South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 30/09/13 ------------>

[john pike]

heres the fax charts for now

 

tomorrow a breezy westerly flow

 

temps

around 16 degrees

 

rain

 

some early heavyish showers early

leading to patchy rain in the afternoon

 

friday night

 

a weak north west flow

 

dry and warm around 14 degrees

 

expect some dense fog overnight

 

saturday

 

a west to south west flow and weak

 

after early morning fog clears

 

expect sunny intervals

 

temps

14-16 degrees

 

 

 

sunday

 

a weak westerly flow

 

after early morning mist and fog

 

temps

 

somewhere around 16-18 degrees

 

poss a shade lower kent coastal areas

 

no rain in sight

 

will update the rest later

[stainesbloke]

Have a guess what is happening here in the tropics of Bucks!!! [/quote

Is it as anticlimactic there as in W London lol? Not even any decent rain. Looks great for parts of Kent, enjoy!

[Essexgooner]

I have Lightening to the East and West, bonus !

[Neilsouth]

OMG!!!!!! BLEEEEEEEEEP!

 

 

Probably the second best storm since I was a child, the most intense lightning...... HUGE bangs.... Air Pops, Fires in the distance, lightning hitting buildings. I have never turned my computer off EVER and this storm made me do that, just incredible. I hope people got some footage of one of the best storm since 1994 in this area.

[MagicBat]

OMG!!!!!! BLEEEEEEEEEP!Probably the second best storm since I was a child, the most intense lightning...... HUGE bangs.... Air Pops, Fires in the distance, lightning hitting buildings. I have never turned my computer off EVER and this storm made me do that, just incredible. I hope people got some footage of one of the best storm since 1994 in this area.

Sounds excellent, where are you based? Only rain in North London.

[Keraunic]

Back on line today and just in time. Thunder and lightning in Ipswich now.

Hope everyone ok and getting some of this weather.

[Jax]

Back on line today and just in time. Thunder and lightning in Ipswich now.

Hope everyone ok and getting some of this weather.

K!  thought we had lost you but here you are

[hernebaylooby]

What a cracker! Well if we dont get ne more storms this year that one was enough

[totalhysteria]

Looks like I was just that little bit to far west. Few rumbles and some rain. Took a drive over the downs and caught some lovely flashes but all over Eastbourne way.

[cloudsabove]

Strong rumbles (the kind that goes from one side of the sky to the other and goes on for ages) plus lightning - just seen a wonderful clear fork across the clouds, no rain yet. Dumping images from camera card to free it up, will pop out to see if I can capture something especially if there is no rain. Looking at radar though rain is practically upon us.

 

EDIT: can hear the rain so will look out the window instead!

Edited October 3, 2013 by cloudsabove

[Flash Elvis]

Is this the calm before the real stormðŸ˜

[Keraunic]

This is amazing. Really intense cc lightning ans just heard a 'crump'like a bomb in the distance. Eerie.

[Tamara]

 

How am I hope casting? Im using sources that are available to try and pin point where this storm is going... I can't predict the future nor can I make a 100% judgment to where that storm is going... Plus there are storms firing all over the place.. I will be surprised if we see nothing 

He was hopecasting that the SE coastal strips of Kent and Sussex would get the storms instead of places closer to the Kent/Surrey borders But more seriously it was intended as a prediction (I think)   In the event it was almost correct - most of the storms seem to have passed over this way , and although the shield has finally been broken, they have not been anything like the storms of the 2007 to 2009/10 period (yes that long since the last major thunderstorms here ) 

 

Seems to be mostly just the pitter patter of rain now and soon it will all be good riddance 

Edited October 3, 2013 by Tamara תָּמָר

[Bluebreezer54]

Congratulations to all you lucky people who had the storms, well those of you that wanted them. Meanwhile here in nw London it's a case of

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[Tom Quintavalle]

Nice to see you back Tamara, how could you think such a thing? 

 

All joking aside, glad it wasnt as bad as it looked at one point.

 

Bad form of Jan and I to let you shoulder all the Brontophobic burden tonight but well played.

 

KCZ.

[cloudsabove]

Seen another fantastic bolt, direct CG! Would have been amazing on film! However as per usual when resetting the camera to do another shot, the lightning occurs, so not having much success at the moment. Still, it is nice to enjoy a late night storm!

[Neilsouth]

Sounds excellent, where are you based? Only rain in North London.

 

I was in Herne Bay tonight!

 

Storm struck the church

[Keraunic]

I meant inter-cloud 'sheet' lightning. But very bright.

[Tamara]

Well, just reading through a few pages it seems even more like it hasn't been that bad here - plenty of rumbling thunder and flashes of sheet lightning but no overhead strobe-like thunderbolts at all. Maybe they strengthened futher inland

[snowrye]

Saw a couple of decent forks,but as tamara said was sheet lightning in this neck of the woods,not complaining as this looked stunning.

[sunnijim]

Well, just reading through a few pages it seems even more like it hasn't been that bad here - plenty of rumbling thunder and flashes of sheet lightning but no overhead strobe-like thunderbolts at all. Maybe they strengthened futher inland

Felt like i was in the wrong place tonight from a storm enthusiasts point of view (se13 instead of Fairlight) the radar had me drooling and ranting in equal measure at being in the wrong place!however on closer inspection of the lightning returns and reading your posts Tamara it seems the 'classic' storms moved in over Hythe and up toward Ashford then onto the NE kent coast.Please confirm it was something of a damp squib ;-)

[snow raven]

I'm well jel of those of you that have got some storms. Seems it wasnt to be in this neck of the woods. Enjoy you lucky people!

[Tamara]

Felt like i was in the wrong place tonight from a storm enthusiasts point of view (se13 instead of Fairlight) the radar had me drooling and ranting in equal measure at being in the wrong place!however on closer inspection of the lightning returns and reading your posts Tamara it seems the 'classic' storms moved in over Hythe and up toward Ashford then onto the NE kent coast.

Please confirm it was something of a damp squib ;-)

It wasn't hideous (for me )..and it wouldn't have been a total damp squib for you  But they were slight/barely moderate elevated stormlettes at the most. At least I got my little prediction right about the channel..putting aside personal preferences

Edited October 3, 2013 by Tamara תָּמָר

[Captain Shortwave]

It's raining here lightly but not much else to be honest

[john pike]

monday

 

fog am

 

sunny spells

 

a westerly to south west flow

 

dry and temps around 20 -22 degrees

 

a shade higher poss if you keep the sun out

 

 

tuesday

 

a variable flow

 

dry but looks like a cloudy one today

 

temps

 

around 20-22 degrees but lower if cloud persists

 

 

ukmo at 144

 

 

slightly cooler

 

windflow

 

i havent got a clue