I hear thunder

Here in South Herts we have had heavy rain since 5pm. It’s very welcome as we haven’t had any rain since 29th May. Still very stuffy though.

North Surrey here - started to cloud over about 4pm, a few, very few) spots of rain and distant rumble of thunder. Now 6.20, and have had a few short heavy showers, but currently very light rain. The air smells wonderful with scents from the garden, which is SO parched. I'm praying for a good downpour tonight, as we haven't had any rain for 7 weeks at least.

Well, we STILL haven't had any rain!

On the BBC website there is a clip of some wild weather in Doncaster.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-44979863/uk-weather-storm-in-doncaster-caught-on-camera
We had a thunderstorm with some rain at about 6 am. (Lincolnshire)

Living in hope here!
It has got very overcast.
(And of course, hotter!)

One rumble then a louder rumble, large spots of rain which had stopped by the time I’d walked 20 paces. ?☔️ I wish

Thunder then a pathetic amount of rain ?

Ooh it’s just started here. Seems fairly light but it’s lovely to smell the rain and hear the thunder.

Yes! It's raining! ☔

Thunder in Bedford....no rain yet! ⚡

Might be on its way up to you Nfk

Just having a heavy downpour in Mid Norfolk, rumbles of thunder some lightening, still hot and sticky

There’s a big black cloud forming just to the west of us, but no rain and it’s so hot and sticky it could be Hong Kong. No thunder and I doubt we’ll get rain.

I looked back at my diary last night and the last time we had rain (and not very much then) was the 5th of June. And it wasn’t very warm then either.

Ooh it’s raining

Ooh it’s stopped......

Thunder , lightning and a short sharp shower with a light breeze!

31 here and not a sign of rain or thunder throughout the whole heatwave. We have a yellow warning from 2pm till 2 am so presumably it will happen? I don’t want it to obscure the blood moon though as I’ve been looking forward to that .

Clouded over here now, so very still, hope it rains soon. All the birds including seagulls have disappeared.

Berkshire here. Lots of thunder now. Very black overhead but sunshine too. We are waiting !!

Pittcity I am about 30mins down A12 from you it's 32 here and so 'close'. We have come in from the garden, even GC has given up swimming!! Rain expected around 6pm, cannot see it appearing.

Its over 30 degrees and fierce sun again in Colchester. Forecast has moved rain to 4pm but radar shows it over Ireland. I'll believe it when I see it.

In NE England it is very 'close' today, a lttle rain but no more.
I love thunderstorms as long as you're inside. They seem to release all the tension in the atmosphere.
But they can do damage too. I once got caught out in one when there were hailstones and I had a few bruises on my head.
Keep cars under shelter if possible. Cover vulnerable crops such as outdoor veggies and favourite plants.
Close shutters if you have them, windows can be broken.

North West Lancashire here nothing but heat/hot sunshine..phewwwww cant wait to go into work at 2.00 where it is cool with air conditioning

Rain bring it on!!

In Normandy we had 2 minutes of hail yesterday evening followed by 3 minutes of rain. The thunder and lightening lasted about 30 minutes. We have just had a couple of rolls of thunder but no sign pf rain.

Here in Lincs we had a thunderstorm between about 4am and 6am with some moderate rain. Everything seemed very clean and fresh first thing but now it's just hot and muggy again. More rain and thunder forecast for this evening.

Bright sunshine and a cloudless sky here in NW.