I have been away for the last six days and last Saturday, went for a
walk on the Pennine Way in conditions resembling late July instead of
April; warm, slightly humid and very hazy. When I got onto the Pennine
plateau approaching Black Hill summit, I thought I heard a rumble of
thunder. Looking east, I saw a cluster of huge developing thunderstorms
a few miles away, it wasn't just one storm, there were at least three
distinct updraughts (cores) that I could make out. I was concerned at
first that I would get caught in an electrical storm right on a high
level plateau where I would be the only thing sticking up for miles
around, but thankfully, the wind was blowing from the SW and the storms
moved roughly due north so didn't come any closer. It was an impressive
sight and I wished I had my camera with me. Does anyone here live in the
region between Sheffield and Huddersfield that copped these storms and
could say how severe they were?