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

[Snowangel-MK]

Well I have had a nice lie in this morning and have woken to sunshine.......

Morning Marie and all - same here, bright and breezy and still in bed but there is something heading this way by the looks of the sky !

Morning all. Hope everyone is OK

Morning MAF - all good here, just struggling with what day of the week it is and what to have for brunch ;-)

Unless things have changed this morning in the models I have a feeling that we may have to wait a very long time to have the first match in the Snow Depth Cup, hopefully this is not going to be the first winter in a good few years where we don't see any snow only rain and wind

Hopefully your right Chris .... it can wait until we get back from our holibobs now and that way we won't miss anything or have delays flying out of the country !!

[Jason T]

 look at the size of the crashing waves through high tide. https://twitter.com/EquusontheBuses/status/419034260767383552/photo/1

 

  look at the size of the hail "Ouch"    https://twitter.com/drdickdixon/status/419054235183878144/photo/1

 

 landslide newquay beach bar. https://twitter.com/surfnspear/status/418757390486753282/photo/1

 

More to come over 7 days https://twitter.com/metdesk/status/419012833192710144/photo/1

[stratty]

Heavy rain and gusty - then out of nowhere huge thunderstorm for 5 minutes! Very dark..............Scary!!!

[Coast]

 

  look at the size of the hail "Ouch"    

 

Just checking a couple of other threads (SW regional as it's what's heading our way) and that squall line heading towards us seems to be full of hail. There are some convective elements to today's weather and hail features for some in our region I should think (amongst many other phenomena):

 

 

This feature over Sussex tomorrow morning grabbed my attention earlier:

 

 

 

[chillyblast]

Morning all

 

Woke up to beautiful sunshine until the last 5min, the wind has picked up, very dark and now torrential rain out of nowhere... looks like night again!

 

Edit to add hail now...

Edited January 3, 2014 by chillyblast

[Jason T]

Just checking a couple of other threads (SW regional as it's what's heading our way) and that squall line heading towards us seems to be full of hail. There are some convective elements to today's weather and hail features for some in our region I should think (amongst many other phenomena):

 

 

This feature over Sussex tomorrow morning grabbed my attention earlier:

 

 

 

 

 

Big rumble of Thunder coast in the distance.

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Milton Kynes is goona get slammed!

[Tom Jarvis]

Looks like the squall line is going to miss me

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Looks like the squall line is going to miss me

 

Hmm..

 

[saint]

I think I may have just heard some thunder.

[Kent Snow]

A relatively quiet period of weather at the moment after a band of heavy rain and strong winds moved through at 8ish. 

[Coast]

I think you might:

 

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Watching that stuff in the channel if I see a bow forming... I will run for cover.. 

 

edit: Uh oh.. 

Edited January 3, 2014 by Surrey

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Milton Kynes is goona get slammed!

I'm off there in a bit too!

[Croydondazz]

Busy day today, 2 of my kids birthdays today 15 yrs and 18yrs old

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Okay that stuff in the channel is really gaining strength! Im guessing the sun is helping very slightly fuel these as well.. Although not strong this time of year.. the warmth is helping with the differences in temperature from the surface up..

Busy day today, 2 of my kids birthdays today 15 yrs and 18yrs old

 

18.. I remember turning 18... 1 word of advice... My god if they don't know the dangers of "payday loans" please explain I am starting a blog soon on the dangers of these loans and how they can have a life long consequence.. as I found out when I was ripped of £2000 by and ex mate through them

[chillyblast]

Its pretty wild here at the minute (St Neots) - I know not quite what the coast is / has / will experience, but its almost night time again.

[Mark Neal.]

Well it certainly hammered it down here in Oxford with lightning /thunder with hail stones.

[mishy]

At work in Dunstable and have just witnessed some VERY heavy hail. Never seen anything like it. It looks like it's been snowing.

 

Also a flash of lightning and a massive crash of thunder

Edited January 3, 2014 by mishy

[Jason T]

CG Lightning getting very dark, Heading your way saint.

[Luton Weather]

Very dark here in Luton.. Loud thunder and hail few minutes ago.

[Team Jo]

Bah! it's missing London

[Storme]

Very weird.

 

Huge amount of seagull type birds amassing and riding the thermals outside. It's just the amount of them that's so weird!

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From the met:

 

Further 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.

A 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.

[saint]

CG Lightning getting very dark, Heading your way saint.

 

Oooh, exciting!