Thunderstorm coverage is increasing over Northern Ireland now, helped by the outflow of decaying storms further south.

Lightning detected to the south of Stoke-on-Trent, wouldn't be surprised if thunder was being heard from there. Lightning map: lightningmaps.org Radar: netweather.tv/live-weather/r…

UK Thunderstorm Updates Just heard a few claps of Thunder in Cheadle (Staffs).

Before tomorrow afternoon's thunderstorm risk, there could be a few cheeky storms around SW England and the tip of Wales in the morning hours as a trough moves SE. The risk is low but don't be surprised if you wake up to a rumble or two.

Thunderstorms will develop over Southern England today and drift south through the afternoon, possibly affecting the London area during rush hour. The most active cells may be accompanied by frequent lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind ⚡️

Despite the thunderstorm risk primarily being over Southern England, an area of convergence is gradually setting up from the West Midlands southward. This will encourage a train of showers or possibly storms to develop later on.

Thunderstorm over Uttoxeter currently. Lightning map: lightningmaps.org Radar: netweather.tv/live-weather/r…

Lightning over Wolverhampton right now. Lightning map: lightningmaps.org Radar: netweather.tv/live-weather/r…

Quite a few lightning strikes from this storm that just passed over Reading - it's travelling SW and may just graze Basingstoke.

The storm south of Farnham looks very menacing.

This is the storm which passed over Basingstoke. It almost looks like a shelf cloud was forming.

UK Thunderstorm Updates UK Thunderstorm Updates just got thunder in GL4

+122kA lightning strike Location: Upton Noble, Somerset Time: 4:39pm meteologix.com/uk/lightning/2…

Scattered showers have been the theme today for most of Ireland, Scotland and NW England, with sporadic lightning detected in places. The thunderstorm risk, albeit small, will continue through the night into Monday morning.

Seems to be a nasty squall line in Northern Ireland at the moment, strong wind gusts and torrential rain will be likely as it moves through.

Lightning detected to the north of Aberystwyth in Wales. Lightning map: lightningmaps.org Radar: netweather.tv/live-weather/r…

Thunderstorm ongoing near Ayr in Scotland currently, with a NE trajectory. Lightning map: lightningmaps.org Radar: netweather.tv/live-weather/r…

Here’s the map of total lightning strikes in the month of May published by the Met Office. It’s not hard to see where most of the lightning activity was focused, with a lot of these strikes occurring in the second week of the month. metoffice.gov.uk/research/clima… It has evidently been