South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 1/1/14 18z ------>

[knocker]

Continuous moderate rain. 8/8 Ns with ragged St. Temp 10C with SE 24mph.

Edited January 12, 2014 by knocker

[lightningsprite]

Grey here...was -2 last night which was the coldest its been here so far this winter...really don't want any more rain here. Ah well..woodburners on time to snuggle up with me knitting and the darts later !

[ARTDEMOLE]

Frosty start looked like winter . Now it is overcast.. 6.7c.

[legritter]

Rain coming down hard now ,the last two hrs radar showing steady rain but hardly anything falling or atleast not reaching the ground ,some interesting shower activity on its way so thunder on the menu gang ,lets have it now as we wont be getting any this summer nutty weather but iv a feeling its going to get a whole lot interesting ,cheers gang 

[Cakie]

Well it does state "Mad but friendly with it" on your profile.  

Well those who know me would verify it.

Awful day today. Had to go off to Exeter to buy birthday presents for my son otherwise I would gladly have stayed home today. Really sick of yet more rain and wind

[Polar Bear]

Hey guess what all. It is raining... What a surprise! .... I am being sarcastic by the way in case any of you were geniunely believing I was surprise.

But it may not be all doom and gloom as rumour has it we may have some colder spells... Briefly for a day occasionally followed by yes you guessed it rain! Oh well at least the bulbs wish to come out to brighten us up.

[Thermohaline Conveyor]

Rain has moved through here, showers following on behind.  We do have some heavy showers to contend with tomorrow, especially across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and Hampshire.  Risk of hail and thunder in the strongest cells, and rapid accumulation of rainfall is likely to lead to some localised flooding.  Strongest EL signal is towards the far South West and immediately along the coast with -30/-40oC, thus here a slightly higher risk of lightning associated with convection.

[Thermohaline Conveyor]

Rain has moved through here, showers following on behind.  We do have some heavy showers to contend with tomorrow, especially across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and Hampshire.  Risk of hail and thunder in the strongest cells, and rapid accumulation of rainfall is likely to lead to some localised flooding.  Strongest EL signal is towards the far South West and immediately along the coast with -30/-40oC, thus here a slightly higher risk of lightning associated with convection.

 

Note, unlike recent convection ie. last few weeks, Monday will be less intense and severe due to weaker kinematic environment and general lower wind-shear.  The jet isn't ideally placed to offer assistance in organisation.  Nevertheless, a combination of rapid cooling aloft, lowering geo-potential thickness, a warmer BL and warm surrounding SST(s) around coastline, will be ideal to promote steepening mid-level lapse rates and heavy shower formation.

[ARTDEMOLE]

6.5c. Rained this evening whilst watching TV. 3.6mm Today....

[Costa Del Fal]

Had a very heavy downpour just over an hour ago here in Falmouth and the radar agrees. Was very nasty, lashing against the windows and must have contained some hail I think.

[Coast]

More heavy rain is on its way to Exeter and the rest of Devon until Tuesday, forecasters have warned.

 

Heavy rain began to fall at midday on Sunday. It is predicted to last throughout the afternoon and into the early evening before dying away, according to the Met Office. There will also be strong gusts of winds and the afternoon will feel stormy. Gusts could reach more than 30mph. It is likely to remain dry overnight and into Monday morning, before more heavy rain is predicted throughout the day.

 

Although the land is still saturated from weeks of heavy downpours, there are no weather warnings issued and further flooding is not thought likely.

 

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/heavy-rain-heading-Exeter-according-Met-Office/story-20432509-detail/story.html#ixzz2qGdybx3b

[Andy Bown]

It was a beautiful morning to be out and about working, cold enough to make you realise it's winter but not quite low enough to make the wet ground slippery which I was grateful for. The sunshine felt very pleasant mid morning and has returned now after a few heavy showers between 11.30-12.30 . In fact it's a clean convective day so plenty of stunning cloudscapes to admire amongst the blue sky, 6.6c at present.

[Mapantz]

What a busy weekend, fishing .. For no fish!

It was glorious on Saturday for it, the beach was a lot different since all the stormy weather, thousands of tons of sand vanished in one part, further down it had all built up, rivers of brackish water coming from the heathland and carving out canyons on the beach.

Currently 9C with a few hefty showers about and more to come by the looks of it..

[Coast]

Eyes and ears open neighbours!

 

 

Tracking 1 thunderstorms

 

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Thunderstorm ID C-4336 detected 13:38              

 

Storm location bearing 237.1 dgr distance 180 mi              

 

Last recorded activity      14:24              

Intensity class             Weak              

Intensity trend             No change              

 

Current strikerate          1/minute              

Peak strikerate             4/minute              

 

Total recorded strikes      50              

Cloud-Ground strikes        22 - 44.00%              

Intracloud strikes          28 - 56.00%              

 

-- Strike type distribution --              

Positive Cloud-Ground [+CG] 10 - 20.00%              

Negative Cloud-Ground [-CG] 12 - 24.00%              

Positive Intracloud   [+IC] 15 - 30.00%              

Negative Intracloud   [-IC] 13 - 26.00% 

 

http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm

[Cyclonic]

Looking good on the Radar, some beefy showers.

 

Will have to settle for listening to the thunder, and watching the lightning from comfort of my house, i have a cold from hell and chest infection..

 

 

Gotten rather windy here last 5 minutes

Edited January 13, 2014 by Cyclonic

[ARTDEMOLE]

Rain...4.9c...Gusts 12.2km/h Southerly.

[Mapantz]

The showers always pep up when they leave my postcode!

[jtay]

Chucking it down.

[lettice]

We just had a heavy hail shower here along with 3mm of rain in last hour

[ARTDEMOLE]

Stopped at the moment more to come. 4.4c.

[Dorsetbred]

The showers always pep up when they leave my postcode!

In this case today, true. Good session with hail this afternoon around 16:30

[somersetsnow]

SO fed up with this Weather, in need of some lamp post watching followed by a Snow Day…….please!  (i know,not a chance  but we can hope,after all ,it's hope that keeps us all alive!!) lol.

[Dorsetbred]

....in need of some lamp post watching followed by a Snow Day…….please!  (i know,not a chance 

Winter of 2014-2015 maybe, let's get this winter out the way now.

[Andy Bown]

Why give up all hope for this Winter? 08/09 was an unwintry winter until February the there was a week with 3 major snowfalls. 

Any chance of wintriness tonight as the trough crosses W-E? Temps dropping to 2.9c now and a line of showers to the West, potential for The Mendips and Salisbury Plain. 

[BARRY]

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Damage-Kingsbridge-reports-mini-tornado-sweeping/story-20436664-detail/story.html

we had a mini tornado in town today

Edited January 13, 2014 by BARRY