What happened to my thunderstorm?

[atalanta]

I was promised a thunderstorm today!!

Darn you, BBC weather, I want my licence fee back

solidly cosigned, Pete. Bring on the atmospherics!

 

[classic33]

We could hear the rumbles in the distance but no rain.

The sound of distant drums?

 

[ColinJ]

They were forecast here for about 4 pm so I did a flattish 21-miler on my singlespeed bike but didn't stray too far from home. It felt (and looked) like storms were coming but they didn't turn up. I would have done a much longer, hillier ride if I'd known ...

 

[slowmotion]

It's 24 degrees and 59% relative humidity in our kitchen. Gimme a thunderstorm please.

 

[classic33]

View attachment 360759 It's 24 degrees and 59% relative humidity in our kitchen. Gimme a thunderstorm please.

London forecast

 

[classic33]

Still mainly clear skies here, 22.7°C.
No sign of any storms.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yeah,no thunderstorm here either. I'm not complaining as they forecast sun on Wednesday but that didn't happen either Thursday's non event was most welcome as we had sunshine most of the day.

 

[classic33]

Yeah,no thunderstorm here either. I'm not complaining as they forecast sun on Wednesday but that didn't happen either Thursday's non event was most welcome as we had sunshine most of the day.

We had sun on Wednesday, the forecast was for rain.

 

[summerdays]

I think it was up to 30 deg here .... far too hat and sticky!!

I assume we aren't predicted any for today?

 

[biggs682]

I was promised a thunderstorm today!!

Darn you, BBC weather, I want my licence fee back

i was going to stay art home to watch it @PeteXXX but decided to go to work , so glad i didnt waste a day of my sick allowance ....

 

[MikeG]

Plenty in Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire today. As someone who was on an archaeological dig in a field, watching ground strike lightning only a few miles away (there were two hours of storms visible from where we were, passing north and south of us), it was a bit unsettling but we got away with 10 minutes rain.........

We got nothing (just south of Sudbury), but a mate of mine near Bury St E (so 12 or 15 miles away) had over 50mm. Typical thunderstorm scenario.

I follow the weather at Net Weather, a radar-based site where you can see the actual weather (rather than forecasts) in almost-real time. It's a good way of planning a bike ride if there is any rain about. Their forecasts are more precise than the BBC's, too.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Few flashes here but no rain..grrr

 

[marshmella]

I was out riding as well. I even took my waterproof jacket! Wasted weight carried for miles!!
Lucky I didn't pop the sealskinz on as well

Yep, pots watered here too. And got the lawn mowed.

I think the guy i saw on the road bike yesterday evening as i strolled to the shops must have seen a forecast for snow. He was wearing a jacket, leggings and a buff. The temperature at the time was about 26c.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That what you got in them?

Lupins and fuchsia's

 

[Rezillo]

We got nothing (just south of Sudbury), but a mate of mine near Bury St E (so 12 or 15 miles away) had over 50mm. Typical thunderstorm scenario.

I follow the weather at Net Weather, a radar-based site where you can see the actual weather (rather than forecasts) in almost-real time. It's a good way of planning a bike ride if there is any rain about. Their forecasts are more precise than the BBC's, too.

I prefer the rainfall intensity accuracy of the Met Office real time part of their site, plus it is easy to switch between rainfall, lightning, satellite image, etc. We've usually been able to clear a site by the time the worst arrives but there was lots of phone watching yesterday. The main problem with the Meto site is that the animation of previous data is painfully slow, worse since they switched to 5 min radar, so it's difficult to work out direction of travel in a field in the middle of nowhere with a weak phone signal.

We were up in north Suffolk - places in south Norfolk were clearly getting a bit of a pasting.