First thunder heard to SE at 0608Z.
Last thunder heard to NW at 0757Z.
Closest lightning strike about 1km to NW.
Currently:

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41230 82606 10177 20169 40140 51015 79196
8758/ 333 84705 85625 88358 96010=

METAR
EG// 050850Z 26006KT 3000 -RA SCT005 BKN025
OVC080 18/17 Q//// RETS RERA YLO1=

Details:
wind... W by S, force 2.
visibility... 3000m.
weather... slight rain with mist (recent thunderstorm).
clouds... 4/8 ST base 500ft (moving from southwest).
5/8 SC base 2500ft (moving from south).
8/8 AC base 8000ft (moving from southeast).
dry bulb... +17.7C.
dewpoint... +16.9C.
RH... 95%.
sea level pressure... 1014mb (rising more slowly).

rainfall last hour (0750-0850Z)... 2.1mm.
rainfall last 3 hours (0550-0850Z)... 9.6mm.

beaufort letters (0550-0650Z)... c,ctlou,ctloro.
beaufort letters (0650-0750Z)... ctloro,ctlR,ctlor.
beaufort letters (0750-0850Z)... ctlor,cr,crom.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 10:07:18 +0100, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:

First thunder heard to SE at 0608Z.
Last thunder heard to NW at 0757Z.

Nothing like that in West Dorset - no thunder and just 2.5mm.
Apparently 'much of the South has been battered'(radio Solent) but
this just goes to show how variable things are.
R

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41230 82606 10177 20169 40140 51015 79196
8758/ 333 84705 85625 88358 96010=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 05/1450Z
03/// 41330 82807 10183 20173 40140 55000 76166
8652/ 333 82707 85630 88458 96010=

METAR
EG// 051450Z 28007KT 3000 -RA FEW007 BKN030
OVC080 18/17 Q//// RERA YLO1=

Details:
wind... W by N, force 3.
visibility... 3000m.
weather... slight rain with mist (RH may be 95% but I'm
calling it mist, for it looks misty rather than hazy).
clouds... 2/8 ST base 700ft.
5/8 SC base 3000ft.
8/8 AS base 8000ft.
dry bulb... +18.3C.
dewpoint... +17.3C.
RH... 94%.
sea level pressure... 1014mb (fluctuating in both directions).

rainfall last hour (1350-1450Z)... 1.7mm.
rainfall last 3 hours (1150-1450Z)... 6.7mm.
rainfall since 0550Z (last 9 hours)... 18.3mm.

beaufort letters (1150-1250Z)... crom,cr.
beaufort letters (1250-1350Z)... cr,cR,crou,cr.
beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... cr,crr,crom.

RMK... the rain has not stopped since 1140Z varying from
slight to heavy. Day darkness observed between
1315Z and 1325Z during a period of slight rain
(embedded CB nearby?)

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

RMK... the rain has not stopped since 1140Z varying from
slight to heavy. Day darkness observed between
1315Z and 1325Z during a period of slight rain
(embedded CB nearby?)

Drier down the road in Southampton - didn't count but I think it was
dry from about 1100BST to about 1400BST, then something of a period of
rain (non thundery) then dry again since 1430BST.
Without figures I'd also say it was a couple of degrees warmer too,
particularly before about 1400BST.

Typical Hampshire storm really though.... we never get the more
dramatic affairs of the Midlands and north on the one hand, or France
on the other. All Hampshire storms seem to follow this pattern: about
an hour of thunder, two hours of steady rain, then 24 hours of gloom,
I'd guess from the residual gunk from old decayed imported storms from
France.

Nick