South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 31/12/13

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Keep an eye on the stuff in the channel peeps.. that last one may have skirted North... But keep hope.. 

[Coast]

 

[Mark Neal.]

More of the same through rest of the day it seems given the forecast and a glance at the radar!

Edited January 3, 2014 by Mark N

[saint]

Just my first 'proper' rumble of thunder, sounded much closer than the others.

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Oh wow look at that cell North of London.. WOW WHAT A STORM!

St Albans hold tight!

[Team Jo]

It's that next line that just seems to be sitting behind Poole that I think might bear fruit for us slighty more East of the first band......  Warnings updated for lightning strikes as well, interesting!

[MAF]

There are some seriously juicy echoes on the Radar this morning. I have a really good vantage point looking SW aross the Thames, so have all the office blinds open

Lucky you! only way i get to look out is if i go onto the roof of the building or out to the street. mind you, its a great view across to St James's Park from the roof on side. and a lousy view of new scoland yard, the other :lol:

[Mark Neal.]

After following the cell on the radar quite amazing how it has kept its intensity, only the 3rd of January! just goes to show how unstable our airflow is at the the moment, unsettled to say the least!

[ChillyJuju]

Wow! Wasn't expecting that! Thunderstorm with more hail than I think I've ever seen before, all surfaces white, including roads 

[Coast]

Right. Batteries charged, lenses cleaned, wet weather gear in the car. Catch you later storm dudes! 

[Team Jo]

Lucky you! only way i get to look out is if i go onto the roof of the building or out to the street. mind you, its a great view across to St James's Park from the roof on side. and a lousy view of new scoland yard, the other

 

Ah, I've got Shoe Lane and the royal courts of Justice outside from here. And a lot of cranes, which might be a bit exciting, later, but we're quite high up too...

[saint]

It's gotten very dark here, wind has picked up, and it's starting to hail... This is some unexpected excitement! 

[Snowangel-MK]

Yellow Warning of Rain for London & South East England :Kent, Surrey, Bracknell Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Reading, West Berkshire, East Sussex, Portsmouth, Southampton, West Sussex, Isle of Wight, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Greater London, Slough & MedwayYellow Warning of Rain for East of England :Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire & LutonFurther heavy showers and thunderstorms with hail and squally winds will affect southern parts of England and southern and western parts of Wales during the rest of today.The public should be aware of the risk of disruption, particularly to travel, with the possibility of localised surface water flooding, hail temporarily covering roads and also damage from lightning strikes.Issued at:1115 on Fri 3 Jan 2014Valid from:1130 on Fri 3 Jan 2014Valid to:2359 on Fri 3 Jan 2014A deeply unstable airmass covers the UK with bands of heavy showers and thunderstorms moving northeastwards, particularly affecting southern parts of England and southern and western Wales. The showers could produce 5-10 mm of rain within an hour.

Edited January 3, 2014 by MKsnowangel

[Jason T]

OMG....Very intense hail shower, Everything white,

[Keraunic]

Blimus....I hope we get some T&L. Its still sunny and calm in Ippy.

Keep us posted, guys. I cant track anything right now cos on mobile and its not so good for that.

[diddy1234]

wow. in the case of 1 minute it's gone completely white with hail stones everywhere !

Lightning too. yeh first one of 2014 !

Just north of Royston

Edited January 3, 2014 by diddy1234

[Callie]

Blue sky is now giving way to grey clouds and the wind is picking up here, maybe we will see some thunderstorms

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!! LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE BAND COMING FROM THE SOUTH!!! 

Edited January 3, 2014 by Surrey

[snow raven]

Wow, you lucky so and so's that are getting the hail and thunder...  moi, jealous much?!  

[Sidsnake]

Cloud starting to build here in Tunbridge Wells, maybe a spitter of rain here and there.

[Pixel]

Just had a massive hail storm here.. the size of marbles.. set the car alarms off..

Amazing noise everywhere 

[Eskimo]

Insane hailstorm here, braved the elements and took these pictures! 

Edited January 3, 2014 by PerfectStorm

[saint]

https://twitter.com/BBC3CR/status/419073924689702912/photo/1

[Tom Jarvis]

Hope the line starts to intensify some more to my south

[Team Jo]

clouded right over here now, first splots of rain.... Nice little red echo popped up to sw of London...