Still can't sleep so I've got up again. Three strong cups of coffee have done
the trick :-)

Still thunder rumbling away at 0845 but the rain has now stopped. 29.5 mm total
(AWS). Garden is sopping wet again, ah well. One thing I forgot to mention last
night was the strong and gusty wind max gust was 28 knots at 0445 local. Looking
at the radar the whole event has an MCS signature but the satellite image I saw
for 0600 did not bear that out. At 0815 'ish (just after getting up for the
second time) I looked out of the window and saw a tremendous white flash heading
straight down to Newton Abbot anyone get anything there ? My wife went out for a
walk around 0800 to try and calm our dog down, she remarked on how the cows
seemed totally oblivious to all the action grazing away, honestly how can they
:-)

0900 and the rain has started again.

I want my summer back :-)

Will.
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Could not get to sleep last night. 0205 woken by heavy rain. Then at 0330
thunderstorm started and now at 0745 it is still going on ! Almost continuous
loud thunder and lightning and so far 25.4 mm rain and rain rate 1.0 mm/h . At
0405 we had a terrific bolt of C-G which took out the power for about 10
minutes. (I had already switched the PC off by then). At 0630 I saw a shelf
cloud looking SW which looked like something out of a movie with rotation
evident. Another massive C-G which I had to admit frightened me a bit as it
was
so close. Power stayed on at that time. Now the darkest area is to the east,
the
street lights still seem to be on in the distance and it is eerie seeing the
blackness. It might be coming to an end now but the storm is still rumbling
on.
Thought it would be OK to put PC back on, but now switching off again.

0745

13.6
DP 13
NE 5 knots
Thunderstorm
Vis 5Km
Bar 1013.1 - falling

OK I'm back to bed, I'm completely knackered, but strangely satisfied :-)

Will.
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