Shame the battery was flat on my camera then really.Posted Image

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Jax

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  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
  • Weather Preferences: Cool not cold, warm not hot. No strong Wind.
  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
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Afternoon all.Posted Image

 

Just as I was heading out the front door this afternoon a cheeky rumble of thunder sent me back indorrs to pick up my camera, and off I set. No lightning seen, nor any further thunder heard but the skies were very photogenic. Some nice cauliflower cloud heads in evidence, along with some dark clouds and a few few rain and hail shafts. It all looked promising.

 

Shame the battery was flat on my camera then really.Posted Image

DOH!

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  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: As long as it's not North Sea muck, I'll cope.
  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
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Afternoon all.Posted Image

 

Just as I was heading out the front door this afternoon a cheeky rumble of thunder sent me back indorrs to pick up my camera, and off I set. No lightning seen, nor any further thunder heard but the skies were very photogenic. Some nice cauliflower cloud heads in evidence, along with some dark clouds and a few few rain and hail shafts. It all looked promising.

 

Shame the battery was flat on my camera then really.Posted Image

 

I've done something similar. Raced out to catch some a very nice sunrise a year or so ago. Tried to take a picture. Camera unresponsive. I even mentally said 'What's the matter with you, you @*$#!! Don't mess around now!' Posted Image...

 

Then I remembered my fully charged batteries were still in their charger at home. The time had passed and I cursed myself driving home. Posted Image

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Jax

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  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
  • Weather Preferences: Cool not cold, warm not hot. No strong Wind.
  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
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I've done something similar. Raced out to catch some a very nice sunrise a year or so ago. Tried to take a picture. Camera unresponsive. I even mentally said 'What's the matter with you, you @*$#!! Don't mess around now!' Posted Image...

 

Then I remembered my fully charged batteries were still in their charger at home. The time had passed and I cursed myself driving home. Posted Image

Double DOH! ?

 

think we have all done similar (I have anyway)

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Jax

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  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
  • Weather Preferences: Cool not cold, warm not hot. No strong Wind.
  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
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Right I am quickly away as I want to do a few jobs round the fleeting showers passing this way.

 

back later I hope :)

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Snowangel-MK

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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Just had one giant clap of thunder - but unlike earlier is accompaniment is torrential rain not hail, it's certainly been an eventful day here !

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Neilsouth

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  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
  • Weather Preferences: Severe Storms and Snow
  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
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My android app lightning detector has detected a storm to the south about 6km+! Towards the south east coast

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Snowangel-MK

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  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
  • Weather Preferences: anything extreme or intense !
  • Location: Milton Keynes MK
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Always an enigma?

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Is Bletchley that bad now? Last time I was there I was nine years old and it was quite rural then. Mind you, it's quite a few years since I was nine. :D

Sadly it's gone the way of many small rural towns !
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Steve C Accomplished

Steve C

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  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: As long as it's not North Sea muck, I'll cope.
  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
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Just had one giant clap of thunder - but unlike earlier is accompaniment is torrential rain not hail, it's certainly been an eventful day here !

 

Captured forever! :)post-11059-0-70834300-1395945745_thumb.p

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Keraunic

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  • Location: Ipswich. (Originally from York)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder Storms. All extreme weather.
  • Location: Ipswich. (Originally from York)
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Apparently, that lightning this morning struck a level crossing at Needham Market and disrupted trains. It'll take engineers until around mid night to fix it.

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Steve C

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  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: As long as it's not North Sea muck, I'll cope.
  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
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Apparently, that lightning this morning struck a level crossing at Needham Market and disrupted trains. It'll take engineers until around mid night to fix it.

It definitely sounded like a big strike, due to the length of time the thunder seemed to rumble, as described by you and cloudsabove. :good:

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