FOLLOWING Friday night's lightning, the skies of Swindon turned a dark shade of apocalyptic again ahead of Saturday's huge downpour.

Our readers captured some intense-looking cloud formations as the deluge approached, and have shared them with us vis our social media channels.

Here is a selection of the best...

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1. From @H_E_1_D_1 via Twitter

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2. Taken at the Orbital by Dale Heenan.

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3. Pauline Coram's shot looking over Swindon from South Masrton.

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4. Stuart Burnett's picture looking north from Haydon Wick.

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5. Via Belinda Gribben on Twitter.

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6. The skies above Sparcells, taken by @nick280374.

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7. From Chloe Tennant on Twitter.

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8. Sent in via Twitter by George Hall.

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9. Tweeted by Mel Crouch.

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10. Charlotte Cobb posted this shot of Haydon Wick on our Facebook page.

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11. Elliott Sainsbury captures the looming supercell.

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12. Another Facebook submission from Dave Sheppard.

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13. Naomi Lawrence's pic, taken over North Swindon.

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14. The heavens ready to open over Greenmeadow, via Phil Jefferies.