Thunderstorm over Southampton and IOW

[Guest Rabbit]

Sky dark and ominous, falling rain, spectacular flashes of lightning and claps of thunder.

 

And more to come

 

Same here

[RobStubbs]

Had some heavy rain a short while ago and distant thunder but haven't seen any lightening here yet. On the lightening strikes website, just had the odd strike in my locality - most are too far west or south ATM.

 

Rob.

[chesters1]

knocked out broadband since my last post (but then even gentle rain does),rain so heavy even my 80cm dish lost signal ,great thunderstorm pity it wasn't at night

[deanbmw]

bout 9 30 it went pich black with purpleish clouds tryed to take a few pics but not very good...but still no storm. Ive got 20 deg out side and acording to blitzortung.org were in the middle of it?

[poledark]

Started about 19.30 here in East Kent.....put the bivvie up sharpish.....pit pat..pit pat.....steadily getting heavier and the lightning was spectacular. Every direction, sometimes almost continuous.

 

In the middle of all the cacophony of noise, the cuckoo was still at it That bird has certainly got balls

 

 

21.20, the middle rod bleeped....please god, don't let it be a carp (or worse, an eel).....but no more bleeps.

 

22.15 Storm slowly moved away to the North...rain nearly stopped so a quick pack up and dash home..................forgot the puddle by the locked gate, more like a small lake now. Gonna get me feet wet, but only way to get to the padlock....and I have to set the combination...Urrrrrgh, it will take a week to dry my trainers off.

 

Back again tomorrow for more punishment

 

Den

[Alan Hammond]

According to the weather forecast there are supposed to be light showers here in the North East. According to what is happening outside my house it has been raining heavily non stop since about 1am and shows no sign of easing at all.