Your going out tonight....

[JG777]

Forecast looks reasonable, grab n go ready! 

[DaveS]

Tonight I'll only be going out to photograph the thunderstorms.

[banjaxed]

I’ve learnt to wait and see what the weather is actually like rather than rely on a hit and miss forecast.

[ronl]

Heavy rain and thunderstorms here, it's quite some time since I had a good night.

Hope you get clear sky's.

[JG777]

29 minutes ago, banjaxed said:

I’ve learnt to wait and see what the weather is actually like rather than rely on a hit and miss forecast.

Not really a hit and miss forecast its the EGLL weather radar live feed, very very accurate, and I have a 17 mile drive to a dark site so I plan it as carefully as I can. As it stands I have a clear corridor so its worth a go tonight. 

[maw lod qan]

Thundering and raining right now in central Fla. Talking the possibility of lots of rain off the Gulf tomorrow. 

[banjaxed]

41 minutes ago, JG777 said:

Not really a hit and miss forecast its the EGLL weather radar live feed, very very accurate, and I have a 17 mile drive to a dark site so I plan it as carefully as I can. As it stands I have a clear corridor so its worth a go tonight. 

You are lucky as where I live the climate has a mind of its own and can be different weather from somewhere only 2/3 miles away 🙁

[johninderby]

Thunderstorms forecast here tonight. All that hot air coming up from the south = thunderstorms. About 32C (90f) today here but getting hotter later in the week. In London expected to be about 37C (99f) on Thursday. 

[cloudsweeper]

1 hour ago, banjaxed said:

I’ve learnt to wait and see what the weather is actually like rather than rely on a hit and miss forecast.

Same here.

I go out if:

a. the sky is at least half decent, and 

b. I'm so inclined.

Seems to work - I've had 52 sessions so far this year!

Doug.

[banjaxed]

1 minute ago, cloudsweeper said:

Same here.

I go out if:

a. the sky is at least half decent, and 

b. I'm so inclined.

Seems to work - I've had 52 sessions so far this year!

Doug.

You are not that far from me (Formby) and as stated in my previous post the weather can be different from only a few miles away.

[Nigella Bryant]

Only to view the thunderstorm, lol

[Stu]

Might pop the Tak out for a quick look at Jupiter and Saturn, looks clear here for a while.

[johninderby]

Think I need one of these umbrellas. 🤔😁

[MarsG76]

Yes I am....

 

[JamesF]

54 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Thunderstorms forecast here tonight. All that hot air coming up from the south = thunderstorms. About 32C (90f) today here but getting hotter later in the week. In London expected to be about 37C (99f) on Thursday. 

Pretty much the same story here.  The thermometer in the car was reading 31C on the way home from the swimming pool this afternoon and there's that "feel" in the air that you get before an electrical storm.

Hopefully it will be dry tomorrow though.  We have Western Power visiting to upgrade our transformer and deliver us a second phase tomorrow morning, but apparently they're going to be working on the 11kV supply live so they won't come out to play if it's raining.

James

[johninderby]

Thunderstorms are supposed to end early morning so shouldn’t be a problem. 🤞🏻🙏🏼

[DaveS]

Feeling the heat's gone out of the atmosphere. Probably no thunderstorm here. Pity.

Mind you I'll unplug the telly and take my camera to bed just in case.

[JG777]

Looking good for a few hours. In situ with a cold one on the go 👍

[Stu]

Enjoy, clouded over here, your skies look nice!

[DaveS]

Seeing lightning to the west, storm radar suggests it could be over Exeter, but can't get a good video.

[DaveS]

Weird. I've got lighting storms to the east and north east, and stars to the south and west.

[Gina]

Just come home from the theatre in Sidmouth through a thunderstorm.  Got drenched going from drive to house even with an umbrella, getting out of the car.  Seems to have stopped how.

[johninderby]

Just cloudy here. It was supposed to be thinderstorms but now downgraded to 60% chance of thundery showers and light winds from 3:00 to 6:00.

[JamesF]

Monster thunder storm here, and there's still some happening to the north west.  Unfortunately it appears to have eaten my ADSL router, so I'm now running on my spare.  I might well unplug it before I go to bed.

James

[JG777]

Been home about half an hour, storm kicking off outside at the moment,  can't complain about the few hours I managed earlier. The 80 Equinox is a great scope for this kind of thing.