Thunderstorms 2026

Penfold101 · 26 Aug 2026 at 22:13

nutsnut · 26 Aug 2026 at 22:51

Currently camping in the forear of dean, thunderstorm to hit from 4am, we've got 20miles of canoeing to start at 9am. Expecting it to get cancelled as Wye water levels can change rapidly.

Rroff · 26 Aug 2026 at 23:20

nutsnut said:
Currently camping in the forear of dean, thunderstorm to hit from 4am, we've got 20miles of canoeing to start at 9am. Expecting it to get cancelled as Wye water levels can change rapidly.

Been awhile since I've done that - as a kid I always found Symonds Yat a peculiarly place name heh.

Rroff · 27 Aug 2026 at 03:49

Not showing on the map for some reason but get some very long rumbles of thunder to the east of me near Wincanton.

Dreadi · 27 Aug 2026 at 05:51

Just had a huge rumble of thunder shortly followed by a huge flash of lightning.....then I was sat in breakfast in the dark!

nutsnut said:
Currently camping in the forear of dean, thunderstorm to hit from 4am, we've got 20miles of canoeing to start at 9am. Expecting it to get cancelled as Wye water levels can change rapidly.

You're right near me then!

Penfold101 · 27 Aug 2026 at 06:39

nutsnut said:
Currently camping in the forear of dean, thunderstorm to hit from 4am, we've got 20miles of canoeing to start at 9am. Expecting it to get cancelled as Wye water levels can change rapidly.

Just woken up down the road from you - can confirm it’s absolutely peeing it down…

tonys · 27 Aug 2026 at 07:04

A thunderstorm is going over us(Northamptonshire) but it looks like a small one when looking at the Metoffice map. Just don't want a big slow moving one as we have flooding issues.

UTmaniac · 27 Aug 2026 at 07:45

Don't think we had anything but rain here in Southampton through the night, or I slept very well!

Macky · 27 Aug 2026 at 07:52

Good deluge here in West Mids. Most I've seen for months. Grass is happy!

200sols · 27 Aug 2026 at 08:08

UTmaniac said:
We might get woken up in the middle of the night tonight.

Nothing.

something daft already!! · 27 Aug 2026 at 08:37

Had a bit of lightning last night and some rain. Very grey this morning and looks like more might be on its way.

sprite1275 · 27 Aug 2026 at 08:38

It's going nuts here in the mids.

Tombstone · 27 Aug 2026 at 09:12

We were supposed to get some overnight thunderstorms but in the end...nothing...not even 1 droplet of rain

MartinPrince · 27 Aug 2026 at 09:22

sprite1275 said:
It's going nuts here in the mids.

Yeah, a couple good thunderstorms yesterday evening and a deluge now.

fez · 27 Aug 2026 at 10:01

Got some decent rain here but nothing spectacular. Fingers crossed the rain keeps coming for a few more days. Even then it won't touch the sides and will likely just run off/through.

Efour · 27 Aug 2026 at 10:54

I'm flying to London and we've been delayed 1h on the tarmac because of storms in Heathrow
.....

It can't be that bad surely?

Raymond Lin · 27 Aug 2026 at 10:56

Efour said:
I'm flying to London and we've been delayed 1h on the tarmac because of storms in Heathrow
.....

It can't be that bad surely?

It's the UK, 1 inch of snow shuts down the country

CaptainRAVE · 27 Aug 2026 at 10:57

Hardly anything just north of London. So much for the warnings.

ebilcake · 27 Aug 2026 at 16:56

No thunder storms here, there was rain last night but it stopped by 8am, it's been dry and sunny all day.

TBirdUK · 27 Aug 2026 at 17:18

Big storm here, rain was so heavy it flooded my garage, and whilst outside sorting this out there was a flash of lightning and the largest thunderclap I have ever heard - unfortunately it appears to have fried my HDHomerun tuner (which was attached to the antenna) and also the Mesh system it was attached too. Overall its going to cost me c£250 to replace :mad: