SenlacJack

I've not posted in a long time but can relate to some of the earlier posts about this seemingly never ending spell of overcast skies, frequent rain and dismal lack of any real sunshine so far this year. Perhaps my memory is fading in old age but to me this seems like one of the wettest and sunless starts to the year here in this corner of the South East for some time. It's not particularly cold in the overall scheme of things but here we are almost at the end of March and so far I don't think the temperature has even reached the 60's F yet, flatlining around 10 to12c day after day with one or two slight lurches into 14c territory. In the 9 years I've lived here on the South Coast this is the first year I've not at least sat out in the garden or on the seafront and felt any real warmth or started to get a bit of a tan. Temperatures aside, it's the absence of sunshine which is really noticeable. Months of seemingly endless overcast skies have a debilitating effect on the mind for me personally and I know I'm not the only one feeling that way. Moan over. Max today was 11c, zero sun and winds gusting to 30mph

I very much doubt that, not even close and I think an earlier post mentioning wind gusts of 125mph were well over the top as well. That said, the winds are certainly picking up here now in East Sussex and forecast to peak around 6-9am based on current forecasts.

Just heard the first rumble of distant thunder here

I rarely visit this site these days but thought I'd pop in and say hello, hope you're all well. I think there's a chance things may get interesting here in East Sussex/ Kent in the next few hours but the wait is all part of the fun.

That line of showers along the South Coast is producing some torrential rain here in Hastings/ St Leonards on Sea currently. I've been watching FlightRadar and several Gatwick bound flights have turned around and have been circling out over The Channel which is quite unusual. All seems to be quitening down now though.

Well that was a decent thunderstorm here in St Leonards on Sea for around an hour and some pretty hefty downpours during and after. It's been a long wait but I was quite happy with that little show.

After what's been a warm and sunny afternoon here in St Leonards on Sea the rain has just arrived but doing nothing to supress the muggy feeling. Currently 20.6c after a max of 25.4c earlier. Some thundery activity would be most welcome but seems unlikely this 'far west'. I'm not giving up hope though.

Check out this live stream by BigJet tv on YouTube. Heathrow getting battered:

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Eastbourne Pier webcam is a good watch : https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/england/east-sussex/eastbourne-pier.html

If anyones still awake the Eastbourne pier live webcam might be worth watching. It's been practically non stop lightning for the last few hours: https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/england/east-sussex/eastbourne-pier.html

You did well to give that a swerve mate. I live here in Hastings/St Leonards on Sea and we've had absolutely zilch apart from a few drops of rain I could count on one hand. I'm not giving up hope yet though

I'm about 3 miles south of Battle here in St Leonards on Sea and so far we've literally had so few spots of rain I could almost count them. I'm not giving up hope yet though.

I think it's too early to write it off yet tbh. Most of the forecasts I've seen were suggesting it would be about 5-6am before anything reached us here. Hang in there EM

I think this could be a long night for some of us on the South Coast. My sleep patterns have been all over the place for the last week or so I don't know whether to try and grab a few hours kip now or wait it out until the morning. Good luck all.

Well it's been a long wait but worth it for the thunderstorm we had here in Hastings/St Leonards on Sea around 9pm on Saturday. Frequent lightning, near constant rumbling thunder and at times torrential rain.

Am I the only person sitting in the garden at this unearthly hour hoping the storms will reach us here on the South Coast ?

I'm really not that confident now to be honest. Fingers firmly crossed though.

My apologies mate. I was having a bad night when I posted. Great cloud photo's

It's been a long time since I ventured here on this forum, but having read this word salad I won't be back any time soon.

If nothing else at least we're getting some much needed rain here in the South East

Unfortunately in my experience far too many people aren't even aware of the warnings, and those that are either don't have a clue what they mean or just ignore them anyway.

Hi John. What a great idea for a Christmas present but if I'm honest I think your Mum is going to struggle to find one with those functions at that price to be honest. Do you have a link to the one she is looking at please ? I've just had a very quick look on Amazon for something that might fit the bill but it's quite a bit more expensive although still pretty good value at £124.99. I will try and post a link later.

Good morning people, hope you're all well. It's been a while since my last visit so just catching up with recent posts, some great photo's in the last few days.