Clouded over mid morning (I work near Cranleigh, Surrey) and lots of
thunder for about a three hour period, but not much in the way of rain.
I guess nearly all the cells passed just to the west of here. A
significant temperature drop after it all went through; felt warm
cycling to work this morning in shorts and T-shirt, was distinctly
chilly cycling back this evening.

In article ,
Adam Lea writes:
Clouded over mid morning (I work near Cranleigh, Surrey) and lots
of thunder for about a three hour period, but not much in the way
of rain. I guess nearly all the cells passed just to the west of here.
A significant temperature drop after it all went through; felt warm
cycling to work this morning in shorts and T-shirt, was distinctly
chilly cycling back this evening.

As a Cranleigh resident, I concur with all of that. Only two of the
instances of thunder were loud enough to suggest that the lightning
strikes were fairly local.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Adam Lea writes:
Clouded over mid morning (I work near Cranleigh, Surrey) and lots
of thunder for about a three hour period, but not much in the way
of rain. I guess nearly all the cells passed just to the west of here.
A significant temperature drop after it all went through; felt warm
cycling to work this morning in shorts and T-shirt, was distinctly
chilly cycling back this evening.

As a Cranleigh resident, I concur with all of that. Only two of the
instances of thunder were loud enough to suggest that the lightning
strikes were fairly local.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

From South Norfolk

A very warm and sunny spell late morning with cloud increasing 1330Z and
Thunder/Lightning for 3 hours continuously thereafter , but rain was
continuous slight for around 4 hours with only very brief mod bursts. I
reckon no more than 4 mm total. No sign of any debris or flooding along
road back to mid Suffolk this evening, I have 5.3 mm in my guage. According
to local BBC news, just West of Bury St Edmunds recorded 30mm and pictures
show large areas of muddy water which caused rail traffic to stop at Kennet

NSS Mid Suffolk

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:55:58 +0100
"Jennik" wrote:

A very warm and sunny spell late morning with cloud increasing 1330Z and
Thunder/Lightning for 3 hours continuously thereafter , but rain was
continuous slight for around 4 hours with only very brief mod bursts. I
reckon no more than 4 mm total. No sign of any debris or flooding along
road back to mid Suffolk this evening, I have 5.3 mm in my guage. According
to local BBC news, just West of Bury St Edmunds recorded 30mm and pictures
show large areas of muddy water which caused rail traffic to stop at Kennet

It was very localised. I was working 2.5km S of Kennet station and saw
just 4mm recorded on a gauge known to over-read. At home, ~15km to the
west, there was evidence of about 2-3mm of rain for the day.


Cycling "waterproofs" still drying in kitchen though :-(



Mike