[Ben Taylor]

Brief thunderstorm going on near here around 02:05 BST with 4 strikes heard/observed to the S and SW.

[Ian Williams]

Crikey, just looked on the ATD theres an array of colours/sferics in the south Irish Sea and towards the Bristol Channel

[Ian Williams]

Latest radar grab

[Ben Taylor]

Distant thunder being heard again (02:52). This could be an active night for western coasts!

Temperature has recently climbed from 11.7C to 12.5C outside

[Ian Williams]

Yep looks like a bit of a bombardment atm on Wales!

[StephenS]

Yes, there's some intense rainfall as well as the sferics. I'm glad most of it doesn't seem to be coming our way because I've got some boxes of books out on the patio (though they are sheeted down).

I noticed from the radar that those pesky wifi towers in Ireland are still doing their stuff, generating lines of anaprop: I also think the blob south of Bristol is anaprop caused by the Mendip TV transmitter. It pops up quite often.

[Barry G4HDU]

some rumbles up here in north liverpol, first of the year for me

[00ctober]

Woken by heavy rain and possible thunder around 04.10BST. Nothing for a few mins but heavy rain, then, two brilliant flashes in quick succession with very loud thunder just a few secs later. Sounded like overhead cc-ic rather than cgs. Then as it moved just to the North a brief spell of frequent lightning and constant thunder, lightning about every 10-15secs for a few mins. Mostly ic but saw one brilliant green flash which seemed to light up a point on the Northern horizon - torrential rain during this spell.
It soon became less intense with lightning moving away but not before a rogue cc which flashed across the sky just North of overhead. This left an imprint on the eye. Final lightning seen across the distant North around 04.45BST.

Rain rate peaked at 48.0mm/hr @ 04.14BST with a total of 4.3mm falling.

This is the first storm to pass overhead with fairly frequent lightning at night since the year 2000.

[John Mason]

A cracking thunderstorm here around 0315. Luckily the thunder woke me up and let me watch the rest of the show :)

Numerous strikes with one near-simultaneous flash/crack. Observations suggest this was likely medium-level convection as the lightning appeared to be entirely C-C and even in the close strikes the thunder was not deafening in the way that it is with a close C-G. All accompanied by bursts of moderate to heavy rain and gusty winds.

Think it's the first thunder here since mid July 2010 and the best night-time lightning display for a few years :)

Cheers - John

[chapmanslade]

Thunder here in last 10 minutes

[Dave W]

0750 Recent UKMO sferics N of Bournemouth and S of Bath

[stenewton]

Thunder heard in Darlington at 05.10

[Dave W]

0800 BST Further sferic nr Cranbourne, Dorset

[Paulo]

Awoken by unexpected thunderstorm that moved overhead for 15 minutes around 04.00bst. Brilliant ic and cc lightning. Closest thunder was 3 seconds after flash. Very rare to have a medium level night time storm in early April!

[Dave W]

TS sferics 0955BST Skegness

[Zeus]

Ahhh not happy,Been waiting for some action for ages and when it comes i sleep right through it.

[David Sanderson]

Late report: Was woken up with a huge thunderclap at about 4am this morning. First of the year

[Steve Jones]

Late Report : Thunder heard twice close to Chipping Norton, Oxon between 08:15 & 09:00

Steve

[Richie]

Sferics on LW/MW/SW since around 1150 UTC. Most of them quite loud. Not heard any thunder as yet.

[Tony Gilbert]

Numerous cunimbs reported across Ireland through this afternoon. Catagoriesed Tstorm NW Northern Ireland and sferics noted east Northern Ireland